GDS-TRAVELPORT-GALILEO

Travelport Galileo unifies 3 historic GDS.

Definition

Travelport+ unifies: Galileo (UK, KLM, Lufthansa origins), Apollo (USA, United origins), Worldspan (USA, Delta, Northwest, TWA origins). Current interfaces: Travelport+ Aggregated NDC (NDC + traditional content), Travelport Smartpoint Cloud, Travelport Universal API. Covers ~400 airlines, ~650000 hotels, ~150 OTAs. Headquarter Langley UK ; owned by Siris Capital, Evergreen Coast Capital.

Origin

Galileo founded 1971 by United Airlines (renamed); Apollo 1976; Worldspan 1990 by Delta/Northwest/TWA; all merged into Travelport 2006.

Example in context

A British agency uses Travelport Smartpoint to search flights across 400 airlines in single interface, integrating British Airways NDC content via Travelport+ Aggregated NDC.

Related terms

• Travelport — general concept.