However IASE quickly expanded. Distribution was extended to marine travel agents in other European territories and in 1995 IAS also took over the Offshore Oil and Gas industry travel market on behalf of KLM. In the same year a subsidiary was opened in Houston, USA - International Airline Services Americas (IAS Americas) - to handle the KLM marine and offshore product in the Americas.

In 1997 IASE commenced marine representation for Sabena Airlines in Europe and in 1998 opened a new subsidiary, this time in Manila, The Philippines - International Airline Services Asia (IAS Asia) - to represent the KLM marine product to travel agents throughout the Asian region.

In 1999 Emirates appointed IAS as its general sales agent for marine (GSA) in Europe and this was followed by by VLM Airlines and then Continental Airlines who also appointed IAS for the Americas.

In 2001 Alitalia appointed IAS to represent its marine product in the Americas.

In 2003 Charter flights on KLM Cityhopper became available for booking via IAS London (for all types of passengers).

In 2004 Kenya Airways and Air Europa appointed IAS as their worldwide GSA for marine and offshore.

In 2005 Aeroflot appointed IAS as its worldwide GSA for marine.

In 2006 Malaysia Airlines appointed IAS as its marine GSA in the Philippines and added the UK in 2007.

In 2007 Jet Airways and Etihad Airways appointed IAS as their worldwide GSA for marine. Czech Airlines appointed IAS as its European GSA for marine.

The Concept of IAS

The IAS Group provides the following services and benefits for its suppliers, KLM and partner airlines, Continental Airlines, Emirates, Aeroflot, Kenya Airways, Asiana Airlines, Jet Airways, Malaysia Airlines, Czech Airlines, Etihad Airways, Air France, Aeromexico, Alitalia, VLM Airlines and Air Europa - and its customers, marine and offshore travel agents.

• Expertise and market intelligence to formulate a competitive and user friendly fare structure for use by validated marine and offshore industry travellers. These fares are anchored in a single currency and are identical in all market territories.
• Reservation centres in London (Europe), Houston (The Americas) and Manila (Asia). These centres are linked to provide a 24/7 service to marine and offshore travel agents globally.
• Specialised staff in sales, reservations and accounting who are highly trained to meet the high level service requirements of the marine and offshore travel markets.
• Investment in unique technological solutions to handle the demands of different airlines, multiple reservation systems, and agent bespoke requirements.