MDT In-Flight; Terminal Services: Your On-Board Profit Center

The Abanco MDT In-Flight Solution was developed to create an on-board retail environment and generate incremental revenue

In coordination with many of the nations airline carriers, Abanco has developed the industry's only solution focused on the complete management of on-board sales that eliminates the systemic monetary loss associated with on-board beverage and food sales. The resulting solution has empowered our airline partners to gain complete control over their sales and inventory through an easy-to-use multi-function PDA terminal that has been D0-160D avionics systems tested and FCC part 15 subpart B tested.

MDT In-Flight consists of a software application and a hand-held device that allows for the tracking of sales, inventory levels and revenue. This all-in-one payment processing solution accepts all forms of payment including credit cards, cash, coupons, comps, ticketing, and entertainment vouchers for food, beverage, headsets, entertainment and merchandise. In addition, the web-based reporting tools provide reports supporting accountability, inventory reconciliation and trend analysis.

MDT In-Flight Terminal Services employs processes that include:

• Intelligent software that detects potential fraudulent behaviors
• Audit and reconciliation engines of third-party goods and services
• Funds handling applications to manage cash and non-cash payment transactions as well as on-board inventory
• Sales performance analytics to provide incentives to on-board personnel to up-sell as new revenue streams become more and more important for all airlines

Airlines will accomplish the following with In-Flight Terminal Services:

• Creation of an on-board profit center
• Vast improvements or elimination of the time consuming, error-prone manual processes currently carried out by Flight Attendants in the course of their duties
• A new offering of a diverse set of highly profitable products & services to a captured set of customers
• New revenue streams and profits through Revenue Generation Enabling Technologies
• Sales performance analytics through incentives to on-board personnel
• Forecasting knowledge and supply chain planning for enhanced product & services selection through pulled data
• Web-based, pre-flight passenger ordering
• Analytical reports that present expected sales, inventory depletion and actual funds deposited

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