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International News
Qantas using next generation load control system
EAW Staff - Mumbai
Qantas has become the first airline in the world to roll-out the Amadeus developed
next generation load control system, known as Altéa Departure ControlFlight,
providing increased efficiency and accuracy of flight departures managed by
the airline's Sydney and Melbourne load control centres. The new system receives
data direct from the airline's load planning, freight, fuelling and airport
information systems, removing existing manual processes.
Qantas chief information officer John Willett said, "A feature of Altéa
DC-Flight is the Autoload function, ensuring items to be loaded onto the aircraft
are automatically designated to positions to optimise fuel efficiency and streamline
loading and unloading.
"This new Amadeus solution includes a Windows-based graphic user interface
application, making it more intuitive and easier to use for load controllers,"
he said.
The rollout of the new system commenced last month, with the airline completing
exhaustive trials, including running the new system alongside Qantas' old systems.
"Rigorous preparation has been critical as weight and balance is the process
which ensures an aircraft is loaded in accordance with all safety requirements,"
Willett said.
Altéa DC-Flight is the first of two elements comprising the new generation
Amadeus Altéa Departure Control Solution. The second component, Altéa
DC Customer Management, is a new check-in, boarding and baggage management
solution that is expected to be introduced by Qantas next year.
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| Qantas is to open new, dedicated domestic Business
Class Lounges at its key business airports: Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane,
by mid-2008. "They will offer a range of services unmatched by competitors
in the domestic market, with a more spacious layout, more private seating
arrangements, a wider selection of hot food and enhanced business services
such as more private work suites and complimentary wireless internet access,"
said Qantas executive general manager, John Borghetti.
Qantas is also to create separate conference facilities
for business travellers within its domestic terminals in Melbourne and
Sydney (T3). The new conference facilities will be purpose built to provide
full teleconferencing equipment, digital display and projector equipment
and dedicated break-out areas.
"The facilities will be available to all customers,
regardless of class of travel, at very competitive hire rates, with Qantas
Club and Frequent Flyer members receiving a significant discount,"
Borghetti said.
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