Will American Airlines make travel agents, corporations pay for content?

If you believe the Business Travel Coalition and industry rumblings, American Airlines is serious about proceeding with plans to make users pay for content by leveraging its direct-connect business with Farelogix and perhaps other distributors.

If you believe the Business Travel Coalition and industry rumblings, American Airlines is serious about proceeding with plans to make users — presumably travel management companies, corporations and global distribution systems — pay for content by leveraging its direct-connect business with Farelogix and perhaps other distributors.
This would turn the traditional airline-GDS-TMC/corporation business model on its head as airlines traditionally pay booking fees to the GDSs, who kick back some incentives to TMCs.
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