Travelport,
a leading provider of critical transaction processing solutions and
data for the global travel industry, today announces an agreement
with Aegean Airlines for the distribution of ancillary services to
Travelport connected agencies worldwide. Fulfilled seamlessly via an
electronic miscellaneous document (EMD), the new service will begin
rollout in April 2013, starting with Travel Agents in Greece and
Cyprus.
“Supporting
the travel industry and enabling the distribution of an airline’s
complete product set is a key part of the role we play,” says Robin
Ranken, Head of Airline Relationships for Europe at Travelport. “We
are committed to working with our airline partners to grow their
ancillary revenues whilst enabling our travel agency customers to
access all content in one place, giving them the richest possible
choice.”
Dimitris
Gerogiannis, Managing Director of Aegean Airlines said: “We are
delighted with Travelport’s willingness and ability to work with us
to deliver on our commercial aims. By distributing through
Travelport, we will be in the position to differentiate our product
and communicate our value to and through the travel agency channel.”
Providing
pre-paid bag fulfillment via EMD completes the end-to-end process for
travel agency distribution of airline ancillary services and forms
part of Travelport’s wider merchandising offering. This offering
enables a number of major airlines to sell their products in a more
efficient and integrated way through travel agents. Over the
past 20 months, Travelport has successfully integrated ancillary
services seamlessly into agency points of sale for airlines including
KLM, British Airways, Air Canada, United and easyJet with more in the
pipeline.
