For release: 12 Sep 2007
EDS To Provide Flight Planning Solution To Mexicana Airlines
PLANO, Texas and MEXICO CITY, Mexico – EDS today announced it was awarded an information technology (IT) services contract to provide the EDS Flight Planning solution for Mexicana de Aviación (Mexicana Airlines), a leading air transportation company between Mexico and the United States. Financial details were not disclosed.
The EDS Flight Planning solution represents a cost-effective way to calculate and optimize operational flight plans in terms of finding the most economical route, from both fuel and cost perspectives. The EDS Flight Planning solution will allow Mexicana and its low cost airline, Click Mexicana, to increase productivity with an easy-to-use, Web-based graphical interface that assists dispatchers in making the right business decisions as they monitor air traffic. This is done by an Automatic Flight Planning (AFP) model that supports the flight plan calculation by the automatic determination and suitability check of operational hours, weather and infrastructure status of an airport.
By using the EDS Flight Planning solution, Mexicana and Click Mexicana can calculate the most economical operational flight plans for its combined fleet of 77 aircrafts, allowing the airline to automatically consider route restrictions, alternative routes and best routes, which reduces the airline’s operations cost.
“EDS’ commitment to implement this new flight planning system within an ambitious period of time, and their proven global air transportation delivery capability, supported us in making the decision to continue the successful and long-standing business relationship with EDS,” Santiago Ontañon, Mexicana Airlines CIO said. “Through the effective use of EDS Flight Planning solution and its capability of automating dispatch processes, Mexicana and Click Mexicana will be able to achieve its business objectives to reduce fuel consumption and increase staff productivity, further contributing to the Mexicana Group becoming the leading holding company of major airlines in Mexico and Latin America.”
“EDS is thrilled Mexicana decided to continue our long-standing relationship by selecting our new EDS Flight Planning solution,” Antonio Guerrero, general manager of EDS Mexico said. “Mexicana was looking for a solution that provided substantial fuel savings and dispatcher productivity, and we are pleased that they recognized this in our offering. This implementation demonstrates that EDS is a significant competitor in the Flight Planning & Operations environment.”
EDS has more than 20 years of flight planning experience and is the world’s leading airline IT services provider.
About Mexicana de Aviación
Mexicana de Aviación began its operations 86 years ago and it is therefore the airline with the fourth longest tradition in the world. Currently, it is the airline with the most extensive international coverage from Mexico and the leading transportation company between Mexico and the United States. From its operation hub in Mexico City International Airport, Mexicana flies to around 50 destinations in North, Central, and South America and the Caribbean. Its code share agreements with leading international airlines, represents a great benefit for its passengers with the accumulation and redemption of miles, access to its executive lounges, a range of connection possibilities and coordinated schedules with an extensive route network that covers a large portion of the world. Having the most modern fleet in the world has allowed it to maintain one of the highest on time performance levels, and enabled it to reach the highest utilization rate of its Airbus fleet, with an average daily operation of 12:52 hours. Mexicana has the best maintenance base in Latin America. And for the second consecutive time its been recognized with the World Travel Awards 2006 as the best Business Class in Mexico and Latin America, in addition to receiving the award as the leading airline for ninth consecutive years in the same region. On July 1st, 2005, Mexicana launched its low-cost airline, Click Mexicana, which offers the most competitive fares. Click serves 26 domestic routes and its fleet is comprised of 17 Fokker 100 aircraft with state-of-the-art equipment with the most advanced technology available in the industry. For more information visit: www.mexicana.com and www.clickmx.com.
About EDS
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