Onboard adds Spanair to growing airline portfolio

Onboard Retail Solutions is delighted to announce that it will be supplying its onboard retail technology to Spanair, following an agreement between the airline and specialised catering company Newrest, with whom Onboard has an ongoing business partnership.

Newrest has recently signed a total concession contract with Spanair to supply both Buy-on-Board and F&B services. As a start, Newrest is already using Onboard's onBOS BackOffice system in order to manage Spanair's complete onboard retail operation. The inflight pos software, onPOS, will be introduced onto Spanair's flights within the next few months, following an intensive crew training program.

As part of the contract, Onboard will provide support and maintenance services from its Bristol headquarters for both software and hardware being used by Spanair. In addition, Spanair is able to tap into all data via reliable and secure 24/7 internet access to Onboard's Bristol DataCenter.

Newrest (via its Gusto+ and Venta a Bordo divisions) and Onboard has been successfully running a similar business formula for some years with Air Europa and both parties are confident that the Spanair contract will prove equally effective and lucrative for the airline.

Says Onboard's CEO Thomas Drohan: 'We have an excellent working relationship with Newrest and are delighted to have further expanded Onboard's business with this Spanair contract. We're confident that the airline will benefit significantly in terms of improved ancillary revenue as a result.'

Newrest's Vicente Sarañana (Purchasing Director) adds: 'Based on our excellent experience with Onboard Retail Solutions' systems used by Air Europa, the company was a natural choice for the Spanair contract. We are already successfully using the onBOS BackOffice system and are now in final preparations for introducing the system onboard.'

About Newrest: Newrest is a specialized caterer within the food industry supplying various markets including Airlines, Retail, Industrial Catering and Support Services. Newrest has more than two hundred airline clients worldwide including scheduled, charter and low cost airlines, providing a flexible range of services and menus. In the retail market, Newrest offers passengers various exclusive bar and cafeteria concepts such as SkyCafé, Daily Break, Caffé Lindo, Flying Café, Sky Shop, Timgad Café, Rayhana Restaurant, Tanit Restaurant and Sahara Tea. The company has its head office in Palma de Mallorca with regional offices around the globe.

About Spanair. Spanair is based in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, with a fleet of 45 aircraft flying to some 25 destinations. Until recently Spanair was a subsidiary of Scandinavian Airlines Systems, which now holds slightly under 20% of the company. Spanair provides scheduled passenger flights within Spain and Europe and West Africa. Worldwide charters are also flown for tour companies.

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