Travelport GDS today announced that it has signed full-content agreements with Lufthansa and Swiss International Air Lines that safeguard the Galileo- and Worldspan-connected agencies in Austria, Germany, Lichtenstein and Switzerland that participate in the carriers' Preferred Fares programs against carrier assessment of global distribution system surcharges. The agreements are effective July 1 and run until the end of 2011.
Earlier this month, a similar agreement was announced by Sabre Travel Network to shield subscribers from the €4.90 per-way surcharge plus value added tax on fares booked through indirect channels for some of the markets beginning July 1 and others later this year
(BTNonline, May 7).