Travelport and Fly540 extend their multi-year, full content agreement

Langley, UK, 2016-Feb-09 — /Travel PR News/ — Travelport (NYSE:TVPT), a leading Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the $8 trillion global travel and tourism industry, and Fly540, East Africa’s premier low cost airline have jointly announced the extension of their multi-year, full content agreement.

The agreement means that Travelport-connected agents worldwide will have continued access to effectively search, compare and book all of Fly 540’s inventory and fares via Travelport’s industry-leading Travel Commerce Platform.

Don Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Fly540 said: “We are very pleased to continue and grow our partnership with Travelport and this win-win agreement ensures we have are leveraging industry leading technology and unrivalled travel content to grow our business and provide the best choices for our customers.”

Will Owen-Hughes, Senior Director Air Commerce, Africa and Middle East, Travelport added:, “We are delighted that Fly540 has extended its multi-year agreement.  Our solutions are redefining travel commerce and will empower our airline partner Fly540 in the effective delivery of their content to Travelport’s global network of over 67,000 travel agencies worldwide.”

About Travelport
Travelport is a Travel Commerce Platform providing distribution, technology, payment and other solutions for the global travel and tourism industry.  With a presence in over 170 countries, over 3,500 employees and 2014 net revenue of over $2.1 billion, Travelport is comprised of:

• A Travel Commerce Platform through which it facilitates travel commerce by connecting the world’s leading travel providers with online and offline travel buyers in a proprietary business-to-business (B2B) travel marketplace.  Travelport has a leadership position in airline merchandising, hotel content and rate distribution, mobile travel commerce and a pioneering B2B payment solution that addresses the needs of travel intermediaries to efficiently and securely settle travel transactions.
• Technology Services through which it provides critical IT services to airlines, such as shopping, ticketing, departure control and other solutions, enabling them to focus on their core business competencies and reduce costs.

Travelport is headquartered in Langley, U.K.  The Company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and trades under the symbol “TVPT”.

Media Contacts

Siobhan McCarthy
PR Manager AFMESA
e: siobhan.mccarthy@travelport.com
t: +917 (0) 43614800

Kate Aldridge
VP Corporate Communications
e: kate.aldridge@travelport.com
t: +44 (0)1753 288720
m: +44 (0)755212132

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