This week’s featured link:
Sabre Agrees to Pilot New Technologies With American Airlines and Other Travel Giants – Skift
Distribution-giant Sabre spent a long, long time fighting against the use of NDC to modernize airline distribution, but under Sean Menke, the company has finally lurched forward and joined the party. That’s a good thing, because it would have been left behind if it continued down its previous self-destructive path. This announcement shows Sabre partnering with the right people to try to make the changes that airlines and agencies have pushed for time and time again. Considering the company’s track record, I won’t believe this until I see it, but for the first time I’m cautiously optimistic. Sabre is a tough company to change, but it feels like there’s progress being made for the better.
Two for the road:
Pittsburgh sues OneJet for $763k+ due to contract breach – ch-aviation
It looks like OneJet’s plan to take advantage of generous airport/city support has run into a snag. OneJet pulled out of most of its Pittsburgh markets (or didn’t start them) before it was allowed to, and now Pittsburgh wants its money back. It gets worse, yesterday the acquisition of Ultimate Jetcharters fell through. This isn’t sounding good at all.
WOW Air seeks investors – iceland monitor
WOW is private, so we don’t know much about its performance… until now. It’s losing money, unsurprisingly, and it needs to raise more. What I’d like to know is whether it makes money during the summer and then loses it all in the winter OR if it just doesn’t make money at any time. It’s hard to know if there’s a sustainable airline buried in there or not without seeing more detail.
