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Amadeus isn’t relying on the business from its next-generation distribution tech for now. It’s up to airlines to choose how they want to use it.
Since American Airlines abandoned its adoption of a next-generation distribution strategy this year, that left some wondering if other airlines may follow suit.
Decius Valmorbida, president of travel for Amadeus — one of the companies providing the tech to help American and other airlines adopt these new strategies — is not worried about the repercussions of the American Airlines retreat.
“I find that it's going to be a very small impact within the quarter because the overall trend is of adoption,” Valmorbida said Wednesday during an earnings call. “And we're going to see that continue in the quarters to come independent of American Airlines.”
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