Sabre Airline Solutions has announced the release of new proactive weather and air traffic management tools as part of Sabre AirCentre Flight Explorer, Release 9.1. The solution includes new state-of the- art feature enhancements that will help airlines improve fleet management through weather events and airspace constraints alerts, reducing potential delays and maximising fuel savings. The new tools feature a new graphical weather overlay, a dynamic Traffic Flow Management Reroute Advisory … [Read more...] about Sabre releases new flight management tool
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MNG up and running with Traxon
With testing now complete, Turkish carrier MNG Airlines has said it is now connected to forwarders via the Traxon network in all countries in which it operates, including the airline’s principal destinations of Luton, UK, Cologne, Germany, Paris CDG and Milan (Malpensa). “Our customers now enjoy the advantages of more efficient and faster processing but also the opportunity to interface, at no extra cost, with other carriers within the Traxon network,†said MNG Airlines … [Read more...] about MNG up and running with Traxon
UPS launches new critical parts fulfillment system
UPS has announced the launch of a new Web-based system that manages global service orders and inventory for critical parts fulfillment. The UPS Post Sales Order Management System (OMS) allows companies located anywhere in the world to quickly assess their critical parts inventory, determine the most optimal routing strategy to meet customer needs, place orders online and track parts from the warehouse to the end user, UPS said in a statement. UPS said the new order management system was ideal … [Read more...] about UPS launches new critical parts fulfillment system
IATA matters
In giving his E-freight update, Peter Chong, director IATA Cargo Services Asia Pacific noted that “great strides†had been made since 2006/7 and by next year 20 documents representing 64 per cent of paper volume will be converted to electronic format. In 2009 the number will be 16 with Dangerous Goods being converted later this year. E-freight was implemented in three new Asia Pacific locations last year, including South Korea, Australia and New Zealand and since 31 December 2008, 18 … [Read more...] about IATA matters
AMERICAS: Boeing again delays first 787 test flight
Only days before the much anticipated first test flight of the long-awaited Boeing 787 Dreamliner, Boeing has had to embarrassingly announce yet another delay – the fifth so far – to the aircraft’s delivery schedule due to a newly discovered technical problem. Chicago-based Boeing said this week that it needs to reinforce small areasnear where the wings connect to the fuselage before conducting the first testflight, which Boeing had insisted wouldoccur before … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Boeing again delays first 787 test flight
AMERICAS: Boeing’s Carson sees recovery next year
Boeing Commercial Airplanes chief executive Scott Carson believes economic recovery is in sight. “It feels like we’re bouncing off the bottom,†he said at the Paris Air Show. Citing the latest economic data that Boeing tracks, he said: “It feels to us like the middle of next year is when we will see growth return to the industry.†Speaking specifically about changes to the production rates for its freighter products, Carson said, “the next six months … [Read more...] about AMERICAS: Boeing’s Carson sees recovery next year