At step202, an event occurs. Events can occur from an application, the services layer modules, or an external module, such as a customer reservation system. In the airline industry example, a passenger plane (e.g., flight number1037) has its itinerary modified (for example, the flight is...
A travel “segment” includes a particular airline (or other travel carrier) route between cities. For example, a flight originating in Phoenix (PHX), which stops in Dallas (DFW), in route to Baltimore (BWI) comprises two segments: namely, (1) PHX-DFW, and (2) DFW-BWI. The phrase “...
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