Travelport y Air France KLM firman un acuerdo

Travelport (NYSE: TVPT), la plataforma de comercio de viajes líder, y Air France KLM, la principal aerolínea de larga distancia con salida desde Europa, han firmado un acuerdo para la distribución de contenido a través de la plataforma de Travelport. El contenido de Air France, KLM y HOP! en la plataforma de Travelport incluirá Rich […]

Airlines Reporting Corporation and British Airways successfully test enhanced settlement

Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) is pleased to announce the successful testing and implementation of enhancements to its settlement platform, initially announced late last year. In October, ARC began the testing process with airline partner British Airways to ensure the functionality and flexibility of these enhancements. As a result of this collaboration, ARC"™s settlement platform is […]

Los miembros de FOLATUR acercan posturas con IATA

FOLATUR aborda en una reunión con IATA cuestiones como el desarrollo del NDC, la desprotección de los viajeros ante las quiebras aéreas y la efectividad de las APJC. «Valoramos positivamente el encuentro», afirman. Las decisiones impuestas por la Asociación Internacional del Transporte Aéreo (IATA), en especial las vinculadas al NewGen Iss y el NDC (New […]

Travelport achieves ground-breaking IATA NDC Level 3 certification

Travel Port ha been certified by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) as a "Level 3" aggregator under IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) initiative intended to create a new distribution standard for the airline industry. Travelport is now the first global distribution system (GDS) travel commerce platform to acquire such status and will work with […]

Agencias del Grupo Barceló se adhieren al sistema NDC

B the travel brand y BCD travel, marcas del grupo Barceló Viajes -uno de los más importantes de España-, acaban de anunciar su adhesión a la conexión NDC (New Distribution Capability) adoptada por Iberia y British Airways, lo que les permitirá comercializar en España todos los productos y servicios de ambas aerolíneas con las ventajas […]

YY Fares Retire after Seven Successful Decades

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the YY Fares will be rescinded from 31 October 2018. The decision to rescind YY Fares was taken with a vote by the IATA Passenger Tariffs Conference on 28 June 2017. The rescinding of YY fares reflects the dramatic transformation that continues to take place in the […]

Fuerte presión de Iberia a los GDS para que adopten el NDC

Si no lo hacen les penalizarán con un recargo de 9,5 euros por reserva a partir del 1 de noviembre. Lufthansa ya aplica un recargo de 16 euros desde septiembre de 2015 Iberia y British Airways pondrán en marcha una web de reservas para agencias que aplicará un suplemento a las reservas que se realicen […]

Etihad Airways secures IATA certification for successful implementation of enhanced booking system

Etihad Airways has successfully implemented a new booking standard driven by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) that enhances the level of information flow between travel agents and airline reservation systems. The New Distribution Capability (NDC) booking standard has been made possible following successful testing by Etihad Airways with Sabre Airline Solutions in partnership with […]

Skyscanner, Finnair and Amadeus join forces to boost conversion with direct booking

Like all retailers, airlines want to maintain close contact with their customers so that they can tailor their shopping experience and make it as simple and personalised as possible. With this goal in mind, Finnair is working with Amadeus to launch a new solution, Amadeus Altea NDC, which is based on IATA’s NDC (New Distribution […]