Galileo, Air France Sign Full Content Airline Agreement

Cendant Travel Distribution Services (TDS) has signed an agreement with Air France to secure access to all the carrier´s fares until December, 2008.

With immediate effect, this agreement ensures that Galileo connected travel agencies worldwide will have full access to all available Air France fares, including their lowest classes and web fares, directly through the Galileo system.

“The agency distribution channel continues to play a pivotal role in our overall strategy and our agreement with Galileo International enables us to continue to serve this channel with the highest level of content, while at the same time allowing us to achieve our business goals”, said Henri Hourcade, vice president distribution and e-commerce at Air France.

The global fare parity with all direct sales channels will mean that Galileo-connected travel agents can be confident that the fares they offer their customers are the very best at a time when they are under increasing competitive pressure from the online channel, stated Cendant.