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IT, GDS & Distribution NewsIndustry Bids Farewell to Paper Ticket
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) launched a new era in air travel as it bid farewell to the paper ticket on the eve of the industry’s conversion to 100% electronic ticketing. V Australia and Sabre Travel Network Sign Distribution Agreement
AUSTRALIA : V Australia, the international airline of Virgin Blue, and Sabre Travel Network have signed a multi-year distribution agreement that will allow the airline's fares and inventory to be made available to all Sabre Connected travel agents worldwide, with premium connectivity and electronic ticketing. clickair launches Multireservations - first point to point carrier to offer ‘linked’ reservations search engine
SPAIN : Point to point travel is the way of life in the low cost airline industry. However, Spanish LCC, clickair, has pioneered a new, online multireservation initiative to create viable new travel itineraries for its passengers, conveniently linking more cities on the 62-strong clickair route network - and all at affordable prices. Jazeera Airways launches slimmed down website
Jazeera Airways announced the launch of jazeeraairways.com Lite, a ‘slimmed down’ version of the airline’s website, in response to a slow down of internet connectivity in the Middle East. More than 60% of the carrier’s customers book online. The carrier has optimised its website for extremely fast loading times, to overcome the problem of reduced speeds. Air Arabia to install Wavetec's queue management solution
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : (c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation: Air Arabia has confirmed an order for Wavetec’s eQ queue management system for three of their sales centers in UAE. Wavetec will be installing the system at their sales office at Sharjah Airport starting from January 2008. Simplifly Deccan and Abacus International sign GDS partnership
INDIA : (c) Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation: Abacus International announced the first GDS partnership to take place in India’s low cost carrier (LCC) market with the launch of its distribution of fares for Deccan, India’s largest and fastest growing LCC. Effective now, passengers will be able to book their travel on Deccan through Abacus-connected travel agents. SpiceJet elects CyberSource Risk Management Solution
INDIA : (CAPA FREE) SpiceJet announced that it has implemented Decision Manager, an automated risk management solution to help minimize online fraud. CyberSource Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of CyberSource Corporation, is providing SpiceJet with the solution. Air Deccan selects GraphOn's GO-Global solutions
INDIA : (CAPA): GraphOn Corporation, a developer of application publishing and Web-enabling solutions, announced Air Deccan has deployed GraphOns GO-Global server-centric computing solution to Web-enable its airline management enterprise resource planning (ERP) application. DALLAS, April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Last year, Southwest Airlines boldly went where no other airline and few Fortune 500 companies had gone before - into the blogosphere.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : DALLAS, April 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Last year, Southwest Airlines boldly went where no other airline and few Fortune 500 companies had gone before - into the blogosphere. Frontier Airlines: Cabins Go Cashless
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: FRNT) is excited to announce its transition to Cashless Cabins on its mainline aircraft beginning April 1, 2007. In-flight products, namely DIRECTV, pay-per-view movies and alcoholic beverages, are now exclusively available for purchase using credit or debit cards instead of cash. The new service will eliminate the need for correct change and is expected to expedite the in-flight service process. |
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