Amadeus, Air France-KLM Extend Distribution Agreement

Amadeus and Air France-KLM, the largest airline group in Europe, have agreed to extend their full-content agreement until December 2013. The agreement guarantees Amadeus travel agents worldwide access to the entire range of fares, schedules and inventory relating to more than 74.8 million seats and 90.000 flights operated annually by Air France and KLM.

The full-content agreement also includes the content of subsidiary airlines Martinair and VLM and ensures access to the same content through Amadeus as through any other direct or indirect sales channel, distribution provider or website.

Amadeus has recently announced long-term full content agreements with key airlines including British Airways (three years), Iberia (five years), Lufthansa and Swiss (five years), SAS Group (five years) and Virgin Atlantic (three years).

More than 80 percent of all airline bookings sold by Amadeus travel agencies worldwide are made on airlines with content agreements. This represents over 280 million bookings a year.