Galileo is a
computer reservations system (CRS) owned by
Travelport. As of 2000, it had a 26.4% share of worldwide CRS airline bookings.
In addition to airline reservations, the Galileo CRS is also used to book
train travel,
cruise
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Cruise or Cruises may also refer to:
Tourism
* Booze cruise
* Music cruise
* River cruise
Aeronautics and aircraft
* Cruise (aeronautics), a distinct stage of an aircraft's flight
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s,
car
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rental, and
hotel rooms.
The Galileo system was moved from Denver, Colorado, to the
Worldspan datacenter in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 28, 2008, following the 2007 merger of Travelport and Worldspan (although they now share the same datacenter, they continue to be run as separate systems).
Galileo is subject to the
Capps II and its successor
Secure Flight program for the selection of passengers with a risk profile.
Galileo is a member of the
International Air Transport Association
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, of the
OpenTravel Alliance and of
SITA.
History
Galileo traces its roots back to 1971 when
United Airlines created its first computerized central reservation system under the name Apollo. During the 1980s and early 1990s, a significant proportion of airline tickets were sold by travel agents. Flights by the airline owning the reservation system had preferential display on the computer screen. Due to the high market penetration of the
Sabre and
Apollo systems, owned by
American Airlines and United Airlines, respectively,
Worldspan and Galileo were created by other airline groups in an attempt to gain market share in the computer reservation system market and, by inference, the commercial airline market. Galileo was formed in 1987 by nine European carriers --
British Airways,
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
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,
Alitalia,
Swissair
Swissair AG/ S.A. (German: Schweizerische Luftverkehr-AG; French: S.A. Suisse pour la Navigation Aérienne) was the national airline of Switzerland between its founding in 1931 and bankruptcy in 2002.
It was formed from a merger between Bal ...
,
Austrian Airlines,
Olympic,
Sabena,
Air Portugal and
Aer Lingus.
[Two top airline reservations systems to be merged](_blank)
Baltimore Sun (1992-03-04). Retrieved on 2013-08-20.
In response and to prevent possible government intervention, United Airlines spun off its Apollo reservation system, which was then controlled by Covia. Galileo International was born when Covia acquired Europe's Galileo and merged it with the Apollo system in 1992.
The Apollo reservation system was used by United Airlines until 3 March 2012, when it switched to SHARES, a system used by its former Continental Airlines subsidiary. Apollo is still used by Galileo International (now part of
Travelport GDS) travel agency customers in the
United States,
Canada,
Mexico, and
Japan
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.
Galileo UK was originally created from
Travicom which was the world's first multi-access reservations system using the technology developed by
Videcom.
Travicom was a company launched by
Videcom,
British Airways,
British Caledonian and CCL in 1976 which in 1988 became Galileo UK.
Developments
*
Travel Agents now also book
Amtrak Rail on the system and issue the tickets directly.
*
Southwest Airlines
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has entered into a marketing agreement with Apollo/Galileo and travel agents are now able to book reservations on Southwest. These direct connects offer the possibility to sell ancillary services and to differentiate oneself from the competition.
[ Strauss, Michael (2010): Value Creation in Travel Distribution, https://www.amazon.com/dp/0557612462 ]
*The development team at Travelport has developed an online search tool called ASK Travelport where registered users can go and find out the answers to their frequently asked questions and queries.
See also
*
Codeshare agreement
*
Passenger Name Record
*
Sabre
*
Galileo
Galileo di Vincenzo Bonaiuti de' Galilei (15 February 1564 – 8 January 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath. Commonly referred to as Galileo, his name was pronounced (, ). He was ...
*
Open Destinations
Open or OPEN may refer to:
Music
* Open (band), Australian pop/rock band
* The Open (band), English indie rock band
* ''Open'' (Blues Image album), 1969
* ''Open'' (Gotthard album), 1999
* ''Open'' (Cowboy Junkies album), 2001
* ''Open'' (YF ...
References
*
External links
Travelport.com "Galileo"
Travelport ViewTrip.com public site for viewing reservations made through Galileo computer reservations system.
Galileo.co.in Galileo in India
ITQ.in
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