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After a new schedule is generated or significant changes introduced the timetable has to be updated too.
The user selects a period of time, fleet and types of traffic that best represent the scheduled operations and generates flight series. These series represent a pattern of scheduled flight operations in the selected period based on the corresponding day-of-the-week masks. Actually they could already represent 'non stop' flights in the new timetable. Flight Connections What we need next is a generation of valid flight connections. Certain rules for this process have to be defined first, like specifying a transfer airport and its minimum and maximum connection times. The next very important rule is the definition of valid country pairs that can be selected from the list of all possible country pairs generated from the used schedule. Only routes with airports located in valid country pairs will be used in the generation. All these rules can also be saved in various configurations and used later when needed. Based on these definitions the system can generate all flight connections that are relevant and fill the corresponding data into the timetable view. The items in both views can be deleted or edited and new items can also be introduced. Selected items can be marked as ignored to be excluded from the process of generation. Complete tables can also be saved for later use. Output Format After the user has completed the content of the timetable, the format in which data will finally be presented to its end user has to be defined. There are four output formats available and they cover all most widely used media: text files, standard publications, internet pages and mobile displays. The simplest output is the form of Simple Text ASCII file that can easily be used for transfers to other programs or in e-mail communications. More complicated output is created in Rich Text Format and intended to be used with more sophisticated text processors. The format of this file is widely used and accepted with publishers that design timetables in the classical booklet form. Such files can be sent to them via e-mail and be imported into their software tools. The results of the final design process can be sent back for approval as postscript or Acrobat PDF file. Timetable On Internet Most consumers nowadays look for information about flight routes and timetables on the Internet sites. With our solution all the necessary web elements are created automatically and can be previewed and tested completely in the Web Preview window. A similar technology is applied for the next target - mobile phones and devices. The information is delivered to them over the Internet using a special format of WML files. These files are created by the system and can be previewed in the WAP Preview. This preview simulates the standard mobile device including its elementary buttons thus enabling the user to test the generated content thoroughly. All content designed for Internet usage can be sent to destination with a click of a single button and published immediately. The results of upload process can be saved and monitored in a special log file. This is a significant improvement over once complicated, error prone, expensive and time consuming process.  |
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