Travelport Makes First API-Connection Bookings for Qantas Using NDC

Travelport has made its first API-connection bookings for Qantas using IATA’s New Distribution Capability (NDC) standard.

The bookings are being made in a live production test environment as Qantas prepares distribution of differentiated NDC content.

This is the first live production Qantas NDC booking through Trip Services, Travelport’s new API.

Travelport’s agency partners taking part in the testing program, including ATPI and Maxim’s Travel have been successfully coding to the Trip Services API since early in Q3 and Q2 2019 respectively.

The development is the next step in Qantas’ plans for the Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP) which is dedicated to offering an improved customer experience by enhancing the airline’s retailing, booking and servicing capabilities and delivering enhanced personalized content tailored to meet a travelers’ unique needs.

Travelport first made a live NDC booking in October 2018, and has now connected to five airlines’ NDC content. Early adopter test agencies have made live bookings through Travelport’s desktop solution, Smartpoint, as part of a phased roll out over the last year.

Jason Clarke, Chief Commercial Officer – Travel Partners at Travelport, said, “We know our customers need to be able to consume content regardless of its source. It’s exciting to see Trip Services processing live API bookings for customers as the next step in the ongoing delivery of our multi-source content roadmap. NDC delivery is complex and requires collaboration from all parts of the travel industry and we are grateful to our test agencies for partnering with us to ensure we deliver an NDC solution which makes the process of buying and managing travel continually better for everyone.”

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