New Distribution Capability (NDC)

SriLankan Airlines has begun the global roll out of its New Distribution Capability (NDC) agents booking portal SriLankan Direct Connect starting with India enabling travel agents, convenient direct access to the airline’s reservation system and an array of other benefits.

As vaccines roll out worldwide, we are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and we can expect travel recovery soon.

Chinese provider of travel services, Trip.com Group, has strengthened its partnership with British Airways and Iberia by connecting to the New Distribution Capability (NDC). The NDC partnership facilitates priority access to a richer and a more complete inventory from the airline as well as transparency of the shopping experience on its online travel agency, Trip.com. […]

Amadeus has announced that Selling Platform Connect, its cloud-based booking platform, now allows travel sellers to shop, order, pay and service airline travel offers via an NDC connectivity.  As customer service is a top priority for all travel sellers, this new NDC-enabled version of Selling Platform Connect also allows for the servicing of NDC bookings. Travel sellers can cancel or change […]

With the recent launch of Lufthansa’s new direct Munich-Bangkok service, I tracked down Stefan Molnar, general manager of sales for Lufthansa Group Airlines in Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and the Mekong Region, to discuss the new route, flying chefs, the digital evolution of the industry and a whole lot more. TD: You guys launched a new […]

The ticketing expert and distribution specialist, Hahn Air, is celebrating its 20th Anniversary this year. Travel Daily sat down with Hahn Air’s vice president of sales & agency distribution, Kimberley Long, to ask her a few questions about how Hahn Air has developed from a small ambitious start-up to become the market leader it is […]

Travel tech firm Sabre Corporation has released its very first collection of New Distribution Capability (NDC) APIs with carrier United Airlines.

Sabre has formed new partnerships are with corporate travel specialists Travel and Transport, and Reed & Mackay as well as independent airline ticket website AERTiCKET.

Good news for TA’s as Travelport revealed new partnerships with a number of big name agencies, to roll out the New Distribution Capability (NDC), giving participants access to the enhanced bookings content.

Everybody in the aviation industry is talking about New Distribution Capability (NDC), which has been floating before us since a couple of years now. If you are still struggling to wrap your head around it, don’t worry, you are not alone.

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) sign a long term agreement with Irish tech firm Datalex, in order to help the carrier put its digital transformation strategy into action with NDC.

A couple of weeks ago at STX Singapore, I had the opportunity to see Kathy Morgan, Sabre’s vice president of product management, address delegates about the potential of New Distribution Capability, more commonly known as NDC. I caught up with the fast talking and charismatic speaker to ask a few questions about the technology, that many don’t know the answers to.

With New Distribution Capability (NDC) the talk of the industry, indeed the topic was at the heart of the STX conference in Singapore this week, airlines and hoteliers are excited about the potential the technology will have to their businesses in the long and short term.

Amadeus recently unveiled a dedicated programme in line with IATA’s push towards product differentiation, time-to-market, full and rich air content accessibility, and a transparent shopping experience: NDC-X. It also announced that Gianni Pisanello (shown), whose work in airline IT and distribution allowed him to handle multiple leadership roles within the company, will head the programme.

Flybe has become the first airline in the world to successfully implement the New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard to the entire value chain of business travel industry stakeholders. This enables Flybe to provide easy access of its corporate fares to corporate buyers. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) provides the only official industry certification programme […]