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airbus320 Sep 8, 2005 2:24 pm
Star Alliance to implement common IT platform
 
LH and UA are leads.

Will AC follow soon?

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050908/clth531.html?.v=3

Cargoagent Sep 8, 2005 3:15 pm
Originally Posted by airbus320
LH and UA are leads.

Will AC follow soon?

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050908/clth531.html?.v=3
It's my understanding that AC is currently preparing to do just that.

airbus320 Sep 8, 2005 4:00 pm
I am IT challenged. :eek:

Perhaps some of our more knowledgeable posters could comment on this initative.

Is this a good move?

Ken hAAmer Sep 8, 2005 4:05 pm
If you're a believer in the Second System Effect, first described in The Mythical Man-Month, then it's probably a bad idea.

parnel Sep 8, 2005 5:16 pm
Originally Posted by Ken hAAmer
If you're a believer in the Second System Effect, first described in The Mythical Man-Month, then it's probably a bad idea.
There is also this for those of you who are doubters.

http://disneyland.disney.go.com/disn...?name=HomePage

Of course there are these types as well:

http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/...rline_uni.html

yyznomad Sep 8, 2005 5:22 pm
Originally Posted by airbus320
LH and UA are leads.

Will AC follow soon?

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050908/clth531.html?.v=3
Awesome ^
I'm really happy to hear about this! Today is a good day!

Super Larry Sep 8, 2005 5:25 pm
Originally Posted by yyznomad
Awesome ^
I'm really happy to hear about this! Today is a good day!
I wonder how whyfly will feel about it!! AC would be doing so much to accomodate him with this initiative! :D

Q Shoe Guy Sep 8, 2005 6:24 pm
Didn't this company startout as IB's reservation group........I know that UA sold theirs off years ago, what about LH? Calling exAC!

Shareholder Sep 8, 2005 6:46 pm
Sorry but am I entering a time warp or something? Wasn't this announced two years ago? STAR was working on a common IT/Res platform, and part of the progress was AE's being able to access award space on other STAR carriers. Ultimately there was going to be more integration . So what's different about this announcement?

ChrisA330 Sep 8, 2005 6:50 pm
Originally Posted by Shareholder
Sorry but am I entering a time warp or something? Wasn't this announced two years ago? STAR was working on a common IT/Res platform, and part of the progress was AE's being able to access award space on other STAR carriers. Ultimately there was going to be more integration . So what's different about this announcement?
I think you're referring to StarNet which allows the different res systems to talk to each other, but each airline still as their own system.

This announcement is for *A carriers to implement a common platform across partners.

Doc Fraud Sep 8, 2005 7:55 pm
Originally Posted by airbus320
I am IT challenged. :eek:

Perhaps some of our more knowledgeable posters could comment on this initative.

Is this a good move?
The concept is good, but if LH hits the timelines they are suggesting, I'll eat my keyboard. Enterprise systems are incredibly complex and the integration points are all points of failure. The platform itself may be excellent, but unless it does everything.....and nobody does..... it will take at least twice as long to get things started and even longer to get things finished. We are not talking about 2 airplane start-ups here!!

I would expect paper tickets will start coming back in vogue on LH and UA....

DF


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