Qatar Airways enters into a distribution agreement with Sabre with a focus on NDC

2021: Agreement for Sabre GDS Site Access Agreement

On September 8, 2021, Sabre Corporation announced that together with the international airline Qatar Airways, they agreed to conclude a multi-year distribution agreement that will provide access to air carrier content through a trading platform (Sabre GDS).

Qatar Airways intends to strengthen its partnership with Sabre and take advantage of Sabre's global reach and position in corporate tourism to offer its products to travelers around the world. Thanks to this agreement, Qatar Airways will be able to distribute its NDC offers using Sabre distribution capabilities (NDC), which provide an integrated workflow with integration into the current operational activities of travel agencies.

This approach to retail is necessary in order to meet the expectations of travelers in terms of flexibility and personalization of services, "said Roshan Mendis, commercial director of Sabre Travel Solutions. - We aim to help Qatar Airways expand retail opportunities so that the airline can distribute personalized offers to corporations and agencies around the world through the Sabre trading platform. The cooperation of the market players is important for the restoration of the travel industry, and I am glad that we are in the final stages of concluding a sustainable agreement with Qatar Airways, beneficial for all participants in the tourism ecosystem.

Sabre technologies will allow Qatar Airways to promote and implement a large line of tariffs on the Sabre global trading floor. It covers more than 425,000 travel agencies as of September 2021 and is one of the world's largest trading platforms with a turnover of more than 120 billion. United States dollars

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During the pandemic, Qatar Airways carried out flights on an agreed schedule, and as of September 2021 its route network includes more than 140 destinations.