The Daily WTF

DECEMBER 31, 2024

We all know the story: many legacy systems were storing dates with two digits- 80 not 1980 , and thus were going to fail dramatically when handling 00 - is that 1900 or 2000 ? The Problem Let's get back to this idea of "some programs represented years with two digits" From the perspective of a modern programmer, this seems weird.

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CIO

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Each Hangar houses agile coaches, business analysts, data and analytics specialists, product owners, Scrum masters, software engineers, and user interface designers — all with one mission: to elevate the airlines’ digital customer experience before, during, and after the flight. Experience is not only the cherry on the cake.”

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CIO

DECEMBER 26, 2023

And because the incumbent companies have been around for so long, many are running IT systems with some elements that are years or decades old. Honestly, it’s a wonder the system works at all. Probably the worst IT airline disaster of 2023 came on the government side, however.

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CIO

OCTOBER 13, 2022

IBM and AWS have put several mechanisms and programs in place to codify their rich vertical industry expertise and make it easily accessible to customers in critical sectors. The program builds a meaningful partnership between AWS, IBM, and the client to deliver an integrated program. AWS/IBM’s Industry Edge.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

After lots of back and forth, the JetBlue-Spirit Airlines deal actually happened. The respective boards at JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines approved a merger agreement at a diluted equity valuation of $3.8 But if it closes, it will create the fifth-largest airline in the United States. — Rebecca Bellan. The culprit?

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CIO

AUGUST 6, 2024

As organizations increasingly rely on cloud-based services and cybersecurity solutions to protect their digital assets, the incident serves as a stark reminder of the vulnerabilities inherent in even the most robust systems. CIOs should plan accordingly by assessing business impacts, focusing on the most critical systems.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 22, 2023

Image Credits: Brex Brex opted not to accept commissions from airlines or hotels that would not provide more expensive flights or hotels as alternatives, Dubugras said. But we think that just reduces trust in the system. Some companies get paid to not show those because they know corporate buyers are less price sensitive,” he added.

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CIO

JUNE 29, 2022

Using RPA tools, a company can configure software, or a “robot,” to capture and interpret applications for processing a transaction, manipulating data, triggering responses, and communicating with other digital systems. Bots are typically low-cost and easy to implement, requiring no custom software or deep systems integration.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 6, 2019

Airline distribution has always been a complex subject. On one side of the airline industry, we have legacy carriers mostly represented by full-service airlines. How airline distribution works in a nutshell. Travelfusion works with such carriers as Eurowings, Flybe, and Spirit Airlines.

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Altexsoft

MAY 20, 2022

A few years ago, Joe DeNardi, a Stifel analyst, published a sensational report that contained estimated values of some of the biggest US airlines’ loyalty programs. According to it, American Airlines’ AAdvantage was worth $37.6 All these impressive numbers unveil the hidden power behind airlines’ loyalty programs.

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Altexsoft

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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The Accidental Successful CIO

MAY 16, 2018

Airlines run on their IT systems and CIOs have to keep these running. However, when it comes to airlines, their CIOs are spending their time thinking about more practical things like just exactly how to go about keeping their critical IT systems up and running. The Challenge Of Running An Airline.

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Altexsoft

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. So their key clients were large enterprises with multimillion budgets spent on corporate trips.

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Altexsoft

JUNE 21, 2019

Being big complex systems, with tons of connectivity channels, providers, travelers and many solutions that have to be heavily managed, OTAs have a lot happening on the administrative side. The provider must issue a ticket (in case of airlines) or send a booking confirmation (hotels). is carefully documented in a CRM system.

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Altexsoft

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. A Global Distribution System , or GDS , is a computer network operating as a middleman between travel agents and numerous travel service providers.

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Altexsoft

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

Accreditation from the International Air Transport Association ( IATA ) or its US-based division, the International Airlines Travel Agent Network ( IATAN ) authorizes issuing air tickets on behalf of airlines. The Airlines Reporting Corporation or ARC works only with US travel agents. Marketing programs and sales opportunities.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

That sounds like a better system to me, because of the strength of self-selection. Based on my research, I suspect web3’s killer apps will come out of two unlikely fields: fashion and loyalty programs. Rewarding Loyalty Loyalty programs are an interesting bunch. ” Web3 shifts the power of outreach to the buyer.

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Altexsoft

APRIL 12, 2019

Since aircraft were presented as a means of public transportation in the early 40s, airlines got thousands of passengers wanting to buy tickets. It’s still hard for small online travel agencies and other travel distribution businesses to enter the market, due to such giants as Expedia and Booking Holdings owning most of the market.

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The Hustle

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Experimental programs are already underway in airports around the country: Delta Digital ID allows PreCheck members to scan their faces instead of boarding passes and IDs at five US airports. United Airlines lets PreCheck travelers use their faces to check bags at select airports.

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Altexsoft

JUNE 10, 2021

In the 1980s, American Airlines and its former president Robert Crandall started a revolution in airline pricing. Crandall is famous for many airline innovations that we use today, such as inventing the first frequent flier program and contributing to route optimization and central reservation system adoption.

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Perficient

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Example Use Case: Intent Detection for Airline Customer Service Let’s consider an airline company using an automated system to respond to customer emails. The goal is to detect the intent behind each email accurately, enabling the system to route the message to the appropriate department or generate a relevant response.

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Altexsoft

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Typically posted by airlines themselves, seat maps allow passengers to visually choose which seat would fit them better and where it’s positioned in relation to emergency exits, wings, or the toilet. So, seat selection is extremely important for passengers, airlines, and distributors such as OTAs. Ancillary sharing. User experience.

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Altexsoft

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Placed next to its usual flight data screen and stylized in the same manner, there was a schedule of departures to such places as Jakku (“delayed due to sand storms”), Alderaan (“canceled”), and even Death Star (“possibly a trap”). Namely, airports and airlines rely on FIDS to display two types of information. Source: Daktronics.

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Modus Create

MARCH 14, 2023

Over the last few years, Pfizer has launched several mobile applications under its program Digital Companion. By automating almost 30% of the process, AutoFin has significantly reduced the time for reviewing credit applications. However, there was considerable duplication of work due to extensive integration between the two tools.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 6, 2019

Airline distribution is complex. On one side of the airline industry, we have legacy carriers mostly represented by full-service airlines. Since the late 70s, legacy airlines have used a complicated model of distribution that included various data aggregators, consolidators, tech providers, and other intermediaries.

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Altexsoft

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

If you want to accept online reservations and manage your fleet with ease, what you need is a Car Rental Reservation System. In this article, we’ll tell you about the underlying modules of a Car RRS, review some of the key software providers, and give tips for those ready to roll up their sleeves and build their own platform.

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CTOvision

JULY 13, 2015

Update On The Department of State’s Bureau of Consular Affairs Consular Consolidated Database: A system that touches the entire nation CTOvision (Today) - Federal technology news and analysis over the last month has been dominated by the OPM cybersecurity failures, and with good cause. While a few top-tier programs get the cream of the crop.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 15, 2021

This was largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic uprooting the status quo for both international and domestic travel. Marketers cannot rely on social proof like a positive review from 2019 to help convince a customer to choose them in 2021. Request reviews from your audience after their experience. Welcome Programs.

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Altexsoft

JULY 20, 2021

Yes, while the overall number of bookings dropped due to COVID-19, hotels’ brand.com websites became the third most popular booking channel , in some cases even surpassing Expedia traffic. Hotels pay OTAs 15-30 percent of fees per booking and due to the rate parity, they can’t put lower prices on brand.com websites. Why is that?

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Altexsoft

APRIL 20, 2023

Airlines realized long ago that unbundling their product and allowing customers to buy valued ancillaries not only improved revenue and margins but actually improved customer satisfaction. In the hotel’s systems, Room Types are often the lowest possible number of categories that capture high level variations among available accommodations.

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xmatters

DECEMBER 10, 2024

This incident management metric enables businesses to measure the average time needed to troubleshoot and repair IT systems’ problems. MTTR tells us how much time it takes to return to a healthy and stable system. This incident wreaked havoc on airlines, causing 911 services, healthcare facilities, and banks to be out of service.

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Altexsoft

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.

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Altexsoft

MARCH 3, 2022

Version control systems based on GIT are quite popular today. This article is meant to dive into the nature of the version control system, the distinction between GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket, and their detailed comparison. What is a version control system? The flow and key terms of a version control system. Code review.

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Altexsoft

OCTOBER 15, 2018

We have addressed best practices for modernizing airline operations and put our talents to work for Merlot Aero advance airline management. Ledger or accounting systems contain information regarding airport finances: flight bills, handling invoices, cash, sales within the airport (points-of-sales), staff payrolls, etc.

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O'Reilly Media - Ideas

AUGUST 25, 2020

Stresses on a system reveal that some of our constants were really variables in disguise. If you don’t have systems to tell you when your sales numbers are abnormal, you may miss information that you already had in-hand. “I can always leave my house.” ” “I can get to the gym on Friday.”

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Altexsoft

MAY 29, 2023

For example, there are about 5,000 airlines but over 80,000 travel agencies in the US alone. There are special programs not for agencies but for organizations that regularly book travel for their employees’ business trips. Airline ticketing capability. What is Travel Agency Accreditation? Why Do You Need It?

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Altexsoft

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

IATA or the International Air Transport Association is a global trade association of airlines (both freight and passenger carriers) that regulates the aviation industry by developing standards, procedures, and practices. As of today, its members are 290 airlines in 120 countries comprising around 82 percent of total air traffic.

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