Most travel agents used only a single computer reservation platform, typically the one provided by their local hub carrier. And so airlines would have to participate in competing networks to grow their geographic footprints. In exchange for access to the reservation system, non-owner airlines paid ...
The USA was the first to implement an open-skies policy. That was in 1992. Airlines were further deregulated, and airport networks restructured into hub-and-spoke systems. New business models, yield managementFootnote4and computer reservation systems,Footnote5appeared. Airline alliances were launched ...
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