Press Release
ZERO-G Weightless
Experience adopts ASAP Aviation Platform from Coastal
Technologies Group
BOCA RATON, FL – June 20th,
2007--Coastal Technologies Group Inc. (CTGi), a
leader in accrual and route optimization for the
telecommunications industry, today announced the
general availability of an industry-leading, ASP-
based Aviation Management and and Optimization platform.
ZERO-G joins a growing list of domestic and international
91, 121 and 135 operators selecting CTGi as their
information technology partner.
Part 91, 121, and 135 operators are under increasing
pressure to fill seats, dynamically optimize flight
assignments, minimize non revenue flight miles,
and manage margins against a backdrop of ever increasing
fuel and regulatory costs”, said Richard Kane,
CEO for Coastal Technologies Group and a world record
holding commercial pilot. ZERO-G will be using CTGi’s
software to help manage sales channels, seat reservations,
operations, work flow management, and document management.
ZERO-G recently launched a national marketing campaign
and established a relationship with The Sharper
Image Corporation to exclusively market and sell
seats on public flights. The reception has been
excellent and ZERO-G is already experiencing exceptional
growth. According to Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, Co-Founder,
Chairman, and CEO of ZERO-G, CTGi’s technology
platform and services will be critical to ZERO-G’s
growth. “I can tell you that we are facing
an increase of business and these application services
are critical to our success in scaling from a single-city
operation to a national, multi-city player in space
tourism”, said Peter Diamandis.
About ZERO-G
Founded in 1993, Zero Gravity Corporation (ZERO-G)
is a privately held space entertainment and tourism
company. Its mission is to bring the excitement
and adventure of weightlessness to the public through
a safe, fun and cost-effective experience. Headquartered
in Las Vegas, ZERO-G is co-founded by space visionary
and entrepreneur Dr. Peter H. Diamandis, veteran
astronaut Dr. Byron K. Lichtenberg, and NASA engineer
Ray Cronise. ZERO-G is the first and only FAA-approved
provider of commercial weightless flights for the
general public; The ZERO-G Experience™ launched
in October 2004. ZERO-G has since successfully flown
more than 2,500 passengers aboard 100 flights. In
April 2006, ZERO-G became the first commercial company
to gain permission from the Kennedy Space Center
to use the shuttle runway and landing facilities,
to operate its weightless flights. ZERO-G also offers
regular flights for the general public from Signature
Air Terminal at McCarran International Airport in
Las Vegas.
In 2006, ZERO-G joined with Northrop Grumman, sponsor
of the Weightless Flights of Discovery, an innovative
science and engineering education program that incorporates
zero-gravity flight experiences for teachers. The
program utilizes hands-on science workshops and
ZERO-G’s unique weightless flights to help
educators share the fun and excitement of science,
technology, engineering and math with their students.
The program realizes ZERO-G’s mission to utilize
its capabilities for the public sector as a way
to further teacher and student knowledge and understanding
of science, while inspiring the next generation
of space explorers. In its inaugural year, the program
hosted 250 teachers representing 49 states, five
U.S. territories and 24 countries. In 2007, ZERO-G
and Northrop Grumman strive to fly approximately
400 teachers and college students.
Continuing its community outreach efforts, on April
26, 2007, ZERO-G flew Professor Stephen Hawking,
the world’s leading expert in gravity, aboard
G-Force One to raise funds for several charitable
organizations including Easter Seals, the Starlight
Starbright Children’s Foundation, the X PRIZE
Foundation and Augie’s Quest. The flight will
took off from the Shuttle Landing Facility at the
Kennedy Space Center in Central Florida. For more
information about ZERO-G, please visit: www.gozerog.com.
About Coastal Technologies
Coastal Technologies Group, Inc. (CTGi) provides
Operations Support solutions for the telecommunications
industry. One of the world's largest ASPs, CTGi
processes billions of transactions per month through
an optimization and cost accrual application that
has been in-service since January 2004. Subject
to the industry’s toughest service level agreement,
CTGi’s ASP service has been successfully operating
continuously with zero application downtime. CTGi
is now taking IP developed in the telecom industry
and applying it to similar business and operational
challenges in the aviation and aerospace industry.
CTGi is uniquely situated to offer application services
to the aviation and aerospace industries using a
proven, high-performance computing platform located
in a world-class data center, and utilizing proven
IP that has processed over a trillion transactions.
For more information about Coastal Technologies
Group, please visit: www.ctgi.biz.
Media Inquiries:
Bill Lannan
CTGi VP of Professional Services
(800) 448-2835
blannan@ctgi.com
Natalie Mounier
ZERO-G Public Relations/Media
8702-737-3100
