Sabre Implements First Phase of $10 Million Project for China Southern Airlines; Carrier To Debut New Operations Control Center With Sabre Systems.GUANGZHOU, China--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1999-- China Southern Airlines China Southern Airlines (中国南方航空公司) (SEHK: 1055, NYSE: ZNH) is an airline based in Guangzhou in the Guangdong province of the People's Republic of China. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ZNH)(HKSE:1055), the largest airline in The People's Republic of China, and Sabre Tuesday announced the activation of a technically advanced System Operations Control center for China Southern Airlines. The $10 million contract calls for Sabre to develop, customize and implement a full range of key, year 2000-ready airline systems in three separate phases to meet China Southern's needs. The entire project is expected to be completed by the fourth quarter. The first phase was completed Tuesday and consists of the implementation of two software solutions developed by Sabre AIRPATH, an automated flight planning and dispatching system, and AIROPS AIROPS Air Operations , an automated operations and maintenance control system. The final two phases call for Sabre to implement its load planning and flight following systems, as well as its crew management system. Load planning will allow the SOC to plan and optimize flight capacity, while the flight following system will track the airline's planes while enroute to their destinations. AIRCREWS, a crew management system, will provide optimal solutions for assigning crew to aircraft fleet. The SOC consolidates China Southern Airlines' nine regional branches into one center for centralized control. The SOC and command center are housed in an ultramodern facility located adjacent to the airline's new headquarters at Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport (IATA: CAN, ICAO: ZGGG) (Simplified Chinese: 广州白云国际机场; Traditional Chinese: . The SOC will run 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week and accommodate up to 22 people per shift at individual and group UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). or PC workstations with an additional 25 to 30 staff and support personnel. When fully implemented, the center will integrate the computer system, ground-air communication system, ACARS ACARS Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System ACARS ARINC Communications Addressing and Reporting System ACARS Airborne Communications Addressing and Reporting System ACARS Air Concepts and Requirements Study ACARS Access Control and Release System system, WST WST In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Samoan Tala. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. weather system, NOTAM NOTAM Notice to Airmen NOTAM Norwegian Network for Technology, Acoustics and Music information, Jeppesen Navigation database and crisis command center. "The activation of SOC enables China Southern Airlines to be in the leading position domestically in the area of operation management and to further enhance its competitive capability," said Li Feng Hua, vice president, China Southern Airlines. "There is no question that this facility, over time, will save China Southern Airlines a considerable amount of money as the SOC centralizes all critical daily operational functions," Feng Hua concluded. "Our systems will help modernize central operations at China Southern Airlines, which will enable the carrier to improve customer service and realize efficiencies across the board," said Peter von Moltke, senior vice president of Sabre. "We have developed an excellent working relationship with the China Southern team and believe that this project further establishes our expertise in managing and implementing vital airline IT systems in the Asia/Pacific region." Sabre (NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in the electronic distribution of travel and is a leading provider of information technology solutions for the travel and transportation industries, including customized software development and software products, transaction processing, consulting and total information technology outsourcing Information Technology Outsoucing or ITO is a company's outsourcing of computer or Internet related work, such as programming, to other companies. It is used in refence to Business Process Outsourcing or BPO, which is the outsourcing of the work that does not require so much . Ranked No. 1 in passengers carried in China for the past 20 years, China Southern Airlines connects more than 80 cities around the globe. Major business and vacation destinations served in China include: Hong Kong, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Guilin and Kunming with international service to Amsterdam, Los Angeles, Singapore, Osaka, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City Ho Chi Minh City, formerly Saigon, city (1997 pop. 5,250,000), on the right bank of the Saigon River, a tributary of the Dong Nai, Vietnam. . Current Sabre news releases may be accessed via the Internet. Visit the company's Web site at http://www.sabre.com. Sabre and the Sabre logo are registered trademarks of an affiliate of The SABRE Group Inc., soon to be known as Sabre Inc. |
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