Expedia and American patch things up
American Airlines and Expedia have made up after a row over online distribution.
The airline’s fares and schedules are now available on the website and its affiliate Hotwire.
Expedia had stopped selling AA flights at the start of this year when the two companies fell out over AA’s plans to push sales through its own website, rather than through the GDS.
The move angered the travel trade, who accused the airline of being anti-competitive.
A statement from the airline said Expedia plans to access American’s fares, schedules, and customised travel products and services "via American’s direct connect link by using aggregation technology provided by a GDS".
By Bev Fearis
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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