LONDON, Feb. 12, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- easyJet, one
of the UK's leading airlines, today announced a new distribution
agreement with Sabre Corporation (NASDAQ: SABR), a
leading technology provider to the global travel industry. The
agreement gives corporate travel agencies across Europe continued access to easyJet's fares
through the Sabre GDS.
easyJet has built its business customer base from 10 million in
2012 to almost 17 million in 2019, with an increase of 11% during
2019 alone. The airline's agreement with Sabre will help easyJet to
continue serving this important corporate segment.
"easyJet has a well-established and attractive business
passenger offer, based on our network of primary airports, our slot
portfolio and high frequency on Europe's major business routes, and our new
sustainability program which supports our corporate customers in
working towards a greener travel policy," said Thomas Haagensen, easyJet's Group Markets
Director. "Sabre is a key partner for us and forms an important
part of our overall distribution strategy to complement our direct
channels. The continuation of their partnership with us enables us
to offer a bespoke service to those passengers flying with us for
business who may, in the past, have not come through to us
directly."
Through Sabre's platform, easyJet will distribute its fares and
offers to corporations, travel management companies and travel
agencies around the world. The partnership agreement with Sabre
will be instrumental in increasing the airline's reach in the
business travel sector.
"easyJet is an airline with a clear strategy for growth, and we
are pleased to help power this through our cutting-edge
technology," said Salman Syed, vice
president, Sabre Travel Network, EMEA. "In addition to providing
new airline content to agencies across Europe, this renewed agreement will support
easyJet's business goals and corporate travel strategy, expanding
its reach and presence across the European region."
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About Sabre Corporation
Sabre Corporation is the leading technology provider to the global
travel industry. Sabre's software, data, mobile and distribution
solutions are used by hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotel
properties to manage critical operations, including passenger and
guest reservations, revenue management, flight, network and crew
management. Sabre also operates a leading global travel
marketplace, which processes more than US$120 billion of global travel spend annually by
connecting travel buyers and suppliers. Headquartered in
Southlake, Texas, USA, Sabre
serves customers in more than 160 countries around the world.
About easyJet
easyJet is Europe's leading airline offering a unique and
winning combination of the best route network connecting
Europe's primary airports, with
great value fares and friendly service.
easyJet flies on more of Europe's most popular routes than any other
airline and carries more than 100 million passengers annually –
more almost 17 million travel for business. easyJet flies over 334
aircraft on 1061 routes to 159 airports across 36 countries. Over
300 million Europeans live within one hour's drive of an easyJet
airport.
easyJet aims to be a good corporate citizen, employing people on
local contracts in eight countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws
and recognising their trade unions. The airline supports a number
of local charities and also has a corporate partnership with UNICEF
which has raised over £13m for the most vulnerable children since
it was established in 2012.
The airline takes sustainability seriously and is the first
major airline to operate net-zero carbon flights across its whole
network. The airline is achieving this goal by offsetting the
carbon emissions from the fuel used for all of its flights. The
airline sees this as an interim measure until new technology
becomes available to de-carbonise aviation. In the meantime,
easyJet will continue to support innovative technology, operate
efficiently and aim to fill most of its seats. Since 2000 easyJet
has reduced the carbon emissions for each kilometre flown by a
passenger by over one-third (33.67%) and has a target to reach a
38% reduction by 2022.
Innovation is in easyJet's DNA – from our launch over almost 25
years ago when we changed the way people fly to the present day
where we lead the industry in digital, web, engineering and
operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for
our passengers.
The airline was recently named as Britain's Most Admired Company of 2019 in the
transport sector. Britain's Most
Admired Companies study is the longest-running annual survey of
corporate reputation in the UK.
Contact:
Holly Barnett
holly.barnett@sabre.com
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