Airline NDC strategies: what’s next for airlines and travel agencies?

NDC – new distribution capability, which has changed the way airline fares and ancillaries are delivered to travel agency’s booking systems – has taken the corporate travel industry and travel agencies by storm this year. In this episode, aviation editor Robert Silk and host Rebecca Tobin talk NDC strategies with consultant and former aviation exec Cory Garner. Why has American Airlines become a lightning rod for criticism within the travel industry for its NDC push? What are the other airlines’ strategies? What drives technology change? And what’s next for travel advisors and airlines? Episode sponsor This episode is sponsored by Windstar Cruises https://www.windstarcruises.com Related links: Airlines' different NDC rollouts fragment the distribution landscape: https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Airlines-NDC-plans-fragment-distribution Q1 report: American Airlines is pleased with its NDC rollout https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/American-Airlines-pleased-NDC-rollout Air Canada lays out its NDC strategy, including surcharge on non-NDC bookings https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Air-Canada-NDC-strategy American Airlines NDC works for corporate travelers and clients https://www.travelweekly.com/Articles/American-Airlines-NDC-works-for-corporate-agencies-and-clients Travel agencies are worried as American’s NDC push looms: https://www.travelweekly.com/Travel-News/Airline-News/Travel-agencies-worried-as-American-NDC-push-looms Cory Garner's advisory service, Garner: https://www.garner-advisory.com/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.