so when do you start taking bookings ?
RMA should go live on Wednesday
There will also be some more announcements this week, but we would like to let the local councils release these.
& which reservations system are you using ?
VeRSE (Vedaleon) (QQ, ZL, FQ) is a Melbourne company set up by Mac Smith after Ansett collapsed. Basically it is the 2014 version of the Ansett Merlin system. Reliable, same time zone, nice people, and a local supplier. It might not have all the bells and whistles of some American systems, but it does not have the associate price tags, plus our data is stored on servers in Melbourne & Sydney... and the bonus is we can/have hired ex Ansett people proficient on the system (recently made redundant by another airline).
Have heard that the big boys (CRS's/GDS's) are extremely expensive.
You heard correct. But we do not require that sort of volume. The GDS we use allows agents to book our inventory anyway.