Pros And Cons Of Airline Reservation

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Register to read the introduction… In the same year that the Trans Canada company developed their computer based system , the American Airlines worked closely with IBM to develop an improved system and the Airline Reservation System (ARS) and the semi- Automated Business Research System ( SABRE), which was lunched thereafter in 1960.The development ARS was completed in 1964 and has been recognized as the largest data processing system in existence.
From the 1960’s to 1970’s Airline Industries invented a lot on research on how to improve the Airline Reservation System any towards the end of the 1970’s Airlines have been able to own their private Airline Reservation System. The United Airlines were responsible for the development of the Apollo Reservation system and shortly after the development of the Apollo Reservation system travel agents were given access to make the use of the
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Anything that has an advantage also has a disadvantage, people log into the Airline reservation system based on the pros of the system and most times over looks the cons of the system.
Pros of Airline Reservation system.
The advantages of Airline Reservation systems are 1. Convenience. This advantage simply means that users of the proposed system can book or reserve ticket anytime they want, be it at day or at night, also the proposed Airline reservation system has no geographical boundary. 2. Easy changes: This advantage allows user to change flight any time they want, if they want to postpone the date of their journey. Most existing Airline reservation site allows users to make changes before log in. 3. Early check in: Airline Reservation system allows users to check in up to 24 hours before their flight, select seat and print boarding passes from home, by doing so users of the Airline reservation system can skip long line at the Airport.

Cons of Airline Reservation System.
The disadvantages of Airline Reservation
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| Special Requirement | -Users must be connected to the internet- Users should use webs browsers such as google chrome and internet Explorer. | Sequence Diagram. Figure 3: Sequence Diagram

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