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FltAdvisor Partners With FlightMemory To Offer Premium Flight Notification Service
FltAdvisor has partnered to offer its predictive and intelligent flight notifications through FlightMemory
Atlanta, GA (September 23, 2009) — FltAdvisor — a product of Travel Tech Systems LLC — today announced a partnership to offer its predictive and intelligent flight notifications through FlightMemory. “By partnering with FlightMemory and gaining access to its global customer base of over 40,000 users, we are able to offer our premium FltAdvisor service to a broader global audience. In turn, FlightMemory is able to provide additional value to its users through this service,” commented Chris Burger, Travel Tech Systems’ Chief Commercial Officer.
As a growing travel service targeted at frequent flyers and leisure travelers alike, FltAdvisor utilizes a cutting-edge, patent pending process that locates your aircraft up to six hours in advance, determines the aircraft’s route and position up to two legs prior to its arrival to your airport, understands how factors including weather and air traffic control issues along the aircraft’s route can lead to delays, calculates your flight’s true status — whether on-time or delayed — to the minute, and provides alternatives. FltAdvisor Members are able to take action on the knowledge FltAdvisor provides them — making necessary modifications or changes to their travel plans and ultimately saving time and money.
FltAdvisor provides its Members with:
- Personalized monitoring of flight departure status based on in-depth knowledge of aircraft position and status — up to six hours before scheduled departure
- Critical connection-time notifications based on our analysis of the relationships between your flight status alerts
- Advanced analysis of airport, airplane, weather and other factors that may affect your on-time departure
- Flight specific information including departure gate, arrival time and arrival gate
- Notification of alternate flights when your flight has been cancelled or substantially delayed, with quick-dial airline reservation numbers to speed your itinerary adjustments
- Continued updates until your flight either departs or is cancelled
- Automatic flight tracking when you send a copy of your itinerary from any airline or booking site to myflights@fltadvisor.com
- Real-time FAA delay information for your departure city and destination
- Monitoring of your airline's flight operations by experienced former airline personnel who identify other factors that may affect your flight and fine-tune our departure predictions
To sign up for FltAdvisor and take back control of your travel experience, go to
www.FltAdvisor.com. FltAdvisor is a subscription-based service with introductory prices starting under $4 per month..
FltAdvisor is currently offering a 1-month free trial. Sign up now to experience the FltAdvisor difference today.
About FltAdvisor
FltAdvisor is a unique travel service that provides its Members with predictive and intelligent flight notifications — letting you know hours before the airlines or other services if your flight will be delayed or cancelled, and then providing you with alternatives to get you to your destination on-time! FltAdvisor utilizes a cutting-edge, patent pending process that locates your aircraft up to six hours in advance, determines the aircraft’s route and position up to two legs prior to its arrival to your airport, understands how factors including weather and air traffic control issues along the aircraft’s route can lead to delays, and calculates your flight’s true status — whether on-time or delayed — to the minute. Members are able to take action on the knowledge FltAdvisor provides the — making necessary modifications or changes to their travel plans.
About Travel Tech Systems LLC
Travel Tech is a group of software, technology, and process innovators with vast experience in the airline industry. Now, this same team brings their inside knowledge of airline systems, route structures and dispatch procedures to help business travelers maximize on-the-road productivity.
About FlightMemory
FlightMemory is a joint-venture project of the Heret Informatik Service in Germany in cooperation with Koordinaten.com. The original application in German, FlugStatistik.de was launched in 2005. FlightMemory enables you to easily keep track of where you have flown and produce maps showing your flight routes. We’ll also tell you your total time in the air, distance flown, and even keep track of aircraft types and airlines! FlightMemory generates a logbook of your personal flights in real time and is great for aviation enthusiasts, flight crews, private pilots and even the casual passenger!
Our goal is to turn the experience of flying into real data for each user and his family/friends/coworkers. Whether you are a globe-trotting consultant or just starting to keep track of your newborn’s flights, FlightMemory is the place to keep your statistics!
For more information, press inquires or marketing opportunities, please visit us at
www.flightmemory.com.
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Contact:
Travel Tech Systems LLC
www.FltAdvisor.com
200 Westpark Drive - Suite 310
Peachtree City, GA 30269
678.369.5864
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FltAdvisor Helps Travelers Fight Back — Launches The World’s First Predictive and Intelligent Flight Notification Service — FltAdvisor is the first travel service that provides its Members with predictive and intelligent flight notifications based on a patent-pending analysis engine — letting you know hours before the airlines or other services if your flight will be delayed or cancelled, and then providing you with alternatives to get you to your destination on-time!
Atlanta, GA (November 5, 2008) — Travel Tech Systems LLC today announced the launch of FltAdvisor.com, the world’s first flight notification service based on an intelligent and predictive analysis engine — providing the earliest and most accurate notifications to its members. FltAdvisor is a unique travel service that provides its Members with predictive and intelligent flight notifications — letting you know hours before the airlines or other services if your flight will be delayed or cancelled, and then providing you with alternatives to get you to your destination on-time! FltAdvisor utilizes a patent-pending process that locates your aircraft up to six hours in advance, determines the aircraft’s route and position up to two legs prior to its arrival to your airport, understands how factors including weather and air traffic control issues along the aircraft’s route can lead to delays, and calculates your flight’s true status — whether on-time or delayed — to the minute. Members are able to take action on the knowledge FltAdvisor provides the — making necessary modifications or changes to their travel plans.
Flight delays are at an all-time high and, as a result, travelers across the country are losing time and money waiting in airports because of delayed and cancelled flights. The creators of FltAdvisor understand that the earlier travelers know the status of their flights, the more time they will have to take action.
FltAdvisor provides its Members with:
- Personalized monitoring of flight departure status based on in-depth knowledge of aircraft position and status — up to six hours before scheduled departure
- Critical connection-time notifications based on our analysis of the relationships between your flight status alerts
- Advanced analysis of airport, airplane, weather and other factors that may affect your on-time departure
- Flight specific information including departure gate, arrival time and arrival gate
- Notification of alternate flights when your flight has been cancelled or substantially delayed, with quick-dial airline reservation numbers to speed your itinerary adjustments
- Continued updates until your flight either departs or is cancelled
- Automatic flight tracking when you send a copy of your itinerary from any airline or booking site to myflights@fltadvisor.com
- Real-time FAA delay information for your departure city and destination
- Monitoring of your airline's flight operations by experienced former airline personnel who identify other factors that may affect your flight and fine-tune our departure predictions
To sign up for FltAdvisor and take back control of your travel experience, go to
www.FltAdvisor.com. FltAdvisor is a subscription-based service with introductory prices starting under $4 per month.
FltAdvisor is currently offering a 1-month free trial. Sign up now to experience the FltAdvisor difference today.
About FltAdvisor
FltAdvisor is a unique travel service that provides its Members with predictive and intelligent flight notifications — letting you know hours before the airlines or other services if your flight will be delayed or cancelled, and then providing you with alternatives to get you to your destination on-time! FltAdvisor utilizes a cutting-edge, patent pending process that locates your aircraft up to six hours in advance, determines the aircraft’s route and position up to two legs prior to its arrival to your airport, understands how factors including weather and air traffic control issues along the aircraft’s route can lead to delays, and calculates your flight’s true status — whether on-time or delayed — to the minute. Members are able to take action on the knowledge FltAdvisor provides the — making necessary modifications or changes to their travel plans.
About Travel Tech Systems LLC
Travel Tech is a group of software, technology, and process innovators with vast experience in the airline industry. Now, this same team brings their inside knowledge of airline systems, route structures and dispatch procedures to help business travelers maximize on-the-road productivity.
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Contact:
Travel Tech Systems LLC
www.FltAdvisor.com
200 Westpark Drive - Suite 310
Peachtree City, GA 30269
678.369.5864
User Quotes
“The real time flight information, conveniently delivered to me via email and text messages, is very valuable for the busy traveler. FltAdvisor accurately predicted a flight delay and even provided alternatives well before the airline admitted it. FltAdvisor also provided real time information about a gate change while I was en-route — saving valuable time. With FltAdvisor, there is no need to be in the dark about flight delays anymore!”
Senior Partner — International Law Firm
“FltAdvisor predicted my flight would be over an hour late. I was able to extend my sales presentation and close the deal”
Sales Executive — Fortune 1000 Product Company
“My airline kept telling me my flight was on time and the weather was getting worse. I had to get to my next contract signing and couldn't risk a late arrival. FltAdvisor knew my plane would be late and provided alternatives. I rebooked on an earlier flight and even got to the client early!”
Managing Partner — Southeast-based Consulting Firm
“I was traveling from New York to Green Bay via a connection flight through Milwaukee. My initial New York to Milwaukee flight was delayed by Air Traffic Control for 30 minutes. FltAdvisor provided me with accurate Milwaukee connection time information, status for my 2nd flight from Milwaukee to Green Bay, and alternatives while I was still flying from New York.”
CIO — Fortune 50 Wholly Owned Subsidiary
Press Quotes
“We are at a breaking point”, ...Flight delays will reach record highs this year, and they are expected only to worsen as more passengers fly in the coming years.
Marion Blakely, administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration. Time. 15 Aug. 2007.
“Last summer, only 55% of flights bound for New York's three main airports actually arrived on-time. This year: an almost-as-dismal 58%.”
McCartney, Scott. "For Fliers, Cuts In Service Bring A Little Relief." The Wall Street Journal. 9 Sept. 2008.
“The late afternoon and early evening hours continued to be a nightmare for travelers — Between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. in July at New York's Kennedy International Airport, for example, fewer than 23% of flights arrived at the gate on time, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.”
McCartney, Scott. "For Fliers, Cuts In Service Bring A Little Relief." The Wall Street Journal. 9 Sept. 2008.
“Last year was, as we know, the worst ever for flight delays. There is no hard data yet for this year, but every business traveler I know says the situation has gotten worse. And the peak business and leisure travel time of the year is only now starting.”
Sharkey, Joe. "More Delay and Frustration, and All at a Higher Fare." New York Times. 25 Mar. 2008.
“The travel environment has changed. There didn’t use to be delays related to long security lines. There didn’t use to be flight delays due to air traffic control delays. This is a daily occurrence. This is a new reality, and that’s what we’re responding too.” — John Reber, an Air Canada spokesman.
Higgins, Michelle. "Air Passengers Want Ways to Fight Back." New York Times. 27 Apr. 2008.
“Perhaps the most telling statistic of all is that the American economy is losing $9 billion a year because of flight delays and cancellations.”
Schmidt, Tracy. "An Answer to Flight Delays?" Time. 15 Aug. 2007.
“To save money, strapped carriers are adding every surcharge they can get away with, raising fares, eliminating perks, and cutting back flights.”
Newman, Rick. "How to Navigate Shaky Airlines." U.S. News and World Report. 9 Apr. 2008.
“Delays have hit record levels recently and will probably get worse. And there will be less margin for error, so a problem with one flight could quickly cascade to others.”
Newman, Rick. "How to Navigate Shaky Airlines." U.S. News and World Report. 9 Apr. 2008.
“Delays so far this year are the worst ever recorded, according to the federal Bureau of Transportation Statistics. At Kennedy, Newark and New York's LaGuardia Airport, more than four out of every 10 arrivals have been at least 15 minutes late this year.”
Levin, Alan, and Marilyn Adams. "Aviation officials, airlines blasted over delays." USA Today. 27 Sept. 2007.
“More than a quarter of flights operated by major U.S. airlines and their affiliates were delayed last year with on-time performance suffering most at New York-area airports. The New York region handles about a third of all domestic air traffic.”
Crawley, John. "Wasted fuel from U.S. flight delays costs billions." Reuters. 22 May 2008.
“Customer satisfaction with airlines in the United States has fallen to its lowest level since 2001.”
McSherry, Mark. "Satisfaction with U.S. airlines lowest since 2001: poll." Reuters. 20 May 2008.
“A congressional committee estimated that flight delays cost America over $40 billion last year. Almost a third of all flights were delayed or canceled”
Economist.com, ed. "Hurry up and wait." The Economist. 29 Apr. 2008.