CRS Vs GDS
CRS Vs GDS
CRS Vs GDS
Introduction
Lecture (1)
Major GDSs:
Amadeus
Sabre
Galileo
Worldspan
http://www.amadeus.com/
http://www.sabre.com/
http://www.travelport.com/
http://www.worldspan.com/
Amadeus was originally created as a neutral global distribution system (GDS) by Air France,
Iberia, Lufthansa and SAS in 1987 in order to cover their needs which were not available in
their own systems they were used at that time.
Amadeus has central sites in Madrid, Spain (Corporate Headquarters and Marketing), Sophia
Antipolis, France (Product Development), Erding, Germany (Data Processing Centre) and
Bangalore, India (software lab) as well as regional offices in Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Dubai,
Miami and Sydney.
IATA:
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is an international industry trade group
of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation
Organization is also headquartered. Its stated mission is to "represent, lead and serve the
airline industry." All the Airline rules and regulations are defined by IATA. The main aim of
IATA is to provide safe and secure transportation to its passengers.
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Airline Reservation
Introduction
Lecture (1)
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