American Airlines and Sabre are to continue their temporary agreement giving agents and corporate access to the airline’s content on the global GDS.
AA said the agreement would run until 14 days after its anti-trust claim against the GDS is resolved in court in Texas sometime next year.
Derek DeCross, the airline’s vp global sales, told agents in a letter this week that so far no court date had been set for the hearing and that “legal proceedings could last well into 2012.”
He told agents that the agreement “ensures regular, uninterrupted access to our content through the Sabre GDS.”
A spokesman for Sabre said it was not so much that the agreement was being extended but merely being allowed to run until the court hearing was completed.
He said Sabre had promised clients there would be no disruption to services.
The dispute is about access to and distribution of AA’s inventory and fares.