Marketplaces under merger pressure_2
3 April 2012
The two major airline online marketplaces could come under pressure to merge after e-procurement heads from nine major carriers agreed on the need for a single software standard for Internet trading.
The possibility emerged at a private meeting in Amsterdam involving airlines from three continents belonging to both marketplaces.
The meeting, arranged by Dutch carrier KLM, was the first time e-procurement leaders from the airlines had sat down to exchange experiences of online trading. KLM and four other of the nine airlines - Cathay Pacific, Scandinavian,...