Talk:Airline reservations system

General concerns

This page is ***so*** inaccurate, I don't have the time to deal with it all!!! The way these technologies actually work and interplay are completely misrepresented in this article. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Envie (talk • contribs) 10:44, 11 February 2009 (UTC)

It seems some editors have used this page to advertise little known systems by listing them as major Airline Reservations Systems. This article is full of inaccuracies and plain wrong information. The best remedy for this article is a complete rewrite, merging this and the CRS page. The term CRS was in use when an Airline was the only type of organisation using computers to handle it's reservations, so the logical thing to do is to kill the CRS page and merge it's contents here. Sahir 07:50, 7 April 2011 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by SahirShah (talk • contribs)

Merging with the CRS page could be considered, however the term CRS is also widely used for global distribution systems (GDS). To make the distinction between the distribution functions and the airline management functions (inventory management, including capacity management, PNR management, fare management) the term ARS has been introduced. When merging the topics it is paramount that this distinction is clearly communicated. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.86.141.34 (talk) 22:00, 27 June 2012 (UTC)

B2 Yes it is very misleading and missing a lot of explaination. I will try to work up something that explains the historical view and the view as it is today. Often the names are different for the same system depending on who is viewing the information. IE: a CRS (carrier reservation system) was the External system travel agents would view to access and book travel (GDS did not exist at this stage) ARS was their internal view of the CRS. As additional technologies were added to help streamline operations like flight operations, (which includes baggage, weight/balance, gate admin, security, resource scheduling, catering, aircraft maintenance) These were later referred to as CAS or PSS (Carrier Administration Systems or Passenger Service System) depending on the company that developed the system. Each CRS threw their weight in with one of the developing GDS systems and eventually 3 major GDS were created in the US and 2 or 3 Internationally. It is important to note that the graphic is not a accurate view of a GDS which assumes that every airline works with every GDS, this is not the case. Often they may exclude a GDS completely or only accept reservations but not advise how much the fare class is until a fare request is submitted and once booked exclude any changes from being made except directly with the carrier. Also some carriers may not work with other carriers and some carriers will not share any data with anyone if you want to book with them you need to transact directly with them. Low cost carriers (LCC) are often in this bucket. I have some old published books that goes into the a CRS and ARS that I should be able to quote from as it is a published work. (although it is not currently in print)--wizbang_fl 07:12, 30 June 2017 (UTC) — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jatibi (talk • contribs)

So-called?

"An airline reservation system (ARS) is part of the so-called passenger service systems (PSS)".

Why the use of the term "so-called"? It makes it sound like the "passenger service systems" designation is in dispute. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.189.106.4 (talk) 21:38, 13 November 2013 (UTC)

Unisys USAS?

How can a article on Airline Reservation Systems completely exclude USAS from Unisys? Martyn Jones

I added it to the article, though its listing could be improved. -- Beland (talk) 05:07, 29 August 2016 (UTC)

Proposed merge of computer reservations system

There is some more detailed history and a list of airline reservation systems in the article computer reservations system. That article, which does not cover any kind of reservation system beyond airline reservations, should be merged into this one, with its title becoming a redirect. I am proposing the merge here as suggested by WP:MERGE. HouseOfChange (talk) 01:31, 17 December 2018 (UTC)

Abacus bought by Sabre

Abacus was bought by Sabre in 2015, and the brand name has been retired. Unless someone objects, I will remove if from the page.

Diego bf109 (talk) 02:32, 13 April 2020 (UTC)

References

History section

The history section is very US-biased. It doesn't really cover a global view on the history of airline reservation systems as shown by examples of US laws and American Airlines. Should Template:Globalize be added? I agree that it should and that the section should be expanded to cover a global history of the topic. Fork99 (talk) 10:46, 24 April 2020 (UTC)

title

This should be airline reservation system. Similarly, it should be computer reservation system.