THAI Chooses Sabre Airline Solutions for Major Crew Management System
November 25 2003 - 6:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
THAI Chooses Sabre Airline Solutions for Major Crew Management
System THAI Becomes Eighth Asia Pacific-Based Carrier to Implement
Proven Crew Management Solution; Contract Package Includes Support
Services Tailored To Ensure Project Success SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Nov.
25 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Airline Solutions today signed a
multi-million dollar agreement with Thai Airways International
Public Company Limited for Sabre AirCrews crew management system,
an integrated and comprehensive solution which supports the
end-to-end crew management needs of an airline. The system
addresses all phases of crew management operations from long-term
crew resource planning through day-of-operations crew tracking,
ensuring efficient deployment of crew at minimum cost while
maintaining flight reliability and schedule integrity. The contract
with THAI brings to 67 the number of Sabre Airline Solutions
agreements to be signed this year with Asia Pacific-based carriers,
highlighting the company's commitment to the region and its ability
to provide solutions with a proven return on investment to carriers
in Asia-Pacific. According to Mr. Kanok Abhiradee, president of
Thai Airways International, the new system will help the airline to
create a competitive advantage through more cost effective crew
resource utilization and management. "Our aim is to implement a
world-class crew management solution, which is able to support
decision-making capabilities based on a number of scenarios," said
Mr. Abhiradee. "With Sabre AirCrews, THAI will be able to respond
quickly to a variety of situations with minimal impact to our
customers and simultaneously benefit the crew through better
pairing and supporting work preferences." Steve Clampett, president
of Airline Product and Services for Sabre Airline Solutions,
explained that the AirCrews system would help THAI manage the
complexity involved in air crew operations and substantially lower
crew related costs. "Managing air crews is one of the most complex
operations for airlines today," Clampett said. "Airlines need
information to plan the day-of- operations, manage large volume of
crew data, generate pairings, perform crew rostering analyses,
communicate data between systems and generate reports, alerts and
notifications. "We have found that with the AirCrews system
operational costs have been reduced from between 3 and 7 percent,
while the incidence of flight delays and cancellations due to crew
scheduling issues have also been reduced. These proven results mean
good news for both the airline and the airline's customers,"
continued Clampett. THAI will immediately benefit from the
automation of the AirCrews system to react quickly to situations
such as competitor activity and changes in crew rosters and flight
cancellations. As part of the agreement with THAI, Sabre Airline
Solutions developed a comprehensive support package, which includes
user training and on-site support, delivery support, maintenance
support and focus group participation to ensure THAI's objectives
are achieved. Other carriers in the region that have selected the
AirCrews system to help reduce crew costs and support better
decision making include Singapore Airlines, Korean Airlines, Virgin
Blue, Air New Zealand, China Southern Airlines, China Airlines and
Cathay Pacific. THAI has been a Sabre Airline Solutions customer
since 1995 and currently utilizes various suites of products for
flight operations, planning and scheduling and business processing
management, including Sabre AirFlite Schedule Manager (previously
known as PC AirFlite), Sabre AirOps Dispatch Manager (previously
known as AirPath) and Sabre Qik Business Processing Solution. About
Sabre Airline Solutions Sabre Airline Solutions, a Sabre Holdings
company, is the world's largest provider of software products,
reservation and departure control systems and consulting services
to help airlines simplify operations and lower costs. Over 200
airlines worldwide use Sabre Airline Solution's broad portfolio of
software solutions for decision-support tools to increase revenues
and improve operations. More than 90 airlines worldwide rely on
Sabre Airline Solutions for their reservation and departure control
systems, with 16 new carriers and eight renewals signing in 2002.
In addition, more than 100 clients worldwide have turned to Sabre
Airline Solutions Consulting Group for strategic, commercial and
operational consulting. More than 300 contracts were signed in 2002
within Sabre Airline Solutions. Sabre Holdings Corporation
(NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in travel commerce, retailing travel
products and providing distribution and technology solutions for
the travel industry. More information about Sabre Holdings is
available at http://www.sabre-holdings.com/ Sabre Airline
Solutions, the Sabre Airline Solutions logo, Sabre AirCrews, Sabre
AirFlite, Sabre AirOps, Sabre AirPath and Sabre Qik are trademarks
and/or service marks of an affiliate of Sabre Holdings Corporation.
All other trademarks, service marks, and trade names are the
property of their respective owners. DATASOURCE: Sabre Airline
Solutions CONTACT: Kathryn Hayden of Sabre Airline Solutions,
+1-682-605-2252, or Web site: http://www.sabre-holdings.com/
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