[UPDATE, Dec. 5, 2022: American and Sabre resolved this litigation, The Beat reported in November.] American Airlines took Sabre to court over the latter’s new deal with Delta. Filed Tuesday afternoon in Texas, the breach of contract suit alleges that Sabre’s new storefront favors Delta by “omitting, hiding or misrepresenting American’s products.” The airline also…
Under Delta’s new, three-year full content agreement with Sabre, the airline will pay the global distribution system provider more for bookings that bring in more revenue and less for those that don’t. They claimed an industry first and said corporate travel buyers who want access to the lowest fares would continue to have it. The…
An agreement announced this week between Lufthansa Group and Sabre, parties with a contentious and litigious shared history, implied a mutually beneficial path forward for airlines and global distribution systems. However, there are many unknowns, and not everyone will be a winner. If Lufthansa and Sabre can agree on GDS distribution of ancillary services and…
Leisure travel bookings continue to recover faster than corporate, which remains down 80 percent year over year, according to Sabre. Speaking with analysts on Friday, Sabre president and CEO Sean Menke said, “We don’t see corporate bookings starting to recover until 2021.” He pointed to intense focus on duty of care and the impact of…
[UPDATE, May 8, 2020: Sabre opted not to pursue financial relief via the CARES Act loan program for the aviation industry. Following a $1.1 billion capital raise in mid-April and plans to cut $325 million in costs, “we believe our current liquidity is sufficient for more than a year and a half, even in a…
The preeminent mechanism for crunching data on corporate deals may be getting long in the tooth. Airlines weren’t totally comfortable when the independent company that built it sold to Sabre about eight years ago. As demonstrated by court testimony last month, at least some airlines remain loathe to have Sabre own important components of their…
Wilmington, Del. — Sabre has entertained the idea of charging airlines lower prices for bookings made through NDC-compliant connections than it does for those made traditionally. The information emerged here Thursday during testimony at the United States of America v. Sabre trial. According to evidence presented in the trial, American, Delta and United as of…
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