Travel & Travel Technology News.Oct 2, 2006 Entertainment firms attract airlines with customized offerings. Customized movie, music and Internet access will help airlines build customer loyalty, some industry experts say. Entertainment firms displayed their systems at the World Aviation Entertainment Association Convention last week in Miami. "The technology to do amazing things is available now. In some cases, costs are a major factor. In others, it's just a matter of having the airlines decide what they want," said Michael Rogerson of Intheairnet LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control . Sep 27, 2006 European firms pay voluntary offsets for fuel emissions. Many European companies pay voluntary offsets, or investments in nonpolluting energy projects, when their employees fly on commercial airlines. The offsets are linked to the carbon dioxide carbon dioxide, chemical compound, CO2, a colorless, odorless, tasteless gas that is about one and one-half times as dense as air under ordinary conditions of temperature and pressure. emissions of each flight. U.S. companies have been slower to adopt the voluntary offsets related to business travel but are starting to catch up, experts say. Sep 25, 2006 Amadeus, Continental Airlines Amadeus said it reached an agreement with Continental Airlines that will extend current access to full content for travel agents in the US, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. Sep 29, 2006 Amadeus, Continental Airlines Amadeus, Continental extend deal delaying fees to agencies: Amadeus and Continental have extended their current content agreement, which was scheduled to end next week. The extension, which is for an unspecified duration, shields Amadeus agencies from the $3.50-per-segment booking fees that were set to be implemented Oct. 1. Sep 27, 2006 Amadeus, Finnair Amadeus announced that Finnair deployed Amadeus Ticket Changer, which enables the airline to automate the ticket change and reissue process from any location in any currency. Sep 28, 2006 AT&T, Republic Airways AT&T reached a three-year voice and data services contract with Republic Airways Holdings Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) is an aviation holding corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, which owns three regional airlines operating in the United States: Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. . AT&T Indiana will provide a multiprotocol label switching (networking) Multiprotocol Label Switching - (MPLS) A packet switching protocol developed by the IETF. Initially developed to improve switching speed, other benefits are now seen as being more important. private network transport solution to Republic's Indianapolis headquarters. Sep 25, 2006 Delta Air Lines, Amadeus Delta, Amadeus will address cost recovery fees: Amadeus says its subscribers will not receive any Cost Recovery Fee invoices from Delta Air Lines. The airline and the distribution system have mutually agreed to address any Cost Recovery Fees themselves. Sep 28, 2006 IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) IBM signed a 3.5-year agreement with Prague Airport to implement, maintain and manage a new IT system. Based on the mySAP Business Suite  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . product, the integrated information system will be used by 350 airport staff, IBM said. Sep 27, 2006 Lufthansa Systems, LSG Sky Chefs LSG Sky Chefs is the brand name of LSG Lufthansa Service Holding AG, which specializes in airline catering. It is a subsidiary of the German airline Lufthansa AG. Its primary business function is to prepare and deliver meals, beverages and snacks to aircraft for domestic and Lufthansa Systems announced that LSG Sky Chefs will outsource its entire European and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. IT and communications infrastructure to LHS (filename extension) lhs - The filename extension for literate Haskell source files. from Oct. 1. LHS also announced a deal with Southwest Airlines to implement its Sirax revenue accounting system. It is scheduled to be completed in early 2008. Sep 25, 2006 Northwest Airlines, Amadeus Northwest, Amadeus reach provisional agreement: A provisional agreement will allow Amadeus subscribers to have access to Northwest Airlines' full content. The airline and the global distribution system continue to negotiate a long-term content agreement. Sep 26, 2006 Sabre Airline Solutions Sabre Airline Solutions is a subsidiary of Sabre Holdings. The main product of Sabre Airline Solutions is the SabreSonic system. This provides departure control, reservations, and, inventory management. , Porter Airlines Sabre Airline Solutions said Toronto-based startup Porter Airlines selected the Sabre Flight Control Suite of operational support solutions including Sabre FliteTrac, CrewTrac and Dispatch Manager. Porter plans to launch service in October from Toronto City Centre Airport Toronto/City Centre Airport, (IATA: YTZ, ICAO: CYTZ), in Toronto, Ontario, Canada is a regional airport located on the Toronto Islands. Opened in 1939 as the Port George VI Airfield, it became generally known as the Island Airport. . Sep 29, 2006 Worldspan, Delta Air Lines Worldspan and Delta Air Lines completed a new long-term distribution agreement affirming "Worldspan's Super Access Product as a preferred distribution program for the airline through June 2013." Oct 2, 2006 Z Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please go to: http://www.airguideonline.com/onlinenews.htm To Subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com Sep 25, 2006 |
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