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Subject: Farnborough news release
From: David Hurst (DavidHurstAssocs@compuserve.com) at ccnode
Date: 8/23/98 06:22 PM
NEWS RELEASE
Despatched 23 August 1998
FREE AIRLINE TICKETS AT FARNBOROUGH SHOW
Visitors to Farnborough International 98, on from September 7th to 13th, can win free airline tickets in exhibition hall 1. Air Atlanta Icelandic are giving away two free tickets from London to Iceland each day, a total of 14 tickets in all. The tickets will be valid for use on Air Atlanta's service from London Stansted to Keflavik Airport, Iceland, which will operate through to October and then restart the following summer.
The winners will be drawn at the end of each day from business cards left that day at the Air Atlanta Icelandic stand, Hall 1, stand E27.
Air Atlanta Icelandic, one of the world's largest wet-leasing carriers, together with Taeknival hf, one of Iceland?s largest software companies, are launching Albatross, an airline operating management system for the smaller carrier. The system will be on show in public for the first time at Farnborough International ?98.
Air Atlanta and Taeknival are presenting the Albatross system as an affordable software solution particularly suited to the smaller carrier and to those with widespread flexible schedules. The system can help with every aspect of daily and long term operations and resource management.
Albatross was hatched some ten years ago by Air Atlanta Icelandic staff as a rudimentary system to keep track of some aspects of the airline?s operations in Saudi Arabia. As with all systems it has been developed and modified over the years in the light of experience with more and more features being added. Taeknival, a Microsoft Certified Solution Provider, contributed the programming skills and computer expertise.
Air Atlanta Icelandic has made the system operational at stations in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Gatwick, Stansted and Manchester in England; Madrid, Spain; Cologne, Germany; and the head office near Reykjavik, Iceland. The airline operates 19 aircraft for a variety of airlines, sometimes for short periods, in various parts of the world, plus its own charter services from Iceland.
A major objective of the system is to give an online overview of the whole operation, including the whereabouts of aircraft and crew, to enable managers to use the available resources effectively. Head office can watch the entire fleet or outstations can concentrate on the aircraft and crew operating under their control. The system will run crew rosters and aircraft scheduling, providing operations officers with a live rotation plan of the current operation over four hours or four days as required.
Albatross is designed to allow outstations to manipulate relevant data and the actions can be electronically copied to all or particular stations as required. Individual users can be restricted to certain information or functions to increase security.
Albatross can output a variety of statistics and reports in various formats, such as Microsoft Word and Excel. Built-in validations and checks are designed according to the requirements of the Joint Aviation Authorities (JAA).
The most frequently used page shows the sectors being flown by a variable number of aircraft. Clicking on a rotation brings up a window that shows the details and timings of the flight, aircraft and crew. Clicking on the aircraft can provide complete records of operations and maintenance. Clicking on the name of individual crew members can provide a complete record of their status, including personal and professional details down to vaccinations and the items of uniform issued.
A particular concern is to keep individual flight deck and cabin crew licences current by ensuring that they are rostered for checks in good time. Albatross has a built-in personnel sub-system managing such tasks.
Taeknival is a US$36 million turnover company, one of Iceland?s largest computer companies, employing 233 people including 60 in the software division alone. It has taken responsibility for the sales, installation and support of the Albatross system.
Air Atlanta Icelandic, a privately owned company based in Iceland and identified by Business Week as one of Europe?s fastest growing companies, currently operates 16 widebody Boeing 747 and Lockheed L1011 aircraft and three Boeing 737s from stations in the United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and Saudi Arabia as well as Iceland.
Media contact:
David Hurst, Air Atlanta Icelandic, tel: +44 1273 492685; fax +44 1273
495699,
Sales contact:
Thorkell M Gunnarsson, Taeknival hf, tel: +354 550 4000; fax +354 550 4001
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