SINGAPORE, April 30, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre
Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading technology provider to the
global travel industry, today announced a new content distribution
agreement with Lion Air, the largest privately-owned airline in
Indonesia, and its subsidiary,
Wings Air, as the preferred global distribution system (GDS) to
offer Lion Air content in the carrier's home market.
Sabre has served as a strategic partner to Lion Air and
supported both the airline's reservations and planning and
scheduling capabilities through its innovative SabreSonic passenger
services system and AirVision portfolio of solutions since the
carrier first began operations 18 years ago. Now the airline
strives to achieve even more ambitious growth, including a plan to
quintuple the size of its fleet with the world's largest number of
aircraft on order. As Indonesia
remains a rapidly growing travel market, Lion Air is expanding
operations and its relationship with Sabre, selecting them as their
primary GDS to distribute content across its innovative global
travel marketplace.
"With our content now available to 425,000 travel agents across
the globe, the extension of our agreement with Sabre will be
instrumental to our continued success and will provide us with the
visibility needed to support our growth objectives throughout
Asia Pacific and beyond," said
Rudy Lumingkewas, CEO, Lion Air.
"As the leading GDS in Indonesia, we are in a unique position to best
support Lion Air's growth through the distribution of new bookable
content on the Sabre platform," said Rakesh
Narayanan, vice president, air line of business, Sabre
Travel Network Asia Pacific. "This new agreement is a testament to
the solid, longstanding partnership that has developed between Lion
Air and Sabre over the years. Our industry-leading solutions will
serve as a solid technological foundation for Lion Air as it
continues to expand operations while our global marketplace will
help fuel the aggressive growth the airline is looking to achieve,"
he added.
Lion Air and Wings Air operate an extensive domestic and
international network of routes with 166 aircraft based in the main
hub of Jakarta.
About Sabre Corporation
Sabre Corporation is the
leading technology provider to the global travel industry. Sabre's
software, data, mobile and distribution solutions are used by
hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel properties to manage
critical operations, including passenger and guest reservations,
revenue management, flight, network and crew management. Sabre also
operates a leading global travel marketplace, which processes more
than US$120 billion of global travel
spend annually by connecting travel buyers and suppliers.
Headquartered in Southlake, Texas,
USA, Sabre serves customers in more than 160 countries around the
world.
About Lion Air
Lion Air is part of the Lion Air Group,
together with Wings Air, Batik Air, Lion Bizjet, Malindo Air which
based in Malaysia, and Thai Lion
Air that is based in Thailand.
Aggressive and innovative business expansion make Lion Air Group
now has full facilities to support their business such as training
and education center, offices, housing for the ground crew and
flight crew located at Lion City-Balaraja, Lion Simulator Center
located at Bandara Mas-Tangerang and Aircraft Maintenance Facility
Batam Aero Technic that is located at Hang Nadim Airport, Batam. To
continue to expand its business network, Lion Air Group started
freight business called Lion Parcel.
Lion Air Group also join the world of hospitality with Lion Hotel
& Plaza located in Manado.
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Media contact:
Heidi
Castle
682-605-4290
Heidi.castle@sabre.com
Investor contact: sabre.investorrelations@sabre.com
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