Jay Boehmer

"We did some damage to ourselves with our sales and distribution strategy," American Airlines CEO Robert Isom said Thursday. He addressed efforts to rebuild trust in the market, compete more aggressively with Delta Air Lines and United Airlines for corporate and agency business and regain historical levels of indirect-channel share. The airline's executives spoke of progress, but recognized its efforts will take more than a year to pay off.

The U.S. Department of Justice's Antitrust Division and the U.S. Department of Transportation on Thursday launched a sweeping public inquiry into the state of competition in the air travel industry.

Early this month, amid rumors that Serko was buying GetThere, a Serko official stated that the company "does not comment on speculation or rumors." Sabre echoed as much in its own statement. Sometimes the rumors are true, as both companies confirmed the deal on Monday.

Frontier Airlines effective this month has exited the Sabre global distribution system, the companies confirmed. At the same time, the airline is working to make New Distribution Capability-based connections active with third-party travel sellers, including corporate travel outlets.

Air Canada is in the midst of launching continuous pricing, beginning in select North American markets, and plans to make it available across a "majority of markets by early 2025," the airline noted in a memo to travel agencies.

American Express Global Business Travel for the third quarter reported "strong" transaction growth among global multinational clients and "muted" growth in the small-and-midsize customer segment, CEO Paul Abbott said Tuesday during the travel management company's quarterly financial results call.

The U.K. Competition and Markets Authority on Wednesday provisionally found that American Express Global Business Travel's planned acquisition of CWT is likely to reduce competition in the business travel agency market for global multinational customers.

Airline bookings handled through Amadeus'global distribution system during the third quarter rose 4.4 percent year over year to 117.5 million, backed by a stronger demand environment, particularly in Asia, and "continued high NDC booking growth," Amadeus travel unit president Decius Valmorbida said last week during the company's third-quarter results call.

Four years ago, American Express Global Business Travel acquired travel-focused AI and natural-language startup 30SecondsToFly. After developing AI at the world's largest travel management company, 30SecondsToFly co-founder Riccardo Vittoria is back for another bite at the apple—or maybe another fruit—with Acai Travel.

Ryanair's fare and ancillary content late last month went live in Concur Travel through a direct connection. While the Irish low-cost carrier's bookings for now do not include a client-paid surcharge, one is on the docket for 2025, according to a post from the T&E tech provider.