Automated Routing Connections Service

OAG’s Automated Routing Connection Service (ARCS) is a service provided to airlines to ensure maximum visibility of their connections on the screens of the major Global Distribution Systems (GDS).  ARCs offers a simple solution to increase exposure for flight connections with the GDS providing competitive advantage to attract more online (same airline) and interline (different airline) connecting passengers

Features

• Service-oriented database architecture that streamlines and simplifies routings processing
• Greater flexibility to combine internal processing to optimize display options
• 1.5 billion records from over 1,000 airlines
• 27 million planned flight departures

Benefits

• Increases sale potential in a profitable connections market
• Customized outputs drive the world’s GDS
• No need for special software, hardware or development
• Faster, more efficient processing
• The fully automated system removes the need for manual intervention by the airlines and GDS
• Regular submission of routings tapes ensures that the routings are available within each GDS
• Parameters can be changed for each GDS delivery to reflect an airline’s marketing objectives
• Increase geographic coverage adding additional routings when new services start
• Preferred routings are submitted in the most beneficial order to optimize schedules display