Brief History of commercial aviation computing and Amadeus

Based on his accent, can you guess Denis Lacroix nationality ?

• German

• British

• French

• Canadian

What are the characteristics of a flight inventory (select 2) ?

• Fixed

• Renewable

• Perishable

• Extensible

What technique was used by travel agents to track the capacity of flights ?

• Walkie-talkie between agents

• Semaphores

• Paper planes to communicate across rooms

• Binoculars, a board and pins

What was the name of the first computerized reservation system invented by American Airline in 1952

• HAL

• Magnetronic Reservisor

• Computronic Reservator

• AmerTronic

The first modern airline reservation system was born from the encounter from 2 giants...(select 2)

• Air France

• American Airline

• Microsoft

• IBM

What the european airlines didn´t like with the biaised availability display provided originally by Sabre, the system created by AA ?

• Only US airlines were returned

• It was only possible to pay in US Dollar

• American Airline was always in first position

• Availability of european airlines was not accurate

When was Amadeus officially created ?

• 1977

• 1987

• 1997

What is referred by Denis as the Amadeus "Near Death Experience"

• an almost signed deal with Sabre, saved by a Fax machine

• the acquisition of System One

• a missed deal with British Airways

• the fact that Amadeus took several years to go live without any revenue

What is, for you, the most controversial statement ?

• You can sell hot air

• Knowledge is overrated

• Technology is overrated