February 27, 2017
Multiple airlines have asked a New York federal court to explicitly prohibit so-called full content clauses in contracts with Sabre and other travel booking systems after a jury had found that the provisions were unlawful and awarded $15 million to US Airways.
February 22, 2017
US Airways has asked a New York federal judge for a judgment sealing its recent win and $15 million verdict against trip-planning giant Sabre in an antitrust dispute after a jury found that Sabre restrained trade by forcing unfavorable contract terms on US Airways.
January 26, 2017
US Airways slammed trip-planning giant Sabre's bid for a new trial after a Manhattan federal jury awarded the airline $15 million and concluded that Sabre restrained trade by forcing unfavorable contract terms on US Airways, saying Wednesday that the verdict is sound and backed by enough evidence.
January 10, 2017
Trip-planning giant Sabre urged a New York federal judge Monday to enter judgment in its favor weeks after a Manhattan jury awarded US Airways $15 million on a finding that Sabre restrained trade by forcing unfavorable contract terms on the airline, citing a "pervasive" failure of proof in the case.
December 20, 2016
A federal jury in Manhattan on Tuesday awarded US Airways $15 million after finding that trip-planning giant Sabre Inc. restrained trade by forcing unfavorable contract terms on the airline, but found Sabre did not conspire with other firms not to compete for better airline fares.
December 14, 2016
US Airways Inc. told a New York federal jury during summation in its antitrust suit against Sabre Holdings Inc. Wednesday that the trip-planning giant holds it in a thrall because the percentage of revenue it generates from Sabre is much higher than the percentage of revenue Sabre generates from it.
December 07, 2016
University of Chicago economist Kevin Murphy told a Manhattan jury Wednesday that Sabre Holdings Corp. "does not have market power" over airlines like US Airways Inc., which claims in a $134 million antitrust suit that it was forced into an anti-competitive contract with the trip-planning giant that pushed air fares higher.
November 29, 2016
The Sabre Holdings Corp. CEO's effort to refute US Airways Inc.'s $134 million antitrust claims over lucrative trip-planning contracts was punctuated Tuesday by Manhattan U.S. District Judge Lorna G. Schofield's warning that repetitive exhibits and lengthy testimony have benumbed jurors.
November 01, 2016
Economist Joseph Stiglitz told a Manhattan jury Tuesday that the "breathtaking" profits realized by Sabre Holdings are a sign of a monopolist at work, as US Airways sought to sway jurors that it is owed $134 million in damages stemming from an allegedly restrictive contract with the $7 billion trip-planning giant.
October 25, 2016
Sabre Holdings boss Tom Klein schemed with co-workers at the $7 billion trip-planning giant in 2005 to punish US Airways if the airline didn't give it full booking access in a new contract, an airline executive told a Manhattan jury Tuesday as testimony got underway in a $134 million antitrust trial.