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NDC begins to take shape

05 Oct 2016 - by Debbie Badham
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SINCE IATA announced it

will begin implementing

the New Distribution

Capability (NDC) on a

voluntary basis, the GDSs

have confirmed that they too

will begin to implement NDC

connectivity standards.

The United States

Department of Transportation

(DOT) recently granted final

approval to Resolution 787,

which is the foundation

document for the NDC.

Iata is currently in year

three of its five-year roadmap

towards full implementation

of the voluntary standard.

The association reveals

that the next big step will

involve the public release

of the first comprehensive

set of end-to-end schemas

– concerning shopping and

order management, booking,

payment and ticketing. “These

schemas are expected to be

available shortly,” says Perry

Flint, Iata’s head of corporate

communications for the

Americas.

He says Iata will continue

to work with airlines, travel

management companies,

online travel agencies,

corporate buyers, global

distribution systems and other

technology players through

a number of forums and

working groups, at industry

events as well as through the

participation in NDC pilots.

“Pilot programmes are a very

important aspect of the NDC

implementation. Five were

carried out in 2013, two more

got underway earlier this year,

and new pilot participants

Aeroflot, Aer Lingus and Qatar

Airways were announced at the

Iata annual general meeting in

Doha in June.

Travelport has been

proactively working with

airlines to connect via XML

based connectivity, with the

new technology at the heart

of its merchandising platform

and agency booking flow. With

the implementation of the

NDC standards beginning,

the GDS will continue to work

with airline partners as and

when they choose to use NDC

standards as the basis for

their XML schemes.

Sabre says that like many

others in the industry, it is

working with Iata to define

additional NDC XML schema

for the airline industry. The

company says it has flexible

technology options and is

able to utilise the connectivity

preference of its customers.

Amadeus is also already

working with a number of

airline customers, playing a

significant role in developing

the functionality of the

distribution. “We are investing

in XML connectivity and have

been for several years. We

have already launched EMD,

Ancillary Services, Media

Solutions, Fare Families

worldwide, and we are working

on multiple other projects,”

says Peter Long, gm of

Amadeus Southern Africa.

“By restricting its approval

to the creation of an XML

standard for communication as

it has done, the DOT has left

the development of business

models and other key activities

to the market and we fully

endorse this approach,

particularly as the approval

also includes adoption of all

those conditions submitted

by Open Allies and others,

relating to privacy, data

ownership and compatibility

with existing standards,”

he adds 

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