As the world football (ahem, soccer) governing body FIFA confirms the introduction of goal-line technology, there is another industry facing similar changes to traditional processes.
Goal-line technology – a shift of the goalposts in the airline vs GDS match
July 5, 2012 By 1 Comment
WestJet divide — Airline taps Datalex to replace Sabre on website
April 5, 2012 By 2 Comments
WestJet cut over its reservations system and website to Sabre in 2009, but has decided to replace Sabre for the WestJet.com piece and will use technology from Dublin-based Datalex instead.
Will the American Airlines Jetstream reservations system ever fly?
February 22, 2012 By 1 Comment
Will American Airlines’ proposed Jetstream reservations system be a casualty of its bankruptcy filing and will the prime vendor, HP, a $30.8 million creditor in the proceeding, take the brunt of the hit?
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Virgin America website and reservations system goes offline in scheduled switch to Sabre
October 28, 2011 By 1 Comment
It should be an interesting next 24 hours for Virgin America and its passengers as its website and reservation system went offline in a scheduled switch to the SabreSonic reservation platform.
JetBlue to unveil fast-track security product
April 22, 2011 By 2 Comments
JetBlue says it will be debuting a fast-track security product at select airports “in a couple of months.”
Philippines low cost carrier to unbundle fares with Sabre
September 1, 2010 By 1 Comment
Airphil Express plans on unbundling its fare structure with ancillary services and self-service options now that it has extended its 2009 technology partnership with Sabre Airline Solutions.
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AeroMexico to transition from HP to Sabre as new reservations-system provider
April 20, 2010 By 2 Comments
Score another win for Sabre as AeroMexico selected SabreSonic for the airline’s new internal reservations system. You can also look at it as a little bit of revenge.
Hello Delta — Southwest-WestJet codeshare snafu more than SabreSonic issue
April 5, 2010 By 2 Comments
The already delayed implementation of a Southwest-WestJet codeshare agreement has run into further trouble as Southwest says reports of a possible WestJet-Delta codeshare “could be inconsistent” with the Southwest-WestJet agreement.
American Airlines and JetBlue to trade airport slots and interline
March 31, 2010 By Leave a Comment
American Airlines today announced a commercial agreement with JetBlue, which will include interlining in markets where the two airlines don’t compete.
Glitch grounded JetBlue flights for an hour, don’t blame Sabre
February 26, 2010 By 1 Comment
JetBlue says it voluntarily halted flights from taking off for an hour this afternoon, but the technical glitch that caused it had nothing to do with its new SabreSonic reservations system.
