Announcements: The Air Virtual Seat Maps project was folded into OpenTravel 2.0 Project in 2012. Project Page TabsSummary & MeetingsSummary: The Virtual Seat Maps Project is working on schema functionality which will enable implementers to create a virtual seat map between different types of aircraft based on identifying premium seats in situations when seat re-assignment is required. By accommodating virtual seat maps, an emerging method to address airline equipment changes when premium seats have been sold, OpenTravel schema products give members the ability to capture the the value as ancillary merchandising flourishes in the airline sector. Meetings: The Air Virtual Seat Maps Project team meets every other Wednesday from 10:00AM - 11:00AM US/Eastern, Webex. (Meetings suspended in mid-2012 when subsumed into OpenTravel 2.0 Project).Owner: Transport WorkgroupTravel Sector: Air Proposal & HistoryProject Start Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2011Target Completion Date: Saturday, June 30, 2012Project Close Date: Thursday, March 1, 2012Proposal Abstract: 1. It is anticipated that the existing “OTA_AirSeatMapRQ/RS” will be enhanced to provide: In-depth seat characteristics—including physical location and marketing characteristics with current occupant (non-personally identifying passenger manifest metadata) and associated proximity rules (e.g. quantity of pets/service animals allowed per cabin and per plane; food allergies if known for passengers in “x” seats or on the flight, etc.) Ability to map “premium” seats between different air equipment and cabin classes) 2. It is anticipated that a new “OTA_AirSeatMapNotifRQ/RS” message pair will be created to provide all of the new and existing functionality in the Air Seat Map messages so implementers 70 can exchange air seat maps between disparate systems and trading partners. Note that this 71 new message pair will follow the OpenTravel “notif” pattern in that it is a method to push this information without a prior request, e.g. push unsolicited information based on key events (or triggers) in airline processing systems. Project Status: Closed ArtifactsFile Collection:
