JAL Expected to Generate Additional Revenue Using Sabre Airline Solutions Revenue Management Technology; World's Third-Largest A
August 24 2005 - 8:00AM
Business Wire
Japan Airlines Group, the third largest airline group in the world
and the largest in the Asia-Pacific region, has selected Sabre
AirMax Revenue Manager solution from Sabre Airline Solutions to
serve its needs for managing revenues from international
operations. The solution is expected to generate additional revenue
from a sophisticated and proven solution set of revenue management
functions and business process services. "We are thrilled by the
prospect of the gain in top-line revenues by moving to AirMax
Revenue Manager solution," said Kei Hirai, Japan Airlines Marketing
Planning, Passenger IT Promotion. "We are excited about the good
fit that AirMax solution has with the Japan Airlines' business
requirements and the revenue benefits it will be able to offer from
its advanced functionality, flexibility, scalability and
integration capabilities. We went through a comprehensive selection
process involving a simulation analysis and a proof of concept and
AirMax solution met our needs in the best possible manner." Using
AirMax Revenue Manager, Japan Airlines will be able to realize
additional revenues through improved overbooking and passenger mix,
resulting in not only minimizing the spill of higher value demand
prior to departure but also simultaneously minimizing the spoilage
of seats at departure. Japan Airlines chose AirMax Revenue Manager
after an extensive selection process involving a simulation
analysis and a proof-of-concept to better understand the revenue
benefits as well as system usability and adaptability. Steve
Clampett, president of Airline Products and Services for Sabre
Airline Solutions said, "Through this engagement, Japan Airlines
and Sabre Airline Solutions are embarking on a true strategic
partnership in fulfilling the need for a leading edge revenue
management solution that has a proven record of delivering
incremental revenue benefits. We are especially pleased that we
have been chosen as an enabler of revenue management technology
after a methodical and diligent evaluation process and are looking
forward to a long-lasting relationship between the two companies.
As one of the largest carriers in the world, Japan Airlines has
significant influence on the direction of technology development in
the industry and its selection of Sabre AirMax for the revenue
management requirements continues to prove it as the preferred
choice for top airlines around the globe." Japan Airlines joins a
growing number of leading airlines including Malaysia Airlines, Jet
Airways, Delta Airlines, US Airways, Alaska Airlines, Air France,
Alitalia, Gulf Air, Kuwait Airways and TAM Brazilian Airlines who
are using the advanced AirMax revenue management practices to
control seat inventory. Sabre Airline Solutions is the leading
provider of revenue management systems in terms of worldwide market
share by RPKs. AirMax Revenue Manager, a robust and flexible, new
generation solution enables effective revenue management by
recommending optimal inventory controls at either the flight leg
and segment level or the origin and destination level. It
incorporates the comprehensive range of decision support processes
including data collection, forecasting, overbooking, optimization,
alerting and performance measurement and reporting. Revenue Manager
provides state-of-the-art forecasting and optimization systems
supported with flexible data collection and reporting as well as an
intuitive and easy to use graphical user interface to help cope
with the changes in the marketplace and stay ahead of competition.
The forecasting, optimization and user interaction processes used
to determine the inventory controls fully support simplified or
restriction-free pricing considerations, key to most low cost
carrier models, as well as the airlines that compete with this
segment. From the same application software platform, AirMax
solution supports multiple forms of inventory controls based on the
desired level of sophistication: flight leg and segment, virtual
nesting and origin and destination. The scalability of AirMax
solution provides a seamless upgrade path to origin and destination
based inventory controls paving way for an integrated network
planning environment. The solution is customizable based on
customer needs and can be installed as on-site licensed package
software or delivered through an application service provider (ASP)
using Sabre's eMergo delivery environment. About Japan Airlines
Asia's biggest airline group, Japan Airlines is the sixth largest
airline group in the world in terms of passengers carried, eighth
in the world in terms of traffic performance (revenue ton
kilometers) and ranks third in the world in terms of total sales
revenues. The JAL Group operates in two closely coordinated
companies, Japan Airlines International - which handles all
international passenger and cargo business - and Japan Airlines
Domestic, operating all domestic passenger business. Coordinating
the group is Japan Airlines Corporation, a holding company.
Originally founded in 1951 for domestic operations, JAL launched
international services in February 1954. Today, JAL Group airlines
serve 208 airports in 35 countries and territories, including 61
airports in Japan. The group network extends over 227 international
passenger routes and 36 international cargo routes. The JAL Group
domestic network covers 166 routes (as of April 2005). Altogether,
the 10* airlines of the JAL Group make a total of nearly 800
flights a day on domestic and international routes. (Japan Airlines
International, Japan Airlines Japan, Japan Asia Airways, JALways,
Japan TransOcean Air, Japan Airliness Express, J-AIR, Ryukyu Air
Commuter, Hokkaido Air System, Japan Air Commuter). JAL Group
operates a fleet of 284 aircraft including 79 Boeing 747s and was
the first airline in the world to take delivery of 100 Boeing 747
aircraft. More information about Japan Airlines is available at
www.jal.com or www.jal.co.jp About Sabre Airline Solutions Sabre
Airline Solutions, a Sabre Holdings company, is the world's largest
provider of software products; reservations, 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 500
contracts worldwide were signed in 2004 for Sabre Airline
Solutions' leading technology solutions. More than 100 airlines
worldwide rely on Sabre Airline Solutions for passenger management
solutions, with eight new carriers choosing the SabreSonic
solutions, the first new-generation reservations system offered in
the market in 2004 and six carrier renewals. In addition, more than
100 clients worldwide have turned to the Sabre Airline Solutions
consulting group for strategic, commercial and operational
consulting. 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, Sabre, the
Sabre Airline Solutions logo and AirMax Revenue Manager are
trademarks and/or service marks of an affiliate of Sabre Holdings
Corp. All other trademarks, service marks and trade names are the
property of their respective owners. (C) 2005 Sabre Inc. All rights
reserved.
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