Etihad Airways and Sabre announced a full-content distribution deal,

connected to a $1 billion agreement for the UAE carrier to use systems furnished by Sabre Airline Solutions. Effective Jan. 1, 2012, the content deal will provide to Sabre global distribution system-connected travel agencies access to Etihad's flight and schedule information. Sabre Airline Solutions by February 2013 will provide software for Etihad's "reservations, inventory, marketing, planning, e-commerce, distribution and departure control operations," according to the airline. "It will be the single largest technology-enabled business change that Etihad Airways will undertake in a decade.