Cap. 434 чл. 6Access and distribution.

(1) Loading and, or, processing facilities provided by a system vendor shall be offered to all parent and participating carriers without discrimination. Where relevant and generally accepted air transport industry standards are available, system vendors shall offer facilities compatible with the same.

(2) A system vendor shall not reserve any specific loading and, or, processing procedure or any other distribution facility for one or more of its parent carriers.

(3) A system vendor shall ensure that its distribution facilities are separated, in a clear and verifiable manner, from any carrier’s private inventory and management and marketing facilities. Separation may be established either by means of software or physically in such a way that any connection between the distribution facilities and the private facilities may only be achieved by means of an application-to-application interface. Irrespective of the method of separation adopted, any such interface shall be made available to all parent and participating carriers on a non-discriminatory basis and shall provide equality of treatment in respect of procedures, protocols, inputs and outputs. Where relevant and generally accepted air transport industry standards are available, system vendors shall offer interfaces compatible with them.

(4) The system vendor shall ensure that any third parties providing computerized reservation system services in whole or in part on its behalf comply with the relevant provisions of this Act. negligently display inaccurate or misleading information in its computerized reservation system.

(2) (a) A system vendor shall provide a principal display or displays for each individual transaction through its computerized reservation system and shall include therein the data provided by participating carriers on flight schedules, fare types and seat availability in a clear and comprehensive manner and without discrimination or bias, in particular as regards the order in which information is presented.

(b) A consumer shall be entitled to have, on request, a principal display limited to either scheduled or non-scheduled services only.

(c) No discrimination on the basis of airports serving the same city shall be exercised in constructing and selecting flights for a given city-pair for inclusion in a principal display.

(d) Ranking of flight options in a principal display shall be as set out in the First Schedule.

(e) Criteria to be used for ranking shall not be based on any factor directly or indirectly relating to carrier identity and shall be applied on a non-discriminatory basis to all participating carriers.

(3) Where a system vendor provides information on fares, the display shall be neutral and non-discriminatory and shall contain at least the fares provided for all flights of participating carriers shown in the principal display. The source of such information must be acceptable to the participating carrier and system vendor concerned.

(4) Information on bundled products regarding, inter alia, the tour organizer, availability and prices, shall not be featured in the principal display.

(5) A computerized reservation system shall not be considered to be in breach of the provisions of this Act to the extent that it changes a display in order to meet the specific request or requests of a consumer.