American claims in antitrust trial Sabre organized boycott and declared war
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American Airlines and Sabre are finally getting their day in court. With secret memos, claims of bias and ulterior motives, there's going to be a lot of dirt exposed.
Describing secret memos outlining "Project 99" and e-mails referring to "Distribution Dreamworld," lawyers for American Airlines and Sabre Holdings attacked one another during opening arguments of an antitrust trial Wednesday in state district court.
American is accusing Southlake-based Sabre of violating Texas antitrust laws, saying Sabre organized an industry boycott to make it more difficult for corporate travel agents to book tickets on American in early 2011.
"They declared war, without us even knowing it," said American attorney Paul Yetter, pointing to e-mails from Sabre executives about "Projec
