LAN / TAM Merger Will Dominate its Region
The proposed merger of LAN and TAM will create a regional giant with almost a third of all Latin American passengers. Amadeus and Sabre will be making great efforts to win the PSS business of the newly-merged airline.
18/08/2010
Brazilian airline TAM plans to merge with Chile's LAN
The BBC reports on the first Latin American mega-merger. While the new LATAM airline group will not match the major North American and European carriers for sheer size it will dominate its region more than any other airline in the world. It will also pose some delicate issues of allignement as TAM is a member of Star Alliance and uses the Amadeus PSS, LAN belongs to oneworld and is in the process of migration to Sabre. Watch this space.
13/08/2010
Ryanair Court Wins May Have Far-Reaching Effects
Ryanair often finds itself in court but in a few recent cases it has been plaintiff rather than defendant. The fact that it has won cases against screen-scrapers may have long-lasting effects.
09/08/2010
Google Loves IT(A). It’s Official!
The confirmation of Google's acquisition of ITA will have major repercussions for the whole industry.
01/07/2010
Mercator Acquisition of TikAero Recalls Old Swissair Links
Mercator is acquiring a small PSS vendor that will add neither meaningful market share nor groundbreaking functionality. Is it just to tick a box?
21/06/2010
Google Finally Makes a Move
Google's reported acquisition of ITA Software represents the search giant's first significant move into travel distribution. The implications are not yet clear but could be enormous.
07/05/2010
Sabre Success in Mexico Points to Dominance in the Americas
Sabre and Aeromexico have announced that the Mexican airline will migrate to Sabre's SabreSonic passenger services system.
22/04/2010
Sabre Acquires Deeper Capabilities in Revenue Integrity
The acquisition of Calidris by Sabre fills an important gap in Sabre's portfolio which will make it more competitive with arch-rival Amadeus.
31/03/2010
SITA Continues to Advance in Tier 2
Press reports indicate that SITA will be the new IT provider for the merged Air India. If confirmed this will be vindication of SITA management's strategy to pursue tier two airlines and should open the door for further success in the Asian region.
10/03/2010
Lufthansa Systems Validates the AIS Enterprise Optimisation Model
A product announcement from Lufthansa Systems shows that Enterprise Optimisation may finally be arriving.
06/03/2010
Datalex Enters South America
Aero Republica has implemented an Internet booking capability in conjunction with Datalex. Despite challenges around payments processing the airline doubled its online sales in the first week and they continue to grow.
22/02/2010
Sabre's Stealthy Success at JetBlue
JetBlue cut over to Sabre and there have been no reported problems. What has gone right?
12/02/2010
Amadeus Speeds Up Migration
Recent conversions of TAM and Aegean show that Amadeus is accelerating the pace of airline migrations
12/02/2010
Royal Jordanian Selects Amadeus at the Second Attempt
On the 21st of October 2009 Amadeus announced that it had concluded a 10 year agreement to
supply its Altea passenger services suite to Royal Jordanian.
23/10/2009
A Web Site Hiccup but Westjet Blazes a Trail
WestJet cut over its Passenger Service Systems from Navitaire to Sabre over the weekend of
October 17/18 2009. On Monday 19 October the airline's web site suffered a three-hour outage
according to press reports.
23/10/2009
Long-Awaited Move from American Airlines
AMR Corporation Signs a Letter of Intent With Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Services to Develop Next-Generation Passenger Service System.
02/10/2009
TAM Switches to Amadeus in 2010
Amadeus and TAM announce a 10 year agreement for the provision of the Altéa PSS.
26/08/2009
Sabre and Datalex are Winners in The Frontier Saga
Frontier continues with Sabre and Datalex, Datalex help drive upsell and improve earnings.
18/08/2009
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