BLUE BELL, Pa., July 20, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Unisys
Corporation (NYSE: UIS) today announced that TravelSky has
successfully cut over to the Unisys AirCore next-generation
passenger system to streamline and modernize passenger sales and
service (PSS) applications for its airline clients.
TravelSky is the leading provider of information technology
solutions for China's air travel
and tourism industry and provides the reservations, inventory and
departure control systems used by China's air carriers. The migration of its
inventory and schedule management systems marks the completion of
key components in the modernization of TravelSky's next generation
PSS.
Unisys provided end-to-end solutions and services for this
program including requirements analysis, design, development,
testing and implementation across several applications including
schedule management and inventory control. Air China is the first
of TravelSky's airline clients to migrate to the new system,
generating approximately 50 million flight queries and one million
booking requests per day.
AirCore is a comprehensive passenger services solution suite
that covers both reservations and departure control for air
carriers. The modular web-based applications are based on open
technology and industry standards to make it easier to add new
applications or integrate with other systems. AirCore supports a
wide range of distribution channels including mobile, tablet and
web, in line with IATA's New Distribution Capability (NDC)
initiative to enable the travel industry to transform the way air
products are retailed to, and purchased by, air travelers.
Dheeraj Kohli, vice president and
global head of Travel and Transportation for Unisys, said, "We have
drawn on our deep domain capabilities in aviation, combined with
our solution and IT expertise and
best practices from related industries, to help TravelSky offer its
airline clients greater flexibility in their customer-facing
applications. As Unisys AirCore is based on open technology and has
a flexible design, TravelSky is able to adapt to the unique
processes of each of their clients and quickly implement changes
they need to drive market demand."
Andrew Whelan, vice president
commercial industries, Unisys Asia Pacific, said, "Asia Pacific represents almost a third of the
global international air passenger market, and China continues to record strong growth in
domestic traffic1. So China's airlines need flexible systems to
quickly respond to capacity changes and to interact with their
customers via a variety of channels. We are delighted to help
TravelSky continue to grow and evolve the services it offers its
clients to meet the remarkable passenger growth and changing
customer demands in China."
Unisys has more than 45 years of experience providing advanced,
mission-critical IT solutions to the travel and transportation
industry. A quarter of the world's air passengers check in for
their flights using Unisys systems.
1 – International Air Transport Association (IATA) global
passenger data – April 2016
About Unisys
Unisys is a global information technology company that works
with many of the world's largest companies and government
organizations to solve their most pressing IT and business
challenges. Unisys specializes in providing integrated,
leading-edge solutions to clients in the government, financial
services and commercial markets. With more than 20,000 employees
serving clients around the world, Unisys offerings include cloud
and infrastructure services, application services, security
solutions, and high-end server technology. For more information,
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