Amadeus implements its 85th e-ticket carrier in Australia
Sydney, 19 December 2007: Six more airlines are now available to e-ticket in Amadeus in the Australian market, the leading travel IT supplier announced today.
The airlines, Malaysian Airlines, China Southern Airlines Vietnam Airways, China Air, Olympic Airlines and Air Tahiti, are all key to the Australian market. The addition of these carriers brings the total number of e-ticketable airlines in Amadeus to 85.
Amadeus offers e-ticketing with more airlines than any other technology provider in the market. Amadeus also has more than 241 interline e-ticketing agreements worldwide.
Amadeus’ leadership in this area is demonstrated by its selection as the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) partner in achieving paperless travel by May 2008.
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About Amadeus
Amadeus is the chosen technology partner for providers, sellers, and buyers of travel. The company provides distribution, IT and point-of-sale solutions to help its customers adapt, grow and succeed in the fast changing travel industry. Customer groups include travel providers (airlines, hotels, car rental companies, railway companies, ferry lines, cruise lines, insurance companies and tour operators), travel sellers (travel agencies) and travel buyers (corporations and travellers). Solutions are grouped in four solution categories – Distribution & Content, Sales & e-Commerce, Business Management and Services & Consultancy.
Amadeus’ distribution system allows over 75,000 travel agency locations and 11,000 airline offices to make bookings on 500 airlines. It provides access to over 58,000 hotel properties and 42 car rental companies serving over 30,000 locations.
Amadeus has central sites in Madrid (corporate headquarters & marketing), Nice (development) and Erding (Operations – data processing centre) and regional offices in Miami, Buenos Aires and Bangkok. Amadeus has offices in 75 countries covering more than 215 markets. The company has over 6,500 employees worldwide, representing 95 nationalities. For the six months ended 30 June 2005, Amadeus reported revenues of €1,226.1m and net income of €154.2m. More information about Amadeus is available at: www.au.amadeus.com.
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