Air France-KLM’s NDC Content Goes Live on Travelport+: Expanding Personalized Services and Products for Customers

Langley, UK, 2023-Jan-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Air France-KLM and Travelport, a global technology company that powers bookings for travel suppliers worldwide, today (January 12, 2023) announced that Air France-KLM’s New Distribution Content (NDC) has gone live on Travelport+, providing customers direct access to the NDC content. “NDC will be increasingly important in the distribution strategy of… Read the full press release

British Airways announces new NDC agreement with Travelport and IAG

London, UK, 2021-Dec-03 — /Travel PR News/ — Travelport, a global technology company that powers travel bookings for hundreds of airlines and thousands of hotels worldwide, and International Airlines Group (IAG) today (02-12-2021) announced a distribution agreement to enable modern travel retailing – by bringing New Distribution Capability (NDC) content from British Airways and sister… Read the full press release

Finnair to phase out EDIFACT by end of 2025

Vantaa, Finland, 2021-Sep-17 — /Travel PR News/ — Finnair is to end support for all legacy EDIFACT content across the travel sector by end of 2025 to drive a major change within the industry and boost further customer choice through NDC (New Distribution Capability). NDC is the new travel standard being adopted by the travel… Read the full press release

Lufthansa Group airlines and Travelport announce new distribution agreement

New agreement lays the foundation for innovative New Distribution Capability (NDC) solutions  Diversified NDC program allowing new commercial models Cologne, Germany, 2021-Sep-15 — /Travel PR News/ — The Lufthansa Group airlines, one of the worlds’ leading airline groups and industry pioneer in the area of New Distribution Capability (NDC), and Travelport, worldwide leader in travel… Read the full press release

CWT announces first American Airlines production NDC booking via Amadeus cytric

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 2021-Feb-25 — /Travel PR News/ — CWT, the Business-to-Business-for-Employees (B2B4E) travel management platform, today (23 February, 2021) announces the successful creation of its first-ever GDS sourced New Distribution Capability (NDC) transaction in production via Amadeus cytric Travel & Expense booking tool for American Airlines. “Another innovative milestone successfully completed with our partners, and… Read the full press release

Emirates to offer travel trade partners exclusive rich content and services through its NDC platform

Airline is first in its region to offer travel trade partners bespoke products and services, including rich content and differentiated pricing, through its NDC platform from 01 July 2021 Dubai, UAE, 2021-Feb-19 — /Travel PR News/ — Emirates will offer exclusive rich content and services for travel agent partners on its NDC-enabled direct connect platform,… Read the full press release

Siemens to use Lufthansa Group airlines’ NDC technology

Siemens: Future flight bookings via Lufthansa Group airlines’ NDC technology Cologne, Germany, 2020-Oct-02 — /Travel PR News/ — Siemens is to use the NDC technology of the Lufthansa Group airlines for its future flight bookings. From the fourth quarter of this year onwards, corporate travelers of the Siemens Group will thus have access to the… Read the full press release

Japan Airlines and Amadeus to develop and integrate JAL’s NDC contents through the Amadeus Travel Platform

Tokyo, Japan, 2020-Feb-07 — /Travel PR News/ — Japan Airlines (JAL) and Amadeus IT Group SA today (February 06, 2020) agreed to develop and integrate the carrier`s NDC1 contents through the Amadeus Travel Platform. By adopting the NDC standard, travel professionals will have visual access to the carrier`s products, including high resolution images and video content,… Read the full press release

ATPCO & SITA see exponential growth ahead for NDC Exchange

ATPCO & SITA see exponential growth ahead for joint exchange leveraging IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) Dulles, VA, 2018-Oct-13 — /Travel PR News/ — ATPCO and SITA today (09 October 2018) announced that British Airways, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, the airlines of the LATAM Group, and Finnair will participate in NDC Exchange, a platform that… Read the full press release

Travix to connect directly to Lufthansa Group’s own NDC Offer & Order Management System

Lufthansa Group and Travix intensify longstanding partnership with joint approach on NDC under the Airline Group’s upcoming NDC Partner Programme  Travix customers will benefit from access to Lufthansa Group NDC Smart Offer Improved display of all Lufthansa Group offers on Travix’ brands CheapTickets, BudgetAir, Vliegwinkel, Vayama and Flugladen in all countries COLOGNE, Germany, 2018-May-18 —… Read the full press release

British Airways, Iberia reach New Distribution Capability (NDC) related Agreement with Hogg Robinson Group

LONDON, 2017-Oct-02 — /Travel PR News/ — British Airways and Iberia have confirmed today that they have reached a New Distribution Capability (NDC) related Agreement with Hogg Robinson Group. Under this initial Agreement, bookings made by Hogg Robinson Group in key European markets for British Airways and Iberia marketed flights will not be subject to the Distribution… Read the full press release

British Airways gathered 200 travel professionals from across the industry at its New Distribution Capability conference

LONDON, 2016-Oct-28 — /Travel PR News/ — On Tuesday (October 25), British Airways hosted its first New Distribution Capability (NDC) conference attended by 200 travel professionals from across the industry, representing corporate clients, travel partners, aggregators and GDSs. The event was organised as part of the airline’s commitment to drive awareness and discussion around NDC, the… Read the full press release

IATA launches New Distribution Capability Certification Registry

DUBLIN, 2016-Jun-08 — /Travel PR News/ — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced the launch of the New Distribution Capability (NDC) Certification Registry to recognize those companies that have implemented part or all of the NDC technical standard. The Registry lists airlines, travel agents and aggregators (such as global distribution systems) that have achieved NDC certification… Read the full press release

British Airways launches new servicing options via New Distribution Capability standard (NDC)

LONDON, 2016-Apr-29 — /Travel PR News/ — British Airways is rolling out a host of servicing options and an additional payment option via the New Distribution Capability standard (NDC), IATA’s programme to improve communication between airlines and agents. Agents are able to adopt NDC through existing booking systems, giving them access to a whole range of… Read the full press release

IATA launches New Distribution Capability (NDC) blog

Promoting Better Understanding of NDC Geneva, 2013-04-24 — /travelprnews.com/ — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) launched a New Distribution Capability (NDC) blog. The blog site will present program updates, commentary and thought leadership pieces regarding the NDC initiative. Since the approval of Resolution 787 last October a vigorous public debate has evolved on how NDC—a new… Read the full press release