Flemingo International has won the contract for Gulf Air’s inflight duty free supply business and is utilising North Star Connect’ s onboard retail solution to work with the Middle East carrier.

 

Bahrain’s national carrier currently flies to 43 cities in 24 countries over three continents. It currently utilises some 28 modern wide and narrow body aircraft and boasts one of the largest networks in the Middle East, with double daily flights to over 10 regional cities from its hub at Bahrain International Airport.

 

Commenting on the new contract, Atul Ahuja, CEO of Flemingo International said: “Winning this contract has helped us take the first step in extending our inflight business beyond Turkey and we are pleased to do this with an international carrier such as Gulf Air.

 

“We plan to use the latest innovative technologies to deliver best-in-class experiences for our customers. By selecting North Star Connect we have the platform we need to deliver these customer experiences.”

 

The retailer adds that it will work with North Star Connect’s global travel retail systems to provide point of sale, back office and pre-order applications to support the duty free retailing, including merchandising, inventory management, supply chain planning, payment and business intelligence applications.

 

 

It adds that Gulf Air has expressed its ‘full support for the initiative’ from Flemingo and North Star Connect.

 

Elisabeth Galvin, CEO of North Star Connect said: “We are excited that Flemingo International has chosen North Star Connect to meet this critical need.

 

“Our innovative solutions will provide Flemingo with the necessary end-to-end retail process and analytical solutions to successfully run their retail operations and to deliver great traveller experiences for their partners like Gulf Air.”

 

[All images, courtesy Gulf Air-Ed].