Originally Posted by
jsmith50
My presumption is that because the data is not in the public domain that DL had adequate legal grounds to request the EF stop selling that information. As such, EF was faced with a decision to pony up (presuming DL first asked for more money to publish the information) or stop displaying it. EF decided that it was a smaller blow to them corporately to stop displaying it and tick off the DL flyers while maintaining their other airline subscriber base than to risk a long, expensive legal fight that could have bankrupted the company.
Delta's data comes from Travelport (includes Apollo, Galileo, and Worldspan) and there was some news recently about new agreements between Delta and Travelport (search: delta travelport).
I'm assuming that ExpertFlyer has a service agreement with Travelport, and other providers, for API access, which is how ExpertFlyer is able to provide the information on its site. Part of this agreement would include a standard Non-Disclosure Agreement, which would help to explain why ExpertFlyer cannot comment.
From Travelport's disclaimer page:
https://support.travelport.com/webhe...Disclaimer.htm
Your use of these materials is at your own risk, and is governed by the terms of your Travelport Universal Desktop, Universal API, and/or Universal Desktop SDK Deployment Agreement and/or Non-Disclosure Agreement, as applicable.
Here is a clip from Travelport's service agreement:
Travelport Service Agreement
https://support.travelport.com/SGC/APIProducts/
In using the Service, you shall:
- obey all applicable laws;
- comply with rules and restrictions imposed by travel suppliers on travel supplier content made available through the Service;
- comply with any other codes of conduct or other rules for use of the Service that we provide to you;
- adhere to applicable Payment Card Industry security requirements;
- keep your Service account password secret; and
- promptly notify us if you learn of a security breach related to the Service.
If you want to blame someone, blame DL.