Industry Addendum
Amadeus welcome Qantas to NDC-X program
July 1st 2018
Following the launch of Amadeus’ NDC-X program in February, the GDS announced last month that Australia’s Qantas will join the program. Read More » Amadeus will connect to the Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP) and deliver NDC content to travel sellers. As a long-term partner with Qantas, Amadeus will have access to the QDP to provide travel sellers with all offerings from the airline through agents preferred booking channel.
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NDC is an acronym for the International Air Transport Association sponsored New Distribution Capability. It provides an end-to-end airline distribution process for airline customers from shopping, researching and booking flights and to other travel related services. Asia-Pacific NDC leaderboard airlines are Cathay Pacific Airways, China Southern Airlines, Qantas Airways and Singapore Airlines.
Amadeus vice president NDC-X program, Gianni Pisanello, said: “Our program, designed for airlines and travel sellers, will enable airlines to sell their NDC offers across travel sellers around the world. We are excited to have Qantas onboard. We will have online travel bookings in production later this year, which means the full booking flow of ‘shop, order and pay’ will take place using the NDC standard.”
Separately, the GDS has announced a partnership with Adobe Experience Cloud intended to deliver personalized passenger experiences across any digital channel from laptops to smartphones to ipads and to a seat back video screen.
