Progress in airline distribution systems: The threat of new entrants to incumbent players
Abstract: For decades,
distribution has been a key ICT (Information and Communication Technology) area
for airlines and this sector has been dominated by four (now three) Global
Distribution Systems (GDSs) whose primacy has been threatened over the last
four years by a set of new players, the so called GDS New Entrants (GNEs). GNEs emerged with the advent of the Internet
and open source technology as ‘disintermediation’ facilitators and generated
vast interest from airlines because they promised to reduce the cost of
distribution. This paper explores the impact of ICTs on airlines with a focus
on GDSs. It provides an overview of the changing market dynamics, analyses the
environment that led to the appearance of GNEs and pinpoints the issues behind
their until now failure to provide a true alternative to the GDSs. This analysis complements existing academic
research in that it clarifies critical issues in the air travel distribution
field and provides an overview of current industry developments.
Keywords: travel reservation
systems; GDSs; airline industry; information and communication technologies
Author: Athina Sismanidou,
Miguel Palacios, Javier Tafur
Journal Code: jptindustrigg090009
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