DOT Fines Amadeus for Code-Share Disclosure Violations

by Gary Kopycinski on September 15, 2011

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Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–September 15, 2011. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today fined Amadeus, a global distribution system (GDS), $95,000 for providing software to travel agencies that resulted in their websites failing to disclose to consumers when flights were being operated under a code-sharing arrangement. Amadeus is the first GDS to be fined by DOT.