American Airlines drops Orbitz.com for ticketing

American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) will discontinue displaying and selling tickets through Orbitz (www.orbitz.com) and its subsidiary Orbitz for Business.

American pulled its listings as a result of a court order. On December 21, Judge Martin Agran, Circuit Court of Cook County, denied a request for an injunction filed by Travelport LP. Travelport owns a 48 percent share in Orbitz. Travelport was seeking to prevent American from pulling its flights on Orbitz.

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American had warned earlier this year that it would stop selling tickets on Orbitz on December 1 if Orbitz did not use a direct link to the airline’s inventory. A court in November temporarily blocked that move.