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IT(A) hits the fan !
A coalition of interested parties has created a campaign to prevent the Google acquisition of ITA Software. They probably have good reason to be concerned.
Date:03/11/2010

Navitaire and Travelport – The Best of Both Worlds
Navitaire joins other "low-cost" PSS suppliers in establishing a partnership with one of the old guard of traditional vendors. This should allow it to compete more strongly in the expanding hybrid airline sector.
Date:29/10/2010

Air France’s Timetable for Retirement
Air France has confirmed that its hosted Passenger Services Systems will soon be closed down. There are knock-on effects for other vendors, not least Amadeus and Unisys.
Date:07/10/2010

Sabre and Amadeus Extend their Influence in PSS
Further evidence that Sabre and Amadeus are becoming more dominant in their favoured market segments.
Date:27/09/2010

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.
Date:18/08/2010

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.
Date: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.
Date: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?
Date: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.
Date: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.
Date: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.
Date: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.
Date: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.
Date: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.
Date: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?
Date:12/02/2010

Amadeus Speeds Up Migration
Recent conversions of TAM and Aegean show that Amadeus is accelerating the pace of airline migrations
Date: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.
Date: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.
Date: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.
Date:02/10/2009

TAM Switches to Amadeus in 2010
Amadeus and TAM announce a 10 year agreement for the provision of the Altéa PSS.
Date:26/08/2009