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Friday July 4, 2008

IBS Software Services will provide KLM with its AvientCrew solution featuring crew data management, real-time alerting and decision support capabilities.

Friday July 4, 2008

Lufthansa Systems reached a six-year deal with Gol for provision of its NetLine resource management solution and MRO technology. Implementation is expected in the 2009 first quarter.

Monday June 30, 2008

Survey of International Air Travelers, which has been conducted on international flights and at airport gates by the US Dept. of Commerce on a monthly basis for 25 years, is taking steps toward automating the process, and airlines can benefit from the move by placing a link on their websites that will appear when a passenger completes an international booking to or from the US. The link will take the passenger to a web portal set up by DOC's Office of Travel & Tourism Industries to conduct the surveys and collect the data. DOC will pay $1 to the airline for each completed survey.

In addition, participating carriers will have instant access to the data that are collected. Addison Schonland, president of Innovation Analysis Group, the project manager, said airlines "can see what happened yesterday." He added that a carrier with a large international network could conceivably earn $500 a day from the program, and installing the link takes about 15 min. Currently, 60 airlines participate in the paper version of the survey, a labor-intensive process for which they receive data reports but are not otherwise compensated.

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Monday June 30, 2008

ITA Software reached agreement with TAP Portugal for provision of its QPX airfare pricing and shopping system. Technology is expected to enhance the online experience and increase revenue.

Southwest adds to, 'optimizes' schedule

Friday June 27, 2008

Claiming it has a "much different story to tell today than our competitors," Southwest Airlines yesterday unveiled a schedule adjustment that will see it add a net nine roundtrip flights to its network. [more]

Friday June 27, 2008

Embraer launched a new Internet portal, www.flyembraer.com, where customers will be able to access technical and engineering documents, retrieve information on parts and track orders.

IATA identifies 11 new 'ready for e-freight' countries

Thursday June 26, 2008

IATA yesterday identified 11 additional countries as "ready for e-freight," signaling a potential major expansion of trials that aim to demonstrate the feasibility of "paperless" air cargo. New nations are US, Luxembourg, France, Spain, Australia, New Zealand, UAE (Dubai), Switzerland, Iceland, Denmark and Norway. Current e-freight trials, in which a portion of airfreight on key trade lanes travels without much of the paper documentation usually accompanying cargo, are taking place at airports in Canada, Sweden, UK, Hong Kong, Singapore and Netherlands.

Germany, Mauritius and South Korea have been targeted to be added this year. Five of the 11 new locations identified yesterday will be selected to launch e-freight in 2008 with the remainder targeted for launch in 2009. "The momentum to rid air cargo of costly paper processes is building quickly," IATA DG and CEO Giovanni Bisignani said. "We need to simplify and modernize our business. 100% e-ticketing was an important step forward [and] e-freight is another. It will deliver much-needed efficiency and $1.2 billion in [annual] cost savings." IATA wants to implement e-freight "where feasible" by 2010 but has acknowledged that fewer than 25% of locations worldwide likely will be e-freight capable by then.

Thursday June 26, 2008

Lufthansa Systems will provide its NetLine technology to Braathens Aviation subsidiaries Transwede Airways and Malmo Aviation under a five-year deal. Technology is expected to accelerate fleet and crew planning processes and boost revenue.

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