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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