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Posted Nov 21, 2011
Although Sabre reportedly could go public in a couple of years, today's market doesn't have much of an appetite for a GDS initial public offering, a couple of financial types said last week at the PhoCusWright conference in Hollywood, Fla.
Posted Jun 22, 2011
For those keeping score at home, we have posted this hopefully handy chart of deadlines for U.S. airline-global distribution system participation agreements. To include the months of expiration would be a bit onerous, but you get the picture.
We'll update this post as results come in. Let us know if you can fill in any blanks...
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Amadeus |
Sabre |
Travelport |
| AirTran |
ND |
2011 |
ND |
| Alaska Airlines |
2011 |
2011 |
2011 |
| American Airlines |
ND |
2012 |
2012 |
| Delta Air Lines |
ND |
2013 |
2013 |
| JetBlue |
ND |
2012 |
2012 |
| Southwest Airlines |
NP |
ND |
2017 |
| United Airlines |
2013 |
2013 |
2013 |
| US Airways |
2011 |
ND |
2012 |
ND = Not Disclosed
NP = Not Participating
Sources: GDS company statements, industry sources, The Beat |
Posted Apr 5, 2011
While there are a lot of details we'd all like to know, this release clearly supports the idea that the airlines' push to migrate from the traditional method of distributing information is not limited by technology.
Posted Mar 10, 2011
The unintended consequences of airline direct connect adoption for the travel agency: improved productivity, reduced cost of operations and greater control of their destiny.
What? That can't be true. Direct connect is supposed to increase costs for all and cause massive loss of agency productivity. That's what we've been hearing, right?
But what if that isn't true? What if, with adoption of some of the direct connects, the travel agency is instead the biggest beneficiary? How can this be?
Posted Jan 25, 2011
Nobody knows what the ultimate outcome of the current American-GDS-agency flap will be. From informal discussions I've had with travel managers and TMCs, it seems like most folks think--and hope--that the problem will resolve itself in the pending round of GDS negotiations, similar to the way the GDS New Entrants (GNEs) evaporated after the last round.
I'm not so sure. Try this sanity check.
Posted Nov 7, 2010
This whole issue is not only becoming a little tedious but also beginning to build like a volcano about to erupt. We have had quite a few years of the dormant stage but now the tremors are getting longer, bigger and more frequent.
Posted Jul 27, 2010
Now that the Google acquisition has been announced a great deal speculation has emerged as far as Google’s intentions. Given the fact that regulatory approval is required and that the deal has not been completed, ITA itself has been unable to speculate on Google’s strategy. Google has devoted some energy in stating that it will not become a seller of travel, but hasn’t disclosed specifics on their plans other than stating that it will improve the consumer shopping experience.
Posted Jul 27, 2010
If you want to place blame for tarmac delays, bad airline customer service, and nickel & diming fees -- look no further than how you yourself purchase plane tickets. As consumers, we choose to purchase services based on any number of criteria that are important to us. In return, suppliers of these services cater their strategies to try to meet our needs and win that business.
If we purchase things as a commodity, it will get sold as a commodity. Plain and simple.
Posted Jun 25, 2010
Posted May 12, 2010
Farelogix is highly supportive of management and settlement standards being developed around the merchandising process. We have been the leaders in developing the first ARC certified EMD (both EMD-A and EMD-S), which is in full accordance to the IATA reporting standard. Farelogix merchandising solutions also fully support ATPCO fare filings if airlines opt to use ATP instead of alternative merchandising solutions in the market.
However, Farelogix is concerned about the recent announcement to extend the "standards movement" to the actual airline product definition and sales process.
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