Air Jamaica utilising new systems B'dos Advocate Web Posted - Wed Nov 20 2002 AIR JAMAICA has cutover to Sabre Reservations and Airport Systems as of last Friday. Over the last six months, Sabre has implemented for Air Jamaica several advanced products, including the Sabre Passenger Reservations System, a comprehensive, fully integrated solution that offers travelers greater ease from booking to boarding. The reservations system will streamline operations, improve productivity and allow the airline to increase sales through every sales channel, particularly online bookings, with the support of GetThere DirectAirline, Sabre's frilly hosted Internet sales system. Staff members throughout the Air Jamaica system and in all countries have been trained extensively in the new system including those in Barbados. In addition to the reservations system, Sabre will implement airport check-in and departure control technology that will enable optimised flight schedules, improved weight and balance monitoring, wireless hand-held passenger check-in and more. These capabilities, coupled with services offered by Sabre's industry-experienced airline consultants, will offer Air Jamaica end-to-end services designed to overhaul and upgrade the airline's technology systems. The US$10 million system, when deployed, will significantly modernise and enhance Air Jamaica's Reservations & Airport Systems. Customers will see faster processing at the ticket offices and Reservations Call Centers, faster check-in and boarding of flights, E-ticketing, Internet Booking and Automated Information Services. Staff will benefit from newer and more efficient technology, the utilisation of both e-mail and teletype, more efficient interfacing of current computer systems such as Flight operations and Weight and Balance. The staff at Air Jamaica Barbados have completed training and system implementation and staff training. More than 70 airlines worldwide currently use Sabre for their reservations systems. The owner of Roger's Trinbago Site: Roj (Roger James) *************************************************** escape email mailto:ejames@escape.ca Trinbago site: http://www.tntisland.com CBC Website http://www.tntisland.com/caribbeanbrassconnection/ The Trinbago Site of the Week: (chgdev) http://www.chagdev.com/ (Chaguaramas Development Authority) courtesy of Roj Trinbago Website & TnT Web Directory Roj's Trinbago Website: http://www.tntisland.com TnT Web Directory: http://search.co.tt *********************************************************