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JetBlue expands network, participates in GDSs.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 11-SEP-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
JetBlue plans by the end of December to have launched this year in 14 markets, many of which cater to business travelers. The carrier also recently signed distribution deals with Sabre and Galileo. JetBlue senior vice president of sales and marketing Tim Claydon recently spoke with BTN airline editor Jay Boehmer about how these and other initiatives are making the carrier more palatable to the corporate market.

BTN: Airlines have negotiated GDS pricing down. Did that play into JetBlue's decision to reevaluate its GDS position?

Tim Claydon: Most definitely. In this world of deregulation, there are a lot more creative solutions that can be provided by the GDSs. We never took a never-say-never approach to this. The last thing we've ever wanted to be accused of was having our head in the sand and not following what's going on around us. We've had good dialogue with the GDSs for all of our years of existence. Obviously, with the way our business is evolving and with what's happening in their space, it led to us to have a meeting of the minds.

BTN: It's not unprecedented. JetBlue in the past...

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