Amadeus Acquires Kambr to Expand Its Revenue Management Offer for Airlines

Amadeus today announces the acquisition of Kambr, a three-year-old startup based in Minnesota (US), and which specializes in providing revenue management solutions for airlines. This is the natural evolution of the relationship between the two companies as Kambr, and its revenue management solution, was already a key partner of Navitaire since 2021.

Kambr’s offer is known in the market for its ease of use, speed and simplicity, providing actionable recommendations to airlines that deliver real impact on their revenue. Combined with the power of the Altéa revenue management capabilities, airlines will have a simpler, more powerful and integrated platform to guide them in their revenue management decisions.

Dave Evans, CEO, Navitaire, an Amadeus company says: "Last year, we decided to start working more closely with Kambr’s team. We have been very impressed by the quality and simplicity of its technology for our low-cost and hybrid carrier customers. This acquisition will result in an even simpler user interface based on agile, cloud-based technology.”

Cyril Tétaz, EVP, Altéa, Amadeus says: “Kambr is a great cultural, business and technical fit for Amadeus. By combining Kambr's airline revenue management expertise and intuitive workflows to the Altéa offering based on advanced science, we will further enhance our offer optimization proposition for carriers."

Jason Kelly, CEO, Kambr says: "Airlines need simple and effective revenue management solutions that provide actionable insights. By combining the agility and simplicity of Kambr's solutions with the expertise and technical excellence of Amadeus, we believe that airlines now have the right tools to successfully develop their revenue and offer optimization strategy. For Kambr and our team, this is a unique opportunity to grow faster and we are excited to be part of Amadeus.”

“Having a tool as open and flexible as Kambr’s Eddy solution will help us increase revenue for existing products and create more business opportunities through leveraging synergies in the ecosystem, which is especially important in today’s rapidly changing environment,”

Paul Carroll

Head of Route Revenue, AirAsia

"Revenue management is on the cusp of transformation. Airlines need systems that embrace new data and technology and manage the entire commercial process. Kambr has the domain expertise and vision to deliver this future."

Steven Greenway

Former President, Swoop

"Just wanted to personally say how much I enjoy reading Kambr Media articles. Every time it comes into my inbox, I stop and read. I have started passing along to my staff as well."

Melissa Skluzacek

Director - Trading & Revenue Management, easyJet

"Kambr Advisory provided us with fantastic preparation for the evolution of our business model. They studied our operations in detail and have provided value behind many of our commercial decisions on many fronts. And finally, their training program was practical, extremely useful and proved to be a memorably appreciated occasion for the team. It was more impactful than we ever imagined."

Olcay Türker

CFO, Corendon Airlines

“AirAsia’s strategy and commitment to continually embrace greater innovation demands a world-class solution. One of the unique features of Kambr’s platform is its flexibility. You can achieve incremental improvement without having to rip out your entire tech stack and endure a painful implementation phase.”

Amanda Woo

Chief Commercial Officer, AirAsia

“Kambr has a strong product vision which fits well with our strategic objectives. The integration of Amadeus real-time data has led to significant productivity gains.” In addition, we highly value the Kambr team’s expertise and support.”

Kirill Skuratov

First Deputy General Director, Ural Airlines

"Kambr shared their idea for developing a system that could incorporate real decision-making capabilities, not just move old methods into the cloud. It's more user-friendly, it's more automatic. It’s a system that allows you to conduct actions with a few clicks instead of having to navigate through multiple screens."

Pablo Pavón

Head Revenue Management & Network Planning, Sky Airline

“When building our digital retailing infrastructure, Kambr was the only real solution for us because of their innovative approaches to pricing and revenue management. Where others see it too difficult or not possible, Kambr sees solutions and unique opportunities to lead commercial aviation forward.”

Tonje Wikstroem Frislid,

CEO, Flyr

“We selected Kambr’s Eddy software because of its versatility, ability to work with other systems and data and its automation capability.”

Melody Keung

Deputy Director Commercial of HK Express

“As a new airline, we need freedom, flexibility, and collaboration from our technology partners so that we can be lean and agile, without sacrificing speed."

Myeongseob Yoo

Air Premia CEO