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Datalex's Travel Distribution
Platform Drives Growth Online
for Philippine Airlines
Dublin, September 18, 2009
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Philippine Airlines enable
online reservations for an
additional 6.6 million BancNet
cardholders driving further
online growth on
www.philippineairlines.com
using the Datalex Travel
Distribution Platform.
A first for airlines in the
Philippines, the new Bancnet
online payment facility is one
of multiple global payment
service providers and payment
methods supported via the Travel
Distribution Platform.
Currently BancNet ATM cards are
accepted on
www.philippineairlines.com
for domestic itineraries. With
the introduction of the BancNet
payment facility, Philippine
Airlines anticipates further
increased growth in domestic
bookings.
In 2006, PAL selected the Travel
Distribution Platform to
seamlessly integrate with the
PAL CRS environment. TDP has
provided the flexibility and
control which has resulted in
significant growth of bookings
online for domestic and
international routes. In the
last year, PAL have grown their
online business by over 300% and
continue to partner with Datalex
to deliver new and extensive
shopping and reservations
functionality to support
business growth.
Commenting on the deployment,
Cormac Whelan, Datalex CEO said:
“Datalex has worked closely
with Philippine Airlines for a
number of years, helping PAL to
develop its booking and
reservation management
functionality and providing
improved efficiencies and return
on investment for the airline,
while providing an easier,
quicker and more user-friendly
booking process for PAL’s
customers.” He continued: “The
implementation of the BancNet
ATM payment option is another
example of the type of features
that Datalex has delivered to
help PAL achieve these goals.
Datalex looks forward to
continuing its work with PAL to
further help the airline grow
its business and to proactively
adapt to a very challenging
environment.”
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 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.
Contact:
Ornagh Hoban
Datalex, Ireland
+ 353 1 806 3500
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