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Amadeus launches Ticketless Access for LCCs

ETW Staff - Mumbai

Amadeus has rolled out a new technology solution which it claims will revolutionise the low cost airline market by providing access to sales through travel agents and corporate customers. Amadeus Ticketless Access enables fare and flight information from ticketless carriers to be displayed alongside those of full service airlines through the Global Distribution System (GDS).

Sterling, a leading Scandinavian LCC, is successfully pioneering Amadeus Ticketless Access. The solution provides Sterling with access to the GDS channel without significant expenditure as the airline does not place inventory into the GDS and all transactions are carried out using Sterling's existing system. The benefit to Sterling is two-fold: a reduced distribution cost and increased reach across Europe whilst retaining full control of all content.

Amadeus developed Ticketless Access in response to market demand from LCCs, travel agents and travellers, especially corporates who want to have a wider choice of flights through a single channel. The solution is the only one available to LCCs that uses standard Extensible Markup Language ( XML) messages and integrates airline content with the core back office GDS.