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Facts & Figures

217 markets worldwide are served by Amadeus and its 65 local Amadeus Commercial Organizations (ACOs)

Some 8,315 employees work in the Amadeus Group worldwide, representing 95 nationalities.

And that's not all...

  • Amadeus’ data center in Erding, Germany is one of the largest, worldwide, dedicated to travel.
    • Managing more than 480 million transactions and processes more than 3 million net bookings per day
    • 75 million passenger name records (PNRs) can be active at any one time
    • Over 8,700 end-user requests run through the System every second during peak hours, resulting in over 500,000 physical disk accesses per second
    • Amadeus central system averages a 0.3 seconds response time
    • The Amadeus low fare search response time takes in average less than 3 seconds
    • The System boasts 99.98 percent uptime

  • Amadeus is the preferred technology provider and partner of the world’s leading companies including, British Airways, Qantas, Finnair, Iberia, AMEX, Carlson Wagonlit, TUI, Siemens, Nestlé, Daimler-Chrysler, IBM, SAP, lastminute.com and Lufthansa.

  • Amadeus leads the travel industry as the only global distributor with ISO 9001:2000 Quality certification. This certification is granted by Det Norske Veritas (DNV), one of the world’s leaders in the provision of services to safeguard life, businesses, property and the environment.

  • Amadeus is the largest distributor of leisure packages worldwide.

  • With 268 carriers implemented and 153 markets deployed, Amadeus offers travel agents the largest community of carriers and markets with electronic ticketing around the world.

  • Amadeus services over 1,500 corporations worldwide such as Kraft Foods and Philip Morris, Cemex, Daimler, Ericsson, Huntsman, Nestlé, Total and Thales.

  • Airlines’ passenger number records (PNR) volumes processed by Amadeus e-Retail increased by 10 percent in 2007 as compared with the previous year.

  • Over 70 of the world’s leading airlines use the Amadeus e-Travel Airline Suite to power over 250 Web sites in more than 80 markets.

  • In 2007, Amadeus announced a total of 18 award wins for its airline e-commerce solutions and customers’ Web sites. Wins included six World Travel Awards, three Interactive Media Awards and three Web Awards recognizing IT leadership. Among the prestigious awards granted to Amadeus we can mention: the World’s Leading Internet Booking Engine Technology Provider, the World’s Leading CRS/GDS System and the World’s Leading Travel Technology Provider (2007 World Travel Awards), Best Technology Provider Award at Buying Business Travel Diamond Awards 2007, and Best Business Travel Product Award at the Business Travel World Awards 2007.

  • Amadeus also has majority ownership (74 percent) in Opodo, the leading online European travel portal, and Airline Automation Inc.