Air India has teamed up with Sabre Airline Solutions in a bid to boost operational efficiencies in key airline functions and reduce costs. Sabre will move Air India toward having a fully integrated flight control system. The Sabre Integrated Operations Control Centre (IOCC) and dedicated hub control centre give Air India an automatic decision aid, making recovery from any irregularities – whether a flight diversion or delay – smooth and efficient, Sabre said. “Network … [Read more...] about Sabre to optimise Air India’s operations

Global IT solutions provider NIIT Technologies, headquartered in New Delhi, has formalised a strategic partnership with Singapore Airport Terminal Services (SATS) to globally market and implement the COSYS Intelligent Solutions (CIS) which helps air cargo ground handling agents improvetheir cargo handling capabilities. Arvind Mehrotra, executive VP, NIIT Technologies said: “SATS has been a pioneer in the industry and has shown the way with their best practices and efficient air cargo … [Read more...] about NIIT Tech in strategic tie-up with SATS

India-based IBS Software Services has announced that Air New Zealand Cargo, Gulf Air and South African Airways Cargo have joined its Core Group of Influence (CGI) Forum to participate in the development of a next generation air cargo and logistics management system, ‘iCargo’. The purpose of the CGI Forum is to influence and validate the processes and functionality of iCargo to address the current and future requirements of the industry, according to IBS. … [Read more...] about Three carriers join IBS’ software forum

Bangladesh freight forwarders are demanding an improvement in scanning at the country’s main Dhaka airport. Inadequate scanning machines at Dhaka’s Export Cargo Village – where it is mandatory to security scan all shipments before handing over to airlines – results in delays of up to two days and requires the breakdown of pallets and even large boxes. Damage and missing items are common as a result of this breakdown and repacking. The solution, say … [Read more...] about Bangladesh’s exports slowed by equipment