More recently we explored this metaphor further and asked what would happen if our “theoretical” system had to interact with an actual airline reservation system =-=[20]-=-. In the augmented system, we have created a FlightOffer Agent that was to interface with a Global Distribution System...
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 ...
FIG. 4 is a flow diagram illustrating the steps of a method for increasing reliability of booking airline travel itineraries based on number of passengers. The system begins by obtaining a candidate itinerary (step400). In step405, a reservation system implementing the methods of the present inve...
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 ...