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Galileo is a computer reservations system owned by Travelport. As of 2002, it had a 26.4% share of worldwide CRS airline bookings.[1] In addition to airlines, the CRS is also used to book train travel, cruises, car rental, and hotel rooms. The Galileo datacenter is in Denver, US and 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 IATA, OTA and SITA.
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History
Galileo was founded in 1971 by United Airlines under the name Apollo Reservation System. During the 1980's and early 1990's, 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 was created in an attempt to gain market share in the computer reservation system market and, by inference, the commercial airline market [2]. In response and to prevent possible government intervention, United Airlines started computer reservation systems and sought minority partners. [3] Galileo was the product of this reaction.
Other major reservation systems
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References
- Klein, S.; T. Langenohl (1994). "Coordination Mechanisms and Systems Architectures in Electronic Market Systems" in International conference on Information and communications technologies in tourism. Proceedings: 262-270, Springer-Verlag New York, Inc.
