Prospectus Summary
The following summary is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed information appearing elsewhere in this Prospectus. Unless otherwise indicated, references in this Prospectus to the "Company" and "Galileo International" mean, at all times prior to the time of the consummation of the Offering, Galileo International Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries (the "Galileo Partnership") and, at all times thereafter, Galileo International, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries. Unless otherwise indicated, the information set forth in this Prospectus assumes no exercise of the U.S. Underwriters' over-allotment option.
Prior to the Offering, the Company was owned by direct or indirect subsidiaries of 11 major North American and European airlines: United Airlines, British Airways, Swissair, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines ("KLM"), US Airways, Alitalia, Olympic Airways, Air Canada, Aer Lingus, TAP Air Portugal and Austrian Airlines. The term "airline stockholders," when used in this Prospectus in the context of direct and immediate ownership of any equity interest in the Company, means such subsidiaries. When used in any other context, including commercial arrangements with the Company, the term "airline stockholders" may mean such airlines, such subsidiaries or any of their respective affiliates, as the context may require. No reference in this Prospectus to the "airline stockholders" or any such airline is intended to create the implication that any person other than such subsidiaries directly and immediately owns any equity interest in the Company attributed to the applicable airline stockholder. Those airline stockholders that are selling shares of Common Stock in the Offering are referred to in this Prospectus as the "Selling Stockholders." See "Principal and Selling Stockholders."