Sabre has extended its relationship with Aegean Airlines so the carrier can sell pre-paid baggage through Sabre-connected travel agencies.
Agents should be in a position to view the discounted pre-paid baggage option at both the shopping and pricing stage of a fare search.
The two companies have already got a multi-year distribution agreement in place that offers agents access to the airline’s fares, schedules and inventory.
Dimitris Gerogiannis, managing director of Aegean Airlines, said: “It is critical that modern airlines maximize revenues generated by the sale of ancillary services.
“Sabre’s global reach into the travel industry community allows us to take action by putting our fares and the pre-paid baggage option on agency desktops all over.”
David Gross, senior vp of Sabre Supplier Distribution, said: “Aegean Airlines recognizes the price of having the ability to market and sell products, including ancillaries, to millions of travellers worldwide.
“We’re seeing more carriers turn to ancillary products to enhance their revenues, and decide to sell through Sabre’s high-yield marketplace.
“It’s a local within which we’ve made significant investments so airlines can market and sell their products, and so agents can improve efficiency and repair by booking and fulfilling tickets and ancillaries together, while capturing data for his or her corporate customers.”
Aegean has chosen to sell its ancillaries through Sabre using industry technology standards developed by ATPCo and IATA. The electronic miscellaneous document (EMD) allows an agent to efficiently purchase an airline’s ancillary products on behalf of shoppers within the same way they’d a base airfare.
Sabre provides both the airline and the agency a straightforward and efficient strategy to manage the sale and buy of recent airline ancillary products, while also providing travellers with complete transparency as they may be able to see the whole cost of the fare and extras.
Aegean joins a listing of world airlines, including Alitalia, Air New Zealand, Finnair and US Airways already selling ancillary products through Sabre.
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