What's missing from the report is what software exactly will be used, and whether it will be standardized across airlines, whether it's private, open, airline-owned, licensed, or what.
On Friday, the government also announced it would open airlines to foreign capital, sell minority stakes in four state-run companies and increase the price of diesel - all measures that have attracted sharp criticism from across the political spectrum.
With airports open, airlines have been taking to Twitter to make service announcements.
The European Union warned the governments of its 15 member nations today that it would take legal action against any of them that make individual "open skies" airline agreements with the United States.
Though airports remained open, major airlines including Delta, United and American, announced that flights would be canceled.
Prince Chakrapong opened his airline on his birthday in 1999, using his own funds.
By June I was at Peking University studying Mandarin on an open-jaw airline ticket; six weeks later the program ended and I was standing in Tiananmen Square.
He opened the airline's books for union leaders to scrutinize and was confident that the raw numbers would convince them that US Airways was in an "unsustainable situation".
But, as a portent, most countries were expected to sign an open-skies airline accord with him on May 8th.In contrast, Caribbean governments find little for them in free trade.
The management change potentially opens the airline to a change of direction, as airlines look for ways to surmount the economic crisis that has sapped revenue and raised costs.
On Tuesday, he opened the airline's books to the heads of the six largest unions and promised to work with them to find "creative solutions" to United's problems.
