ebookers.com (Nasdaq: EBKR - news; Neuer Markt: eb6) today reacted to reports late last week that Northwest Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will stop paying commission to North American websites selling their published air tickets. ebookers.com sells to European consumers and is completely unaffected. Additionally, approximately 80% of ebookers.com's reported sales are negotiated or late booking air fares, with only a minority published air fares. Therefore, the company believes that the move will have no material effect on ebookers.com's sales or profitability targets, even in the unlikely event than similar announcements for published fares are made by these two airlines in Europe. ebookers.com sells negotiated tickets for 120 airlines and published tickets for over 500.
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