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INTRODUCTION
Earlier, the Airline Reservation Systems (ARS) used to be standalone
systems. Each airline had its own system, disconnected from other airlines or
ticket agents, and usable only by a designated number of airline employees.
Travel agents in the 1970s pushed for access to the airlines' systems. Today, air
travel information is linked, stored, and retrieved by a network of Computer
Reservations Systems (CRS), accessible by multiple airlines and travel agents. The
global distribution system (GDS) makes for an even larger web of airline
information, not only merging the buying and selling of tickets for multiple
airlines, but also making the systems accessible to consumers directly. GDS
portals and gateways on the Web allow consumers to purchase tickets directly,
select seats, and even book hotels and rental cars. Airline Reservation System
(ARS) in conjunction with Global Distribution System (GDS) has led to ease of
airline ticketing, flight scheduling and also provided a means for customers to
access and book flights from their homes. It has also increased the speed with
which information about customers are retrieved and handled for flight
scheduling tasks.
1970s pushed for access to the airlines' systems. Today, air travel information is
linked, stored, and retrieved by a network of Computer Reservations Systems
(CRS), accessible by multiple airlines and travel agents. The global distribution
system (GDS) makes for an even larger web of airline information, not only
merging the buying and selling of tickets for multiple airlines, but also making the
systems accessible to consumers directly. GDS portals and gateways on the Web
allow consumers to purchase tickets directly, select seats, and even book hotels
and rental cars.
Manual system: The system is very time consuming and lazy. This system is more
prone to errors and sometimes the approach to various problems is unstructured.
Automated system: With the advent of latest technology if we do not update our
system then our business result in losses gradually with time. The automated
systems contain the tools of latest trend i.e. computers printers, fax, Internet etc.
The systems with this technology are very fast, accurate and user-friendly. But
these systems cannot be trusted in the case of security of the data and a
supervisor is always required to check the software for version updates and
maintenance. But those systems need to be updated on a regular basis so as to
maintain the integrity.
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Software Requirements:
Windows 2000/2000 server, XP enterprise, Vista or Windows 7
Microsoft office Access/ Oracle 8 or above
Microsoft office word
Microsoft .net framework
Even though the aim of the Developing team is to develop a software that
is easy to use and user friendly in nature but the level of abstraction can only be
maintained up to a certain extent and eventually properly trained user is
recommended over a naïve one administer the software.
The Software may have to undergo rigorous testing before the actual
implementation because the scale on which it has to be implemented is vast and
regular updates of the software will be available to reduce the possibility of the
existence of bugs in the system.
Compatibility issues may arise in the system regarding its functional
behavior on various platforms of operating system and the developing team will
be working on the software to keep it stable on every OS platform possible.
The database storage and retrieval shall be managed by either Microsoft
access or Oracle 8 database management softwares depending on their
compatibility and ease of use with keeping the features and need of the system in
mind. The database may still have issues persisting like redundancy of data which
will be addressed by the developing team in the later versions of the software.
Further reading:
Winston, Clifford, "The Evolution of the Airline Industry"