A few weeks ago, we noted a significant shift in American Airlines’ web site
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, and today we might have learned a reason for the change.Tribune business reporter Julie Johnsson writes this afternoon that a judge allowed American to sever its ties with Orbitz, blocking the online travel agency from selling tickets on the nation’s third-largest airline.
As Johnsson notes, “critics charge American’s aim is to steer more passengers to American’s Web site, AA.com, and to ultimately make it more difficult for consumers and travel agencies to compare its prices with those of other airlines.”
American says it wants to change the way its tickets are distributed as a cost-saving measure. Either way, American apparently won’t be turning up on your Orbitz searches in the very new future (though I just checked and it’s still there for now).
See Johnsson’s full story here.
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