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Amadeus is a computer reservations system (or global distribution system, since it sells tickets for multiple airlines) owned by the Amadeus IT Group with headquarters in Madrid, Spain. The central database is located at Erding, Germany. The development center is located at Sophia Antipolis, France. In addition to airlines, the CRS is also used to book train travel, cruises, car rental, ferry reservations, and hotel rooms. Amadeus also provides New Generation departure control systems to airlines.^{[citation needed]}

Amadeus is a member of IATA, OTA and SITA, and its IATA airline designator code is 1A.

Contents 1 History 2 Other major reservation systems 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] History

Amadeus was formed in 1987 by an alliance between Air France, Lufthansa, Iberia Airlines and Scandinavian Airlines System. Today, it is the leader in terms of number of bookings worldwide.

[edit] Other major reservation systems

• Sabre
• Galileo CRS
• Worldspan

[edit] See also

• List of global distribution systems
• Passenger Name Record
• Code sharing

[edit] External links

• Amadeus.com Corporate Website
• Amadeus.net Bookings System
• CheckMyTrip, public site for viewing reservations made through Amadeus