Sirena-Travel global distribution system (GDS) is a network of software and hardware connected to the airlines' reservations system (Sirena-2000, Sirena-2.3, Gabriel, Sabre, or Amadeus) thus providing a ‘neutral’ display of data on flight schedules, flight availability and tariffs, and allowing travel agencies connected to Sirena-Travel GDS to book flights with a great number of Russian and international airlines.

Besides, Sirena-Travel GDS provides solutions for the following objectives:

• design a ‘neutral’ interface
• standardize the automated booking procedures;
• facilitate the control of airlines, seat resources and tariffs;
• simplify the techniques and methods of air transportation arrangements;
• raise the efficiency of settlement payment procedure for air transportation services

Sirena-Travel is a sole accredited automatic distribution system in Russia. Its functional characteristics meet the IATA requirements for distributive systems, conform to the operation principals of the leading GDS taking into account the needs and distinguishing features of Russian and CIS air transport market. Sirena-Travel GDS operation is based on the international standards for integration with the world travel and tourism infrastructure.

Sirena-Travel GDS:

• enables sales and reservations of flights at any terminal for both agents of the contracting and non-contracting airlines, irrespective of the data transfer network the terminal is connected to;
• collects and stores the information on flight schedules, seats availability, tariffs and terms of their application for airlines in Russia and CSI. This data is automatically maintained in Sirena-2000 reservation centers;
• compiles the information on all procedures, which enables the agents to use the data for writing reports, organize settlement payments between agencies and airlines, and between Sirena-Travel GDS and reservation centers of relevant airlines;
• booking flights for non-contracting agencies, the system uses the stored information to display a neutral window, which arranges and displays information on flights of Russian and CSI carriers in the following order:
  • depending on the number of landings/touchdowns between the place of departure and arrival; 
  • according to the time of departure
• enables interactive booking and sale of flights of the air carriers that store their data on available seats in the GDS Gabriel, Amadeus, and Sabre etc.