Lufthansa to add surcharge of EUR 16 for GDS bookings from Sept 2015

According to a report by Johanna Jainchill for the Travel Weekly, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group (Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Swiss International Air Lines) will add a fee of EUR 16 to every GDS booking, starting September 1, 2015. The airlines will not add the ‘Distribution Cost Charge’ (DCC) to tickets purchased through their own websites or at its service centres and ticket counters at airports.

The company said that travel agents can book tickets without incurring the DCC by using its online agent booking portal.

Jens Bischof, Chief Commercial Officer, Lufthansa, said during a media conference call about the group’s new sales strategy, “We believe the market is ready for this change… Somebody’s got to do it. We have two strategic targets: to be able to display the content, the price and the product in the channel we think is the most promising for selling our product and services, and to more evenly distribute the cost of services in the travel chain.”
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