With questions over debt structure behind it for the time being, Travelport is getting used to happier quarterly results - seeing "positive traction" across all areas this week.
The company says net revenue for 2013 was up 5% on the previous year to nearly $2.1 billion, giving adjusted EBITDA of $517 million, a jump of 5% on 2012.
For the final quarter of 2013, net revenue increased again by 5% y/y to $480 million. Overall the company's operating income was up some 78% from $138 million during 2013 to $208 million in 2013.
The results exclude the loss of the Master Services Agreement with United, a figure which during 2014 will finally cease to be a constant note in the company's quarterly reports.
President and CEO, Gordon Wilson, says one of the positive signs of the company's recent performance is around transaction volumes.
The company ended 2013 by recording its highest quarterly volumes for three and a half years, Wilson says, with revenue-per-segment also up by 4% between 2012 and 2013.
Wilson says it is a combination of the increase in volumes and growth in its "Beyond Air" activities (Rooms & More, eNett, agent desktop advertising) which have helped contribute to an additional $74 million appearing on the balance sheet during 2013.
Travelport is coming up to 12 months since it launched its Merchandising Platform - a service which Wilson says is becoming a "key part" of the content agreement renewals with airlines (not least during the recent negotiations with British Airways, parts of which were aired almost on a daily basis in the media).
BA is one of the marquee signings for Travelport in the new Rich Content & Branding element of the Merchandising Platform, giving carriers the chance to place content and details of their features onto agent desktops in a similar way to their existing website.
Wilson says the platform has "completely changed the dialogue" that Travelport now has with airlines.
"We are leading the rest of the industry in terms of what we are doing with our merchandising platform."