FLYSAFAIR is now offering cheaper
ticket prices on Amadeus and
Travelport after refiling all its fares
in order to offer a more competitive
solution to the trade.
New fares start from R1 368
including all taxes, a R60 distribution
fee, 23kg of checked luggage, two
penalty-free flight changes and
complimentary priority boarding. Kirby
Gordon, head of sales and distribution
of FlySafair, says the R60 distribution
fee is not a fuel surcharge (YQ tax),
but is used to cover the airline’s costs
of transacting on the GDS.
Kirby explains that FlySafair initially
filed more conservative fares to
recover the high costs of distributing
its inventory on the GDS. But since
launching on the GDS under the H1
code in November last year and then
attaining its own carrier code, FA,
in March, the airline realised that it
had overestimated its distribution
costs and thus saw an opportunity to
introduce lower fares.
According to Kirby, FlySafair
expects the more competitively
priced fares to help drive volume
and sales. “So far, we have received
great feedback on the fares we
have created.” Kirby says agents are
specifically citing the benefit of the
two penalty-free changes that are still
offered despite the reduced fares.
“Our aim is to continue to work with
the trade to optimise the offering we
make available through the GDS,”
he adds.
Cheaper FA fares on GDS
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