47,500 travel agencies and 34,500 airline sales offices are now connected to Amadeus worldwide.Īmadeus becomes world leader in travel agency locations following our acquisition of System One in North America. We launch Amadeus Cars and Amadeus Hotels.Īmadeus is voted Top Computer Reservation System (CRS) in Europe at the European Travel Awards.Īustrian Airlines becomes the 100th Amadeus Access carrier. System user airline sales offices migrate to Amadeus for all reservation requirements. The first Amadeus Passenger Name Record (PNR) is created. Amadeus Fare Quote is now used in France, Belgium and select African countries.Īmadeus Air offers users worldwide access to schedule displays, extensive flight solutions, unbiased rankings, and extended display options. We open our data processing centre in Erding, Germany and travel agents begin to use the Amadeus system for bookings. It is used by travel agents to connect to the Amadeus system. Seven airlines become system users and Thai Airways International becomes our first Asian partner. The first of our national marketing companies (NMCs) launches in Finland, followed by Austria and France. We begin construction of our data processing centre in Erding, Germany.
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Our software development centre opens in Nice, France. As a result, Amadeus is born on 21 October 1987.Īmadeus becomes the first European company to operate in the new European Currency Unit (ECU), doing so until the introduction of the Euro. Air France, Iberia, Lufthansa and SAS agree to create a new global distribution system.