GSA’s City Pair Program Delivers $2 Billion in Annual Financial savings, Expands Journey Flexibilities

July 07, 2026

Contract award brings sustained price financial savings 

WASHINGTON — Today, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) introduced the Fiscal Year 2027 (FY27) City Pair Program (CPP) contract awards to eight U.S. flag air carriers — delivering an anticipated $2.02 billion in annual taxpayer financial savings on official authorities journey.  

“GSA is delivering on President Trump’s agenda to make federal agencies more effective and efficient by cutting costs and providing vital services to our partners with this year’s City Pair awards,” stated GSA Administrator Edward C. Forst. “We are the machine driving the mission of government, and the City Pair awards are just the latest example of GSA leveraging federal buying power to deliver the best possible value for our stakeholders and American taxpayers alike.”

The awards have been made to Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Breeze Airways, Delta Air Lines, JetBlue Airways, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines, and first-time awardee small enterprise, Key Lime Air (doing enterprise as Denver Air Connection). The new fares shall be listed on GSA’s City Pair Program webpage starting July 8, 2026, and accessible for reserving in GO.gov starting in August for journey beginning October 1, 2026. 

The contract fares present a mean low cost of 48 % in comparison with business fares. The program consists of 17,735 metropolis pairs with greater than 15,800 deeply discounted, capacity-controlled fares designed to maximise worth and cut back journey prices throughout the federal government. In addition, 98 % of the highest nonstop federal journey markets have been awarded, permitting businesses and Congress to maneuver rapidly and effectively to advance nationwide priorities, emergency response efforts, oversight duties, and important public providers.   

“The City Pair Program reflects GSA’s focus on delivery, acceleration, and innovation,” stated Federal Acquisition Service Acting Commissioner Laura Stanton. “We are reducing complexity, improving the travel experience for federal employees, and using data-driven acquisition strategies to deliver greater value for agencies and taxpayers.” 

City Pair routes are strategically chosen for solicitation utilizing governmentwide journey information and passenger demand. Offers are evaluated in keeping with components reminiscent of service distribution, common elapsed flight time, quantity/kind of flights and value. 

Building on its long-standing historical past since 1980, the City Pair Program has constantly delivered year-over-year financial savings for the federal authorities whereas sustaining a confirmed monitor document of reliability, effectivity, and worth. Its sustained success displays many years of sturdy efficiency and steady refinement, and it continues to offer substantial traveler advantages, together with no cancellation or change charges, no blackout dates, full refundability, last-seat availability, and no minimal or most keep necessities, giving businesses most flexibility for his or her mission wants. 

As an Office of Management and Budget-designated Best-in-Class resolution, the City Pair Program advances GSA’s efforts of delivering the American individuals smarter acquisition, operational effectivity, and innovation. 

GSA stays dedicated to bettering the federal journey expertise and delivering acquisition options that allow businesses to function quicker, extra successfully, and with better accountability to taxpayers. 

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About GSA: GSA gives centralized procurement and shared providers for the federal authorities, managing roughly 360 million rentable sq. toes, overseeing over $126 billion in services and products through federal contracts, and delivering know-how providers to  hundreds of thousands of individuals throughout dozens of federal businesses. GSA’s mission is to ship distinctive buyer expertise and worth in actual property, acquisition, and know-how. To handle almost $50 billion in deferred upkeep, GSA is main a coalition of each cupboard company and lots of federal leaders urgently advocating for full Federal Buildings Fund entry and elevating the prospectus threshold from $3.96 million to $75 million. For extra info, go to GSA.gov and observe @USGSA.