MainTrack signs Cargo360 as latest customer for innovative software solutions

Amsterdam, NL - MainTrack Services, a new provider of integrated world-class airline software solutions over the web, has signed with the US start-up airline Cargo360 to implement the MRO and crew/aircraft toolsets. MainTrack s Application Service Provider (ASP) model is a fully managed, hosted solution delivered over the web using the Martini concept applications available anytime, anyplace, anywhere. These application services cover the full aviation domain including reservations, bookings and CRM. The services selected by Cargo360 to begin with are the AuRA MRO tool from MIRO Technologies and the Blue One suite from ORTEC for operations.

MainTrack s ASP is the perfect solution to support an entry-into-service start-up airline such as ours, said Brian Smith, Cargo360 s SVP-Operations. The simplicity of accessing AuRA and Blue One over the Internet suits our operations, he continued. AuRA will help us maintain tight controls over our engineering and maintenance costs as we continue to expand and Blue One will enable us to schedule our crew efficiently within the flight duty limitations and rest time requirements. From a business perspective, the MainTrack ASP model just makes sense; you get access to world-class IT systems like AuRA and Blue One, without the cash flow burden associated with software licenses, servers, or internal IT infrastructure costs. MainTrack takes care of the integration complexities for us; this allows us to concentrate on our core business functions.

We are delighted to welcome Cargo360 to the MainTrack ASP community, stated Robert Kok, joint Managing Partner and co-founder of the MainTrack Group. We are happy to see the trend for airlines to outsource their IT applications is clearly catching on and Cargo360 joins big names like Embraer who already use the MainTrack ASP. MainTrack is teamed with T-Systems, a division of Deutsche Telekom, to provide a fully managed hosted solution to airlines over the web.

AuRA is a fully integrated maintenance and supply solution specifically designed for the commercial MRO market. AuRA streamlines aviation business processes and tackles some of the most complex challenges facing maintenance operations, such as configuration management. A highly flexible solution, AuRA can be customized to an airline s preferences and tailored to the organization s individual structure through AuRA s unique enterprise model.

[20 Jun 2005]