SINGAPORE – 12 September 2018 – Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, today announced a long-term agreement with Hunnu Air, Mongolia’s second largest carrier. Having undergone a significant strategy overhaul, the carrier will now rely on Sabre for its content distribution. The partnership will accelerate operations as they increase their footprint across Mongolia, in line with the country’s growing demand for domestic and regional travel options, along with strategic locations in China and Russia.
Mongolia is a vast and sparsely populated country that relies heavily on air transport to connect its main cities. With tourism in Mongolia undergoing a rapid transformation, Hunnu Air is committed to supplying reliable domestic flights for tourists and locals alike. Under the new agreement, the airline will leverage Sabre’s leading global travel marketplace, a platform of choice for more than 425,000 travel agents around the world and a driving force behind a harmonised booking process for travellers and agents located within Mongolia and beyond.
“Hunnu Air has taken on a new direction, more committed than ever to providing convenient domestic and regional flight options to travellers. In conjunction with our growing fleet and numerous scheduling options, we are eager to leverage Sabre and the platform that we need to continue to grow our operations, and further anchor ourselves within the country’s travel landscape,” said Munkhjargal Purevjal, CEO of Hunnu Air.
“Sabre understands the Mongolia market and is well positioned to support Hunnu Air’s growth through the distribution of new bookable content. We are proud to support the carrier’s strategic considerations and to distribute their content through Sabre’s leading global travel marketplace,” said Rakesh Narayanan, vice president, air line of business, Sabre Travel Network Asia Pacific.
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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 Hunnu Air
Hunnu Air’s mission to connect domestic flight services of Mongolia to the global aviation network, and to introduce the latest information technology innovation to provide regional flights in line with global standards. To accomplish that mission, Hunnu Air has submitted their membership application to the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and received the two-character designator and three numeric accounting prefix codes from IATA, making it the second airline in Mongolia to receive such codes. Hunnu Air currently operates a fleet of 3 aircrafts, and has a growing number of domestic and international routes to destinations located in the vicinity of Mongolia’s borders, including Southern Russian and Northern Chinese cities. Hunnu Air is looking towards the future, and expanding its fleet and operations to continue to answer to traveller needs in Mongolia.
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