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British Airways Joins Sabre DCA Three-Year Option
Move Provides Three Year Commitment From Airline to Sabre GDS, Reduces BA
Distribution Costs and Automatically Gives Sabre GDS Users Access to All BA
Fares
SOUTHLAKE, Texas, Jan. 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Sabre Travel Network, a
Sabre Holdings company, today announced that British Airways has joined its
Direct Connect Availability (DCA) Three-Year Option. This program commits the
carrier to a three-year term at the highest level of participation in the Sabre
global distribution system (GDS) in exchange for a reduced booking fee, fixed
for three years.
"This innovative program helps us significantly lower our distribution costs,
while ensuring that Sabre Connected travel agents automatically have access to
the full range of British Airways fares," said Dale Moss, director of sales
worldwide at British Airways. "By making all our published fares available
through the Sabre GDS we are making agents as competitive as any of our other
sales and distribution channels."
The move by British Airways, the first major European carrier to participate in
the program, brings to 24 the number of airlines participating in the DCA
Three-Year Option, including all of the 'Big Six' US carriers.
When selling seats through the Sabre GDS, airlines select one of several levels
of participation in the system. DCA is the highest level of Sabre GDS
participation and provides airlines with the widest range of services to market
and sell their products. The Three-Year Option was introduced for bookings made
in the United States in October 2002, and was extended in April 2003, to include
bookings made in Europe.
Airlines signing the DCA Three-Year Option agree to provide all Sabre users with
all their published fares. This includes published fares that the airlines sell
through any third-party Web site or their own Web sites and reservation offices.
Sabre Connected agents do not need to opt in for this access. In return, Sabre
Travel Network reduces its booking fee and fixes this rate for three years.
"The DCA Three-Year Option is a win-win-win for all parties," said John Stow,
president of Sabre Travel Network. "British Airways significantly lowers its
distribution costs, travel agencies are able to enhance their competitiveness
and customer service, travelers gain wide access to key British Airways fares,
including Web fares, through the channel of their choice and Sabre Travel
Network gains a three year commitment from the airline. In addition, through
this agreement, Sabre Connected agencies in the U.K. gain competitive advantage
through automatic access to all fares with no imposed supplements."
About the program - how it works:
-- Participating airlines commit to the highest level of participation
in the Sabre GDS (DCA level) for three years.
-- Participating airlines provide all Sabre GDS users broad access to
schedules, seat availability and published fares, including Web fares
and other promotional fares, but excluding opaque fares and private
discounts.
-- Participating airlines furnish generally the same customer perks and
amenities to passengers booked through the Sabre GDS as those
afforded through other GDSs.
-- Sabre Travel Network provides participating airlines with a reduction
to their current applicable DCA booking fee.
-- Sabre Travel Network fixes the DCA booking fee rate for three years.
About Sabre Travel Network
Sabre Travel Network, a Sabre Holdings company, provides access to the world's
leading global distribution system (GDS) and products and services enabling
agents at more than 56,000 agency locations worldwide to be travel experts.
Originally developed in 1960, the Sabre GDS was the first system to connect the
buyers and sellers of travel. Today the system includes more than 400 airlines,
approximately 60,000 hotels, 53 car rental companies, nine cruise lines, 36
railroads and 232 tour operators.
Sabre Holdings Corporation (NYSE:TSG) is a world leader in travel commerce,
retailing travel products and providing distribution and technology solutions
for the travel industry. More information about Sabre Holdings is available at
http://www.sabre-holdings.com/
Statements in this release which are not purely historical facts, including
statements about traveler confidence in obtaining competitive airline rates from
all Sabre distribution channels and airlines' acceptance of the new
participation level, or other statements about anticipations, beliefs,
expectations, hopes, intentions or strategies for the future, may be forward-
looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements are based upon
information available to Sabre Holdings on the date this release was issued.
Sabre Holdings undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise. Any forward-looking statements involve risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual events or results to differ materially
from the events or results described in the forward-looking statements,
including risks or uncertainties related to: the computer reservation system
rules proposed by the Department of Transportation; Sabre Holdings' revenues
being highly dependent on the travel and transportation industries; airlines
limiting their participation in travel marketing and distribution services; and
structural changes within the travel industry, such as the financial instability
or bankruptcy of many of the air carriers. Sabre Holdings may not succeed in
addressing these and other risks. Further information regarding factors that
could affect our financial and other results can be found in the risk factors
section of our most recent filing on Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
DATASOURCE: Sabre Travel Network
CONTACT: Nanci Williams of Sabre Holdings Corporation, +1-682-605-2271,
or
Web site: http://www.sabre-holdings.com/