Hawaiian Airlines and Amadeus celebrate first flights with new software to improve operational efficiency

Hawaiian Airlines implements Amadeus Departure Control Flight Management

HONOLULU - Amadeus and Hawaiian Airlines celebrated this week the first flights departing from the carrier’s Honolulu hub with new technology to improve operational productivity, maximize aircraft carrying capacity and reduce fuel burn and carbon emissions.

This summer, Hawaiian began implementing Amadeus Departure Control Flight Management (DCS FM) to optimize load planning for more than 260 daily flights between the Hawaiian Islands and throughout its growing route network connecting Hawai‘i to U.S. Mainland, Asia, Oceania and the South Pacific.

The new technology allows Hawaiian to quickly and precisely define each aircraft’s optimal load distribution using enhanced automated data feeds, including passenger numbers, cargo volume and fuel weight planned for each flight. The solution integrates seamlessly with Hawaiian Airlines’ technology.

“The fully automated capabilities of Amadeus DCS FM are helping us to improve productivity and optimize the use of aircraft capacity,” said Jon Snook, Hawaiian Airlines chief operating officer. “It also allows us to maintain our U.S. industry leading on-time performance record by combining real time and historical data to plan our flights and ensure punctual departures.”
 

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Elena Avila, EVP and Head of Airlines for the Americas at Amadeus said, “Since the successful implementation of Amadeus DCS FM integrated as a standalone solution, fully integrated with Hawaiian Airlines’ current technology, our teams are seeing significant improvement in standardizing operations, increasing cargo capacity and reducing fuel burn.”

Hawaiian Airlines is leading the way in modernizing how airlines manage and automate their operations so employees can focus on delivering superior value to their guests and a memorable Hawaiian travel experience. Results of this new solution will include improved fuel efficiency and related fuel cost savings, the avoidance of potential delays thanks to real-time information being shared between reservation systems and aircraft loaders, and smoother departure processes.

Hawaiian is utilizing Amadeus DCS FM on its jet fleet of 24 Airbus A330, 13 A321neo and 20 Boeing 717 aircraft.

About Hawaiian Airlines

Hawaiian® has led all U.S. carriers in on-time performance for each of the past 15 years (2004-2018) as reported by the U.S. Department of Transportation. Consumer surveys by Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure and TripAdvisor have placed Hawaiian among the top of all domestic airlines serving Hawai‘i.

Now in its 90th year of continuous service, Hawaiian is Hawai‘i’s biggest and longest-serving airline. Hawaiian offers nonstop service to Hawai‘i from more U.S. gateway cities (13) than any other airline, along with service from Japan, South Korea, Australia, New Zealand, American Samoa and Tahiti. Hawaiian also provides, on average, more than 170 jet flights daily between the Hawaiian Islands, and over 260 daily flights system-wide.

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is a subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: HA). Additional information is available at HawaiianAirlines.com. Follow Hawaiian’s Twitter updates (@HawaiianAir), become a fan on Facebook  (Hawaiian Airlines), and follow us on Instagram (hawaiianairlines). For career postings and updates, follow Hawaiian’s LinkedIn page.
 

About Amadeus

Travel powers progress. Amadeus powers travel. Amadeus’ solutions connect travelers to the journeys they want through travel agents, search engines, tour operators, airlines, airports, hotels, cars and railways.  

We have developed our technology in partnership with the travel industry for over 30 years. We combine a deep understanding of how people travel with the ability to design and deliver the most complex, trusted, critical systems our customers need. We help connect over 1.6 billion people a year to local travel providers in over 190 countries. 

We are one company, with 19,000 employees across 70 offices. We have a global mindset and a local presence wherever our customers need us.  

Our purpose is to shape the future of travel. We are passionate in our pursuit of better technology that makes better journeys. 

Amadeus is an IBEX 35 company, listed on the Spanish Stock Exchange under AMS.MC.  

To find out more about Amadeus, visit www.amadeus.com.