The phrase "airline computer" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to refer to a computer system or software specifically designed for airline operations, such as booking, scheduling, or flight management.
Example: "The airline computer system crashed, causing delays in flight schedules and passenger check-ins."
Alternatives: "aviation software" or "flight management system".
Moreover, all across the air travel system in the United States, equipment — air traffic control systems, airplanes, airline computer systems — is aging and in many cases overtaxed.
He said airline computer systems are complex and Thursday's problem might be a one-time issue, but the repeated failures are not only embarrassing for United, they "undermine trust in the airline" and "demoralise employees".
And although it is unknown if airline attendants have access to the names labelled SSSS by TSA on domestic flights, they do have access to their respective airline computer reservation system, which details passenger name and detailed information.
For Mr. Branyon, balancing the reserves and Delta is a juggling act that he performs every month, when he bids his "line" -- that is, submits his preference for routes and waits to hear as an airline computer system, based on seniority numbers, determines where to send him.
Years of working in aircraft financing, coupled with his own travel mishaps — an airline computer glitch that forced him to spend hours in Detroit despite perfect flying conditions is a particular sore point — convinced Mr. Vitolo that there were people who would prize speed over cost, ease over congestion.
Thousands of Delta Air Lines customers, stranded for hours Monday, can blame larger and more sophisticated airline computer systems, along with increased consolidation of air carriers.
Some of the biggest online agents are American, including Expedia, Orbitz and Travelocity, which is owned by Sabre, a giant airline computer-reservation firm.The Americans are keen to expand into Europe, where online booking is thought to be barely 5% of the market, compared with some 15% in America.
Boarding passes can be obtained at ticket counters, through airlines' computer e-ticket terminals, on most airline Web sites or at most skycap curbside stations.
The Worldspan computer system is estimated to be available to 6,500 of the 38,000 travel agencies that operate through the airlines computer clearinghouse.
Because the airlines' computer software changes fares thousands of times each day based on how full a flight is, there's no such thing as the lowest price, he said.
The next phase of electronic ticket technology, however, will be a link between all of the airlines computer systems, "so that if you have an electronic ticket on one airline, the other airlines would be able find that information and honor the ticket," she said.
