Press Release
Sapphire Aviation Inc.
enters into agreement with Coastal Technologies
Group, Inc. (CTGi) to utilize CTGi’s air carrier
management platform.
Wellington, FL – July 7,
2007 – Sapphire Aviation, Inc. signed an agreement
to utilize CTGi’s air carrier management platform
and will help enhance the platform to handle the
complexities of international charters and associated
document management challenges.
Sapphire Aviation, Inc. is a F.A.A. Certificated
On Demand, Air Carrier operating in Florida and
the Bahamas. Sapphire currently operates Aero Commander
500, six passenger aircraft out of Palm Beach, Fort
Lauderdale, and Miami. Sapphire has been in operation
for over 10 years providing on-demand services between
the US and the Bahamas. Sapphire flies regularly
to Great Harbour Cay, Marsh Harbour, Treasure Cay,
Freeport, and Nassau. Sapphire offers traditional
charters and can also offer shared flights or individual
seats when available. “I’m very excited
about CTGi’s software service. I’ve
been looking for some time now for a cost effective,
integrated software system that can handle all aspects
of international charter operations without having
to make significant investments in IT staff and
technology,” said Sapphire’s founder
and president, David O’Donnell.
CTGi will provide Sapphire with software-as-a-service
(SaaS) running out of CTGi’s data center in
Ft. Lauderdale and accessible via the internet as
a web service. The service supports reservations,
pricing, scheduling, dispatching, tracking, optimization,
and general management of F.A.A. certificated Part
91, 121, and 135 air carriers. In addition, CTGi
will enhance its software to include online document
management for international carriers. Sapphire
is the third air carrier to sign-up with CTGi since
Kane announced the launch of service at the Aspen
Institute during the Flight School conference held
in June this year. CTGi’s future plans include
a future branding announcement and the release of
a consumer web portal that enables users to book
an air taxi or charter aircraft by simply entering
an origination and destination street address that
CTGi will then use to arrange the first true point-to-point
service for consumers.
About Coastal Technologies
CTGi is a software and technology company
with extensive experience and capabilities in complex,
high-volume, high-availability computing needs of
the telecommunications industry in the areas of
ordering, billing, service activation, traffic management,
business process management, and document management.
In particular, CTGi has special expertise in traffic
monitoring, modeling, routing and cost optimization
for large-scale public and private telecommunications
networks. CTGi provides services from a commercial
data center in Ft. Lauderdale. During the past two
years, CTGi has been repurposing it’s software
and technology to meet the growing needs of air
carriers with particular emphasis on the emerging
air taxi industry. CTGi has also been making quiet
but strategic investments in a number of air carriers.
“The degree of cross-over from telecom operations
to aviation operations is truly astounding”
says CTGi’s founder and CEO Richard Kane.
“The challenges and complexities of modeling
and optimizing air traffic is very similar to that
of telecom traffic,” said Kane. Kane is an
accomplished aviator and holds a commercial pilot’s
license. He also holds world aviation records in
several categories and is an ardent supporter of
aerospace initiatives like X-prise and Lindberg
Foundation.
Media Inquiries:
Bill Lannan
CTGi VP of Professional Services
(800) 448-2835
blannan@ctgi.com
