New Distribution Capability: How NDC Boosts Airline Retailing

New Distribution Capability is an initiative to make flight shopping with travel agencies and other resellers work the same way it does on Amazon with detailed descriptions, photos, a wide range of ancillaries, and personalized offers.
NDC already matters much in air travel. But why is it so important? What’s the problem with traditional airline retailing that’s been here for decades? And how will NDC change it?
00:00 Intro. The American Airlines NDC case
01:08 NDC definition
02:50 EDIFACT explained
03:57 What’s wrong with EDIFACT
07:42 NDC and its benefits
10:57 Why NDC has relatively slow adoption
12:54 NDC advancements
Read more in our blog:
1) NDC for Airlines: Key Technologies and Things to Consider
www.altexsoft.com/blog/ndc-te...
2) NDC in Air Travel: Airlines, GDSs, and Impact on the Industry
www.altexsoft.com/blog/new-di...
Sources:
[1] www.travelpulse.com/news/airl...
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[3] www.iata.org/contentassets/ab...
[4] unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/trade...
[5] simpleflying.com/airline-anci...
[6] www.sabre.com/insights/releas...
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[7] retailing.iata.org/armi/regis...
[8] www.iata.org/contentassets/6d...
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[@vishwadave3708]

Thanks a lot for the quality information. I sincerely admire your efforts to simplify & educate

[@DaveBraet]

As a tech enthusiast and avid traveler, this was very informative! Both from a consumer and business standpoint. Disruptive technology in any industry takes time to adopt by all stakeholders. As eluded to at the end of the video, the change to NDC is inevitable. It's promising to see the airline travel industry shifting and soon reach the tipping point of majority adoption!

[@RonnyMcCabe-hy8zi]

Very informative! Thank you for simplifying complicated topics.

[@user-yt8yq6is2e]

Thank you

[@louy453]

I love your all aviation related content, really they are very useful.

[@airgateway]

Brilliant work, guys!

[@AltexSoft]

Thank you! We hope you're joining us for our next explainers😉

[@sabvisa]

Thank you so much for the video

[@samanthisomerweera6398]

Most airlines have not fine tuned NDC...lot of limitations in it ..specially when it comes schedule changing ..
Different airlines have different NDC platforms for us travel agents to learn all these n to keep the passwords in mind is tough.
Airlines still use gds based system staff doesn't know about ndc as they are not using.when travel agents calls for help they refer us to their help portals.
To tell the truth we travel agents just doesn't have time to go to this extent as clients need fast answers.

[@d_h20_03]

I love it😉

[@qarah3757]

Beautiful explanation, thank you. I am wondering about the GDS's. Yes they want to stay in the game and are adopting NDC. But through NDC, they will loose money right ? How will the stay alive in a fully NDC environment ?

[@AltexSoft]

Unfortunately, GDSs don't share information on their revenue strategies with us) NDC won't fully replace EDIFACT tomorrow, so they have time to come up with some solutions.

[@prashantsalgaocar]

The only issue I have is that is OTA have no say in commissions they get by selling airline tickets and deals then why should they adopt NDC and move away from years of work they have done with GDS. They have a working model in place and change is always disruptive. Where is the compelling reason to move? There seems to be a lot of things not to like for an OTA moving to NDC even so the eventuality of moving to that standard is obvious. Till then API driven GDS model trumps NDC..

[@Zadjalion]

While OTAs are comfortable with their current systems, they are losing customers because many people avoid booking through OTAs due to the inability to fully use the airline's app. With NDC, passengers can book through OTAs and still manage their bookings directly through airline apps, ensuring they get all the airline benefits. This seamless experience can help OTAs retain customers. Additionally, NDC provides access to lower fares and a full range of airline ancillaries.

[@user-gn6pz8wo9g]

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[@pnqguy]

Edifict now will have a sunset phase , its old doesn’t have rich content and is not digital .. Way to go NDC !!

[@louy453]

But XML is not flexible.

[@therealsheikh]

Lots of incorrect information about edifact here.

[@KalDev-yj4ft]

Can you specify? you can't just say information is incorrect and not elaborate

[@therealsheikh]

@@KalDev-yj4ft EDIFACT does support rich content. So that's one for ya.

[@shujamughal8639]

Excellent content . Deserve accolades @ Team Altexsoft.