AirAsia goes live with new airline operational management system
We're pleased to announce that AirAsia has gone live with merlot.aero for its airline operations management system. Below is the press release from AirAsia:
AirAsia goes live with new airline … more
AirAsia invests in new airline management system
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AirAsia invests in new airline management system
merlot.aero is foreseen to improve AirAsia’s operational efficiency
KUALA LUMPUR, 28 September - Guests of AirAsia can … more
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QF CEO Alan Joyce … more
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Climbing through the clouds
from the Economist
Airlines and the aircraft industry are belatedly being buffeted by globalisation
LAST month 230 international airlines gathered in Singapore for the annual meeting of the … more

