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Corp Travel Agencies Face More Airfare Uncertainty as Carriers Miss Distribution Deal Deadlines

Matthew Parsons
Air France A350

Photo Credit: Air France-KLM struck a private channel agreement with Amadeus in 2018. Airbus SAS

Skift Take

The juries are still out over whether airlines and the global distribution systems will kiss and make up soon. Corporate travel agencies will be hoping it won't be much longer though, otherwise some may face the prospect of having to explain higher airfares to their clients.

Two of Europe's biggest airline groups still don't see eye to eye with global distribution systems it seems. Lufthansa and Air-France KLM are continuing to debate their relationships with Sabre and Amadeus, respectively. On June 30, Sabre was due to end its distribution deal with Lufthansa Group, which also includes Austrian Airlines, Swiss and Brussels Airlines. The end of the deal could cause confusion ove

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