Travelport and IndiGo team up

TRAVELPORT has teamed up with
IndiGo, India’s largest domestic airline
and the largest carrier with 40% share
of the Indian market. This is the first
time IndiGo has struck a deal with a
global GDS.
Travelport’s unique agreement
with IndiGo distributes all its fares
and ancillary products to Travelportconnected
agents through the Travel
Commerce Platform. This distribution
platform, which is unique to Travelport,
enables IndiGo to provide its content
via an API connection rather than the
more traditional fare-filling methods
and still have fares and ancillaries
displayed, compared and booked in
exactly the same way.
Gordon Wilson, president and ceo
of Travelport, says: “This launch
is very good news for our
connected travel agents both in India
and around the world.”
Aditya Ghosh, president and whole
time director of IndiGo, says the
arrangement provides an opportunity
for the airline to reach new travellers.
IndiGo now plans to expand its route
network to the Indian subcontinent, the
Middle East and southeast Asia.