Sabre Stops Selling Most Finnair Tickets in Contract Spat
Shown here is a Finnair A350 XWB arriving in Helsinki, Finland. On Tuesday, Sabre removed Finnair's plane tickets and related content from its Sabre Travel Network and Abacus reservation systems for travel agencies outside of European markets. Finnair
Skift Take: It's rare for airline contract disputes with distribution companies to reach this outcome. Finnair will suffer financially until it cuts a deal. Sabre, for its part, risks embarrassment if it's seen as bullying a mid-size carriers. Nobody usually ends up winning in these classic games of chicken.
