Northwest Sues Sabre for Breach of Contract
August 25 2004 - 3:38PM
PR Newswire (US)
Northwest Sues Sabre for Breach of Contract MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 25
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Northwest Airlines (NASDAQ:NWAC) today
announced that it filed a lawsuit earlier today against Sabre
Travel Network (NYSE:TSG) in the U.S. District Court for the
District of Minnesota. In a news release issued on Aug. 24, Sabre
announced that it instituted measures that will make it more
difficult for travel agents to view Northwest flights and sell
Northwest tickets. The airline's suit alleges that Sabre's bias
action against Northwest flights in the airline schedules it
provides to travel agents are in breach of the contact Sabre signed
with Northwest in July of 2003. That agreement specifically
prohibits the bias imposed by Sabre yesterday. "Sabre has clearly
breached our contract with the actions they initiated on Aug. 24,"
said Al Lenza, vice president of distribution and e-commerce. The
federal lawsuit seeks damages to compensate Northwest for the
impact on its business resulting from Sabre's actions. "The bias
they have imposed against Northwest flights are denying the flying
public a fair and complete choice of both schedules and fares,"
Lenza added. On Aug. 24, Northwest Airlines announced steps to
align its distribution costs with those of the low-cost carriers it
increasingly is competing with for customers. Northwest Airlines is
the world's fifth largest airline with hubs at Detroit,
Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and
approximately 1,500 daily departures. Northwest and its travel
partners serve nearly 750 cities in almost 120 countries on six
continents. DATASOURCE: Northwest Airlines CONTACT: Northwest Media
Relations, +1-612-726-2331 Web site: http://www.nwa.com/
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