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Airline timetables are booklets that many airlines
worldwide use to inform passengers of several different things,
such as schedules, fleet, security, in-flight entertainment, food
menu, restriction and phone contact information.
Airline timetables used to be mainly produced as small,
paperback books that would be handed to passengers inside
airplanes, at ticket agencies and airport counters, or upon request
by phone or mail. On January 16, 1928, Pan Am published one of
their first timetables. It read The air-way to Havana, Pan American Airways,
Pershing Square building, New
York.
Airline timetable books
are famous for their diversity: Many had colorful covers, such as
the ones produced by many Latin American airlines. Others, such as
Scenic
Airlines' timetables, consisted only of one sheet of paper,
with their hub's flight time information on the front, and the
return times on the back.
After the September
11, 2001 attacks, most airlines worldwide have stopped
production of timetable books, in order to cut costs and reduce the
delay between a change of schedule and a new timetable being in the
hands of the public. As a consequence, most airlines now post their
timetables only online
(the larger airlines often offering a stand-alone application,
while others provide just a downloadable document such as a PDF), and the value
of many airline timetable books has risen among collectors.
Airline operating organizations and businesses which continune to
publish airline timetables
External
links
- The Official Airline Guides manages the schedules
for all airlines and produces timetables for them. While some parts
of the website are subscription based, a book is published monthly
and often in larger libraries
The four main Computer Reservation
Systems (also known as Global Distribution Systems) contain
virtually all data for airlines they serve. Amadeus in particular offers a publicly
available searchable interface.
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