Skift Take
After years of bickering, marketing spin and battles for the hearts and minds of travel agents, American Airlines and Sabre settled their protracted dispute apparently after airing their dirty linen out in the open was too much to take.
After less than a week of airing their battles out in the open in a Texas state court, Sabre American Airlines said today that they settled their court and contract disputes and renewed their global distribution services agreements for multiple years.
Under the agreement, Sabre makes a monetary payment to American, the airline continues to pursue its direct-connect initiative (which some argue would bypass Sabre and other GDSs), and the two parties agreed that "American has also agreed to negotiate with Sabre for additional technology services in the future."
Terms of the settlement and distribution agreemen
