Bodies, debris retrieved from Air France crash
Brazilian search crews on Saturday retrieved the first bodies from a crashed Air France flight in the Atlantic, and investigators said faulty speed readings had been found on the same type of jets. Navy ships found the bodies of two men and debris including a blue seat with a serial number matching Air France Flight 447, a rucksack containing a vaccination card, and a briefcase with an Air France ticket inside, rescue officials said.

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Lessno partner, Partners Software extends distribution deal with easyJet
Partners Software has extended the remit of its successful cooperation deal with easyJet, Europe’s 4th largest airline. The new agreement gives the German travel software business preferred rights to manage connections between approved travel agents and booking engine suppliers to the easyJet reservation system.
http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/31017-Partners-Software-extends-deal-with-easyJet

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Amadeus and ITA to display airline charges by end of 2009
The controversial ancillary charges levied by airlines are expected to be included in screen display by at least one GDS later this year. Amadeus said it hoped to have details of the various charges by each airlines alongside fares by the fourth quarter. Robert Buckman, Amadeus North America’s director airline distribution strategy said his IT company and ITA Software would be able to offer the content. ITA Software is an American based IT company and one of the so called GNEs - global new entries - which several years back threatened to challenge the supremacy of the GDSs. Mr Buckman said both Amadeus and ITA had been working “very hard” with other industry bodies, among them the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO) to perfect the software needed.
http://www.abtn.co.uk/news/1412478-airline-charges-appear-gds

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Sabre and Lufthansa extend content deal, shield from preferred fares program
The agreement extends the deal signed by the two parties last year which is due to expire at the end of June. The new deal, which will come into force on July 1, will continue to exempt the GDS’s agents in Germany, Austria and Switzerland from surcharges imposed under the airline’s controversial Preferred Fares Programme (PFP).

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Major European players join new industry association
The Brussels-based European Technology & Travel Services Association (ETTSA) has been established by a number of Europe’s leading travel intermediaries. Members include Amadeus, ebookers, Expedia, Opodo, Sabre - including its affiliate lastminute.com - and Travelport. Affiliated members include Booking.com.

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