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 Global distribution system (GDS) that is a software used by travel agents and travel related websites to book airline tickets, hotel rooms, rental cars, and associated products.
Worldspan also develops and maintains the Deltamatic system which is used exclusively by Delta Air Lines for reservations and operations.
Worldspan is a member of SITA and has the IATA airline designator of 1P.
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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 agencies worldwide. In mid-2003, Worldspan was sold by its owner airlines to Citigroup Venture Capital and Ontario Teachers' Pension Fund.
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.[1]
