AirCharter.com also announced version III of the eCharterConnect charter reservation system.
LONDON – Leading aircraft charter company, Air Charter Service, has announced plans to spend around £10 million over the next five years advancing the company’s charter booking technologies and online presence.
Chris Leach, Chairman and Founder of ACS, commented; “Whilst we believe that the award-winning personal service that we offer will never be replaced entirely by technology, we are adapting the traditional brokerage model. Developments such as our popular jet prices app, which launched two years ago and allows customers to get instant charter quotations, enhance our customers’ ACS experience, as we move more online than in previous years. We are currently revamping and redeveloping all of our websites, with enhanced functionality, with the planned release date in the spring. We are developing real time customer information portals and are planning on investing in other disruptive technology over the next few years.
“We have always invested in technology, but now the need is greater than ever. To cover the three divisions in each of our eighteen offices and the 50,000 aircraft that we have access to, we already have many websites around the world in multiple languages – each tailored to the local marketplace and culture. Each office also has our custom-made charter bookings platform, and this bespoke software allows us to efficiently source aircraft anywhere in the world.
“Many of our competitors claim to be unique by investing in technology, but ultimately we feel that we have an advantage due to our existing international footprint, meaning technological developments will easily be rolled out worldwide. We provide our customers with global solutions, not local gimmicks.
“It is an exciting time at ACS following an outstanding 2014 which showed strong growth and around £300 million in sales. We have always been a highly ambitious company and the board is hoping that this investment will keep us leading the technology race in the charter marketplace.”
AirCharter.com Launches Their Revolutionary, Industry-Changing Private Jet Booking Engine
AirCharter.com also announced version III of the eCharterConnect charter reservation system. For the first time in the US a system will allow users to view what is normally held confidential by brokers. In all transparence, the complete operator information along with the tail number and data for as little as $4 per record, customers can view it all including cost of block hour rates as well as aircraft specifications, insurance, safety rating, up-to-date interior and exterior aircraft photos. AirCharter Credits will unlock a tail data indefinitely for viewing. With the provided data the user will be able to contact aircraft operators directly, avoiding what can cost thousands of dollars in broker commissions traditionally.
Since 2001 eCharterConnect software, was the first website to offer Absolute Fixed Guarantee Pricing that calculate pricing for private jets from takeoff and taxi times, wind speed, delay probabilities, flight time, crew charges, crew swap, takeoff & ramp fees, high density airport charges and much more.
Also with this release AirCharter.com launches the new operator backend platform, located at aircharter.com/operator which allows for the operator to respond to customer’s quote requests, post empty legs, update aircraft information, such as pricing, manufacturing and refurbishment date, aircraft photos, relevant insurance and safety information and any needed paperwork.
With customers in mind, this new addition to its backend allows AirCharter’s list of 10,500 verified and accredited aircraft to continue growing. Users using this new system can get instant quotes with near flawless accuracy, giving customers an exact figure expected to pay for the trip. With a few clicks customers can view the cost of each leg, the cost of repositioning and the ability to change the departure airport to the home base of the aircraft, saving thousands of dollars.
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