Sabre and Mxi Technologies Offering New Maintenance Software

Sabre Airline Solutions and Mxi Technologies have agreed to jointly market a new Web-based application that will integrate maintenance, engineering, materials and fleet management into a centralized function for aviation users.

Until now, Sabre’s primary maintenance software offering has been its Maxi-Merlin maintenance, engineering and inventory system, an outgrowth of the Merlin system acquired during the conversion of the US Airways reservations system in 1998. With this agreement, Mxi Technologies’ Maintenix system will be offered to existing Maxi-Merlin customers as a replacement system to take advantage of Maintenix’s advanced functionality and Web-based architecture.

Maintenix will be integrated into the Sabre AirOps Control suite, which is used by airline operational control personnel such as operational planners, dispatchers, and maintenance controllers. This will allow new or existing customers the ability to access Maintenix and other applications via the Web or a dedicated network through Sabre’s eMergo ASP (application service provider) offering.

Many believe the ASP delivery option is a better way for a user to get valuable applications without the upfront costs and maintenance of hardware and software associated with installing in-house systems.

Furthermore, Sabre and Mxi believe that Maintenix can significantly reduce an airline's operational costs as well, and point to industry estimates showing that approximately 9 to 13 percent of an airlines' operating cost is for fleet maintenance, and approximately 20 percent of an airline's workforce is assigned to maintenance and engineering.

Sabre Airline Solutions says it will continue to support the Maxi-Merlin system, and customers can choose to remain on this system at the end of their current contract. 03-24-2004.

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