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November 30, 2011
Will Hipmunk lead airline and Open AXIS effort for personalized metasearch deals?
Picture this: You sign into a travel metasearch site, where it may know your zip code, gender, e-mail address and preferred alliances, and after conducting a flight query, an airline may return offers for free Wi-Fi, reduced rates for premium seats and bag fees, or perhaps an upgrade, all personalized for you.
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July 14, 2011
Worried about Direct Connect? Open AXIS addresses agent concerns
A new white paper published by Open AXIS Group, the organization that promotes the use of XML as the standard for airlines connecting to distributors, seeks to “separate fact from fiction, rhetoric from reality” in the debate over direct connections.
The paper addresses several issues of concern that have been raised by travel agencies, the group that has been caught in the middle of the contretemps between airlines and GDS companies.
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July 13, 2011
Tnooz Nuggets
Open AXIS Group, a U.S.-based airlines’ XML standards body, issued a white paper for travel agencies to separate fact and fiction about the direct-connect issue. The white paper, Distribution 2.0, Direct Connect and Travel Selling: A Reference for Travel Agencies, can be downloaded for free here.
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July 11, 2011
As agents predict less use of GDSs, Open AXIS releases white paper for agents
At a time when an ACTA survey shows that travel agents “see direct booking with suppliers taking precedence over booking via global distribution systems over the coming decade,” Open AXIS Group has released a white paper that provides an in-depth look at Distribution 2.0 for travel agents. The survey for ACTA was conducted by Ontario’s Georgian College for Distinctive Travel Planner Services (DTPS) of Vancouver.
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July 10, 2011
Open AXIS Group Releases Report on Distribution 2.0
The Open AXIS Group has released a white paper that provides an in-depth look at Distribution 2.0 for travel agents. Titled “Distribution 2.0, Direct Connect and Travel Selling: A Reference for Travel Agents,” the new white paper expands on the topic of Distribution 2.0 addressed in the Open AXIS Group white paper released eight months ago.
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July 8, 2011
Open AXIS Group Releases White Paper for Travel Agents
The battle over direct connect technology took a new turn as the respected Open AXIS Group released a white paper that provides an in-depth look at Distribution 2.0 for travel agents.
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July 1, 2011
Third Party Payer Systems: The Most Significant Regulatory Problem in the Online World?
I explained in a recent companion post why the distribution of airline reservations was supposed to be so free, open, and transparent that it would not need continuing regulation, which is why the industry was deregulated in 2004. And yet American Airlines and US Airways have filed suit, claiming precisely the sort of abuses that were supposed to be impossible in an Internet age.
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June 29, 2011
Why Is There Still Litigation in Third Party Payer Distribution Systems in Air Travel
A spate of lawsuits is emerging between the travel industry's "Global Distribution Systems" ("GDS") and their customers. The first two lawsuits were filed by US Airways and American Airlines; other lawsuits, possibly including a federal antitrust suit brought by the Department of Justice, may follow.
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June 28, 2011
Ask the Question 12
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that the Direct Connect debate continues to heat up. Bobblehead hasn’t been living under a rock, he’s just been… out of the country. But with all the hoopla surrounding Direct Connect, and some of the questions GDSs are telling their agencies to ask the airlines, I figured it’d be a good time to recall our bobbly buddy to lay some Direct Connect answers on you.
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June 9, 2011
Membership in Open Axis Grows to 43
Open AXIS Group, the organization formed to promote the use of XML as the technology standard to connect airlines with distributors, said 20 companies have joined in recent months, bringing the membership total to 43. Ten of the members are airlines.
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June 7, 2011
Open AXIS Group Announces 20 New Members
Open AXIS Group said that 20 new members have joined the group. Alaska Airlines has joined as a full member and has become a member of the board. Air France and Copa Airlines have joined as full members. New allied members include TravelSky; Agentware, Inc.; ARTA Canada; FareCompare; FlightView; Goldenware Travel Technologies; Hipmunk; Intelisys Aviation Systems; KDS; Mindtree Limited; Motocol LLC; Open Jaw Technologies; readen Commerce; Skyscanner, LTD; Travelguard Worldwide; and Travel Technology Research.
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May 24, 2011
Open AXIS Group Wins New Support
Open AXIS Group is welcoming China’s TravelSky Technology Limited as its newest member. The Beijing-based company, the dominant provider of passenger reservation systems distribution and technology solutions for all major Chinese airlines, is joining Open AXIS Group as an Allied Member and will have a seat on the board of directors. Both parties recognize the desire of airlines to find lower-cost distribution solutions than what the current systems provide, the group said.
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May 19, 2011
Air Canada’s enhanced Direct Connect API released
Air Canada has released a new version of its AC2U direct connect API. The latest rebuild leverages XML standards and the Distribution 2.0 shopping, booking, and administrative features espoused by the Open AXIS Group.
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May 16, 2011
Air Canada announces enhanced AC2U direct connect
Air Canada, a founding member of the recently formed airline XML standards body the Open AXIS Group, and a pioneer of Distribution 2.0, is pleased to announce that it has completed its project of rebuilding and enhancing its airline direct connect API, marketed as AC2U.
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May 13, 2011
Air Canada joins with Farelogix for AC2U
Air Canada has announced it has completed its project of rebuilding and enhancing its airline direct connect API, marketed as AC2U. The New AC2U incorporates all the existing AC2U functionality plus added enhancements in the areas of shopping, flight changes, Flight Pass, and overall performance.
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May 2, 2011
ARTA joins Open Axis Group
ARTA has joined the Open Axis Group as an allied member, citing the "unwillingness of the U.S. Department of Transportation to intervene in forcing airlines to provide ancillary fee data to GDSs."
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April 27, 2011
Jim Young Of Open Axis Responds To Sabre
I can't help but wonder why the same issues keep getting brought up regarding direct connect: EDIFACT vs. XML, multiple connections, technical barriers, transparency, etc. I think we all know that both the global distribution systems and direct connect channels (either with or without the GDSs included in the transaction path) are more than capable of technically handling the complexities of airline product distribution now and going forward.
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April 21, 2011
ARTA Breaks Ranks Over DOT Rules, Seeks New Platform
The Association of Retail Travel Agents (ARTA) and ARTA Canada are breaking rank over the new Department of Transportation (DOT) airline passenger rules. According to both organizations, the DOT’s decision to defer any action to require airlines to provide ancillary fee data to GDSs underscores the position that travel agents must explore and evaluate alternative distribution and booking tools.
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April 21, 2011
US Airways Files Antitrust Suit Against Sabre
US Airways on Thursday filed a federal antitrust lawsuit in New York against Sabre that seeks "to halt anticompetitive and anticonsumer practices, as well as recover monetary damages," the carrier announced. US Airways does not expect the litigation to immediately impact the display or availability of its fares through Sabre channels.
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April 20, 2011
US Government Delays Decision on Ancillary Fee Displays in GDSs
The U.S. Department of Transportation decided to require airlines and travel agencies to more prominently display ancillary fees, but deferred action on a hot-button proposal to force U.S. and foreign carriers to provide information about ancillary fees in global distribution systems.
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April 13, 2011
American Airlines Throws Monopoly Lawsuit at Travelport and Orbitz
Yet more legal shenanigans from the US with American Airlines filing an antitrust action at Travelport and Orbitz over the ongoing Direct-Connect issue. The carrier, which has been involved in a dizzying array of legal actions with the pair over recent months, issued the complaint filed in a federal court in Texas, US, late-yesterday citing concerns over the anticompetitive nature of the GDS and online travel agency’s distribution agreements.
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April 5, 2011
Let’s Talk Airfare and Distribution
Given today’s announcement that American Airlines and Expedia have reached a deal putting AA’s inventory back online I figured it was finally time to finish up this post I’ve been working on related to direct versus indirect distribution for airlines and travel agents.
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April 5, 2011
Orbitz, Expedia and the GDS Haves and Have Nots
Orbitz Worldwide and Travelport extended their agreement where Travelport pays Orbitz increased incentives to shun a direct-connect with American Airlines. Travelport began paying Orbitz the souped-up incentive payments Dec. 22, 2010, the day after American Airlines removed its flights from Orbitz websites, and the payments were to run through April 21. However, Orbitz disclosed today that the two parties reached an extension agreement March 29, calling for the increased payments to run through Aug. 31, 2011.
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March 28, 2011
Picking Axis Over Allies, Rearden Wants to be Seen as Switzerland
In joining the airline-driven Open Axis Group, Rearden Commerce broke rank with those in the corporate travel community who have openly opposed direct connections in the form of American Airlines' controversial initiative.
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March 23, 2011
Are Green Screen Displays on the Way Out?
With the rapid deployment of new airline products and services – think baggage fees -through airline websites, Open AXIS members have expressed concern over the inability of travel agency desktop platforms to meet the display and selling requirements of both the airlines and travel agencies. This is one motive behind the formation of an Open AXIS Working Group charged with understanding the distribution, content display and selling needs of airlines and their travel agency partners. One target is the famed CRS ‘Green Screen’ that is under scrutiny.
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March 23, 2011
Travel Agency Desktop Summit May Be Somewhat Clandestine
Open AXIS Group plans to convene a working group focusing on the alleged inadequacies of the travel agency desktop — but the identities of at least some of the attendees may remain a secret. In the high-stakes world of travel agency point of sales tools, some travel management company and online travel agency attendees of the Desktop 2.0 conclave may not be ready to publicize their participation in an Open AXIS Group event, says executive director Jim Young.
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March 9, 2011
Rearden Commerce Improves Corporate Travel Experience with Enhanced Features & Strategic Partnership
Rearden Commerce announced that it has joined Open AXIS Group as an Allied member. Open AXIS Group is a non-profit organization dedicated to the promotion of XML as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity worldwide. According to Mr. D'Astolfo, "Joining as an Allied member will allow us to help define the standards across all airline services, but with a current focus on airline merchandising."
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February 16, 2011
ARTA Canada’s Bishins to Speak at Open AXIS Forum
Bishins will be presenting the travel agency perspective on why new messaging and connectivity standards, including direct connect, are essential to giving travel agents wider access to the growing array of airline ancillary products and services -- key to increasing agency profitability and consumer satisfaction. Bishins will also focus on the importance of the industry's efforts to deploy Distribution 2.0, where booking work flows are enhanced by having traveler recognition and tailor-made offers available at the same time the itinerary and fare search begins.
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February 8, 2011
Travel Distribution 2011 – An Update
A number of developments have occurred on the evolving travel distribution front. What does this all mean to travel distribution in 2011? To many these may seem like conflicting developments with certain distributors sidling with the airlines while others clearly opposing their efforts to reshape traditional distribution. In reality the recent announcements actually signal a certain level of detente. The GDS are bending on their hard stance about accessing ancillary fees via the Open Axis XML connection while with the exception of AA, other mainline airlines are showing a willingness to work with both the GDS and OTAs.
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January 27, 2011
GUEST: Open Axis Director Jim Young Fields TMC Exec's Questions On Air-GDS Issue
The degree of misinformation being deliberately inserted by the GDS companies and others into the "distribution debate" is frankly stunning. It is no surprise that many travel agencies and corporate travel managers are scratching their heads trying to make sense of it all--and feeling apprehensive about this "unknown thing called the airline direct connect." Jim Young, Executive Director of Open AXIS Group, responds to the series of excellent questions that Robert Polk asked about airline direct connects.
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January 24, 2011
New Air Canada API Enables Discounted Ancillary Services, Customized Fares
Brought into production late last month, Air Canada's new application programming interface allows the carrier to sell its Flight Pass program, customize fares for particular customers and offer corporate clients discounted ancillary services. The airline during the next few months plans to switch the "dozen to dozen and a half" users of its existing API to the new one, which is based on Open Axis standards, according to Air Canada senior director of product distribution Graham Wareham.
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January 22, 2011
As the airline booking battle heats up, what does it mean for travelers?
The battle between airlines and travel agents intensified this week with the launch of a site aimed at garnering public support for the travel agents' cause - but what does the conflict mean for consumers?
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January 21, 2011
"Naysayers" lose credibility as Travelport/Air Canada deal unfolds
Both AA and Air Canada use the same direct connect messaging standards as put forth by the Open AXIS Group. It may well be that AA shared most everything it had to offer travelers in most all distribution channels; very little left for the GDSs to thirst over. A quote from a 12 January 2011 article in the Wall Street Journal's "MarketWatch" may explain it all.
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January 20, 2011
Advocacy Fights 'Direct Connect'
An organization of major US airlines, the Open AXIS Group, has argued that the industry has no such plans but critics such as Open Alliance have downplayed those arguments.
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January 20, 2011
Open Allies for Airfare Transparency clearly opposes direct-connect
In a press statement several weeks ago, the Open AXIS Group, founded by major U.S. airlines, argued that the transparency issue as promulgated by opponents to direct-connect is off base. Open AXIS Group stated:
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January 17, 2011
Air Canada Signs with Travelport, Adopts Indirect Channel
Air Canada – a founding member of the Open AXIS Group and a major architect of the Distribution 2.0 Indirect Channel model – reports it has completed rebuilding and enhancing its New AC2U airline direct connect, formerly marketed as AC2U.
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January 17, 2011
Vegas.com Cyllenius Division First to Announce it has Implemented American Airlines Direct Connect
Company Reveals Partnership with American Through Direct Connect FORT WORTH, Texas, and LAS VEGAS
American Airlines said today it has entered into an agreement with VEGAS.com and its technology division, Cyllenius, to utilize American's direct connect technology to access fares as well as customized travel products and services.
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January 13, 2011
American Airlines furor? Air Canada, Travelport declare world peace
American Airlines may be at war with the global distribution systems, but Air Canada and Travelport have declared world peace and the advent of Distribution 2.0. What Air Canada views as a pivotal moment in travel distribution comes in the form of a new full-content agreement between the airline and the GDS. Under the contract, Travelport’s Apollo GDS accesses Air Canada content through a new Air Canada API called ac2u, which went into production just before Christmas. The new API is licensed from Farelogix and is compatible with the emerging Open AXIS Group XML standards.
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January 10, 2011
Airlines target ticket distribution costs
A feud between American Airlines and several companies that sell its tickets shows new determination by airlines to lower costs and could spell new business challenges for online travel agents.
American is steering those third-party sellers toward its in-house technology that the airline says will save it money and allow customers to shop for flights based on more factors than just fares. This is needed, the airline says, because carriers now charge separately for so many travel-related perks and items such as bag checks, meals and priority seating.
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January 9, 2011
Airlines vs. the world
Every three to five years, the civilized travel distribution world seems on the brink of upheaval, if not utter collapse -
As airline-GDS distribution agreement renewals draw near, the rhetoric escalates, threats fly fast, and pundits provide no end of speculation about the pending distribution doomsday: the convenient multi-carrier shopping we have all come to expect through agencies will end.
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January 6, 2011
ARTA Joins AA/Sabre Battle: It’s all about Segment Fees
The Association of Retail Travel Agents (ARTA) and the Association of Retail Travel Agents - Canada (ARTA Canada) raised serious warning flags that Sabre's intention to remove American Airlines content as of August 2011 could lead to more retaliation from both sides of this escalating dispute. As a result, travel agents could be left in the crosshairs and "up the creek without a paddle," according to the associations.
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January 6, 2011
Sabre joins ticketing battle with American Airlines
Sabre Holdings told American Airlines that it plans to oust the carrier from its GDS in early August, accelerating the expiration of its contract by one month. In the interim, Sabre will bias displays of American flights in the US and all other parts of the world except Canada and the EU, where laws prohibit biasing.
Sabre also revoked American’s “significant discounts” on its segment fees. In a statement, American characterized the move as “punitive.”
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January 5, 2001
Sabre hits American Airlines as distribution war escalates
Sabre has notified American Airlines that it intends to terminate their contract a month early, in August, and immediately began biasing the airline’s flights in availability and shopping displays. The actions impact points of sale globally, with the exceptions of the European Union and Canada because of regulations in those markets which bar such an action, Sabre says.
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January 5, 2011
A call for an Open Industry Dialogue
Open AXIS Group, a member-based, not-for-profit organisation founded by North America’s largest airlines and ATPCO, has highlighted that until the Distribution Gap between how airline products and services are sold in direct channels and indirect channels is eliminated, there will be a continual erosion of customer and agency/intermediary satisfaction with the Indirect Channel.
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January 5, 2011
Open Axis Group Defends Airlines in Aviation Distribution Fight
The Open AXIS Group is charging that the commentary on airline distribution centering on American Airlines’ battles with the GDSs and online travel agencies is skewed in favor of the distributors. Not all of the facts are being presented by the distributor community as to the motivations and reasoning behind the actions taken over the past few weeks, according to the group, and some of the commentary is heavily slanted towards the distributors’ side.
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January 4, 2011
Airline Group Urges Dialogue On Distribution Issues
On behalf of its airline members, the Open AXIS Group jumped into the fray over distribution issues, offering an insight into American Airlines Direct Connect program and industrywide concerns with the GDS systems and online travel agencies (OTAs). The group called for an open industry dialogue and urged a debate over the real issues and facts facing the industry and noted that the issue has now boiled over into the view of consumers.
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Dec 31, 2010
So what happened to travel tech in 2010?
The emergence of standards and commonality by the Open Axis Group and OpenTravel Alliance are all part of the same effort – in other words: provide to the end consumer the best possible choice with the totality of product AND to provide better tools for the intermediary to sell the supplier’s product in a manner that is competitive with the Airline.com offerings.
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December 22, 2010
GDSs Need to Adapt and Prepare for Distribution 2.0
GDSs Owe It to Their Subscribers and Shareholders
► Toronto, 22 December 2010: Canada's Association of Retail Travel Agents (ARTA Canada) stated today that the decision by a U.S. court to lift a restraining order which now allows American Airlines to remove content from Travelport's Orbitz online travel agency is further proof that the distribution technology landscape is soon to change forever.
Bruce Bishins, CTC
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Association of Retail Travel Agents - Canada
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December 15, 2010
Airlines, GDSs and the case of the gourmet chocolate truffle cream cookie.
► As American Airlines and Travelport battle over the next phase in travel distribution, the Open Axis Group, the XML standards group which counts American as a member, published a video that purports to show the current shortfalls in GDS distribution of new airline products.
“The Case of the New Cookie” gives GDSs, travel agents and other intermediaries something to munch on as the video likens new airline products to a “high-end gourmet chocolate truffle cream cookie” and compares the Travelport, Sabre and Amadeus GDSs to three trucking companies who can’t deliver the cream cookies through travel agencies to appropriate airline customers.
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December 15, 2010
On XML Messaging Standards.
► On XML Messaging Standards
by Don Bender
With all the talk about airline optional services, new indirect distribution options, and the use of XML messaging to facilitate these new trends there has been a call by many in the industry for standards. In this blog we will take a look at this issue, addressing the following questions:
- What are standards?
- Why are they needed and beneficial for the industry?
- What actions have recently taken place to establish and further enhance XML standards for the airline industry?
The answers to these questions will hopefully improve your knowledge of the topic and establish an appreciation for the benefits in efficiency, productivity, and innovation that XML standards can provide for all in the airline industry.
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Nov 12, 2010
Open Axis Warns Of Air ‘Distribution Gap’
► The Open Axis Group this month released a manifesto of sorts, endorsed by the largest airlines in the United States, outlining a vision to close a "distribution gap" between direct and indirect channels. The premise, as outlined in a white paper, centers on what Open Axis, a group of all major U.S. network carriers, as well as Air Canada, Frontier Airlines and ATPCo, that formed in July to create a standard for distributing ancillary airline services, called a "traveler-authenticated marketplace," through which airlines could tailor offerings at the point of sale based on the shopper's frequent-flyer status, perceived value to the carrier, corporate affiliation or preferred travel agency and other identifying features or preferences.
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Nov 10, 2010
Open AXIS unveils I-EMD, describes ‘new indirect distribution channel’
► News from Travel Technology Update: Open AXIS Group, a non-profit organization that promotes XML as “the optimal electronic messaging structure” for airline system connectivity, introduced the I-EMD, a “virtual” image of an electronic miscellaneous document.
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Nov 08, 2010
Distribution 2.0 and new Open AXIS transaction reporting tool
► With travel industry adoption of Electronic Miscellaneous Documents for the settlement of ancillary services perhaps years away, Open AXIS Group says it is readying the release of a new transaction-reporting tool as a stopgap measure.
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Sept 10, 2010
Axis And Allies
► The Open Axis Group and the OpenTravel Alliance announced a commitment to "working together with the airline industry to create useful, workable and interoperable XML schema to distribute airline information and inventory" and avoid duplicating efforts, according to a statement. "Under the terms of the agreement, the two organizations agree to work together to align their standards with one another."
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Jul 20, 2010
Group of airlines touts distribution messaging system
► A group of legacy airlines has come together under the name Open Axis Group to develop and promote a new electronic messaging system for airlines distribution based on XML standards.
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Jul 20, 2010
Airline ancillary-services group lacks travel agencies, GDS members
► The major airlines, including Continental, Delta and United, launched the Open AXIS Group to promote standards for distribution of ancillary services. The group recently added several members, including Farelogix and ARC, but no global distribution systems or travel agencies were included.
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Jul 20, 2010
Companhias aéreas se juntam para criar padrão para serviços agregados.
► Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines e US Airways formaram o Open AXIX Group. O Open AXIS (Airline XML Integration Standard) Group foi criado para promover um esquema XML (eXtensible Markup Language) padrão, como estrutura otimizada de mensagem eletrônica para sistemas de conectividade usados pelas companhias aéreas para a distribuição de conteúdo. A organização também convidou a ATPCO - Airline Tariff Publishing Company como membro fundador. Ela disse que estão abertas as associações de outras companhias aéreas, que terão direito a voto pleno, e de “membros aliados”, compreendendo outros participantes da indústria.
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Jul 20, 2010
Open AXIS Group Adds Nine New Allied Members
► Open AXIS Group said that the following organizations have joined ATPCO as Allied Members -- AOI Marketing, ARC, Datalex, eNett International, Farelogix, LUTE Technologies AG, Mobiata, PASS Consulting Group and Radixx International. As Allied Members, these organizations can provide feedback on and participate in the development of the Group’s XML standard. They can also voice their recommendations on future enhancements.
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Jul 20, 2010
Open AXIS Group Adds Nine New Allied Members
► Open AXIS Group said that the following organizations have joined ATPCO as Allied Members -- AOI Marketing, ARC, Datalex, eNett International, Farelogix, LUTE Technologies AG, Mobiata, PASS Consulting Group and Radixx International. As Allied Members, these organizations can provide feedback on and participate in the development of the Group’s XML standard. They can also voice their recommendations on future enhancements.
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Jul 19, 2010
TMCs, GDSs absent as Open AXIS adds allied members
► The Open AXIS Group, launched by major airlines this week to promote XML-based standards for distributing ancillary services, announced nine new allied members, including ARC, Farelogix and sundry travel tech companies, but no travel agencies or global distribution systems. The first batch of allied members includes AOI Marketing, reservations software provider Datalex, payment processing firm eNett International, middleware provider LUTE Technologies AG, mobile app developer Mobiata, travel IT consultancy PASS Consulting Group and airline reservations provider Radixx International.
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Jul 19, 2010
Ancillary revenues:GAO report and Subcommittee hearings promise more regulations
► The much awaited GAO Report on ancillaries coincided with last week's House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Aviation Subcommittee hearings. These were all about transparency, taxes along with populism, as it became open season on Spirit Airlines President and CEO Ben Baldanza, as Congress turned its attention on airline fees. The outcome is likely to be pressures - and most probably more regulations - to require greater transparency - and even, possibly, rolling back ancillary charges. There was also talk of (perhaps double) taxation of such charges. Regulations would also cover foreign airline disclosure, if the GAOs recommendations are accepted.
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Jul 19, 2010
Open AXIS Group adds nine Allied Members
► AXIS Group has shared that nine organisations have joined ATPCO as Allied Members.
These members are: AOI Marketing, ARC, Datalex, eNett International, Farelogix, LUTE Technologies AG, Mobiata, PASS Consulting Group, and Radixx International.
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Jul 16, 2010
TMCs, GDSs Absent As Open AXIS Adds Allied Members
► The Open AXIS Group, launched by major airlines this week to promote XML-based standards for distributing ancillary services, announced nine new allied members, including ARC, Farelogix and sundry travel tech companies, but no travel agencies or global distribution systems.
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Jul 16, 2010
Open Axis Adds Some Non-airline Members
► The Open Axis Group airline standards body named new participants joining the organization alongside the Airline Tariff Publishing Co. as allied members: AOI Marketing, ARC, Datalex, eNett International, Farelogix, LUTE Technologies AG, Mobiata, PASS Consulting Group and Radixx International. No global distribution systems. "Membership in Open Axis Group is open to any entity that operates in the travel industry, including the airlines (full members) and other third-party developers, GDSs, travel agencies, associations, and consultants (allied members)," according to a statement. "There is, however, no requirement to join Open Axis Group to use its messaging standard."
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Jul 14, 2010
Six Carriers Form Group to Standardize Airline Transactions
► Six legacy carriers have formed an alliance to create a standard computer language to use for coding a variety of airline products and functions, including merchandising fees for ancillary services. Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways have formed the Open AXIS Group. The Open AXIS (Airline XML Integration Standard) Group was created to promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution. The group also invited the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) to serve as the founding Allied Member.
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Jul 14, 2010
Airlines, ATPCO form Open AXIS Group
► Six airlines formed a member-based, not-for-profit organization called Open AXIS Group to promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution. Members are Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways. ATPCO has been invited to serve as the founding Allied Member and former Frontier Airlines VP Jim Young will serve as executive director.
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Jul 14, 2010
Six Carriers Form Group To Standardize Airline Transactions
► Six legacy carriers have formed an alliance to create a standard computer language to use for coding a variety of airline products and functions, including merchandising fees for ancillary services. Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways have formed the Open AXIS Group. The Open AXIS (Airline XML Integration Standard) Group was created to promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution. The group also invited the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) to serve as the founding Allied Member.
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Jul 14, 2010
New group formed to adoption of connectivity standards
► Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways have formed the Open AXIS Group.
The Open AXIS (Airline XML Integration Standard) Group has created to promote a standardised XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution.
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Jul 14, 2010
New group formed to adoption of connectivity standards
► Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways have formed the Open AXIS Group.
The Open AXIS (Airline XML Integration Standard) Group has created to promote a standardised XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution.
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Jul 14, 2010
Airlines, ATPCO form Open AXIS Group
► Six airlines formed a member-based, not-for-profit organization called Open AXIS Group to promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution. Members are Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways. ATPCO has been invited to serve as the founding Allied Member and former Frontier Airlines VP Jim Young will serve as executive director.
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Jul 13, 2010
Airlines form technology group to develop merchandising solution
► Six legacy airlines have formed an organization to develop and promote a new electronic messaging system for content distribution based on XML standards. The group, called the Open Axis Group, hired travel technology veteran Jim Young to serve as its executive director. Young, a strategy consultant, has held executive-level positions at several travel companies, including InterContinental Hotels Group and Continental Airlines.
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Jul 13, 2010
Airlines and ATPCO Form Open AXIS Group to Promote Acceptance and Adoption of Connectivity Standards
► The Open AXIS (Airline XML Integration Standard) Group was created to promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution. The Group also invited the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) to serve as the founding Allied Member.
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Jul 13, 2010
Airlines and ATPCO Form Open AXIS Group to Promote Acceptance and Adoption of Connectivity Standards
► Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways have formed the Open AXIS Group.
The Open AXIS (Airline XML Integration Standard) Group was created to promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution. The Group also invited the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) to serve as the founding Allied Member.
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Jul 13, 2010
Airlines Create Group To Advance Ancillary Services Standard
► The five U.S. legacy airlines, along with Air Canada and ATPCo, on Tuesday announced that they have formed the Open AXIS Group, an organization with the mission of creating a standard for distributing ancillary airline services based on Extensible Markup Language, initially developed by Farelogix.
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Jul 13, 2010
Six Carriers Form Group To Standardize Airline Transactions
► Six legacy carriers have formed an alliance to create a standard computer language to use for coding a variety of airline products and functions, including merchandising fees for ancillary services. Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways have formed the Open AXIS Group. The Open AXIS (Airline XML Integration Standard) Group was created to promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution. The group also invited the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) to serve as the founding Allied Member.
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Jul 13, 2010
Open AXIS Group formed by airlines and ATPCO to promote acceptance and adoption of connectivity standards
► Air Canada, American Airlines (NYSE: AMR | PowerRating), Continental Airlines (NYSE: CAL | PowerRating), Delta Airlines (NYSE: DAL | PowerRating), United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAUA | PowerRating) and US Airways (NYSE: LCC | PowerRating) announced today they have formed the Open AXIS (Airlines XML Integration Standard) Group.
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Jul 13, 2010
OpenTravel Response to Open Axis
► What is OpenTravel’s relationship with Open Axis? OpenTravel is always happy to see more adoption of its schema, and given that Open Axis is using schema built by Farelogix, which in turn is based on OpenTravel, this only extends our reach.
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Jul 13, 2010
Airfare-data distributor gets board seat on new standards body, Open AXIS Group
► Open AXIS Group, a new XML standards body for airlines, had its coming out party as it launched with six founding-member North American airlines, plus ATPCO as an allied member.
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Jul 13, 2010
Airlines and ATPCO Form Open AXIS Group to Promote Acceptance and Adoption of Connectivity Standards
► The Open AXIS (Airline XML Integration Standard) Group was created to promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution. The Group also invited the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) to serve as the founding Allied Member.
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Jul 13, 2010
Airlines, ATPCo Announce Open Axis XML Standards Group
► Air Canada, American Airlines, Continental Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines and US Airways, plus the Airline Tariff Publishing Company, announced the formation of their Open Airline XML Integration Standard group to "promote a standardized XML (eXtensible Markup Language) schema as the optimal electronic messaging structure for airline system connectivity used in content distribution." The group named as executive director Jim Young, a travel distribution veteran who helped found the industry's existing XML standards body, now called OpenTravel.
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