concluding contentious
negotiations in which BA
threatened to revoke content access. The deal,
effective immediately, gives Travelport subscribers "access to published
fares and inventory on all British Airways, Iberia and Iberia Express
flights," according to Travelport. "In addition, the airlines will
continue to work with Travelport to add ancillary content." Travelport
also noted the airlines, subsidiaries of International Airlines Group, will
"trial" the Rich Content and Branding module of Travelport's
Merchandising Platform, which "allows airlines to control how their
content and ancillaries are visually presented and described to travel agents,
much in the same way as on their own websites," according to Travelport.