... and 'compromise' with travel agents. * Airlines: o Charges vary and are determined by the number of flight segments to produce an average price per segment for each GDS. "In 2001 this average charge ranged between USD3.15 and USD4.30 per flight segment"2; however definitive statistics cannot be obtained due to airline companies and GDS unwillingness to disclose flight segment pricing information. o September 11, the Iraq war and SARS impacts have all affected both the cost and stability of GDS pricing strategies throughout 2002-3. * Travel agents: o GDS systems are provided free of charge to travel agents under the insistence that a number of flight segments are sold within a given time frame. If this amount is not achieved then travel agents will have to pay in order to use the CRS on a monthly basis, e.g. "Worldspan charges £500 per month per terminal"3. * The estimated size of the market is ...

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