Travel & Travel Technology News.For more travel news, data and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm Jul 31, 2006 Travel agents caught in middle of airline, GDS GDS Global Distribution System GDS Google Desktop Search (Google) GDS Goodie Domain Service (Vienna University of Technology, Austria) GDS Guards battle. In the ongoing disputes among GDSs and airlines, travel agents are caught in the middle with too little information and too much confusion. Modern Agent's Editor in Chief James Shillinglaw, CTC CTC - Cornell Theory Center , sorts out the whys and wherefores of the situation. Jul 27, 2006 Column: Carriers upgrade entertainment systems. Many carriers are improving entertainment options on long international flights, The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times' Joe Sharkey writes. Carriers hope seatback seat·back also seat back n. The back of a chair or other type of seating. video monitors and digital on-demand movies and music will bolster customer loyalty and generate more revenue. Jul 25, 2006 Amadeus Amadeus signed a global content distribution agreement with Paramount Airways Paramount Airways is an airline based in Madurai, India. It operates scheduled services, mainly targeting business travellers. Its hub is Chennai International Airport.[1] History The airline started operations in October 2005. of India. Jul 27, 2006 American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the , Sabre Talks stall between American, Sabre. Talks between American Airlines and Sabre on a new content agreement have stalled over economic and privacy issues, the airline says. American executives say a new $3.50 per segment booking fee is a sticking point in negotiations with Sabre and Amadeus. Jul 26, 2006 Avis and Budget, GPS systems GPS systems can help travelers dodge traffic, make flights. To assist travelers in avoiding traffic and meeting flights on time, Avis and Budget will begin renting Where2 global positioning devices at locations in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico. The devices monitor traffic and suggest routes to avoid congestion The condition of a network when there is not enough bandwidth to support the current traffic load. congestion - When the offered load of a data communication path exceeds the capacity. . They're "a time saver" whether or not you know where you're going, says Michael Caron, vice president of product and program development for the Avis Budget Group of Cendant. Jul 25, 2006 Lufthansa Systems Lufthansa Systems will implement e-ticketing at Cirrus Airlines. It also signed a five-year deal with Asiana Airlines to implement its Sirax revenue management system. Jul 25, 2006 Northwest Airlines Computer glitch A temporary or random hardware malfunction. It is possible that a bug in a program may cause the hardware to appear as if it had a glitch in it and vice versa. At times it can be extremely difficult to determine whether a problem lies within the hardware or the software. See glitch attack. delays Northwest flights. Computer problems on Tuesday afternoon forced Northwest Airlines to delay 285 flights an average of 21 minutes each. Some Northwest Airlink flights operated by Pinnacle Airlines and Mesaba Airlines were canceled. Jul 26, 2006 Travelport Travelport, formerly Cendant Travel Distribution Services, signed a multiyear distribution agreement with Virgin Atlantic Airways making the airline's full content available on the Galileo GDS as well as Orbitz and CheapTickets. Jul 27, 2006 Worldspan Worldspan signed a three-year, full-content participating carrier agreement with Iberia. Jul 28, 2006 Worldspan Worldspan signed a new multiyear, full-content distribution agreement with Swiss International Airlines. Jul 26, 2006 |
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