Airlines
Creating an Agile, High-Performance Enterprise thru Modernization
Fighting Headwinds
The Challenge
Airlines are faced with a significant array of challenges – many driven by historically high fuel prices. Profitability is suffering, increasing pressure to reduce costs. Industry consolidation is continuing, driving the need to effectively merge airline operations. You are faced with the dilemma of reducing capacity while at the same time increasing revenue.
In order to respond to these challenges, airlines must improve their ability to innovate and adapt. You must be able to integrate information from multiple sources in order to enhance your ability to make decisions. You must be able to change your business model as necessary to respond to changes in the business environment. And your airline must increase efficiencies while at the same time strengthening customer relations.
To successfully address these challenges, you need information systems that are agile and cost effective. Unfortunately, many airlines are operating aging information technology (IT) systems that not only fail to provide the flexibility airlines need, but also contribute to system downtime, passenger delays and unnecessary expenditures.
Air Services Industry Answer
HP services are designed ensure that your IT systems provide you with the flexibility you need, while ensuring that your systems are reliable, secure, and cost-effective. We help you apply information technology to generate bottom-line results. Among the services provided by HP:
- Air Services Industry Solutions
- Electronic Ticketing Services
- Reservation Services
- Departure Control Services
- Flight Planning Services
- Airline SOA Solutions
- Applications Modernization Services For Airlines
- Business Process Outsourcing Services (BPO)
- Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Services
- Finance and Administration Services
- HR Services
- Document Processing Services
- Procurement Services
- Application Support Services
- Applications Development Services
- Applications Modernization Services For Airlines
- Enterprise Applications
- Application Management Services
- Integration and SOA
- Infrastructure Outsourcing Services
- Workplace (Desktop) Services
- Data Center Modernization Services
- Networking Services
- Security and Privacy Services
The Results
With 9,000 experienced professionals serving the transportation industry, HP is unmatched when it comes to understanding and addressing the critical business issues you face within the airline industry. You get solid solutions that make a tangible impact on your business. Let us help you achieve the type of results we've generated for other airline clients:
- Savings of up to 2 percent on flight operations
- Fuel costs reduced by up to 4 percent
- Dispatcher productivity up by 10 percent
- Savings of up to 15 percent on procurement
- Overall IT outlay reductions of as much as 30 percent
- Download the Airline Reservation Migration Fact Sheet
- Download the Airline SOA Technical Brief
- Download the Service Oriented Architecture Airline Viewpoint
- Download Flight Planning Services At a Glance
- Download Global Transportation Profile Sheet
- Download Agile Airline Viewpoint
- Download Electronic Fares At a Glance
- Download the Impact of IT on Airline Consolidation Viewpoint
Airlines Industry Contact Information
Transportation Industry Vice President and Consumer Travel Segment Leader Eric Harte
Eric’s responsibilities include management and growth of HP’s Transportation business as well as the development and execution of its global transportation strategies and solutions. He is also responsible as the HP general manager for the delivery of service, client relationship management and overall segment growth of HP’s Consumer Travel business.
Consumer Travel Growth Ken Brown
Ken Brown is a Managing Director in the Transportation Industry where he is responsible for the growth and expansion of the US Based Consumer Travel Segment as well as the lead CIE for the Global Hospitality sub-segment. In the US Region Ken is accountable for the targeting, prioritization and execution of critically required new logo growth across the multiple sub-segments contained within this large and diversified Consumer Travel Segment. At a global level, Ken is responsible for establishing a global industry plan for Hospitality, which will transform HP’s image with our new logo and existing clients within the Global Hospitality Segment as well as developing and maintaining HP’s relationships with key client CXOs and VP level leaders across both segments. Ken and his leveraged partners gather insight into how HP can benefit both Consumer Travel and Hospitality clients, work to provide competitive pricing and ensure best in class services and products are optimally provided resulting in new logo business and surpassed client expectations.
Travel & Hospitality Expert Kevin Short
Kevin Short has more than 20 years of experience in the travel industry, including experience with airlines, leisure travel, hospitality technology and electronic distribution. Short's strengths in reservation services, revenue management and brand transformation have contributed to building and transforming major airlines, including serving as the managing director of international revenue management and the vice president of revenue management. Short is focused on determining the strategy and plans a customer needs to expand through innovation, streamline back office operations and improve business performance.
Consumer Travel Strategic Pursuits Tim Klingler
Tim Klingler is a 20-year veteran of the travel industry, with experience in providing technology solutions to airlines, electronic distribution, hospitality and logistics. Klingler's strengths are in strategy, business transformation, and leveraging technology to address ever-changing business needs. His work has helped major airlines and hotel companies adapt their systems to the online travel distribution environment and improve operational efficiencies. Klingler is focused on building a community-based solution environment for the hospitality industry.
For more information about what HP can do for you, submit a business inquiry.
Transportation Industry
Behind the success of airlines, travel & hospitality providers and freight companies is an ally, EDS. Helping achieve increased efficiencies and new levels of collaboration and standardization, EDS keeps them moving people and materials more efficiently.