AA and HP Dissolve "Jetstream" Contract

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It's official -- AA is no longer pursuing a new-build reservations system...

http://aviationblog....rmination.html/

Per court filings (http://www.amrcasein.../3141_15463.pdf) :

"Over the past two years, the parties have worked together to develop the new passenger service system. During that time, however, the parties have been unable to reach agreement on a number of key issues affecting the project's direction and it became clear that an orderly termination of the PSS Agreement was in the best interests of both parties."

Per Terry Maxon's interview with Maya Leibman (CIO):

"In technology, there's what they call a 'build or buy' strategy. That was really the decision we were faced with: Did we want to make the investment of all the time and resources and money associated with building something, or could we leverage something that was already built that other people had already made the mistakes and put in all the sweat equity associated with building it?"

So... looks like AA is back to evaluating the other available options: sticking with Sabre (AS and B6 use it), moving to Amadeus (BA, IB, QF, RJ, JL, AY, and AB use it), moving to Shares (also used by US and UA), or the wildcard, moving to Google's new check-in system developed by ITA and used by mega-carrier Cape Air.

 

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It's official -- AA is no longer pursuing a new-build reservations system...

http://aviationblog....rmination.html/

Per court filings (http://www.amrcasein.../3141_15463.pdf) :



Per Terry Maxon's interview with Maya Leibman (CIO):



So... looks like AA is back to evaluating the other available options: sticking with Sabre (AS and B6 use it), moving to Amadeus (BA, IB, QF, RJ, JL, AY, and AB use it), moving to Shares (also used by US and UA), or the wildcard, moving to Google's new check-in system developed by ITA and used by mega-carrier Cape Air.

As a side bar, what ever happened to Apollo?
IIRC UA sold it lock stock and barrel (made some cash in the process).
B) xUT

 

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I suspect Travelport (who bought Galileo) still owns all the rights to resell it, but only UA was using Apollo up until the integration with CO.

Travelport also bought Worldspan, who operates Deltamatic and owned PARS, which only NW was using up until integration with DL.

All three systems date back to the early days of green screen, just like Sabre and Shares. DL, NW and UA had to build customized integration layers around the edges of the core system, similar to what CO did with Shares, and WN did with SAAS.

 

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I suspect Travelport (who bought Galileo) still owns all the rights to resell it, but only UA was using Apollo up until the integration with CO.

Travelport also bought Worldspan, who operates Deltamatic and owned PARS, which only NW was using up until integration with DL.

All three systems date back to the early days of green screen, just like Sabre and Shares. DL, NW and UA had to build customized integration layers around the edges of the core system, similar to what CO did with Shares, and WN did with SAAS.

I used to do scripting in unimatic. Are my skills marketable?
B) xUT

 

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Probably about as marketable as my PF key programming skills for Sabre ICOT terminals...