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ª Enjoy Amadeus Access Sell

ª Amadeus Interactive advanced Seat reservation

ª Amadeus Access Update

ª Uzbekistan Airways & GMG Airlines enjoys Amadeus Access Sell

ª Now saleable on Amadeus

ª Amadeus PNR claim

ª Advanced seat reservation

ª Kingfisher Airlines enjoys Amadeus PNR claim

ª Lacsa (LR) enjoys Amadeus negotiated space

ª Kingfisher Airlines on Amadeus direct access

ª Suncountry enjoys Amadeus dynamic availability

ª Jetlink express enjoys Amadeus access update with NAVS

ª Amadeus interactive seat map

ª Joint Promotions

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Enjoy Amadeus Access SellAmadeus is pleased to announce that Arkia (IZ), Air Italy (I9), Flybe (BE),

Silverjet (Y7), Benin Golf Air (A8), Zambia Skyways (K8), Gabon Airlines (GY), Olympic Airlines (OA), Far Eastern (EF), Edelweiss Air (WK), Antrak Air (O4), South Airlines (YG), Heli Air Monaco (YO), Tatarstan Air (U9), Mars RK (6V), Rwandair Express (WB), Blue Panorama Airlines (BV), Orenair (R2), Lam Mozambique (TM), Dagestan Airlines (N2), Hong Kong Airlines (HX), Flybaboo (F7) have been successfully implemented in Amadeus Access Sell.

Amadeus Access Sell provides immediate segment confirmation (HK) and a full secure sell reporting to the airline’s inventory system. For more information, please refer to GGPCAIZ, GGPCAI9, GGPCABE, GGPCAY7, GGPCAA8, GGPCAK8, GGPCAGY, GGPCAOA, GGPCAEF, GGPCAWK, GGPCAO4, GGPCAYG, GGPCAYO, GGPCAU9, GGPCA6V, GGPCAWB, GGPCABV, GGPCAR2, GGPCATM, GGPCAN2, GGPCAHX and GGPCAF7.

AIRLINE NEWS

Amadeus Interactive advanced Seat reservation

Amadeus is pleased to announce that Cayman Airways (KX), EOS Airlines (EO), Alaska Airlines (AS), Air Niugini (PX), have been successfully implemented on the interactive advanced seat reservation. Thanks to interactive advanced seat reservation the Airline immediately confirms (or rejects) the seat number(s) reserved this way without having to wait for PNR closure (EOT). For more information please refer to GGPCAKX, GGPCAEO, GGPCAAS AND GGPCAPX.

Amadeus PNR claim Amadeus is pleased to welcome

Olympic Airlines (OA), Domodedovo Airlines (E3) and Bangkok Airways (PG), as a new Amadeus PNR claim participant. Using simple entries you can display and claim PNRS that were originally created. Claimed PNRS are kept fully synchronized by all Airlines in the itinerary via the normal teletype messages. PNR claim will now be the recommended alternative to creating new passive bookings on flights booked directly with Meridiana. For further information please refer to GGPCAOA, GGPCAE3 AND GGPCAPG.

Amadeus access update Mars RK (6V), Orenburg Airlines

(R2) and Continental Airlines (CO) have been successfully implemented in Amadeus access update, supporting dynamics schedules only. Amadeus Access update provides real time schedule update from Amadeus principal displays. For more information please refer to GGPCA6V, GGPCAR2, and GGPCACO.

Now saleable on Amadeus We are pleased to announce that Orenburg Airlines (R@), Silverjet (Y7), Barents Airlink (8N), Calm Air International (MO), Air Bagan (W9) and Pegasus Hava Tasimacilgi (H9) are now saleable from Amadeus displays. For more information please refer to GGPCAR2, GGPCAY7, GGPCA8N,G G P C A M O , G G P C A W 9 A N D GGPCAH9.

Uzbekistan Airways (HY) & GMG Airlines (Z5) enjoys Amadeus Access Sell

Uzbekistan Airways & GMG Airlines were successfully implemented on Amadeus Access Sell. Amadeus Access Sell provides immediate segment confirmation (HK) and a full secure sell reporting to the airline’s inventory system. For more information, please refer to GGPCAHY & GGPCAZ5.

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Suncountry (SY) Enjoys Amadeus Dynamic Availability

24th July 2007 saw the implementation of Sun Country on Amadeus dynamic availability. Sun country’s availability is now obtained from their system at the time Amadeus builds the availability or schedule display you requested. Amadeus then incorporates the Airlines response in the display shown to you. This way everytime Amadeus receives the Airlines response Suncountryprovides you with last seat availabilitywhich you can verify by watching the shown just before the city pairin the display. For more information

Lacsa (LR) enjoys Amadeus negotiated space

Lacsa (LR) has now started using negotiated space to manage allotments in Amadeus. With negotiated space, these Airlines can block space in Amadeus to be subsequently sold only by those agents they authorize. Creationand maintenance of the negotiatedspace block as well as PNR creationfrom negotiated space fully synchronized with thw inventory system of Aerosvit Airlines (Sita Gabriel) and Air Comet (Resiber).For more information about Amadeus negotiated spaces please refer to HE NEGO SPACE OR GGPCALNSP.

Kingfisher Airlines on Amadeus direct access

Amadeus is pleased to announce the successful implementation of Kingfisher Airlines on Amadeus Direct Access. Amadeus Direct access provided you with last seat availability from secondary display thanks to a real time link between Amadeus and the airline inventory system. In addition to availability displays you can request seat map displays and schedule displays. For more information please refer to GGPCAIT.

Kingfisher Airlines enjoys Amadeus PNR claim

Amadeus welcomes Kingfisher Airlines as a New Amadeus PNR claim participant. Using simple entries you can display and claim PNRS that were originally made by the Airlines own offices. Once you have claimed these PNRS, you can update and ticket them as if they were originally created. Claimed PNRS are kept fully synchronized by all airlines in the itinary via the normal teletype messages. PNR claim will now be the recommended alternative to creating new passive bookings on flights booked directly with Kingfisher. For further information please refer to GGPCAIT.

Amadeus Interactive seat map

Amadeus is pleased to announce the successful implementation of Cayman Airways (KX), EOS Airlines (EO), Alaska Airlines (AS) and Air Niugini (PX) on Amadeus interactive seat maps. Interactive seat map provides you with up to date displays in a common Amadeus format. For more information please refer to GGPCAKX, GGPCAEO, GGPCAAS AND GGPCAPX.

Jetlink Express enjoys Amadeus Access update with NAVS

Jetlink Express (JO), from Kenya has been successfully implemented on Amadeus Access update, supporting Dynamic schedules and numeric availability on 24th September 2007. Amadeus access update provides real time schedule update and last seat availability from Amadeus principal displays. For more information on Jetlink Express (JO) please refer to

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JOINT PROMOTIONS

Amadeus & BMI got together to host a month long joint promotion from 01st Jul ‘07 to 30th Jul ‘07 which was extended till 15th Aug ‘07. The promotion was based on selling any BMI sector on HPASS commonly known as the discover Europe Air Pass (deap), which is one of the most preferred, flexible SOTO sector ticket on the BMI network. The agent had to issue maximum tickets on H class from their Amadeus terminal & queue the booking to QE/BOM1A0980/57 to avail exciting prizes. The promotion was well received amongst all Amadeus agents.

With the launch of KLM’s 5th flight from Hyderabad to Amsterdam, Amadeus & KLM Royal Dutch Airlines organized an exclusive joint promotion. The promotion was valid for tickets issued between 10th Oct’07 and 30th Nov’07 for all Amadeus agents across India. Amadeus agnets had to book a minimum of 5 PNRs on KL873/KL874 to be eligible for the lucky draw of free return tickets for a couple to Europe.

Amadeus & Air Astana joint promotion Amadeus & Air Astana together held an exciting

promotion for our esteemed agents from 10th July’07 till 10th Oct’07. Amadeus agents were to sell Air Astana destinations like – ALA, LHR, FRA, AMS, DXB, MOW, IST, etc. The agents had to queue their eligible PNRs to QE/DEL1A0980/69. As per Mr. Virendra Teotia – General Manager, Air Astana :

“This joint promotion gave our travel partners a chance to experience the good times with Amadeus & Air Astana together. We would like to thank all the agents who have participated in this most success promotion for their overwhelming participation. The promotion has created awareness amongst the travel trade & have produced good results for us.”

With the launch of Air India’s new age aircraft B777-200 LR and daily non-stop flights from BOM to JFK (effective 1st August’07), Amadeus & Air India organized an exciting promotion for Amadeus agents across India called “Fly well with Amadeus & Air India to New York”. The agents had great chance to win

complimentary tickets to Dubai or Singapore by just selling AI141 & AI140 from their Amadeus terminals & queue the PNRs to QE/BOM1A0980/44.

Amadeus & Austrian Airlines got together to host an exclusive Joint Promotion for all Amadeus agents in Delhi from 27th June’07 till 15th July’07. Amadeus agents were to sell NYC, WAS, CHI & YTO on Austrian through their Amadeus Terminals. All the agents had to do was to queue the eligible PNRs to QE/DEL1A0980/60. The promotion was well appreciated and the agents won exciting prizes.

Amadeus & Austrian Airlines have launched an exciting Joint Promotion to celebrate their new daily flights on the Mumbai route effective 1st Nov’07. On this route, travelers in business class can enjoy the newly designed lie-flat beds in business class. The promotion was valid from 1st September’07 to 30th November’07 and to become eligible for the promotion, Amadeus agents had to sell more & more tickets and earn more points:

- Sell 1 business class ticket & get 3 points.- Sell 1 economy class ticket & get 1 point.As per Mr. Amey Amladi – General Manager, Western

& Southern India, Austrian: “Austrian exclusive Joint Promotion with Amadeus has

created awareness of our new business class product comprising of our new lie flat beds, chef on board and Austrian flying coffee house coupled with our daily operations on the Mumbai route effective November 1, 2007 amongst our valued travel fraternity. Austrian and Amadeus look forward to having more of such Joint Promotions and reward our valued partners in future.”

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JOINT PROMOTION EL AL Israel Airlines is pleased to announce

their fourth weekly nonstop flight from Mumbai to Tel Aviv effective 28th October ‘07.

To celebrate this occasion, Amadeus & EL AL Israel Airlines launched an exclusive Joint Promotion for all Amadeus agents across India effective 1st August’07 to 31st December’07. To be eligible for the promotion the agents had to sell 20 E-tickets on LY072 from their Amadeus terminals & queue the PNRs to QE/BOM1A0980/15 and win fabulous prizes.

COMPANION FARE OFFERFor promoting the special companion fares

introduced by Air Mauritius, Amadeus & Air Mauritius launched an exciting joint promotion for all Amadeus agents across India. Initially, the promotion was valid from 01st July ‘07 – 30th September ‘07 but looking at the overwhelming participation, it has been extended till 30th November ‘07.

On the launch of a special night flight BOM-DEL IT 315 effective 1st August’07, Amadeus & Kingfisher Airlines together organized an exclusive one month long joint promotion from 27th August’07 to 30th September’07.

To win exciting prizes, Amadeus agents had to sell:7 tickets on IT 315 BOM-DEL on any classOR 5 tickets on the combination of IT 302/315 or IT

304/315 or IT 306/315.OR 5 tickets on DEL / IDR / BLR / MAA - BHJ or vice-versa.The promotion received tremendous response from agents across India. Among the best performing agents were from FCm (DEL), Yatra Online (DEL), Patel Virji (BHJ), International Travel House (DEL) & Quantum Travels (BOM).

As per Mr. Bhanu Kaila – Head of Sales, Western India, Kingfisher Airlines:

“It was a fantastic promotion which truly displayed the positive impact of the power of distribution in our business.”

Amadeus & Air Mauritius got together to host a month long joint promotion from 1st July’07 to 31st July’07.

The agents just had to book 20 PNRs to be eligible for the early bird prizes and also the maximum selling agent would receive a complimentary ticket to Mauritius.

Mr. Rajesh Busgheet - Area Manager South Asian subcontinent & Middle East, Air Mauritius & Mr. Girish Vidwans - Head of Sales & Marketing Indian Subcontinent, Air Mauritius took an excellent effort in initiating this promotion and would take an opportunity to congratulate all the Amadeus users for their participation; specially to Ms. Gurpreet Kaur from Makemytrip.com (DEL) for an overwhelming response.Other agents who deserve an appreciation were - D. Pauls Travels & Tours (DEL) and Akbar Travels of India (BOM).

GET LUCKY PROMOTION Amadeus & EL AL Israel Airlines launched a very

interesting promotion from 1st August’07 to 31st October’07 exclusively for all Amadeus users in India. The agents just needed to sell any sector on EL AL Israel Airlines & if the PNR contains the alphabets ‘EL’ or ‘LY’ or ‘ELY’ in a continuous sequence, they had a chance to win exciting prizes. The agents had to queue their PNRs to QE/BOM1A0980/14. The promotion was well received by the Amadeus agents & we look forward to many such promotions with EL AL Israel Airlines.

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Amadeus & Korean Airlines came together for a special Joint Promotion called “Monsoon Dhamaka”. Amadeus agents had to sell total 10 tickets - 3 or more first/business class tickets along with 7 or more economy class tickets, to be eligible for a lucky draw at the end of the promotion. The promotion was valid from 16th July’07 to 15th September’07 and Amadeus agents had a chance to win free ticket to any online point in USA. The agents responded well to this great opportunity and gave an overwhelming response.

Amadeus & Jet Airways joined hands to promote London as a destination & by launching an exciting Joint Promotion for Amadeus agents in western India. The promotion was based on selling BOM-LHR-BOM or flights to Europe/UK/US over the London gateway from Amadeus. • BOM Agents can qualify for the lucky draw by selling

10 tickets every fortnight.• AMD/ BDQ/ PNQ/ IDR Agents can qualify by selling

5 tickets every fortnight.• STV/ GOI/ IXU/ NAG/ BHO/ RPR Agents can qualify

by selling 10 tickets during the whole promotion period.The promotion is valid from 1st Oct’07 to 15th

Dec’07, so all Amadeus agents in western India can go ahead and participate in this exciting promotion and win!

To mark the occasion of the launch of Air France’s Fourth Direct Flight to Paris from Chennai effective from 28th Oct’07, Amadeus & Air France celebrated together with an exclusive Joint Promotion from 10th October 07 to 15th November 07. This exciting promotion was for all Amadeus agents across India & was based on selling MAA-CDG-MAA. The winner could win free tickets for a couple to Paris.

As per Mr. Sebastien Guyot – Commercial Director (India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Sri Lanka & The Maldives), Air France, “We are pleased to partner Amadeus for promoting our additional frequencies from Chennai and Hyderabad this winter. The initial response has been quite encouraging and we are looking forward to receiving more entries in the coming weeks.”

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ª Amadeus Pioneers E-ticketing in Nepal

ª Amadeus Smart SMS - Now available in Nepal

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Amadeus the leading IT provider for the travel & tourism industry launched the “Smart SMS” service in Nepal, thus, providing another hassle-free option for passengers to store their travel details and check-in with comfort. The PNR SMS or the “Smart SMS” allows travel agents using Amadeus to send all travel information to the mobile phones of the passengers via the Short Messaging Service anywhere, anytime.

Amadeus is the exclusive technology provider of the PNR SMS or Smart SMS service in Nepal and will save operational and check-in time to a large extent, thus, providing benefits to the customer, travel agents as well as the airlines. Amadeus Smart SMS is an enhancement to the existing PNR SMS product that allows travel agents to communicate information such as airline record locator (PNR), E-ticket numbers and insurance details etc. in addition to the itineraries, thus, making the entire process, extremely simple, timely and efficient for passengers.

Technology players have been extensively focusing on new, innovative technologies or product enhancements to enrich the customer experience. Beyond enriching a passenger’s experience, the

It was yet another milestone for Amadeus in Nepal as the first e-ticket was printed live on its platform in the form of Qatar Airways ticket. Issued at Osho Travels, in the presence of Qatar Airways Area Manager Mr Tawfiq Abdul Aal, Osho Travels MD Mr Shyam Thapaliya, IATA representatives Mr Sunil Chopra, Mr Rana Choudhury and Mr K S Shrestha, and the Amadeus team, it marks the beginning of a new era of ticketing in Nepal.

E-ticketing has been universally accepted and IATA are keen that the percentage of e-tickets issued is maximized. For the passenger, e-ticket provides a paperless and seamless ticket that cannot be lost, stolen or misused. It also provides an easy means of delivery and can be send directly

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to a passenger’s email address and accessed by the passenger anywhere, anytime. For Ticket Agents it means they can transmit electronic ticket information directly to the airlines without having to deliver paper tickets. After the electronic ticket has been transmitted, the agent is still able to access the carrier’s database to display and subsequently modify/cancel the electronic ticket records. The electronic ticketing data is automatically included in sales

reports and agents can generate an invoice and/or itinerary for the electronic ticket requests. Electronic ticketing also lightens PTA workload and provides savings on ticket stock.

For Airlines e-ticketing provides a savings (cost from 7$ to 1$ per ticket process), a quicker process at reservation time and the ability to follow the status of the passenger in real-time. Electronic ticketing also ensures that the ticket data is transmitted with full security. This also means that check-in and boarding at the airport takes place smoothly and efficiently. Finally, electronic ticketing allows for technology integration of inventory, departure control, reservation and revenue accounting systems.

Amadeus Smart SMS - “Smart Service for Smart Travellers” Now available in Nepal technology experts understand the true

potential and importance of diverse & innovative technologies. The “Smart SMS” adds a new dimension to Amadeus’ product suite and has been designed to take information-sharing to a higher level and make the process highly accessible for passengers. Some of the other noteworthy features of the Smart SMS are:* It clearly demarcates paper ticket as PTKT and the e-ticket as ETKT.* The Ghost, Passive and Time change segments are reflected as OK status.* The waitlisted (HL) segment is denoted by WL status and cancelled (HX, UN NO) as XX status.

* The Smart SMS icon is available under ‘Local Scripts’ of the Amadeus Selling Platform.

This is how a ‘Smart SMS’ appears:1A PNR YESEEPSINGH/NEETA MSETKT-705-2247070132S2122 10MAY GOIBOM OK A/LPNRS2/Meal VGML.For TELECHKIN, CALL 1800111200Generated By Amadeus. Pls do not reply.