Amadeus and NVIDIA sign MoU to explore AI flight search

On October 21, 2026, Amadeus and NVIDIA signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to deepen their collaboration and explore how accelerated computing and travel-specific AI can support faster, more scalable flight search. According to a release on the Amadeus Newsroom, the two parties have already conducted preliminary technical evaluations and benchmarking on NVIDIA Hopper and Blackwell platforms, and have used NVIDIA CUDA to rework part of the flight search process so that multiple computations can run in parallel on GPUs. Business Travel News reported the same day that the new agreement will continue this work, ensuring flight search remains accurate and bookable as AI shopping evolves, and exploring cloud and infrastructure efficiency to address growing AI travel demand. PhocusWire reported the same day that the collaboration focuses on three areas: using accelerated computing to improve search speed and scalability, with preliminary tests on NVIDIA Hopper and Blackwell GPUs showing potential for improvements in response time and scalability; exploring the development of travel-specific foundation models; and using cloud computing resources more efficiently. The collaboration is currently at the MoU stage, and the reports did not disclose a specific implementation timeline or commercial deployment arrangements.