APAC / Issue Q4 2019 5 NEWS , Sabre Corporation, the leading technology provider to the global travel industry, recently announced that China-based carrier Shandong Airlines is the latest to select several intelligent retailing solutions from the Sabre Commercial Platform. Under this agreement, Shandong Airlines will leverage Sabre AirVision Schedule Manager and Sabre AirVision Fares Manager to drive revenue optimization and accelerate how the airline competes in the Asian market. “As Shandong Airlines continues to evolve to cater to the growing needs of travelers in and around China, we recognize the value of onboarding innovative technology solutions from leading technology providers like Sabre to bolster our commercial management capabilities. The intelligent solutions the Sabre Commercial Platform has to offer will fuel our business strategy and help to set ourselves apart in the highly competitive environment in which we operate,” said a spokesperson from Shandong Airlines. Shandong Airlines has a vast network of domestic and international routes across the Asia Pacific region. With the implementation of Sabre’s innovative commercial planning solutions, Shandong Airlines will drive revenue maximization, significantly improve its efficiency by reducing the amount of manual processes, and intelligently optimize operations from a Bechtel and Team lead one of the largest tunnelling effort in Australian history for Sydney Metro. One of the biggest public transportation project in Australia’s history reached a milestone as five 1,000-ton boring machines passed the halfway point in carving underground rail tunnels for the Sydney Metro. The machines, overseen by an integrated team that includes Bechtel, are digging beneath the city’s central business district and the iconic Sydney Harbour. The final machine, a specialized mixed-shield slurry tunnel boring machine (TBM), began digging in August. Altogether, the five machines will construct 31 kilometers of new tunnels for Sydney Metro. “It’s been a huge month for the Sydney Metro team as they surpassed the halfway point in tunnelling for the City & Southwest and launched a giant borer, named Kathleen, under Sydney Harbour. Kathleen will dig at depths of up to 40 meters,” said Ged Silva, Bechtel’s regional manager for Asia Pacific. Train service on Sydney Metro started in the city’s North West (from Tallawong to Chatswood) in May, with a train running every four minutes during the peak periods. Creating History schedule planning and fare management perspective. Schedule Manager will empower schedule planners to be more confident by generating intelligent insights, enhancing management reporting capabilities and improving analytics. Moreover, the adoption of Fares Manager will allow the carrier to monitor and change their fares quickly and efficiently, making fare filing much easier and accurate. Sabre’s cutting-edge technology will also help Shandong Airlines with the efficient management of private contracts and help to generate tangible business intelligence to significantly improve the airline’s revenue pipeline. “Sabre is a global company that prides itself on offering a localized approach to its customers. With support from our team based in Shanghai, we are well positioned to drive China’s thriving aviation industry, already providing cutting-edge solutions and services to more than 30 of the country’s top carriers,” said Dasha Kuksenko, vice president & regional general manager, North Asia, Travel Solutions. “We’ve acquired exceptional knowledge about China, its unique needs, and the significant opportunity for airlines to optimize revenue potential, and we are focused on supporting all carriers as they continue on their growth trajectory. Sabre is pleased to be a strategic technology partner to Shandong Airlines as it continues to expand its footprint across the region,” she added. Shandong Airlines selects Sabre to drive intelligent retailing in China and across Asia. By 2024, Sydney will have 31 metro railway stations and a 66-kilometer standalone metro railway system, revolutionizing the travel around Australia’s biggest city. The project includes delivering 15.5-kilometer twin tunnels from Chatswood to Sydenham under the central business district and Sydney Harbour. As Sydney Metro’s delivery management partner, Bechtel is overseeing the delivery of the tunnelling contract which was awarded to John Holland CPB Ghella Joint Venture in 2017. In addition to building twin tunnels, the team is excavating space for six new stations in the heart of the city. Each machine is 150 meters in length – longer than two Airbus A380 aircraft – and designed to cut through sandstone, an especially hard rock that makes up the harbour. The borers operate as underground factories, digging and lining the tunnels as they go. Collectively, the machines will excavate 5.9 million tons of rock – enough to fill roughly 940 Olympic-sized swimming pools. The excavated material from the new tunnels will be reused at another Bechtel project, the new Western Sydney Airport, where it will be used as a base for the new runway.
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy NTY1MjI4