AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 28, 2023

There doesn’t exist an airline that would cover all the world’s regions and destinations. No wonder that, for now, many of the world-known airlines belong to global alliances. What is an airline alliance? There are three key benefits airlines get when joining a global alliance. Increased market coverage.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 28, 2023

There doesn’t exist an airline that would cover all the world’s regions and destinations. No wonder that, for now, many of the world-known airlines belong to global alliances. What is an airline alliance? There are three key benefits airlines get when joining a global alliance. Increased market coverage.

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AltexSoft Travel

JULY 30, 2021

To meet the popular customer requirement “to fly from anywhere to anywhere” and reduce inconveniences associated with multi-leg journeys, airlines have no other alternative but to cooperate with each other. Key partnership frameworks in aviation were designed decades ago, in the era of large state-owned airlines and regulated fares.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 13, 2020

Flight consolidators are brokers that book airline seats in bulk at discount rates and then resell them to travel agencies. Airline consolidator business model: how it works. Most of the large consolidators appeared in the 1970-1980s when airlines had more seats than they could ever sell via travel retailers.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Its main goal is to regulate distribution-related activities in airlines and commercial aviation such as fare calculations, revenue allocation, and baggage rules. Why do travel businesses that issue airline tickets have to be IATA-accredited? These codes are relevant even to those airlines that haven’t signed an agreement with IATA.

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

At lower levels of expenses, it was a vain hope to negotiate bargain prices, perks, and commissions from airlines. More than that, many airlines offer discounts at much lower minimum spending requirements than a decade ago. More than that, many airlines offer discounts at much lower minimum spending requirements than a decade ago.

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AltexSoft Travel

JUNE 21, 2022

For instance, if you sell flights, current seat availability will be stored in the airline’s reservation system , because this airline distributes flights across many resellers and… well, knows which seats are already booked and which are available. hotels or airlines) and reselling this access to distributors.

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 8, 2020

Without this software component, you can neither sell nor buy airline tickets or hotel reservations through the Internet. The key systems on the suppliers’ side are: Global Distribution Systems ( GDSs ), bed banks , airline consolidator databases, hotel property management systems ( PMSs ), and. airline reservation systems ( ARSs ).

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AltexSoft Travel

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Interestingly, in the era of flight aggregators and websites with massive hotel inventories, we still tend to trust our own instincts and dig for better and cheaper options. How convenient is our website? Usability metrics explain customer behavior on the website/app, user journey, etc. How is the business doing in general?

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AltexSoft Travel

MAY 30, 2023

Instead, it forwards cardholder data to an airline or hotel, which serves as an MoR: It withdraws money from a customer’s card and then pays a commission to the OTA.” In between, an airline reservation system creates a passenger name record ( PNR ) that is mandatory to enable ticketing.

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AltexSoft Travel

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

That is why travelers become more concerned about the benefits of the insurance plan they want to buy. Benefits necessary for a typical travel insurance package. Ideally, all these benefits should be present altogether in a single plan or package. These are such benefits as: baggage issues (loss, delay, or damage).

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AltexSoft Travel

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Global Distribution Systems are responsible for providing booking websites with unified access to a massive inventory of flights, hotel rooms, car rental companies, cruises, and much more. How Airline Distribution Works. GDS is one of the first abbreviations you learn in the travel business. Your application processing can take months.

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AltexSoft Travel

MARCH 7, 2022

Basically, a hotel can sell its rooms two ways – directly, via its website, or indirectly, via middlemen. Bed banks or wholesalers , which buy rooms in bulk for contracted prices. Metasearch websites like Google Hotel Ads and Skyscanner where hotels can both directly and indirectly (via bedbanks and GDSs) get their rooms listed.

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