Centrav

What Centrav does

Centrav, Inc. is a privately held US airline consolidator founded in 1988 and headquartered in Burnsville, Minnesota. The company operates an online B2B booking platform (centrav.com) that sells discounted consolidator airfares exclusively to travel advisors, who resell to their end clients. Centrav is paid on a transaction/take-rate basis via markups on bulk-purchased airfare, with revenue supplemented by commissionable fare structures that allow advisors to earn commissions on certain ticket sales.

The core product is a point-and-click booking interface supporting round-trip, one-way, and multi-city searches across 77+ partner airlines in the SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld alliances, with fare categories spanning consolidator, published, commissionable, cruise, and student fares. Complementary tools include a Trip Builder for complex multi-city itineraries, a Group Request workflow for sports, corporate, humanitarian, and religious group bookings, and a My Bookings management portal. Centrav also operates Centrav Academy, an online certification program that trains advisors to become 'Centrav Air Specialists'.

The business model is sales-led and channel-focused: Centrav markets to its travel-advisor niche through educational content, webinars, social media, and certification programming rather than to retail consumers. The company is IATAN- and ARC-accredited, holds Seller of Travel registrations in California, Florida, Iowa, and Washington, and supports IATA's New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard. With 11–50 employees, no disclosed funding history, and 37 years of continuous operation, Centrav is a mature, founder/owner-operated specialist consolidator serving a global base of travel advisors.

Name

Centrav

Legal name

Centrav, Inc.

Website

https://centrav.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Centrav is a privately held US airline consolidator, founded in 1988, that provides travel advisors with a B2B online platform to book discounted airfares across 77+ partner airlines globally. It earns revenue through transaction-based consolidator markups and commissionable fare structures.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Airline Consolidation Services

NAICS

Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services (5615)

akta.pro primary industry

Online Booking & Reservation Platforms (B2B/B2C) (THALAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

IATA-Accredited Passenger Sales Agents (PSA) (THAKALAC), Commission, Incentives & Revenue Optimization (ARC/BSP, Overrides) (THALAGAI), Fare Management, Pricing & Shopping Engines (ATPCO/Offer) (THABAJAE)

Keywords

• Airline consolidation services
• Travel advisor platform
• Consolidator fare booking
• Group airfare booking
• Discounted airfare access

Headquarters

HQ city

Burnsville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Consolidator Fare Sales: Centrav operates as an airline consolidator, purchasing airfare in bulk from airlines at discounted rates and reselling to travel advisors at markup. Travel advisors then resell to end customers, earning profit margins based on the quality of contracts the consolidator has secured.
2. Commissionable Fares: Travel advisors earn commissions on certain fare types sold through the platform, generating recurring revenue opportunities for agents

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Centrav operates as an airline consolidator providing travel advisors with an online booking platform to purchase discounted airfare in bulk from 77+ contracted airlines and resell to their end clients at markup. The platform supports consolidator fares, commissionable fares, and published fares for both domestic and international travel, with specialized tools for multi-city itineraries and group bookings.

Product overview

Centrav is an airline consolidator platform that has served the travel advisor community since 1988. The core offering consists of the Centrav.com booking platform, which provides point-and-click access to millions of discounted airfares across hundreds of airlines worldwide. The platform includes complementary tools: Trip Builder for multi-city itineraries, Group Request for bulk bookings, and My Bookings for managing reservations. Fare products are categorized into Specialty Fares, Commissionable Fares, and Published Fares. Supporting services include Centrav Academy for advisor certification and a Knowledge Base for support resources.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Centrav Academy: Training and certification platform for travel advisors to become certified 'Centrav Air Specialists', offering courses on selling airfare and industry knowledge.

Products and services

• Centrav.com Booking Platform The main airline consolidator platform providing travel advisors access to millions of discounted airfares through a point-and-click booking interface. Allows booking of domestic and international air travel across hundreds of airlines for travel advisors who then resell to their clients.
• Trip Builder A multi-city flight search and itinerary building tool that enables travel advisors to construct complex routes with multiple destinations and flexible date searches.
• Group Request A service for requesting and booking group airfare, with options for various group types including leisure, corporate, sports teams, humanitarian, and religious groups.
• Centrav Academy An online certification program that trains travel advisors to become certified 'Centrav Air Specialists', teaching them to sell airfare for profit through the Centrav platform.
• Specialty Fares Specialized discounted airfare products offered through Centrav's consolidator relationships with airlines, available exclusively to registered travel advisors.
• Commissionable Fares Airfares that earn travel advisors commission on bookings, allowing agents to generate recurring revenue opportunities when selling air through the Centrav platform.
• Published Fares Standard published airfares available through the platform, as opposed to negotiated consolidator rates, providing travel advisors with full fare range access.

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and major.

• IATAN (International Airlines Travel Agent Network)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIATAN provides accreditation and industry credentialing for travel agents. Centrav promotes IATA/IATAN cards to its travel advisor users, and agents must be IATAN cardholders to access certain industry discounts and benefits through the Centrav platform.
• ARC (Airline Reporting Corporation)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerARC provides accreditation and financial settlement services for travel agencies. Centrav displays ARC accreditation as part of its trust signals for travel advisors using its platform.
• Lufthansa GroupmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentrav hosted a webinar featuring Lufthansa Group to educate travel advisors about Austrian Airlines and other Lufthansa Group carriers available through the Centrav platform.
• 77+ Partner AirlinescoreTechnology or IntegrationCentrav has contracts with over 77 airlines globally, providing travel advisors access to discounted consolidator fares across major alliances including SkyTeam, Star Alliance, and oneworld.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Traveltek: Traveltek is a UK-headquartered B2B travel technology provider offering booking platforms and content APIs (including air, hotel, and cruise) to travel agents and tour operators. It is one of the closest direct competitors to Centrav in serving travel advisors with aggregated air and travel inventory.
• Mystifly: Mystifly is an airfare consolidator and B2B flight booking platform serving travel agents, OTAs, and corporates across 80+ countries. Its consolidator-plus-tech model is highly comparable to Centrav's offering to travel advisors.

Emerging players

• Kiwi.com: Kiwi.com is a tech-led online travel seller with a strong virtual-interlining and NDC-heavy approach to air distribution. It overlaps with Centrav in offering agents and consumers alternative air-fare access, but with a more modern technology stack.
• Duffel: Duffel is a modern NDC-first API platform that lets travel agents and developers search, book, and manage flights directly with airlines. It is an emerging player reshaping how travel agents access air inventory, making it a direct next-generation competitor to Centrav's consolidator model.
• AirGateway: AirGateway is an NDC distribution and content platform that aggregates airline content for travel agencies and TMCs. It is an emerging player competing in the same NDC-for-advisors space Centrav is moving into.
• Travelopro: Travelopro is a B2B travel portal and API provider offering flight, hotel, and holiday booking platforms to travel agents and tour operators. It competes in the same consolidator-plus-portal niche as Centrav, particularly for small and mid-sized agencies.

Broad incumbents

• Amadeus: Amadeus is a major global GDS and travel technology provider serving airlines, travel agencies, and corporations. Like Sabre, it competes for the same travel-advisor technology wallet that Centrav targets, though at a much larger scale.
• Fareportal: Fareportal is a travel commerce platform operating consumer brands (CheapOair, OneTravel) and B2B air/hotel supply. Its hybrid B2B/B2C model and airfare aggregation capabilities make it an adjacent competitor serving overlapping travel-advisor demand.
• Sabre Corporation: Sabre operates one of the largest global GDSs used by travel agencies, airlines, and hotels. Centrav explicitly positions itself as a GDS-replacement for travel advisors, making Sabre a broad incumbent whose agent-base and content scale Centrav competes against indirectly.
• Travelport (now part of TPDL / Penrose): Travelport is a global GDS serving travel agents and online platforms with air, hotel, and car content. It is another major incumbent GDS that Centrav's advisor customers could otherwise use, making it a competitive reference point.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Facebookfacebook.com/centrav
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/569921

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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