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By: FEDweek StaffGSA has issued a new city pairs program contract for travel effective October 1, a program in which airfare rates for official travel by federal employees are pre-negotiated at fixed rates and there are no cancellation or change fees.
The same eight major U.S. carriers were awarded contracts based on criteria including availability of non-stop service, total number of flights, flight availability, average elapsed flight time, and price of service. The carriers are Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, Silver Airways, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines.
GSA said the contracts offer about a 45 percent discount on comparable commercial fares, for an estimated saving of nearly $1.3 billion versus commercial rates. Other benefits include that bookings are fully refundable, have last seat availability, and have no blackout dates, it said.
More than 12,000 markets will be served in fiscal 2023, chosen by previous years’ bookings, cost and performance.
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