Sabre Launches Pre-Paid Baggage Services for Air France-KLM

Sabre, a global technology company, has started selling pre-paid baggage for Air France-KLM. The airline has chosen to sell this ancillary product through Sabre using industry technology standards developed by ATPCo and IATA.

The electronic miscellaneous document standard allows an agent to efficiently purchase an airline’s ancillary products on behalf of travellers in the same way they would a base airfare. This helps airlines generate revenue by making their ancillary products broadly available and easy to buy in all channels.

Hamish Broom, Sabre’s commercial director for distribution in Europe, the Middle East and Africa, said the sale of ancillaries, such as pre-paid baggage, is an increasingly valuable revenue stream for airlines.

Broom said Air France-KLM’s decision to merchandise its ancillaries in Sabre shows the airline’s long-term commitment to an open marketplace for air travel, which benefits airlines, agencies, travel managers and travellers, ensuring travel shopping remains competitive, transparent and easy.

Air France-KLM joins a long list of airlines, including Finnair, Alitalia, Brussels Airlines and US Airways, that have chosen to offer ancillary services and bundled fares through Sabre’s travel marketplace and travel agencies.