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SW Signs With Galileo: Low-Cost Carrier's Content To Be More Widely Available.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 21-MAY-07 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Southwest Airlines last week signed a distribution agreement with Galileo, offering its published fares and inventory--not including exclusive Web fares--to subscribers of the global distribution system. The 10-year agreement is signed, but Southwest director of corporate sales Rob Brown said its content would not go live in the Galileo channel until later this year, as there's "still technical work that needs to be done to connect the two."

The deal gives Southwest more meaningful penetration in a channel it largely has shunned, except for limited participation in Sabre, while giving further access of its fares to corporate travelers.

Galileo and Southwest in a statement said subscribers will pay a fee to access content, but the carrier and GDS would not yet disclose the pricing, and even Galileo subscribers said they have not received specifics. "Details of the...

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