Monday, November 5, 2007

DP1 Airline Database Software (9/11/2007)

Airline booking system comparison
1. Evaluate the database design and
a. visit the following sites
www.travelocity.com
www.expedia.com
www.cheaptickets.com
www.ebookers.com
b. Test out the airlines database for return flights for each option below:
i) local - within Finland
ii) popular - between Helsinki and Europe (i.e. London, Amsterdam and Frankfurht) and
iii) rare - between Helsinki and South Africa, Central America or South America (Brazil, Chile, etc)
c. In your notebooks, make a table listing similarities and differences with respect to
i) route
ii) dates
iii) cheapest price
iv) shortest routing (time)
v) types of passengers capable of booking (i.e. adults, seniors, children, infants)
d. Write a paragraph in your notebook arguing which design is better than the other.
e. Identify 3 social issues that impact society due to these systems?

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