Worldspan

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Worldspan is a technology company with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia that specializes in travel related software and systems. Its primary system is commonly known as a computer reservations system or Global Distribution System (GDS), which is a software used by travel agents and travel related websites to book airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental Automobiles, and associated products.

Worldspan also develops and maintains the Deltamatic system which is used exclusively by Delta Air Lines for reservations and operations.

The Worldspan datacenter is in Atlanta US and is subject to the Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System II and its successor Secure Flight program for the selection of passengers with a risk profile.

Worldspan is a member of SITA and has the IATA airline designator of 1P.

History Worldspan was formed in early 1990 by Delta Air Lines, Northwest Airlines, and Trans World Airlines to operate and sell its GDS services to Travel agency worldwide.

During this era, 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 was created in an attempt to gain market share in the computer reservation system market and, by inference, the commercial airline market.

In mid-2003, Worldspan was sold by its owner airlines to Citigroup Venture Capital and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan.

In December, 2006, Travelport, owner of the Galileo CRS and Orbitz agreed to buy and merge with Worldspan. However, at the time, management of TravelPort did not commit to the eventual merging of the two GDS systems, saying that they were considering all options, including running both systems in parallel. "Travelport to buy Worldspan for $1.4 billion". Travel Weekly. 7 Dec 2006.

After obtaining government anti-trust approval in the US and EU, Travelport completed its acquisition of Worldspan on August 21, 2007.

See also

List of global distribution systems
Passenger Name Record
Code sharing
Travel technology

References External links

Worldspan Website

List of global distribution systems
Passenger Name Record
Code sharing
Travel technology

References External links

Worldspan Website

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