In 2013 Astra DCS was installed in:

• Minsk-2,
• Yaroslavl,
• Uralsk, 
• Cherepovets,
• Beijing,
• Kiev (Terminal 2),
• Simferopol,
• Gorno-Altaisk,
• Astana,
• Almaty,
• Kostroma,
• Sevastopol,
• Kyzyl,
• Bryansk,
• Atyrau,
• Stary Oskol,
• Vologda,
• Bovanenkovo,
• Borispol,
• Pechora,
• Swetlyj,
• Juliani (new terminal),
• Adamovka,
• Buguruslan,
• Kvarkeno,
• Ust-Tzilma,
• Chara,
• Turuhansk.

In 2013  "Sirena-Travel"  CJSC signed by more than 100 acts on new connections to "Astra". Among the first implementations in 2014 is planned to complete system installations in airports of  Taksimo and Nizhneangarsk.
Departure control system "Astra" - one of the solutions of products  line of  "Sirena-Travel" CJSC , Russia's leading provider of technology solutions  for distribution of air transportation.
In Astra DCS are registered:  passengers and baggage of more than  70 airlines, more than 2 million passengers per month (about 70 thousand passengers, 750 flights per day).
DCS Astra is a modern multilingual system with a graphical user interface. The system enables passenger and baggage check-in, maintenance of the seasonal schedules, and monitoring the daily flight plan implementation.

The average time of registration procedure for one passenger and baggage in Astra DCS is 20-25 seconds.  Astra DCS supports 5 platforms (Ultra Electronics UltraCUSE, SITA CUTE, ARINC iMUSE, RESA CREWS, AirIT EASE), platforms CUSS (SITA). As well APIS- support for Russia, Europe (Czech Republic , Spain , Lithuania , Germany , Italy , Latvia , Estonia) and Asia (China , India). 

Astra DCS  supports Drop Off function, automatic interaction with weights, baggage sorting systems. The system has links to software systems and services of airports. The system meets all requirements and standards of IATA.

 

In  "Sirena-Travel " GDS  is successfully completed  beta testing of selling the railway transportation of Russian Railways in Russia, CIS and foreign countries. According to the results of testing period the service is open and available in the neutral session in terminals " Sirena-Travel " GDS for accredited in TCH agents in Russia , CIS and abroad (by signing an Additional agreement with "TCH " ). During the beta testing  in "Sirena-Travel " GDS were successfully issued  tens of thousands of railway transportation in Russia, CIS and abroad.

New railway functional of "Sirena-Travel" terminals allows agencies, using  "Sirena-Travel" GDS for air transportation selling,  to expand the range of services for their customers without additional costs and to offer them the arrangement of railway transportation. 

The service of railway transportation selling doesn’t increase the costs of  "Sirena-Travel" GDS consoles, the costs are the same as by performance of aviation content. For issuing  railway transportation in "Sirena-Travel" GDS agent does not require additional certification (certificate of Railways) besides the accreditation in TCH.
In the system is available the tickets selling  for international destinations for which the  international certificate is also does not required : Nice, Paris, Berlin, Helsinki. If necessary, the cashier can get an assistance by the button " ? " -  the information about the rules of railway transportation,  specifics of issuing and refund of electronic tickets.
This allows you not  to waste time searching for reliable external sources of information. In " Sirena-Travel" GDS is implemented statistics data upload on sales and refund of railway tickets in the agency sale file ССОД as well as on Online-ticket.

"Sirena-Travel"  GDS  performs also the  secondary transactions with railway tickets:

- Order searching (by date, number of PNR / EMD, on passenger's name, etc.);
- Changing the status of the electronic registration;
- Refund with difference between the required amount;
- Sales report;
- Viewing of stops on the route.

In order to use the application for arrangement of railway transportation in terminals "Sirena-Travel" GDS  in the neutral session the  agency need to sign an additional agreement ЖД-АВС/13 с with "TCH",  to provide information on consoles and  to upgrade the terminals "Sirena-Travel" GDS to the version not less than 1.56b (revision 2).

For more information  please contact:

•  TCH CJSC:

-  Regarding the signing of the supplementary agreement ЖД-АВС/13 sale / railway transportation booking  in terminals  " Sirena-Travel " GDS for  accredited agencies : This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +7 ( 495) 788-12-23 (Agreement Department);

•  Sirena-Travel CJSC :

-  Regarding the updating of terminal version - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +7 ( 495) 967-12-87;

-  Regarding selling technology through the  terminals " Sirena-Travel " GDS :

HelpDesk ( support ) - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., +7 ( 495) 725-09-00 ;

Elena Lavrenko ( Production Department) - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , +7 ( 495) 725-09-18;
Tatiana Evseeva - T.Evseeva @ sirena-travel.ru, +7 ( 495) 782-13-15 (ext. 454) .

Sirena -Travel CJSC (www.sirena-travel.com) is a leading  Russian provider  of complex solutions for distribution of  air transportation. 
Solutions of "Sirena-Travel" are used by more than 200 airlines, 500 agencies (excluding sub-agency networks), 160 airports in Russia, CIS and abroad. More than 19 000 terminals of travel agencies and airlines are connected to Sirena-Travel GDS through 7000 air tickets sales locations in Russia, CIS and abroad. "Sirena-Travel" is IATA Strategic Partner. Sirena-Travel CJSC is accredited for selling air tickets on "neutral" forms of Transport Clearing House (TCH*) and has IATA certification for BSP Russia, Ukraine , Germany.

Airline "IrAero" launched into commercial operation revenue management system Sirena.Revenue - one of the solution of  "Sirena-Travel" for airlines. After the adaptation of the system to business processes and commercial purpose  of "IrAero" the solution was put into operation - in automatic control mode.

The airline " IrAero " marked already  a number of advantages of Sirena.Revenue. According to company management and specialists of the carrier, the system allows airlines to save "precious " time of technologists,  to focus on the "problem" flights - those where demand far exceeds supply or the flight loading is less  than expected. 

Revenue system also allows to earn additional income when flights are performed during the  long period. Automated Monitoring system of quotations of the competing companies minimize airlines risks and also saves time resource that was previously spent on the implementation of these operations manually.

Seasonal forecast in the system is one of the important advantages Sirena.Revenue, especially valuable for " IrAero " with account of exploitation in the park carrier aircraft with a seats capacity of no more than 50-70 places, for which the system provides the optimal occupancy.
On routes served by " IrAero " usually presented to 6-7 alternative carriers , which significantly increases the level of competition for passengers and what requires serious , thoughtful efforts to gain the customers. During the first days of commercial operation Sirena.Revenue system provides " IrAero "timely offer an optimal air transportation on " desired" costs for the carrier as well as for the passenger. That  secure “IrAero " the forecast of flights loading, what is relevant in conditions of high competition in the region.

Sirena.Revenue is a modern segment-oriented Revenue Management System for airlines, «Revenue (or Yield) Management System» (RMS). This is one of the most relevant and flexible management systems, which considerate the best practices of forecasting and optimization. That allows airlines to be more competitive, to be sensitive to any minor market changes, to evaluate the general tendency and to planlong-term development strategy.

Besides  Sirena.Revenue "IrAero" successfully applies for distribution and service of air transportation other technical solutions of JSC "Sirena-Travel": hosts their seats resource locations in inventory system "Sirena-2000", uses global distribution system "Sirena-Travel", proceeds the check-in of passengers and luggage through the departure control system" Astra "(DCS).

Sirena -Travel CJSC (www.sirena-travel.com) is a leading  Russian provider  of complex solutions for distribution of  air transportation. 
Solutions of "Sirena-Travel" are used by more than 200 airlines, 500 agencies (excluding sub-agency networks), 160 airports in Russia, CIS and abroad. More than 19 000 terminals of travel agencies and airlines are connected to Sirena-Travel GDS  through 7000 air tickets sales locations in Russia, CIS and abroad. "Sirena-Travel" is IATA Strategic Partner. Sirena-Travel CJSC is accredited for selling air tickets on "neutral" forms of Transport Clearing House (TCH*) and has IATA certification for BSP Russia, Ukraine , Germany.