LONDON & MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul. 3, 2013--
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS), a leading provider of global
Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) services, today announced it has
extended its service contract with Scandinavian Airlines. Under this
agreement, WNS will continue to provide a comprehensive range of
services in Passenger Revenue Accounting, and in addition will begin
providing analytical support, risk, audit and compliance services.
A new, dedicated, SAS Business Excellence team will be created within
WNS to provide PRA management and senior-level analytical capabilities.
This group will work closely with SAS Management to identify and drive
transformational change and overall process efficiency within the SAS
Commercial Departments.
"WNS has supported Scandinavian Airlines for the past 9 years in the PRA
environment, and we are delighted to increase both the duration and the
scope of our relationship,” said Keshav R. Murugesh, WNS’s CEO. “We look
forward to working closely with SAS management to help deliver improved
efficiencies and to help them successfully achieve their strategic
corporate objectives. The extended scope of this new agreement will
enable SAS to utilize the analytical, consulting and management skills
within WNS, strengthening the value of our strategic partnership. We see
this model as a natural progression for our clients, leveraging our deep
knowledge of the airline industry to help identify and deliver
transformational change.”
Toke Hogild, Vice President Commercial Processing, SAS, added, “Through
the years WNS has proven to be a solid partner, and I am pleased WNS
will continue to be our supportive partner. SAS is undertaking severe
organizational changes and at the same time implementing commercial
initiatives but I am confident that our extended scope with WNS will
enable us to succeed.”
About Scandinavian Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines is the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and
Sweden and the largest airline in Scandinavia.
Part of the SAS Group and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, the
airline operates 144 aircraft to 117 destinations, in total 250 routes.
The airline's main hub is Kastrup or Copenhagen Airport, which is
the main European and intercontinental hub. It is the eighth-largest
airline in Europe. The airline was founded in 1946 as a consortium to
pool Det Danske Luftfartselskab's, Svensk Interkontinental Lufttrafik's
and Det Norske Luftfartselskap's transatlantic services. European and
domestic cooperation started two years later and, in 1951, the airlines
merged to create SAS.
SAS is a founding member of the Star Alliance. For more information
please visit www.sasgroup.net.
About WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited (NYSE: WNS) is a leading global business process
outsourcing company. WNS offers business value to 200+ global clients by
combining operational excellence with deep domain expertise in key
industry verticals including Travel, Insurance, Banking and Financial
Services, Manufacturing, Retail and Consumer Packaged Goods, Shipping
and Logistics and Healthcare and Utilities. WNS delivers an entire
spectrum of business process outsourcing services such as finance and
accounting, customer care, technology solutions, research and analytics
and industry specific back office and front office processes. As of
March 31, 2013 WNS had 25,520 professionals across 31 delivery centers
worldwide including Costa Rica, India, Philippines, Poland, Romania,
South Africa, Sri Lanka, United Kingdom and the United States. For more
information, visit www.wns.com.
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