TSG Stars Group Inc

Phuket Air Selects Sabre Airline Solutions' Passenger Solutions Suite To Handle Extended Distribution as Result of Growth Phuket Air Joins Community of Thai Airlines on Growing List of Asia Pacific Carriers Utilizing the Sabre Airline Solutions for Reservations and Departure Control Systems SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sabre Airline Solutions announced today that Phuket Air has signed an agreement for a suite of advanced reservations and departure control systems, which will allow the airline to improve distribution to travel agencies, create greater efficiency in booking capabilities and lead directly to increased revenue. Phuket Air began operations in December 2001 with two aircraft servicing Ranong and Phuket from Bangkok. Today the airline services six domestic routes in Thailand as well as two regional international destinations. Phuket Air awarded Sabre Airline Solutions the five-year contract following a detailed review of several reservation hosting providers. The implementation will include Sabre Passenger Reservation System, Sabre ACSI international airport check-in system, Sabre AirOps Load Manager, weight and balance system, and a suite of Sabre Qik products for the airline's operations. Kanin Phuvastien, Senior Vice President of Phuket Airlines Co., Ltd., said Sabre Airline Solutions would aid the continued expansion of the airline through these advanced applications. "Phuket Air has experienced exceptional growth in the first two years of operations and we aim to improve our reservations efficiency and the level of services offered to our customers with this implementation," said Phuvastien. "Sabre Airline Solutions is also allowing more extensive distribution options by our participation in a number of global distribution systems." Cameron Curtis, Asia Pacific vice president, for Sabre Airline Solutions, said the contract with Phuket Air, coupled with other recent reservation contract wins, demonstrates that Sabre Airline Solutions is able to deliver high quality, cost-efficient reservations and departure control solutions for airlines of various sizes throughout Asia Pacific. "Phuket Air will benefit from access to the broad suite of functionality utilized by more than 90 airlines globally to achieve goals such as improved distribution and revenue growth," said Curtis. "Throughout the past 12 months, and particularly in Asia, Sabre Airline Solutions has constantly shown the industry that we can work within tight deadlines across different sized airlines, all of which are able to display a positive return on their investment." Phuket Air is one of the new breeds of independent carriers that are achieving success within the Asia Pacific region by offering a full service product on domestic routes and international regional routes. More than 90 airlines world-wide rely on Sabre Airline Solutions for reservations and departure control systems, with Phuket Air joining a number of Asia Pacific based airlines, including Bangkok Airways, Royal Brunei Airlines, Jet Airways and regional Australian airlines Regional Express (REX), Skywest and Alliance. 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 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 Eastern, China Southern, Qantas, Thai Airways 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/ DATASOURCE: Sabre Airline Solutions CONTACT: Katherine Hayden of Sabre Airline Solutions, +1-682-605-2252, or Web site: http://www.sabre-holdings.com/

Copyright