Farelogix Emails Show Prior Concern Over Sabre’s Dominance (1)

Farelogix’s top executive expressed concern in the past that Sabre Corp.'s growing power over airlines and travel agencies would lead to higher flight costs and fewer options for consumers, according to emails and documents presented at trial by the Justice Department.

Sabre, along with two other dominant travel industry providers—Amadeus IT Group S.A. and Travelport Worldwide Ltd.—are an “oligopoly” that the world’s “largest and most powerful airlines” can’t break, James Davidson, Farelogix’s president and chief executive officer, wrote in a January 2018 presentation to European Union officials.

Airlines aren’t able to use Farelogix as often as they’d like because of ...