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DOT's GDS Dereg. plan to open the display bias door.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 26-APR-04
Format: Online - approximately 533 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The U.S. Department of Transportation's plan to allow global distribution system providers to bias their displays beginning in July (BTN Jan. 19) is generating discussion about possibilities ranging from some airlines paying GDSs for preferred displays to others entirely leaving certain systems.

"Because of deregulation, people think something new has happened where they can think about dropping out of a GDS, but airlines cannot afford to lose customers," said Worldspan chairman, president and CEO Rakesh Gangwal in a February...

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