In August 2009, Sirena-Travel GDS was accredited in IATA BSP Russia and got the right to issue tickets of airlines members of IATA BSP Russia. Successful collaboration of Sirena-Travel with Travelport, one of the world's largest global distribution systems, enabled to implement the idea of integrating the Russian air travel market into the international information and technology space, and provided the framework for creating Sirena-Travel International project.

1. What is Sirena-Travel International?

Sirena-Travel International is a product of a strategic partnership between Sirena-Travel JSC and Travelport.
As part of the project, the companies implemented online interaction between Sirena-Travel GDS and Galileo GDS. The aim of this project is to increase the opportunities of international airline tickets’ sales in the Russian Federation from Sirena-Travel terminals, and enable a deeper distribution of foreign airlines, presented in Galileo GDS.

2. Can any agent connect to Sirena-Travel International?

• Any agent that has a Sirena-Travel terminal can book international content in Sirena-Travel International
• Tickets can be issued:

- through IATA BSP service in the BSP session
- through interline technology in the session of airline

Therefore each travel agent must confirm his or her rights to use this or that form (for ticket issuing) in Sirena-Travel GDS.

3. How does Sirena-Travel International resource work?

 • Global travel content in Sirena-Travel International is available for viewing within standard terminal of Sirena-Travel GDS in any session, including a session of TCH
 • Booking and issuing of tickets of any foreign airline is accomplished using the set of commands and queries familiar to the agents working in Sirena-Travel GDS.

4. What Airlines have already become members of Sirena-Travel International?

• Sirena-Travel International allows you to book flights and arrange air travel with airlines members of IATA BSP Russia. List of airlines whose resources are available for booking and sale within this project is published and regularly updated in the relevant section
• Galileo GDS, containing resources of over 500 airlines (about 100 of them are current members of IATA BSP Russia), provides the content of international airlines for booking and sales from Sirena-Travel terminals
• The two airlines that first started selling their content through Sirena-Travel International are British Airways and Lufthansa
• The list of Airlines members of Sirena-Travel International Project is growing

5. What is the cost of booking segments of international flights in Sirena-Travel International for travel agents using Sirena-Travel GDS?

For users of Sirena-Travel GDS:
• connection to Sirena-Travel International is free of charge
• booking segments of international flights in Sirena-Travel International is free of charge

6. What degree of reliability and efficiency can one expect from air content booking and issuance through Sirena-Travel International?

• Galileo and Sirena-Travel systems provide online interaction of all segments of the given process, including connection to the airline's e-ticket server, and ensure highly qualitative performance and reliability in booking and e-ticket issuance processes
• E-tickets issued in Sirena-Travel International can be viewed in any other global distribution system (GDS), with which the airline has a link