IATA announces new NDC pilots & deployments

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced further growth in the number of airlines participating in pilots and live deployments to test and evaluate the New Distribution Capability (NDC) schemes.

Avianca will engage in an NDC pilot this year and China Southern Airlines plans to complete a live deployment of the NDC standard covering shopping, booking, and ticketing in the second half of 2015. Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes plans to embark on an NDC pilot with its passenger services system provider, Navitaire. The project is anticipated to begin this month. Hong Kong Airlines will launch a NDC pilot in the second half of the year and InselAir will complete a live NDC deployment in the same timeframe, selling their flights and ancillaries to corporate users and travel agents.

Lufthansa will realise an NDC pilot by the end of the year. This pilot will focus on the dynamic bundling of products. Qantas is launching an NDC pilot to distribute their Chauffeur Drive product in a third party channel environment in cooperation with an Australia-based industry partner. Swiss International Air Lines plan to launch a live deployment of the NDC standard covering shopping and Ukraine International Airways plans to launch the implementation of NDC shopping this year.

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