New Distribution Capability (NDC)

Together, Lets Build Airline

Retailing

August 2016
NDC Basics
Together, lets build
airline 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 Flight Distribution Worked

Fares
via 3rd party

Schedule Global Travel

via 3rd party Distribution Agents
Systems Travelers
Availability
Airline (TMC | OTA |
Independent) (Business |
Airline Leisure)

e-commerce
engine

Airline

Current distribution capability limits innovation

How Airline Retailing Works

Content Travel
Airline NDC Aggregators Agents
Offer & Travelers
(GDS | New (TMC | OTA |
Order
Entrants) Independent)
Management
System
(Business |
Leisure)

NDC Content
Aggregation
Airline

Industry standard brings lower cost, innovation,

ease-of-comparison and interoperability
Scope and Application

Not mandatory
Flexible
Offer Management Business model-agnostic
Can be integrated
Supports interlining

Order Management

NOT a system
NOT a service
Booking & Payment &
Servicing Ticketing NOT data
NDC Program Today
Weve achieved a lot
during the last year.
First industry standard
- Version PADIS 15.2. was released
in September 2015.

IT provider engagement
30+ travel technology vendors are
building products and solutions
based on NDC.

1 st Certification program
launched
industry standard 3-level NDC certification program
was launched in October 2015 .
Airlines are
engaged.
Annual Airline Survey
- In 2015 and 2016, IATA surveyed
179 airlines to measure the adoption
level of NDC across the industry.

Key results
2015 2016

86
have plans to adopt NDC
Plan to adopt NDC
Dont plan to adopt NDC
Dont know
73
47
58
86
23
70
 Have deployed and more recently
And many are Aer Lingus Lufthansa

already on-board. Air China Thomas Cook Airlines

Manchester
American Airlines
- British Airways
Thomas Cook Airlines
Belgium
China Southern
Condor
Emirates
Flybe Plan
GOL Aeromexico
Hainan Airlines Avianca
Hong Kong Airlines China Eastern

23
Iberia Express Finnair
InselAir Iberia
Olympic Air JetBlue
Qatar Airways Qantas
Live Airlines (>=1.1) Rotana Jet Scoot
Shandong Airlines SWISS
Shenzhen Airlines Ukraine International
S7 Siberia Airlines United Airlines
Xiamen Airlines Vueling
 Airlines Technology
Here are the IT Amadeus

providers in the NDC

APG
Caravelo

Certification Registry.

Datalex
Farelogix

- Hewlett Packard Enterprise

IBS Software
Indra
JR Technologies
Maureva
Navitaire
On Travel Solutions
Pribas

23
Quadlabs
Redapplenet
Reserve
Shanghai Aqueduct Information
Technology
TPConnects
Travelfusion
Travelsky
Vayant Travel Technologies
XML Travelgate
Travel agents and
corporate buyers
Travel agents see NDC as an
also see value. enabler
-
To be more customer focused
To better sell ancillaries
To be more competitive

Corporate travelers can

benefit from..

Better policy enforcement

Greater cost control
Better quality reporting
Increased traveler satisfaction
The Business Travel
Community is engaged!
1st IATA Business Travel Summit
>100 representatives from below indirect
value chain chart looking at ways to
enhance Business Travel through NDC
Key Learnings from:
Airlines - NDC supports increased
customer loyalty, enhanced
distribution of products and reduced
commoditization.
Aggregators - NDC can enrich the
airline value proposition.
TMCs NDC can bring
opportunities when upselling and
improving business processes.
SBTs NDC allows seamless
presentation of content to the
corporate traveler.
Whats next?
New version of the standard
- Version PADIS 16.2. will be
released in September 2016.

New NDC workshops

More targeted Airline and Travel
Agent NDC workshops.

Innovation
IATA will continue to host NDC
hackathons after the success of the
first two events in Hamburg &
Berlin.
NDC Tools & Comms Channels
www.iata.org/ndc
NDC Certification Registry
A up-to-date list of all companies
that are considered NDC
Certified/Capable

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/ndc

To access white papers, case
studies and guidelines around the
NDC standard.
Dedicated Microsites
For AIRLINES
http://startndc.iata.org/

For BUSINESS TRAVEL

http://ndcbiztravel.iata.org/

For DEVELOPERS
http://ndc.developer.iata.org/
Social Media
Channels IATA TV Channel

Playlists:

NDC Educational
NDC Demos
NDC Program
NDC Hackathon

Twitter
#AirlineNDC
#NDCHack
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August 2016