Nigeria (IBwire.com - October 02, 2009) The simple task of finding the next available flight is an inefficient and labour intensive undertaking for the Nigerian business traveller. Nigerian airlines don't operate call centres and the Internet is slow. So the business traveller must assign staff to search all airline web sites or even send them to the ticketing office through stifling traffic.
Text2Fly, a new mobile service that lets you check Nigerian domestic flights via SMS, intends to solve this problem by putting a "travel agent" in your mobile phone.
SMS is a counter-intuitive medium for an application that would normally require lists of cities and other prompts to guide the user. But Text2Fly makes it easy by letting users enter an SMS command that appears to be an English language sentence for example, "From lagos to abuja on friday at 6pm".
Behind the scenes Text2Fly handles numerous permutations of that basic format.
Timi Agama, the Founder and CEO of Text2Fly says "We knew Text2Fly would be useful, but what has been surprising is just how excited people are when they try it for the first time."
The Text2Fly approach to delivering an application by SMS is patented and brand new. In theory it can be applied to searching for train times or bus schedules in busy Western European economies.
Text2Fly has one simple aim – to make air travel in Nigeria much less of a hassle.
Text2Fly is a product of Anthill Digital Limited, a Nigerian provider of innovative web-based solutions.
If you'd like to find out more please visit text2fly.com.ng.
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