Amadeus Tailors Products To Attract More Budget Carriers
Travel/Distribution Systems Aviation Daily Jul 23 , 2010 , p. 18 Neelam Mathews As budget carriers realize there are spare seats at the back that need to be sold, they are increasingly accessing tools to manage inventory supplied by global distribution systems (GDSs). The growth of budget carriers in the Asia-Pacific region is reason to celebrate, says Madrid-based GDS Amadeus, because they provide new opportunities for business. Amadeus is offering products such as Ticket Changer to automate the cumbersome process of reissuing a ticket. Amadeus Ticketless Access also offers up-to-the-minute fare and flight information from ticketless carriers in displays alongside those of full-service airlines. In addition to customers AirAsia and EasyJet and many other budget carriers, Amadeus says airlines from the Philippines will join its list soon. It is also in talks with India’s major budget carriers. One of the benefits of Ticketless Access is chargeable ancillary services, which d...