Expedia and American Airlines

American Airlines has reached an agreement with Expedia to restore the online travel company's access to its fares and schedule information.  The airline has been in a continuing feud since the beginning of the year with what is claimed to be the world’s largest organisation of its type regarding distribution costs and methods.

In January, Expedia dropped tickets for American Airlines from its listings, charging that the airline's new commercial strategy is "anti-consumer" and "anti-choice."

Expedia had stopped selling AA flights at the start of this year when the two companies fell out over AA’s plans to push sales through its own website, rather than through the GDS.

In a separate move Expedia, said it plans to split into two publicly traded companies through a proposed spin-off of its TripAdvisor business. www.aa.com www.expedia.com

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