Travelport has just become the first GDS operator to offer NDC content!
Not sure what that means? Yeah, neither do we.
Lucky for us, the travel tech company’s head of new distribution Ian Heywood has answered 10 of the most common questions he’s received since the landmark development took place.
Q: Which airlines have loaded NDC content so far?
A: At present, we are working with several airlines, such as the major European carrier which supported the first NDC transaction in October 2018 and Qantas (which we have previously announced), whose NDC content will be made available in the coming months.
The IATA Leaderboard is the best source of information on airline’s commitments to NDC.
Q: Is the new NDC content now available for all agents to book through their current Smartpoint solution?
A: The first version of the capability we recently launched will be rolled out to a growing number of test agencies over the next few weeks as we work with those agencies to ensure the…
