NDC Supplier Roadmaps
The varying NDC implementations mean there are different servicing issues depending on which carrier and which NDC channel is used. Airlines, GDSs and aggregators all are working to address these concerns.
Finnair, which made its own bold claim to discontinue EDIFACT support by 2025 and currently sells about 70 percent of its tickets through modern retailing channels, is working on issues on a case-by-case basis. The carrier has resolved items like a divided order or previously a split [passenger name record] feature, and disruption handling, Finnair head of sales and distribution development Zoran Radosavljevic said. “We are now working on items like…