Slot Manager Remote allows airline slot experts to access slot data and make decisions remotely using a mobile device. This gives experts immediate access to slot information anywhere, allowing them to quickly handle slot issues or opportunities that arise outside of regular work hours. The tool provides a simplified interface on smartphones and tablets that is connected directly to the airline's main slot management system. It includes key functions for viewing slot holdings, requesting new slots, and sending slot changes to coordinators. This allows slot experts to manage slot issues around the clock from any location.

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SLOT MANAGER REMOTE
Immediate Access To Slot Data,
Anywhere, Anytime
Airline slot experts can be summoned
to handle an operational slot problem
or take advantage of a slot opportunity
with exceptionally short notice. This re-
quires immediate access to an airline’s
slot data and certain slot-management
functions. When slot experts are out of
the office, they will be able to use Slot
Manager Remote on their mobile device
to quickly access slot data and make
educated slot decisions.
By Stephani Hawkins | Ascend Editor

2. lots at the world’s most con-
gested airports often require
expert handling because these
slots are particularly valuable,
and precautions must be taken
not to lose historic slots and to
ensure that any changes are made in accor-
dance with an airline’s slot-portfolio strategy
and in unity with the airport’s local rules.
Slot experts at many airlines use the
Sabre AirVision Slot Manager IATA sys-
tem, which provides an extensive set
of business capabilities to manage an
airline’s slot data. Slot Manager IATA is
accessed onsite from users’ laptops or
desktop computers.
However, what happens after hours
when the slot expert is not on duty and
the operations department is faced with an
urgent slot problem? Or when slot experts
run into situations, such as strategic oppor-
tunities, where quick decision-making is
required outside of the office?
When slot experts are not physically in
the office but they need immediate access
to specific Slot Manager capabilities and
slot data, they can now access this infor-
mation remotely via Slot Manager Remote.
Slot Manager Remote is accessed by
mobile devices such as smartphones and
tablets. Slot Manager Remote connects
directly to Slot Manager IATA using 4G/
LTE cellular networks or regular wireless
networks. Therefore, the solution is avail-
able 24/7 to slot experts in most parts of
the world.
The objective of this new technology
is to provide fast access to a subset of
capabilities available in Slot Manager IATA
using a simple, straightforward, mobile-
device oriented interface. This subset of
capabilities — such as finding slots held
at an airport on a certain date, adding
data for new slot requests and send-
ing slot-change requests to airport slot
coordinators — is based on the most
common needs when working remotely.
Slot Manager Remote accesses an
airline’s Slot Manager IATA database.
The system’s users access and see
the same data as they would in the
office, except in a simplified format.
Any changes made with Slot Manager
Remote are directly updated in the Slot
Manager IATA database. This ensures
that the Slot Manager Remote user is
completely in synch with what is hap-
pening at the airline’s headquarters and
vice versa.
A major upside to Slot Manager
Remote is that airline slot experts can
manage slot problems around the clock,
provided they have a remote device and
a 4G/LTE or wireless network.
For example, slot experts can help
airline operations address slot problems
for very near-term operational issues
where action must be taken immediately
instead of waiting for the next business
day.
Slot experts can also take quick
advantage of slot opportunities before
they are lost to other airlines.
Slot Manager Remote will initially be
provided to Slot Manager IATA custom-
ers that are currently working closely
with Sabre in developing this new offer-
ing. Subsequently, it will be offered as
an add-on for all Slot Manager IATA cus-
tomers. a
Yusuf Mauladad is a senior principal
for Sabre Airline Solutions. He can be
contacted at yusuf.mauladad@sabre.com.
Remote Slot Management In the example above, slot experts use an iPhone running Slot Manager
Remote to solve an urgent slot issue at Madrid. This involves checking which slots are held on the date
in question, adding data for a new slot to be requested and then sending the slot request to the Madrid
coordinator. All done quickly from screens designed for a mobile device.
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