Airline Solutions

OpenJaw's advanced travel distribution products provide the perfect XML standards based platform for delivering innovative air solutions. xDistributor, OpenJaw's XML middleware platform provides connectivity to multiple inventory sources including Global Distribution Systems, airline CRS's and airline websites. The xRez Internet Booking Engine provides unrivalled flexibility to deliver innovative flight booking capability using advanced display formats. xFares enables Low Fare Search and Pricing using airline private fares with availability checked against a GDS or CRS.

xDistributor

Manage and aggregate inventory from multiple Air sources using the industry's most advanced XML standards based technology. Simultaneous search against systems including:

• Global Distribution Systems
• Airline CRS's
• Airline websites, including low cost airlines
• Private Fares, with availability checked against GDS or CRS

xDistributor provides a single OpenTravel™ Alliance XML interface to any combination of these systems. OpenJaw's advanced business rules engine controls which suppliers receive particular requests, how the responses are aggregated and other business logic functions including sorting, filtering, removing duplicates, applying markups or discounts. xDistributor provides the capability to 'burst' multiple requests in parallel against each supplier system, with business rules determining the options in each request. This allows large amounts of data to be gathered to support advanced display formats such as calendar based availability, or to drive additional search requests when no flights are found for the user's exact search criteria.

xRez

xRez delivers the future technology for air travel websites. The combination of XML based architecture, advanced customer-centric features and unrivalled flexibility provides a platform to grow your business and adapt quickly to changing market requirements.

Display Formats

xRez offers multiple response formats to support different types of website and different types of fares:

• Grid Display - Allows a compact display when many options are available from multiple suppliers
• One Way Combined - Provides a list of outbound options and a list of inbound options, where the user selects one of each. Typically used on airline websites when carrier uses one-way pricing model for certain routes.
• Calendar Display - Displays a calendar of available days when the user indicates flexibility with dates
• Round Trip - Provides a list of round trips from which user selects

Graphical Seat Maps

xRez provides graphical seat selection by displaying a graphical representation of the aircraft cabin and the free/reserved seats.

Standards

xRez supports the travel industry XML specifications developed by the OpenTravel™ Alliance for Air, Car and Hotel searching and reservations. Other XML formats can also be supported on request.

Architecture

xRez is part of OpenJaw's end-to-end XML product suite for travel distribution. It fully leverages the capabilities of the latest Java, XML and Web Services technologies. The xRez architecture is highly scalable and fault tolerant and can be deployed on Windows, Linux, Unix or Solaris.

xFares

OpenJaw's private fares engine, xFares provides a highly scalable fare searching system for travel websites, developed using the latest XML and relational database technologies. xFares supports Low Fare Search and Pricing from availability with full inventory checking against a GDS or airline CRS. Other features include: Web based fare contract loading application Taxes checked against GDS/CRS Can price return trips using multiple one-way fares (for carriers using one-way pricing model) Supports searches across multiple dates Support for multiple Passenger Types