Leading Carrier to French Polynesia Expands Current Capabilities
Through Choice of SabreSonic after Extensive Market Evaluation
SOUTHLAKE, Texas–(BUSINESS WIRE)–July 27, 2004–Sabre Airline Solutions, the industry leader in airline operations
technology, and Air Tahiti Nui, the international flag-carrier of
Tahiti, announced today a five-year contract for SabreSonic, the
industry-leading new generation airline passenger solutions suite,
including options that will enable the carrier’s aggressive roll-out
of e-ticketing.
As the international airline of Tahiti, Air Tahiti Nui is the
leading carrier to French Polynesia providing a route network linking
the South Pacific globally to the United States, France, New Zealand,
Japan and Australia. Air Tahiti Nui has been a hosted customer of
Sabre Airline Solutions for the past five years.
“We are entering an exciting phase at Air Tahiti Nui with the
future expansion of our flight services to New York and Sydney and the
move to adopt e-ticketing standards across our network,” said Nelson
Levy, chief operating officer, Air Tahiti Nui. “In line with this
operational expansion, we required the IT support, functionality and
commitment from the most experienced vendor on the market and turned
to the expertise of Sabre Airline Solutions after an exhaustive
six-month evaluation. We are 100 percent confident in the services and
capabilities of the SabreSonic solution and are looking forward to
leveraging the new capabilities of the passenger management suite and
the added e-ticketing capability to support our expanded operations.”
Air Tahiti Nui selected SabreSonic, the industry’s first new
generation airline passenger solutions suite, after evaluating the
results of a comprehensive market assessment covering the airline’s
requirements which included an aggressive e-ticketing rollout, the
capabilities to provide e-ticketing on itineraries that included other
airlines (interline e-ticketing), Web booking and codeshare
capabilities.
“We are very pleased to be able to leverage our experience with
Air Tahiti Nui to support its expansion in the market,” said Cameron
Curtis, vice president, Asia Pacific for Sabre Airline Solutions. “We
are also very proud to have been selected amongst our competitors as
the number one provider of reservations hosting. Air Tahiti Nui’s
appraisal of the market and selection of Sabre Airline Solutions is
testament to the fact that SabreSonic is becoming the top reservations
choice in the region, partly for its ability to accommodate almost any
business model such as providing a full-service offering with
international services for a carrier of the size of Air Tahiti Nui. I
believe we are the only ones that have a solution today that provides
the type of flexibility that carriers like Air Tahiti Nui require.”
Air Tahiti Nui is the third carrier in the Asia Pacific region
that has announced the selection of SabreSonic to drive its shopping,
selling and customer service. SabreSonic has experienced wide customer
acceptance as the new generation system for carriers of all sizes,
with 10 new carriers signing on since the launch of the industry’s new
model for passenger management in January.
Under the agreement, Air Tahiti Nui will receive the following:
-- SabreSonic Res -- which will provide Air Tahiti Nui advanced
reservations management capabilities and the ability to grow
revenue efficiently and manage every channel of distribution.
The offering includes the industry's leading online booking
engine, along with shopping, ticketing and codeshare
capabilities all managed from a single, easy-to-use graphical
user interface (GUI). Air Tahiti Nui will leverage the
ticketing capabilities for hosted electronic ticketing and GDS
electronic ticketing. The capabilities within SabreSonic Res
also enable codeshare arrangements with Qantas, Japan Airlines
and Air France.
-- SabreSonic Check-In -- enabling both efficient passenger
processing and a customer-centric focus both on and off
airport, this suite will help Air Tahiti Nui streamline
operations and enhance the customer travel experience.
Capabilities in this suite include check-in, re-accommodation
and automated fee collection capabilities, all managed from a
single, easy-to-use GUI.
-- SabreSonic Inventory -- offering advanced inventory management
capabilities such as serial, virtual and continuous nesting to
enable the industry's only origin-destination based inventory
management solution.
-- SabreSonic Command -- the only Web-based tool available in the
industry that offers flexible options for an airline to easily
and quickly configure and manage its passenger solution system
from one central location based on the carrier's profile.
About Sabre Airline Solutions
Sabre Airline Solutions, a Sabre Holdings company, is the world’s
largest provider of software products, reservations and departure
control systems and other passenger management systems, and consulting
services that help airlines simplify operations and lower costs. Sabre
Airline Solutions’ proven leadership is demonstrated by the growing
number of airlines that leverage the technology and services: More
than 200 airlines worldwide use Sabre Airline Solutions’ broad
portfolio of smart solutions for decision-support tools to increase
revenues and improve operations. More than 100 airlines worldwide rely
on Sabre Airline Solutions for passenger management solutions, with 15
new carriers added and nine carrier renewals for SabreSonic Res
advanced reservations in 2003. In the first half of 2004, six new
carriers signed up the new generation passenger solution, and another
three carriers renewed contracts. In addition, more than 100 clients
worldwide have turned to Sabre Airline Solutions consulting group for
strategic, commercial and operational consulting. More than 500
contracts worldwide were signed in 2003 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,
SabreSonic, SabreSonic Res, SabreSonic Check-In, SabreSonic Inventory
and SabreSonic Command 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.
CONTACT: Sabre Airline Solutions, Southlake
Kathryn Hayden, 682-605-2252
kathryn.hayden@sabre-holdings.com
SOURCE: Sabre Airline Solutions