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| The '''Galileo Central Reservations System''' is one of the main computer reservation systems designed for the travel industry by a consortium of airlines. It is currently owned by ]. | The '''Galileo Central Reservations System''' is one of the main computer reservation systems designed for the travel industry by a consortium of airlines. It is currently owned by ]. | ||
| In Global Distribution Systems, such as ], ,], ], or ], ] results in the same flight details, except for the flight number, being displayed on computer screens excessively forcing other airlines flights to be displayed on following pages where they may be missed by passengers searching for required flights. | |||
| Much competition in the airline industry revolves around ticket sales (also known as "seat booking") strategies. Travel agents have a preference for flights which provide a direct connection. Code sharing gives this impression. Computer reservations systems (CRS) also often do not discriminate between direct flights and code sharing flights and present both before options that involve several isolate stretches run by different companies. | |||
| Criticism has been levelled against code sharing by consumer organizations and national departments of trade since it is claimed it is confusing and not transparent to passengers, but thus far without any success. | |||
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Revision as of 08:01, 26 December 2005
The Galileo Central Reservations System is one of the main computer reservation systems designed for the travel industry by a consortium of airlines. It is currently owned by Cendant.
In Global Distribution Systems, such as Amadeus, ,Galileo, Worldspan, or Sabre, Codeshare results in the same flight details, except for the flight number, being displayed on computer screens excessively forcing other airlines flights to be displayed on following pages where they may be missed by passengers searching for required flights.
Much competition in the airline industry revolves around ticket sales (also known as "seat booking") strategies. Travel agents have a preference for flights which provide a direct connection. Code sharing gives this impression. Computer reservations systems (CRS) also often do not discriminate between direct flights and code sharing flights and present both before options that involve several isolate stretches run by different companies.
Criticism has been levelled against code sharing by consumer organizations and national departments of trade since it is claimed it is confusing and not transparent to passengers, but thus far without any success.
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