Mercator, a leading technology provider to airlines, has announced that Aer Lingus Group, Ireland's value carrier airline, has selected Mercator's RAPID Passenger solution to speed up its automation of passenger revenue accounting.

Aer Lingus, which has a 50-strong fleet and carried over 11 million passengers in 2014, decided to replace its existing in-house passenger revenue accounting system with RAPID Passenger to facilitate greater operational efficiency, maximize productivity, integrate revenue accounting information with other management information systems and provide meaningful business insights.

The implementation of RAPID Passenger will enable Aer Lingus to scale and automate its revenue accounting processes, achieve high accuracy in proration, tax and interline revenue management and meet stringent auditing and industry standards.

Rosemary Queenan, manager, Revenue Accounting at Aer Lingus said: "We need a revenue accounting solution that is scalable in response to the growth of our company and passenger volumes. Mercator's proven technology will meet those needs. We are looking forward to a very positive business partnership."

Bernard Donoghue, chief commercial officer, Mercator, said: "Across the industry, accurate and timely revenue accounting is mission critical to a carrier's business. We know that airline leaders want industry-tested solutions that respond swiftly and intelligently to their operating and financial challenges and we're delighted to have been chosen by Aer Lingus as they work to meet their strategic objectives."

Implementation has already started and RAPID Passenger is scheduled to go live in 2015, he added. – TradeArabia News Service