AVIATN 3000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Jetblue
15 Jul 2018
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Common to rent out system for very low. 90% of gds income from booking fees c) Travel agencies charged very little for sufficient number of bookings, so will have false booking to get to this break-point. Air carriers reduce sales through travel agents with the increase cost of gds. Low cost carriers focused on simple fare structures and products, in contrast to gds goals of providing complex services. Still requiring passengers to pay booking fees, even with simple purchasing. Gds services like amadeus trying to get onboard with hybrid airlines like jetblue. Difficult to adjust displays to give comparisons between different airlines. Airlines and travel firms pay big bucks to have c) Airlines and travel firms pay big bucks to have their website on top of web searches. Very few forwarders b/c of mergers and takeovers. Plays one airline of another, use internet to streamline booking air freight (gfx) Airlines trying to compete with subsidiaries d) e)
