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Airline Selects mySAP™ ERP to Support Aggressive Growth Strategy
NEW YORK, N.Y. - May 09, 2005 - SAP AG (NYSE: SAP) today announced that JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), a popular low-cost passenger airline, has selected mySAP™ ERP to help sustain its continuing expansion. The prospering airline will leverage SAP’s market-leading enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution to support its projected staffing expansion of more than 130 percent in the next three years. Powered by the SAP NetWeaver™ platform, mySAP ERP will help JetBlue achieve the business agility it needs and eliminate obstacles of technology integration as the company grows.
“Since our launch in 2000, we have expanded from serving just two cities to 29 cities around the country and the Caribbean, a major success in the competitive airline marketplace,” said Vinny Stabile, vice president of People at JetBlue. “To meet the demands of our increasing customer base, we plan to add over 10,000 new JetBlue crew members in the next three years. As a growing company, we required a reliable business partner to provide us with the most flexible and robust software solution to help us meet our current and future needs. After evaluating our options we were impressed with the flexibility of mySAP ERP and are confident in our ability to continue to meet our projected growth schedule and bring humanity back to air travel.”
The ERP implementation is currently underway with completion of the first phase expected in the third quarter of 2005. More than 8,000 JetBlue crew members in the airline’s 29 locations will use the software. The project is expected to be completed by the second quarter of 2006.
“We are proud to add JetBlue, a widely respected new airline in the U.S. market, to our family of globally esteemed airline customers—continuing evidence that the best run businesses run SAP” said Bill McDermott, president and CEO, SAP America. “Our experience with industry-leading airlines will benefit a successful, growing airline like JetBlue and enable them to establish a strong technology foundation that will allow them to accommodate growth and adapt to market changes.”
SAP Solutions for the Aerospace and Defense Industry
SAP works with Aerospace and Defense companies to provide tools to help companies control costs, manage operations, collaborate with partners, improve ability to reach customers and plan and forecast effectively. Working with many of the industry’s leading companies, SAP has designed business solutions to address the unique requirements of several industry segments: commercial aerospace manufacturer, defense manufacturer, maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), service providers and airline management. More than 300 companies in the aerospace and defense industry worldwide run SAP. For more information, please visit:
http://www.sap.com/company/press/factsheets/aerospace_defense.epx
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About mySAP™ ERP
With more than 20,000 organizations worldwide running their enterprise resource planning (ERP) processes with SAP® solutions, SAP is the undisputed worldwide market leader in ERP software. mySAP™ ERP is SAP’s next-generation ERP solution and the successor to SAP® R/3®. mySAP ERP features industry-leading business analytics, financials, human capital management, operations and corporate services functionality. Powered by SAP NetWeaver™, the strategic platform for custom-built and packaged applications, mySAP ERP addresses the critical business software requirements of midsize and large organizations, whatever their industry or global reach.
About JetBlue
JetBlue is a low-fare, low-cost passenger airline, which provides high-quality customer service. JetBlue operates a fleet of 74 new Airbus A320 aircraft and plans to add 10 additional A320s and 7 Embraer E190s to its fleet in 2005. Based at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, JetBlue currently operates 318 flights a day and serves 29 destinations in 12 states, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and the Bahamas. JetBlue plans to commence new service from JFK to Portland on May 17 and to Burbank, CA on May 24.
All JetBlue aircraft feature roomy leather seats; all equipped with an in-seat digital entertainment system offering up to 36 channels of free DIRECTV® programming. On many flights, a selection of first-run movies and bonus features from FOX InFlight Premium Entertainment may be available.*
With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all travel is ticketless, all fares are one-way, and an overnight stay is never required. For more information, schedules and fares, please visit www.jetblue.com or call JetBlue reservations at 1-800-JETBLUE (538-2583), 1-888-538-2583 if calling from Puerto Rico, or 1-200-9898 if calling from the Dominican Republic.
*DIRECTV® service is not available on flights between JFK and Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic; however, where available, FOX InFlight Premium Entertainment is offered complimentary on these routes. |
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