British Airways wins Pan Am

computer contract

A computer contract to provide Pan American Airways with consultancy services and a real-time reservations software package has been won by British Airways.

The £lOO,OOO plus package, which includes airline and hotel reservalions, will replace Pan Am’s existing Panamac system.

The award of this contract, against fierce US competition, is an outstanding tribute from an airline which pioneered the use of large-scale com- P T e a r s. Sy ye^ m TOA r plSed tl a n contract modification! iTmiy developed by BOAC KLM and Swissair. This package enables certain changes to be made to airline schedules at any time on an airline’s IBM computer instead of only at periodic intervals.

With assistance from BOAC, TWA are modifying the package to provide the facilities required by US domestic carriers, and BOAC has entered a licensing agreement with TWA enabling them to sell the modified package.

Xn another computer deal, with the Portuguese airline TAP, BOAC will provide a complete real-time reservations, departure control and message switching system to operate 0 n IBM 370/158 computers. .. ™ s » iU * the fi f s ‘ “ air . = h ?, n “ s to the control programme software.

Work with TAP is already well under way and BOAC staff are now positioned in Lisbon preparing for a cutover in the spring of 1974.

The value of this contract is over £250,000.

A contract has also been signed between British Airways and Strand Hotels for the design and develop ment of a reservations package and the provision of a hotels reservations service.

In association with Leasco, British Airways has completed a consultancy contract with Hidroservice of Sao Paulo, Brazil, on the design of a computerised departure control system for the new Galeao Airport at Rio de Janeiro.

BOAC has agreed to provide Air India with a reservations service on their Boadicea computer system to Air India offices in Europe and North America. The offices in London and New York are already operational and those in Paris, Rome, Frankfurt and Geneva will follow shortly.

In addition, on-line terminals will be installed at London and New York airports to enable Air India to use the Boadicea departure control facilities.