American Airlines Questions GDS Content Sharing

American Airlines has questioned the announcement issued last week by Amadeus and Sabre to share content from airlines that might not participate in one of the two networks.

American said in a statement that it believes its contracts with Global Distribution System (GDS) providers prohibit redistributing and remarketing the airline's content among those systems. American confirmed that it would be requesting a further explanation of the agreement from both Sabre and Amadeus for this purpose.

“It’s greatly concerns us that this announcement by Sabre may indeed mislead travel agencies and professionals into falsely believing that the content issue facing the GDSs is solved by this arrangement,” said David Cush, American's Vice President and General Sales Manager.

“American Airlines has stated previously that it may not participate in all GDSs going forward. Furthermore, as we negotiate with the GDSs, American is committed to keeping travel professionals informed so that they can plan for maintaining full access to American’s fares,” said Cush.

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