Riyadh Air Initiates Strategic Partnership With Sabre to Improve Planning Efficiency 

The world's top software and technology provider for the travel industry, Sabre Corporation, has entered into a strategic partnership with Riyadh Air, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's new national airline that is reshaping aviation.

With the help of Sabre's comprehensive network planning and optimisation tools, Riyadh Air is demonstrating its dedication to increasing operational effectiveness and generating more revenue through this strategic alliance. To ensure that airlines can financially schedule and allocate available capacity, reliably estimate demand, and build their networks appropriately, Sabre Network Planning and Optimisation solutions facilitate collaborative and intelligent decision-making.

To fulfil its strategic objectives and realise its vision, Riyadh Air has selected Sabre's full suite of products, which includes Sabre Schedule Manager, Sabre Slot Manager, Sabre Profit Manager, and Sabre Market Intelligence, Global Demand Data (GDD), as part of this ground-breaking agreement.

Vincent Coste, the Chief Commercial Officer of Riyadh Air, Said, “Sabre’s technology provides a new level of insight that will enable Riyadh Air to make informed network planning and commercial decisions, ensuring greater revenue returns, allowing us to invest more in enhancing the overall passenger experience. We have carefully selected a stable of world-class technical suppliers to power Riyadh Air towards its maiden flight in 2025, and this collaboration is a key milestone in our journey to achieve operational excellence and scale our business efficiently.”

By streamlining the schedule creation process from planning to distribution, Sabre Schedule Manager, an industry-leading scheduling solution, increases aircraft utilisation and boosts potential revenue. This technology which smoothly connects with a wide range of third-party solutions has helped airlines all over the world achieve incremental operating margins and increase productivity while maintaining stable and operationally realistic schedules.

Another essential part of Sabre's suite is Sabre Slot Manager, which effectively manages an airline's crucial slot portfolio with enhanced asset utilisation by automating the slot procedure. Utilised by airlines with the most complicated slot portfolios at some of the airports with the worst capacity constraints globally, it stands out as the most comprehensive slot management system in the market.

Furthermore, a crucial product that provides accurate demand and profitability forecasts with an average revenue gain of up to 2% is Sabre Profit Manager. This gives Riyadh Air the ability to develop successful network plans and the ideal hub configuration. To identify new revenue prospects, Profit Manager uses the most comprehensive partnership and alliance modelling available in the industry.

GDD, Sabre Market Intelligence, gives Riyadh Air access to extensive market data and offers sophisticated data analysis tools for a variety of applications, such as network planning and optimisation. With stronger booking, shopping, and market data analysis for commercial planning teams, it boosts competitive advantage and data efficiency, allowing Riyadh Air to spot new income prospects.

With this strategic alliance, Riyadh Air and Sabre are demonstrating their dedication to using cutting-edge technology to promote profitability, efficiency gains, and sustainable growth.

Garry Wiseman, the Chief Product and Technology Officer of Sabre Travel Solutions, said, “Sabre has a strong reputation for driving results through our innovative solutions that enable airlines to respond swiftly to competitor changes, identify new market opportunities, and optimise flight times for incremental revenue gains. Our end-to-end Network Planning and Optimisation suite has been a cornerstone of commercial planning for over two decades, supporting brand differentiation and operational excellence.”

With more than 90 worldwide clients, including well-known airlines, Sabre's Network Planning and Optimisation products have a track record of pioneering and revolutionising commercial planning. The package supports airlines of all shapes and sizes and covers the entire planning and scheduling lifecycle.

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