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COPA AIRLINES SELECTS DATALEX AS
ITS
TRAVEL DISTRIBUTION PLATFORM FOR
SUCCESS
Dublin, 01 March 2010 -
Datalex – the leading provider
of travel distribution software
and solutions to the global
travel industry – is pleased to
announce the delivery of the
Travel Distribution Platform
(TDP) to Copa Airlines enabling
www.copaair.com.
Panama-based Copa Airlines
operates flights to 45
destinations in 24 countries
throughout the Americas and the
Caribbean. With a growing fleet
and expanding route network, the
airline sought a reliable,
scalable and flexible
distribution solution to meet
current and future demands of
its growing online business.
TDP seamlessly integrates with
the Copa CRS environment and
provides www.copaair.com with
extensive multi-lingual
(Spanish, English and
Portuguese) shopping and
reservations functionality to
support the site’s expanding
business. Multiple fare
merchandising capabilities such
as fare families, promotional
fares – ‘¡Irresistibles!
deals’, and web exclusive
offers are enabled using TDP’s
Business Rules Centre (BRC),
allowing Copa Airlines to
proactively introduce special
offers and promotions, or to
react at short notice to dynamic
changes to their business
environment.
In addition, Datalex’s Travel
Distribution Platform enables
features such as advanced
calendar shopping, ‘reserve and
pay later’, frequent flyer
integration, e-ticketing,
e-coupons and multi-currency
payment processing.
Commenting on the go-live of
www.copaair.com, Datalex CEO
Cormac Whelan said: “Datalex
is proud of its partnership with
Copa Airlines in this venture
and is confident that the Travel
Distribution Platform gives Copa
the control and flexibility to
maximise the profitability of
the Copa direct channel. Copa
Airlines is one of the leading
airlines in Latin America and
Datalex is committed to ensuring
that TDP provides a significant
return on investment for years
to come.”
“Our newly designed website site
provides our passengers a fast,
efficient and secure way to plan
their travel,” said
Joe Mohan, Vice President,
Commerce and Planning, Copa
Airlines. “It’s another sign
of our commitment to our
passengers – our goal is to give
them the best experience
possible from the moment they
make the decision to fly with
us.”
About Datalex:
Datalex is a leading provider of
multi-CRS travel distribution
software and solutions which
provide the flexibility and
control that enable global
travel industry suppliers and
distributors to deliver
increased content and choice to
their customers across multiple
sales channels, while enabling
record reductions in
distribution costs. Each year,
over 50 million online
transactions are booked through
the Travel Distribution Platform
for major suppliers and
distributors such as Aer Lingus,
Copa Airlines, Frontier
Airlines, Philippine Airlines,
Scandinavian Airlines, Saudi
Arabian Airlines, South African
Airways and United Airlines.
Headquartered in Dublin,
Ireland, the company maintains
offices in Europe, Australia and
USA. Datalex is a publicly held
company traded on the Irish
Stock Exchange (symbol: DLE, and
also OTC: DLEXY). For more
information, please visit the
company’s website at
www.datalex.com.
About Copa Holdings, S.A.
Copa Holdings, through its Copa
Airlines and Aero Republica
operating subsidiaries, is a
leading Latin American provider
of passenger and cargo service.
Copa Airlines currently offers
approximately 144 daily
scheduled flights to 45
destinations in 24 countries in
North, Central and South America
and the Caribbean. From the
U.S., Copa offers nonstop
service to Panama 20 times a
week from Miami; daily from New
York City (JFK) and Los Angeles;
five times a week from
Washington, D.C. (Dulles); and
13 times a week from Orlando.
In addition, Copa Airlines
provides passengers with access
to flights to more than 120
other international destinations
through code share agreements
with Continental Airlines and
other airlines. Aero Republica,
the second-largest domestic
carrier in Colombia, provides
service to 12 cities in Colombia
as well as international
connectivity with Copa Airlines’
Hub of the Americas through
flights from Bogota,
Bucaramanga, Cali, Cartagena,
Medellin and Pereira.
Additionally, Aero Republica has
direct daily flights to Caracas,
Venezuela from Cartagena and
Medellin, Colombia. For more
information, visit
www.copaair.com.
Contact:
Ornagh Hoban
Datalex, Ireland
+ 353 1 806 3500
news.dept@datalex.com
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