Abacus China

Abacus China began our presence in 1995 with the opening of a Representative Office in Beijing - a major step in establishing a foothold in China market. The objectives then were to build relationships with the Civil Aviation Authority of China and to gain the participation of the Chinese carriers in Abacus reservation system. A total of eight Chinese Carriers (with three major Groups) have since participated under the Abacus Airline Participation Agreement, making Abacus being the GDS with the most participating Chinese carriers as compared to our competitors. They are:

• Air China Group
  (consists of Air China, Southwest Airline, ZheJiang Airline)
• China Eastern Group
  (consists of China Eastern, Yunnan Airlines, Northwest Airlines)
• China Southern Group
  (consists of China Southern, Northern Airlines, XingJiang Airlines)
• Shanghai Airlines, FM
• Xiamen Airlines, MF
• Shangdong Airlines, SC
• Shenzhen Airlines, ZH
• Hainan Airlines, HU
• Sichuan Airlines, 3U

In 1999, Abacus established an office in Shanghai to support the Eastern China market. Another office in Guangzhou was subsequently established in May 2000
and Shenzhen office in Dec 2005 to extend our presence into the Southern China region, thus providing comprehensive service and support to the entire China.

Abacus & TravelSky

In February 2001, TravelSky is formed by Civil Aviation Authority of China (CAAC) and the Chinese carriers with the IPO in Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Abacus/Sabre was invited to be one of the Strategic Partners for TravelSky with an investment during their IPO debut.

Currently TravelSky is hosting all the Chinese Carriers in China and is the only approved reservations system in China for domestic and international bookings.