SkyWork Airlines introduces an innovative new booking system.

Tuesday 31st January 2012

SkyWork Airlines has introduced an innovative new booking system enabling worldwide customers to benefit from a faster and simpler flight booking process on www.flyskywork.com.

Expanding regional airline, SkyWork has launched the award-winning booking system 'Avantik,' developed by Emirates subsidiary software company Mercator. This means that SkyWork flights can be booked on the major computer reservations systems, Gaileo and Amadeus. Travel agencies in the UK now have an additional booking channel too. Avantik was selected because it is, specifically designed for lower cost, hybrid and regional carriers. Avantik is built on the latest technology systems architecture using Microsoft Technologies. Mercator's Avantik is fully IATA e-ticketing compliant, designed to efficiently manage a wide range of airline passenger services.

These include inventory management, multi-channel reservations, yield and revenue management, departure control, weight and balance, electronic ticketing, revenue accounting, code-share, interlining, crew management, flight control and real-time reporting to monitor business operations.

In addition, passengers can now select up to four different classes of booking, offering enhanced flexibility to meet their individual travel needs. The new booking options are offered on a range of tariffs.

Having enhanced its footprint in the UK with increased twice-daily Monday to Friday services on the London City-Bern route (which will be one year old at the end of March), SkyWork's new 'SkyExecutive' service offers an allowance of up to two 8kg carry-on bags, 20kg of checked luggage and a fully refundable ticket on cancellation (with the exception of the credit card fee). Alternatively, passengers may re-book a ticket without incurring any additional charges. SkyWork hopes to expand the online flight booking system in the future to include additional features and benefits for passengers.

About SkyWork Airlines:

SkyWork was founded in 1983 and is one of the oldest airlines in Switzerland. Initially specialising in ad-hoc, business and charter flights, SkyWork now operates direct flights to 11 European destinations. The fleet, which began with a single Cessna 340, has expanded to three Dornier 328 and two Dash 8 Q400s. Three additional aircraft - two 328s and one Q400 will be added to the fleet in 2012. The 72-seater Dash 8/Q400 is one of the newest and most modern aircraft in the SkyWork fleet. SkyWork currently has a workforce of 133 employees. This summer the airline's network will embrace a total of 25 scheduled routes from Bern.

www.skywork.com