Other Business Domains

Question 1

TKTREQ

Answer 1

Message to request issuance (e.g. from GDS to PSS)

Question 2

EDI message to get the seatmap

Answer 2

SMPREQ

Question 3

DIH vs IFD

Answer 3

One single instance for all, either sold as a product (DIH) or used by other products (IFD)
(but split in “environments”)

Question 4

IFD vs S-Kube

Answer 4

S-Kube = framework like OJF for OBE
IFD = platform on top of framework

Question 5

Main benefit of DIH/IFD wrt data

Answer 5

Most data already there and correlated (esp. useful if need cross-domain data)

Question 6

Main benefit of IFD in terms of speed for internal applications

Answer 6

Easy to innovate as everything in place, hosted, etc.

Question 7

Main contributor to IFD

Answer 7

ARI as they are re-doing everything on DIH

Question 8

Examples of IFD usage in Offer

Answer 8

• AS RMS standalone
• AC Rewards

Question 9

Examples of IFD usage in Offer: AS RMS standalone

Answer 9

Generation of 1S+AS feeds for standalone RMS (so no need to code translation in core application)

Question 10

Examples of IFD usage in Offer: AC Rewards

Answer 10

Status pass: extend benefits to friends in different PNRs

Orchestrate existing actions (retrieve/update PNRs, etc.) + connect to AC LOY

Question 11

IFD operations

Answer 11

Can be run by IFD or appli or mixed

Question 12

DIH: can external develop on top of it

Answer 12

In the future, airlines and partners will be able to with the “Studio”
For now, only for internal dev with IFD

Question 13

Main benefits of Digital Commerce (2)

Answer 13

Persistent shopping cart
Modern REST/JSON APIs

Question 14

OND line in PNR

Answer 14

Line that shows yld and bid-price value, etc.
Setting in RES

Question 15

DDS vs IBE

Answer 15

DDS uses Altéa XML not AeRE XML so don’t benefit from it

Question 16

Does a waitlist booking hold inventory

Answer 16

No

Question 17

Business Lines under Decius

Answer 17

• Distribution
• Altéa
• Navitaire
• AAO
• Payment

Question 18

Head of Altéa PMM & scope

Answer 18

Sebastian Cavanagh
PMM + partners + services

Question 19

Head of Kambr

Answer 19

Jason Kelly

Question 20

The Altéa Business Domains

Answer 20

Offer
Order
Traveler touchpoints & experience (TTX)

Question 21

Typical contract for WBS

Answer 21

All included by default except shopping

Question 22

Frequency of Altéa SPR

Answer 22

Quarterly

Question 23

Can Atléa manage Expected Time of Departure/Arrival

Answer 23

It can be pushed to INV by MVT TTY msg.
INV can push it to CM

Question 24

TPC: name for Insurance Solution

Answer 24

A Insurance Integrated Solution for airlines

Question 25

TPC: Insurance Solution for airlines: TCH

Answer 25

All DIG + WBS + ARDw

Question 26

TPC: Insurance Solution for airlines: pre-req

Answer 26

PSS: relies on PNR. Doesn't work yet on shopping cart and offer/order