Travelport hits back at AA’s “ludicrous†lawsuit
Travelport says that it intends to vigorously defend a “ludicrous and meritless” antitrust lawsuit filed by American Airlines.
In a statement, Travelport said, “AA’s antitrust complaint contains significant factual inaccuracies, including, for example, wrongly stating that Galileo, a Travelport GDS platform, operates in the United States – which it has never done.
“There are also many disparaging comments about Travelport’s technology which are not borne out by facts.
“The complaint also finds fault with Travelport/AA’s longstanding distribution agreement – through which AA benefits from significant discounts – some five years after its initiation and at a time of renewal.”
Travelport said AA is seeking to limit consumer choice in shopping for fares and to limit consumer access to other relevant data.
“Travelport believes this lawsuit is merely another attempt by AA to gain bargaining leverage through litigation.
“AA’s unfortunate choice to litigate frivolous positions, rather than engage in fair and constructive negotiations, leaves Travelport with no alternative except to defend these claims vigorously and to take all appropriate legal action,” the company said.
American Airlines has accused Travelport with violations of federal antitrust laws in a new lawsuit filed against the GDS company and Orbitz in a US federal court in Fort Worth.
American has accused Travelport of exerting “monopoly power” over airlines because it effectively controls access to many of the end users of American’s products and services.
American said if a GDS increases its booking fees or takes other actions against an airline, the airline has “little ability” to shift bookings made by its subscribers for their clients to another GDS.
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