New Distribution Capability (NDC)

NDC Gateway to Airline APIs

Philippe Forest – Eye for Travel3rd May 2017

NDCis about giving travel agents the same capability as airline web sites

NDCis about giving travel agents the same capability as airline web sites

Together, let’s buildairline retailing.-

Why NDC?To modernize the way air products are retailed to travel agents, corporations and travelers.

What is NDC?A travel industry-supported program for the development and adoption of a new data transmission standard.

Who will benefit from NDC?• Full-service and low-cost airlines• Content aggregators and travel

agents • Corporate buyers and travelers

How airlines benefit from NDC through indirect distribution channels

Richcontent=higherconversionrate Bundledfaresandfarefamilies

Personalization Dynamicpricing

The value chain is engaged.

4th

3886

100

4th Iteration of ind. standardPADIS 17.1 available

250

Innovation is on the move3 Hackathons with 250 Developers, 200,000 API calls & 50+ Ideas

Business travel sees value+100 TMC, corporate buyers participated to the 1st Business Travel Summit.

Airlines are adopting86 airlines have confirmed to have plans to adopt, with 28 Live today

IT providers engagement38+ IT providers and aggregators are now NDC-certified.

Selection of players already on-board

AirlinesAer Lingus

Air China

American Airlines

British Airways

China Southern

Condor

Emirates

GOL

Hainan Airlines

Hong Kong Airlines

Iberia Express

InselAir

Lufthansa

Olympic Air

Qatar Airways

Rotana Jet

Shandong Airlines

S7 Siberia Airlines

Xiamen Airlines

…

IT ProvidersAmadeus

Datalex

Farelogix

Navitaire

Sabre

SITA

Travelsky

…

AggregatorsTravelport

Travelfusion

Flyiin

…

Travel AgentsSkyscanner

Club Travel

Ctrip

Logitravel

Zeerayarah.com

…

First outcomes are visible

British Airways

• BA NDC Forum focusing on Corporate buyer engagement

• Live with Skyscanner: uses an NDC-based connection to BA to enable fare upgrades and ancillary purchases.

First outcomes are visible

Thomas Cook travel agencies & Condor• The Thomas Cook booking

interface connected to Condor NDC API enables a higher quality sales presentationthrough rich media display around ancillaries.

First outcomes are visible

Qatar• With NDC for the first time,

agencies can see actual products that they can buy through rich media content.

• And they can sell their new fare family products

www.iata.org/ndc

• New Change Readiness Guide for Airlines

A support tool for airlines planning their NDC enablement from defining the vision and strategy to initiating the program.

• Info tab on www.iata.org/ndcTo access white papers, case studies and guidelines around the NDC standard.

• NDC Certification RegistryA up-to-date list of all companies that are considered NDC Certified/Capable

Inceptionphase Numberofairlines,earlyadopters

Massdeploymentincludingtrade&corporate

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80%

2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Airlineshareoftotalpassengerboarded

>45

27

13

Total Number of airlines

NDC gaining momentum

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www.iata.org/ndc