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Old May 17, 2009 | 2:40 am
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0.95022 is available

0.95022 is available

Changes from the previous version (which is still available):
  • Added experimental oneworld flight database (thanks hippo)
  • Moved Libya from Europe/Middle East continent group (was Africa)
  • Removed "pre-1 June 2008" option which permitted 20-segment tickets
  • Removed DPS-PER & v.v. (thanks Mwenenzi)

Of these, I'll expand a little more on the experimental flight database one. An ongoing problem for MM is keeping the flight database up to date. FT user hippo has spent a lot of time on this, and his work is included in 0.95022.

You'll see a new radio button, "oneworld flights db" which allows you to choose between the original flights database (which is coming up to being a year old), or the new one provided by hippo. You can swap between these at any time, so you could check out your itinerary using one, and then the other quite easily. The hippo database is marked experimental for now, simply until it is tested out a little more in the wild . Please do try out the hippo database - it should be a lot more accurate than the older original one (the airlines have changed a lot over the last year) - however there may be things which aren't quite right (e.g. it could contain some codeshare schedules which aren't valid on an xONEx ticket).

Please continue to report any errors or inaccuracies in this thread. If the issue you're reporting concerns flights (e.g. LHR-DXB) then please be sure to include whether you see the problem with the original, hippo or both databases.
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