Opodo is like Orbitz an Internet travel agency. It is a pan-European enterprise, owned by a consortium of European airlines, including British Airways, Air France, Alitalia, Iberia, KLM, Lufthansa, Aer Lingus, Austrian Airlines and Finnair. The travel technology provider Amadeus is a majority shareholder. Opodo offers bookings worldwide however, and on all airlines that allow third-party bookings (effectively, all airlines except some low-fare operations). Image File history File links Opodo_logo. ... Orbitz, Inc. ... A travel agency is a store where individuals or families go to buy travel packages. ... A satellite composite image of Europe // Etymology Picture of Europa, carried away by bull-shaped Zeus. ... A Boeing 747-400 belonging to Virgin Atlantic Airways, one of the UKs largest airlines. ... British Airways (LSE: BAY) (NYSE: BAB) is the largest airline of the United Kingdom. ... Air France Boeing 747 Air France (Compagnie Nationale Air France) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before the take-over of KLM, it was essentially the national airline of France, employing 71,654 people (at January 2005). ... Alitalia (Linee Aeree Italiane) (IATA: AZ, ICAO: AZA, and Callsign: Alitalia) is the national airline of Italy and headquartered in Rome. ... Iberia can mean: The Iberian peninsula of South west Europe; That part of it once inhabited by the Iberians, who spoke the Iberian language. ... KLM (in full: Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij, literally Royal Aviation Company; usual English: Royal Dutch Airlines) is a subsidiary of Air France-KLM. Before its (agreed) take-over by Air France, KLM was the national airline of the Netherlands. ... Lufthansa (Deutsche Lufthansa AG) is the largest German airline company, headquartered in Cologne. ... Aer Lingus (IATA: EI, ICAO: EIN, and Callsign: Shamrock) is the national airline of Ireland. ... Austrian Airlines (Österreichische Luftverkehrs AG) is the international airline carrier of Austria, based in Vienna. ... Finnair McDonnell Douglas MD-11 Finnair A320-200 Finnair is Finlands biggest airline and the national flag carrier. ... The Amadeus Global Travel Distribution System is an electronic reservation system. ...

Opodo has separate gateways for several of the countries within which it operates, for example the gateway for United Kingdom customers is at http://www.opodo.co.uk while that for Spanish customers is at http://www.opodo.es.

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