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Trapped funds: British Airways blocks travel agents from issuing tickets
The national association of Nigeria travel agencies (NANTA) says British Airways (BA) has closed inventory on Nigeria in the global distribution system (GDS), over foreign airlines’ trapped $464 million.
Susan Akporiaye, president of NANTA, said this on Friday in a message to TheCable.
A global distribution system (GDS) is a computerised network system owned or operated by a company that enables transactions between travel industry service providers, mainly airlines, hotels, car rental companies, and travel agencies.
According to Akporiaye, the implication of the removal from the GDS is that travel agents cannot make bookings from their portals.
“That means travel agencies can’t issue tickets from our portal but you can book online on their site that is why I said they did not stop sales.
“Even if you go to their office they can’t issue a ticket for you. You only have the option of booking online.”
Akporiaye’s comments come following reports earlier on Friday that the association had issued a statement stating that BA had stopped selling tickets in the country, and planned to also suspend its operations in Nigeria.
However, she said the airline has not stopped selling tickets but rather, the inventory was yanked off from the global distribution system (GDS).
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