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Old Apr 22, 2012, 9:44 pm
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DHalltheway
 
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Originally Posted by Penguinmoon
From yesterday's Jakarta Globe:

"Amadeus Altea will replace Garuda’s existing reservation system, which has been in use since 1990.
The transition will take 18 to 24 months to complete.

Once Garuda is in the Amadeus Altea system, the airline will be connected to a global airline alliance called SkyTeam, said John Chapman, the vice president of Airline Group Amadeus Asia Pacific. SkyTeam members include Dutch airline KLM, Air France, TAROM, Air Europa, Czech Airlines and MEA."

Does this mean GA won't join until transition is complete? Does that mean another two years?
Garuda was suppose to join ST end 2011 - start 2012. This was subsequently pushed back to mid 2012. Presently, I am reading timeframes of within 2012 and possibly Q1 2013.

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