ITA Expands Its Global Presence with Star Alliance Member ANA
ITA
Software, Inc., the leading provider of innovative solutions to the
travel industry, today announced ANA (All Nippon Airways, OTC: ALNPY),
Japan’s award-winning airline, as its newest QPX customer. ANA is the
world’s 9th largest airline1, carrying 50.4
million passengers in 2007, and serves destinations across Asia, Europe,
the Americas and the Pacific. ANA launched QPX, ITA’s premier management
system for airfare pricing and shopping, on its website, www.ana.co.jp,
on January 20, 2009.
Using ITA Software’s QPX, ANA customers can now search for flight
options and choose from both flexible date (+/- 2 days) and month-long
calendar shopping options. ANA has integrated QPX into a compelling,
graphically-rich user interface, which clearly and effectively presents
flights and fares to users.
“ANA is committed to enhancing its online presence, and to delivering
superior functionality and flexibility to our customers,” said Takahiro
Endou, ANA’s director of Marketing Automation. “We selected ITA for its
proven, flexible and scalable technology. ITA shares our vision and will
help us achieve long-term business goals associated with customer
satisfaction and operational excellence.”
“ANA has established an enviable reputation in Asia and throughout the
world for its attentive service and focus on the needs of its customers.
Their decision to implement ITA Software’s QPX is part of an overall
corporate commitment to quality and service and we are delighted to be a
part of it,” said David Peller, regional vice president, ITA Software.
“ITA has demonstrated a distinct understanding of ANA’s business needs
and looks forward to working with them as they seek to exploit more of
the rich and flexible capabilities afforded by our systems.”
(1) IATA World Airline Statistics 2008. Measured in passengers
carried by IATA member airlines.
About ANA
Founded in 1952, ANA is one of Asia’s largest airlines, carrying around
50 million passengers every year to 51 destinations in Japan and 26
cities in 11 countries, on nearly 900 daily flights. It is the launch
customer of the Boeing 787 and the Mitsubishi Regional Jet, which will
add to its fleet of 215 aircraft in the near future. ANA has won awards
in all categories for its products and services and was voted Airline of
the Year for 2007 by Air Transport World magazine. As a member of
Star Alliance, the world’s foremost airline alliance, ANA offers its
passengers access to a network of 975 airport destinations in 162
countries, with reciprocal benefits such as mileage accrual and
redemption, and lounge access.
About ITA Software
ITA Software (www.itasoftware.com)
is a leader in developing innovative solutions for the travel industry.
ITA’s QPX,
the industry’s most comprehensive airfare shopping system, is used by
leading airlines and online travel companies worldwide including Alaska
Airlines, American Airlines, Cleartrip, Continental Airlines, Hotwire,
Kayak, Orbitz, TAP Portugal Airlines, United Airlines, US Airways and
others. ITA is currently building a radically new passenger reservation
system with launch partner Air Canada. ITA was named as one of the Best
Places to Work by the Boston Business Journal, and received the
Economic Impact award from the Massachusetts Alliance for Economic
Development and Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 award. In 2008, the
company was ranked as an Inc. 5000 fastest growing private company. ITA
was founded by computer scientists from MIT and is headquartered in
Cambridge, Mass.
ITA Software
Cara Kretz, +1 617-714-2123
cara@itasoftware.com
or
fama
PR (for ITA Software)
Liz Campbell, +1 617-758-4149
ita@famapr.com
