SINGAPORE, 2 July 2021: Amadeus has started to deliver
Qantas’ NDC-sourced content to pilot travel sellers to test booking, servicing
through the Amadeus Travel Platform.
Thes selected travel agents can shop, book, and pay for NDC
offers sourced from the Qantas Distribution Platform. This includes ancillary
services not available via EDIFACT, special price offers, and fully integrated
post-booking servicing like cancelling and refunding an NDC booking.
The Amadeus Travel Platform is a technology platform based
on fully open systems with a broad range of global travel content. It is the
backbone of multiple front-end solutions, including Amadeus Selling Platform
Connect and the Amadeus Travel API. It will allow travel sellers and travel
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1 March 2021 05:44
At CAPA Live on 10-Feb-2021, Qantas head of distribution, Nadine Dawood Morgan, explained that the airline s NDC deployment had been paused due to the changed priorities as the pandemic upended operations.
In Aug-2019, Qantas and Travelport enjoyed a key milestone in their NDC (New Distribution Capability) journeys, but that was in a very different environment.
At that time, as a key part in its continuing support for Qantas’ NDC, Travelport began handling its first bookings with the Australian flag carrier using IATA’s NDC standard.
This NDC connection to Qantas was a first by any GDS to the airline and enabled live bookings of NDC content to be made by selected agency partners taking part in the testing programme, ahead of a rollout to the wider agency community in subsequent months.