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China Eastern Airlines Becomes Third Major Asian Carrier to Select Sabre Airline
Solutions Scheduling Suite
Selection Extends Asia Preference for Sabre Airline Solutions State-of-the-Art
Multi-User Scheduling Solution; New Contract in Addition to Comprehensive
Airline Operations Centre Implemented Earlier This Year
SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Dec. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Airline Solutions today
announced China Eastern Airlines has selected AirFlite Schedule Manager to
manage its flight schedules and improve its profitability across all regional,
short haul and long haul routes.
Becoming the third Asian airline this year (after Singapore Airlines and Qantas
Airways) to implement the new multi-user scheduling solution, China Eastern is
also one of 13 airlines across Asia -- including the four major China/Hong
Kong-based carriers -- to select the industry's leading scheduling application.
The deal therefore confirms Sabre Airline Solutions leadership across
Asia/Pacific for flight scheduling solutions in the world's fastest growing
passenger market.
The new solution -- based on an Oracle/Java platform -- is a powerful flight
scheduling system with comprehensive tools to help accomplish specific
scheduling tasks during all stages of the schedule development process. AirFlite
Schedule Manager also allows senior management to evaluate strategic scenarios
such as fleet planning, code share partners and new destinations. The system
provides schedulers with the ability to view the schedules in any number of
ways.
AirFlite Schedule Manager enables the quick allocation of appropriate capacity
according to customer demand or during short-term disruptions -- an essential
requirement in today's ever changing aviation environment.
"In our drive to be a major player in the Asian region, this solution will go a
long way to boosting our efficiency, tighten our accuracy and provide more
decision support in an increasingly competitive market," said Mr. Hu, Zhen Ming
China Eastern Airline Standing Deputy Director, Marketing and Sales. "Overall,
we expect to see our top line revenues increase by between one and three
percent. In today's challenging environment, we must focus on proven solutions
that deliver the desired result."
Sabre Airline Solutions has invested millions in the redevelopment of its
AirFlite suite to Java architecture, enabling better usability, integration and
decision support. The contract with China Eastern Airlines is another sign of
the continuing interest in this 'state of art' application suite.
Cameron Curtis, Sabre Airline Solutions vice president for Asia Pacific
commented that, "the selection of Sabre AirFlite Schedule Manager allows
decisions to be made from an entire network perspective, not just from
individual routes. China Eastern will benefit from AirFlite ability to maximize
fleet management and profitability across all regional, short haul and long haul
routes for the airline.
"No other vendor can deliver such a comprehensive solution in the Asia Pacific
region."
Curtis went on to say: "For us, this contract further demonstrates Sabre Airline
Solution's commitment to China Eastern Airlines as well as to the airline
industry in China."
Sabre Airline Solutions is the Asia Pacific market leader in aviation technology
and has experienced rapid growth in the region. More than 65 contracts have
been signed with Asia Pacific based carriers in 2003 across a broad product
portfolio, which includes reservations and departure control systems, flight
planning and scheduling, flight operations, crew management, cargo operations
and revenue management. Currently, Sabre Airline Solutions counts more then 30
Asia Pacific airlines as customers including Air New Zealand, Cathay Pacific,
China Airlines, China Southern, Qantas and Singapore Airlines.
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, and AirFlite 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/