Amadeus CRS

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 major development centers are located in Bangalore (India), Sophia Antipolis (France) and Boston (United States). 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. Amadeus IT Group is a transaction processor for the global travel and tourism industry. The company is structured around two key related areas - its global distribution system and its IT Solutions business area.

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

See also

• Passenger Name Record
• Code sharing
• Amadeus IT Group

Other major reservation systems

• Galileo
• Navitaire
• TravelSky
• Sabre
• Worldspan
• Abacus Workspace

External links

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