A United States-based airlines distribution system company, Sabre Network, has said it is planning to expand its presence in the African market.
The President, Sabre Network, West Africa, Mr. Gbenga Olowo, made the disclosure during the Annual General Meeting of the company in Lagos.
He said the company was expanding its frontier to other African countries to justify the shareholders’ investment.
He said, “The good news is that Sabre Nigeria is planning to go into other places. At the moment, Sabre Nigeria has offices in Ghana, Liberia, Sierra Leone.
“This year, we have opened offices in Senegal and Cameroon. Everything is in place. Sabre Nigeria has about 15 markets yet to explore in West Africa, and if we are able to enter those markets, it means we are generating more wealth for our shareholders.”
“We have a different perception into the business. We want to be seen as core of aviation in Nigeria now. Everyday, we are rolling out airline staff from our training school,” he added.
Olowo said the company came to Nigeria five years ago and was now the second market leader in the country, attributing this to dogged approach to market expansion.
The president said the company would intensify effort on result-oriented principles, which had elevated the company to its current status as one of the forces to reckon with in the market.
Olowo, who had made several statements on the state of aviation in Nigeria, said Sabre was the biggest US software provider for only airline.
He said for any airline to return to profit, there must be revenue management techniques.
He said, “Nigerian government needs to help Nigerian airlines to come up to understand what it means to run a safe airline and economic operation and airline that would return profit. For your service to be reliable; you need money and this is only possible through revenue management technique.”
The Chairman, Sabre Network West Africa, Dr Anthony Kila, who declared the AGM open, said the meeting would afford the company the opportunity to examine its activities in the last one year.
Kila said, “I find it one of the most exhilarating moments of my job; the moment to share money. The company has grown more than other companies. Sabre is a young company that has made huge mark in the market. Nigeria ought to learn good product and hard work. Sabre Nigeria, which started in 2007 in Lagos is expanding to other African countries. This is a success story and without any government help.”
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