Travelport GDS Partners With Airlines to Provide Online Check-in Through ViewTrip
Langley, UK,
23.02.2009
Travelport GDS, one of the world’s leading global distribution system (GDS) providers, is partnering with a number of airlines in the coming months to provide travellers using Travelport GDS ViewTrip with access to an online check-in feature. The move is in line with providing airlines a more flexible and efficient service.
Six airlines namely, British Airways, Delta Airlines, Frontier, Midwest Airlines, SWISS, bmi and Virgin Atlantic currently offer the online check-in tool via Travelport’s ViewTrip, which allows their customers to conveniently check-in over the internet.
Online check-in via ViewTrip assists airlines by easing lengthy check-in queues and reduces the costs and resources associated with providing personnel to manage passenger check-in at the airport.
Matthew Hall, VP EMEA Supplier Services at Travelport states, “This is one more example of how Travelport is supporting it’s airline partners and will help them reduce check-in queues at the airport and enhance the consumer travel experience.”
Passengers are provided a single, more convenient and time-saving check-in facility for all airlines participating in ViewTrip online check-in. Other services currently available on Travelport GDS ViewTrip include an online itinerary, flight and gate information, weather update, maps and driving directions.
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About Travelport GDS
Travelport GDS is one of the world’s leading global distribution system (GDS) providers, operating both the Galileo and Worldspan platforms, providing real-time travel information and booking capabilities to online and offline travel agencies in over 145 countries. It also operates Travelport Business Intelligence which provides marketing and other critical data to the industry; and IT Services & Software, which offers mission critical reservations, related software and services management to the world’s leading airlines. Travelport GDS is a convergence of traditional and online travel distribution services that empower airlines, travel suppliers, travel agencies, Web sites and corporations to provide informed choice to travellers on a global platform. Travelport GDS is a division of Travelport, one of the world's largest travel conglomerates offering broad based business services to companies operating in the global travel industry.
More information about Travelport GDS is available at www.travelport.com
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Lara Edwards
Public Relations Executive, EME & APAC
+44 (0) 1753 288457
Lara.Edwards@travelport.com