Amadeus, Sabre targeted in EU antitrust investigation

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators are investigating global distribution service (GDS) providers Amadeus and Sabre over contract terms which they say may prevent airlines and travel agents from switching to rival ticketing agents.Airlines typically sell about 70 percent of their tickets via third parties such as travel agents, but have a tense relationship with GDS providers, which use software networks to sell products like airline tickets and hotel rooms to consumers. ..