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• Asset optimization: The framework provides airlines with Creating an agile, profitable airline for the
the capability to better manage capital assets throughout their twenty-first century
revenue-producing life cycle, including acquisition, utilization, The IBM Travel and Transportation Framework offers solu-
maintenance, repair, overhaul and disposition. Assets can tions that improve responsiveness to the marketplace, stream-
include aircraft, parts, crews, machinery, airspace, crew expe- line core operational processes, and help airlines become healthier
rience and marketplace presence. and more profitable. A scalable, modular, integrated platform
• Operations control systems: The framework provides solu- built on industry standards, the IBM Travel and Transportation
tions that can help airlines improve operational effectiveness Framework enables airlines to start by solving a particular busi-
and reduce environmental impact through better planning of ness problem in one of the five domains — for example, reser-
schedules, load plans, facilities, crews and equipment. For air- vation system modernization — and then move on to execute a
lines, this includes optimizing flight schedules and flight crews. multichannel sales and service system that enables a single view
The solutions use business rules and business intelligence tools of the passenger. By leveraging the first project to develop a
for decision support. second, then a third and so on, economies of scale are achieved.
• Security, safety and surveillance: The framework can
help airlines integrate data from video and other monitor- This incremental path to modernization, built on open standards
ing devices and apply advanced analytics to improve secu- and designed to integrate with existing applications, can lower
rity, reduce security overhead and move from a reactive to a costs and mitigate risk while improving the speed, safety, reliabil-
more proactive response. ity and profitability of today’s global airline companies.
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