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> they'd get together and form an industry working group, and design simple, standard data formats and querying/booking APIs, and then make all their data avail
by falsedan 9y ago
> they'd get together and form an industry working group, and design simple, standard data formats and querying/booking APIs, and then make all their data available through them
Are you familiar with SABRE/AMEDEUS? The flight industry did exactly this and it's been a disaster for them. Heck, they even handle hotel bookings as well.
- Rexxar 9y agoI don't know this domain. Can expand on why is it a disaster for the flight industry ?
- tyingq 9y agoAirlines aren't paying 15% commissions to the GDS systems. They pay a few dollars per flight segment. If it's a disaster, it's a much smaller one.
- falsedan 9y ago> pay a few dollars per flight segment per query/booking/inventory update The airlines own the GDSes but carriers are a commodity now.
- tyingq 9y ago>The airlines own the GDSes Huh? Sabre is owned by TPG and Silverlake. Airlines would like lower fees, but it's not as bad as hotels. They have shed most commissions over the years.
- nunez 9y agoreally? every single airline uses a common messaging format for reservations, routing and itinerary generation BECAUSE of SABRE/Amadeus and doesn't have to roll their own systems to do it. please tell me how this is disastrous.
- falsedan 9y agoOk Airlines can't publish their inventory because they agreed to only allow GDSes access to that data. Getting access to the GDSes as a small startup is extremely difficult, and the obvious value-add (searching many possible trips) is punished by the pricing structure.