Product - Inventory

Question 1

APE means

Answer 1

Availability Processing Engine

Question 2

Historic way of managing avl

Answer 2

Pushed to GDS via AVS! So a/l not contacted there either

Question 3

Official name of polling

Answer 3

ADA: A Dynamic Avl

Question 4

Direct Access (D/A)

Answer 4

GDS can call directly INV for O&D+date and get travel solutions w/ avl
Old product, poor response time, not suitable for shopping

Question 5

Availability calculator

Answer 5

Module on GDS side to replicate avl calculation w/o contacting the a/l for scalability and reduced cost.

Fed by a/l with AVS + BP, etc.

Question 6

Steps of availability calculation in any transaction

Answer 6

• Flight Selection (by Journey Server)
• Flight Validation (by Availability Server)

Question 7

Steps of Flight Selection

Answer 7

• Route Explorer: find geographical itineraries
• Connection Builder: find travel solutions (i.e. flight numbers) for the geographical itineraries

Question 8

Synonym for APE

Answer 8

Availability Server

Question 9

Technical role of Availability Server/APE

Answer 9

Orchestrates calls to:
- Altéa INV
- ADA airlines
- TLA airlines
- D/A airlines

Question 10

Where is BFM technically

Answer 10

In APE

Question 11

Where is AAM (Avl Mgt)

Answer 11

In APE

Question 12

PPP

Answer 12

Gateway btw APE and TLA

Question 13

Ways of customisation Flight Selection

Answer 13

• For neutral: Ludwig responsibility
• For airline offices: airline’s CPD rules
• For agents: agent’s preferences

Question 14

LIF

Answer 14

Live Inventory Feed

Question 15

Replacement of BIF

Answer 15

LIF: Live Inventory Feed