Air France and KLM’s planned GDS surcharge for business travel agencies will be levied from 1 January 2025, the airline groups confirmed, albeit at the reduced rate of €3 for the first six months of the year.
The TMC surcharge on EDIFACT-based GDS bookings, which has been repeatedly delayed, was expected to be €24 per segment but will be significantly reduced to €3 from 1 January 2025 to 30 June 2025 to “ease the transition” towards new distribution content (NDC) technology.
From 1 July however, the surcharge will be levied according to “the normal EDIFACT surcharge applicable to all at that time,” said Vincent Audusseau, director of global corporate sales at Air France-KLM. “Today it’s €24 but in six months it…
