Amadeus and Travelport for 2013 both reported a rise in the metrics they use to measure global distribution system transactions. Not so for Sabre, which in an amended registration statement filed Monday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission revealed a year-over-year decline in 2013 GDS bookings.
Full-year direct billable airline bookings processed by Sabre last year fell to 314 million, down nearly 4 percent from 2012. Including non-air travel transactions, total direct billable GDS bookings last year declined by 3 percent to 368 million.
Even so, "transaction-based revenue was flat" for the company's GDS business, as a "3 percent increase in the average booking fee" for the full year offset transaction declines, according to Sabre (which has filed for an initial public offering and has proposed "SABR" as its Nasdaq ticker symbol).
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