Dear Trade Partner,
Over the years, Emirates has been actively educating the trade to help Airlines reduce their continuously increasing GDS costs.
While most part of this cost is unavoidable, there is certain wastage that can be controlled by you. Unproductive segments like HX, UC, NO and UN keep adding to the airline’s costs if not cancelled by your staff members on time.
We would like to inform you that effective 01st October 2014, Emirates Airline will be raising ADMs for the recovery of such costs incurred due to such unproductive segments from your respective agency. The ADMs will be posted and settled through BSP billing.
We urge you to educate your team members to adopt the policy of checking and removing such unproductive segments on a regular basis to avoid debits in this regard. Please feel free to contact Emirates Sales Team for any briefing and guidelines that may be needed.
We thank you for your understanding and look forward to Nil GDS wastage which can only be achieved with your support.
Thank you,
Emirates Indonesia
One Pacific Place Building 10th floor
Jl. Jend. Sudirman kav 52-53
Jakarta
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