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January 31, 1989

AMERICAN, DELTA MULL RESERVATION SYSTEMS TIE-UP

By CBR Staff Writer

AMR Corp’s American Airlines is in talks with Delta Air Lines Inc to establish an independent reservations system company combining the resources of the two airlines’ current systems. Equally owned and autonomous, the new company would seek further airline investors, but as American’s Sabre system is much bigger than Delta’s Oatas, with 45% of US travel agents against just 8%, Delta will likely be paying American a substantial transfer fee.

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