Date: 01.15.01 Title: Europebyair.com and Amadues Announce International Partnership   PRINT THIS ARTICLE Press Releases For Immediate Release: Contact:Melinda Doto  Marketing Manager Office 1-602-685-4233 E-Mail: melinda@Europebyair.com Madrid and Paris – January 15, 2001 - Amadeus, a leading global distribution system (GDS) and technology provider to the travel industry and Europebyair.com, a leading travel site offering a full suite of European travel services announced today their new partnership to provide comprehensive travel products through a new B2B portal. Amadeus will provide Europebyair.com with its latest technology services including its new customised B2B platform “Corporate Traveller” which offers a low fare search product that allows subscribers to search efficiently for the best fares. Europebyair.com will complement these technology services with the best products in its portfolio of discounted travel products and technology support. Europebyair.com’s website is displayed in seven languages and offers thousands of discount airfares from 15 carriers operating within Europe and to and from Europe and the U.S. It was also announced that using the Amadeus online technology, Europebyair.com will power the travel section of a new B2B portal to be released in France in the coming weeks. This new generation of B2B marketplace will benefit from Amadeus´ advanced concept of electronic ticketing and corporate negotiated air fares and represents a milestone in the corporate travel sector in France. "We are fully committed to business to business e-commerce. Amadeus Corporate Traveller is the leading edge technology for business-to-employee portals, which companies are increasingly using to allow their employees to make their travel reservations online, while enforcing the company business rules. We are happy to see Europebyair.com benefiting from the Amadeus online technology offer. We are confident that this initiative will meet a great success on the small and medium enterprises market." declared Philippe Chérèque, Amadeus Senior Vice President, Corporate Strategy. “This partnership with Amadeus and our collaboration on this B2B unique project marks a major success for us in our continued expansion in France and in Europe”, said Gilbert Reveillon, Managing Director – Europe for Europebyair.com. “Clearly, by using Amadeus’s online technology, we will propel our growth in the European market. Amadeus has an outstanding reputation for quality and service,” added Reveillon. Notes to the Editors: Europebyair.com Europebyair.com offers its unique FlightPass for European bound travellers in North America and Asia and discount transatlantic fares, hotel accommodations and car rental services throughout Europe. Likewise, the “Euro Fiesta Fare” programme is also created to bring new horizons in the European travel landscape. For further information on europebyair.com contact: Gilbert Reveillon, Managing Director – Europe Europebyair.com Tel: +33 685 086 013 E-mail: greveillon@europebyair.com More information about europebyair.com is available at www.europebyair.com Amadeus Global Travel Distribution Amadeus is a leading global distribution system (GDS) and technology provider serving the marketing, sales and distribution needs of the world’s travel and tourism industries. Worldwide, Amadeus is chosen by more travel agency locations and processes more international travel reservations than any other GDS. Its comprehensive data network and database, amongst the largest of their kind in Europe, serve over 50,000 travel agency locations and more than 8,200 airline sales offices worldwide. Through the Amadeus System, travel agencies and airline offices are able to make bookings with some 500 airlines, representing more than 95 per cent of the world’s scheduled airline seats. The system also provides access to over 51,000 hotels, 46 car rental companies serving some 24,000 locations, as well as serving newer provider groups, including ferry, rail, cruise, insurance and tour operators. Amadeus is a significant provider of information technology and an enabler of e-commerce for the travel industry. Amadeus also delivers the powerful booking engine behind the web pages of more than 3,800 travel agencies, and over 60 Web sites serving 28 airlines. Additionally, it provides similar e-commerce solutions for partners including Gruppo L’Espresso (Italy) and Terra Lycos (Spain, Portugal and Latin America). Founded in 1987, and fully operational from 1992, Amadeus is headquartered in Madrid, Spain. Its data centre is in Erding (near Munich), Germany and its development offices are located in Sophia Antipolis (near Nice), France. The company has over 3,200 employees worldwide. For further information please contact: Corporate and Marketing Communication Amadeus Global Travel Distribution Tel : +34 91 582 0160 Fax : +34 91 582 0188 E-mail :info@amadeus.net More information about Amadeus is available at www.global.amadeus.net