Malaysia Airlines partners with Amadeus to take personalisation to the next level

• Malaysia Airlines will adopt Amadeus Customer Experience Management, the ultimate tool for building brand loyalty through an understanding of each and every airline customer
• The technology will be fully integrated with the Amadeus Altéa Passenger Service System, which Malaysia Airlines migrated to in mid-2017

KLIA, 13 November, 2017: The airline industry is highly competitive, and travellers now have more choices than ever

before. This can make loyalty difficult to maintain, and to be successful, airlines need to tailor their services to what

customers really want, so that they feel recognised and valued.

Delivering an excellent customer experience is core to Malaysia Airlines’ vision of the future, and with today’s

agreement with Amadeus, the airline will put in place a key component that will help turn this vision into reality.

Amadeus Customer Experience Management is a cutting edge solution that will help Malaysia Airlines intimately

understand its customers and deliver highly personalised offers across all touchpoints, maximising every merchandising

revenue opportunity. Does the customer usually purchase excess baggage? Have they had a negative experience that

warrants a little something extra on their next flight? Do they prefer chauffeur service upon arrival? The technology

takes data about the traveller from multiple sources, builds a 360-degree, real-time picture of who the traveller is, and

integrates it with advanced personalisation logic so that the airline can cater to their implicit expectations and explicit

demands while travelling.

“Malaysia Airlines has always taken pride in delivering outstanding, warm hospitality, and we see an opportunity to do

so with an even greater level of personalisation. Technology offers us the ability to truly delight our customers, to know

them better than ever before, and be able to propose to them the right offers at the right time through the right touchpoint,

all along their journey. This will be an important differentiating factor for Malaysia Airlines, and why we’re excited

to adopt Amadeus Customer Experience Management. We’ve had a great journey with Amadeus so far. They’ve been a

true partner – supporting our transformation and sharing the same drive to put the customer at the centre – and we’re

glad to take this partnership further,” said Izham Ismail, Group Chief Executive Officer, Malaysia Airlines Berhad.

The solution helps airlines grow loyalty by exceeding traveller expectations – not only those of frequent travellers, but

new and infrequent travellers as well. It can also help increase revenues by upselling tailored and relevant offers to

customers, through the right channels and at the right time; and improve customer retention by delivering personalised,

proactive care to frequent travellers in the event of disruption.

Cyril Tetaz, Head of Commercial for Asia Pacific, Airlines, Amadeus said, “We have deep respect for Malaysia Airlines.

What the airline has achieved in the past year and what it continues to strive to achieve is incredible, and we are

humbled to play a part in its transformation. Our vision of personalisation in the global travel ecosystem is to reach

every customer, while delivering a premium, branded experience seamlessly and consistently across all touch points

they interact with. Our flagship personalisation solution, Amadeus Customer Experience Management, is a key piece in

putting this puzzle together. We’re delighted that Malaysia Airlines has chosen it, and we are excited to continue

working with Malaysia Airlines to adapt and evolve its products to go above and beyond meeting the needs of

travellers.”

Amadeus and Malaysia Airlines have also celebrated a landmark accomplishment – the successful migration of the

airline’s passenger service system (PSS) to the Amadeus Altéa Suite in mid-2017. The cutover means that Malaysia

Airlines’ core passenger processes including reservation, inventory, check-in and departure control now run on

Amadeus’ cutting-edge platform. Malaysia Airlines also completed a successful shift to Amadeus’ e-Retail Internet

booking engine earlier in the year. The new Internet booking engine provided by Amadeus is giving passengers a leaner,

more user-friendly experience from booking tickets to pre-purchasing excess baggage, meals and managing loyalty

points, all at the click of a button.

The Malaysian travel agency community warmly welcomes Malaysia Airlines’ move to the Amadeus Altéa Suite.

Thaddeus Foo, Managing Director, Corporate Information Travel Sdn. Bhd. said, “Having Malaysia Airlines on Altéa is

an advantage for travel agencies like us that use Amadeus. We now share the same view of the passenger name record

(PNR) with Malaysia Airlines, so if there are any airport disruptions or changes in schedule we see these immediately.

Any special requests we make for meals or seats are confirmed or rejected the moment we enter them, and we always

get the most up to date view on Malaysia Airlines availability and fares. All this means better service and more efficiency

for our customers, and it helps us take care of them better.”