Northwest Sues Sabre for Breach of Contract

Northwest Sues Sabre for Breach of Contract 


MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 25  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines
(NASDAQ:NWAC) today announced that it filed a lawsuit earlier today against
Sabre Travel Network (NYSE:TSG) in the U.S. District Court for the District of
Minnesota.

In a news release issued on Aug. 24, Sabre announced that it instituted
measures that will make it more difficult for travel agents to view Northwest
flights and sell Northwest tickets.

The airline's suit alleges that Sabre's bias action against Northwest flights
in the airline schedules it provides to travel agents are in breach of the
contact Sabre signed with Northwest in July of 2003.  That agreement
specifically prohibits the bias imposed by Sabre yesterday.

"Sabre has clearly breached our contract with the actions they initiated on
Aug. 24," said Al Lenza, vice president of distribution and e-commerce.

The federal lawsuit seeks damages to compensate Northwest for the impact on its
business resulting from Sabre's actions.

"The bias they have imposed against Northwest flights are denying the flying
public a fair and complete choice of both schedules and fares," Lenza added.

On Aug. 24, Northwest Airlines announced steps to align its distribution costs
with those of the low-cost carriers it increasingly is competing with for
customers.

Northwest Airlines is the world's fifth largest airline with hubs at Detroit,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and approximately 1,500
daily departures.  Northwest and its travel partners serve nearly 750 cities in
almost 120 countries on six continents. 

DATASOURCE: Northwest Airlines



CONTACT:  Northwest Media Relations, [phone]



Web site:  http://www.nwa.com/ 

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