Agreement Provides Full United Airlines Content in Travelport Global Distribution Systems

Travelport, the business services provider to the global travel industry, today announces that United Airlines has signed a two-year extension of their current full content agreement that is designed to provide full content well into 2013, subject to the terms of the agreement.  Through the extension of the agreement, all United published fares and seat inventory, including Web fares available on its own site, reservation offices and through third parties, will be available to subscribers of Travelport's Apollo, Galileo and Worldspan GDS systems, including all Travelport-connected offline travel agencies and online agencies booking through Travelport.

As part of the agreement, United is pleased to offer Travelport-connected travel agents the option of selling their passengers upgrades into United Airlines' popular Economy Plus seating.  Economy Plus seat upgrades will become available later this year through the Travelport travel agency point of sale tools, Apollo Focalpoint, Galileo Desktop and Worldspan GoRes. This capability provides multiple opportunities for agents to offer upgrades into Economy Plus to their travelers throughout the transaction flow.  Travelport will also integrate these merchandising capabilities over time into the Travelport Universal Desktop, making it easier for Travelport-connected travel agents around the world to transact this premium coach seat capability within their standard workflow.

United's Economy Plus seating provides more room to work or rest on a flight with up to five more inches of legroom and are located at the front of the economy cabin.

"This agreement validates the tremendous value of Travelport's global marketplace of approximately 60,000 travel agencies to an important industry leader such as United and underscores our ability to bring together travel buyers and sellers across the globe in an efficient and cost-effective manner," said Travis Christ, president, The Americas, Travelport GDS. "Our Travelport-connected travel agents, corporate travelers and consumer customers will continue to have efficient access to the full content offered by United Airlines and will also have the ability to offer upgrades into Economy Plus to their customers."