Swiss Air to improve Garuda's info system

Swiss Air to improve Garuda's info system

NUSA DUA, Bali (JP): The state-owned Garuda Indonesia Airlines
and Atraxis Swiss Air have agreed on further tightening their
partnership by jointly developing Garuda's information technology
system.

Both Garuda and Atraxis, an information service subsidiary of
the Swiss Air Group, signed the contractual agreement here
yesterday.

Garuda's director of human resources development Eko Suwaryo
said the agreement would make the company's existing cooperation
with Swiss Air more mutual.

"Before, Swiss Air was only a provider of the information
system that we use, but now we will actually benefit each other,"
Eko said after the signing of the agreement.

Under the agreement, Atraxis would provide the technology for
Garuda's reservation and departure control system, while Garuda
would provide the human resources, he said.

Atraxis would train Garuda's staff to improve their
competencies in the airlines information service, he said.

Atraxis's chief executive officer and President Hans Eisele
said yesterday his company was interested in developing a state
of the art computer information technology system for the
Indonesian airlines.

"Indonesia has a great potential to serve the global needs,
because it is a big country with many islands and airways. This
is a good reason to provide the service from here instead of from
places like Europe," Eisele said.

The agreement included the use of the latest software
licensing to be operated by Garuda at its Jakarta-based computer
center, he said.

He added the system would be available for other airlines in
the country.

"The Jakarta center can provide the latest state of the art
reservation and airport checking load control system for Garuda
and other airlines in the region," he said.

Eisele said Atraxis also agreed to provide upgraded software
releases regularly with Garuda.

The software would contain systems including pricing, revenue
management, customer information, revenue accounting and data
warehouse solutions, he said.

He said Garuda would pay the software with a monthly usage
fee, instead of a one-time fee.

Eko Suwaryo said the partnership would start as soon as next
week.

Cooperation between Garuda and Swiss Air began in 1982.

Atraxis Swiss Air provides its information technology system
to airlines-related business such as airports, cargo, and travel
and transport. (das)