New Distribution Capability (NDC) NDC Certification February 2016
NDC Certification. Why? To provide transparency on existing NDC 1 deployments : Airlines & Distributors To validate the capability of supporting IT 2 providers in these instances To protect the NDC brand and support NDC early 3 adopters To accelerate NDC adoption 4 2
NDC Certification. What? 1. The capability to receive and send NDC messages 2. Specific NDC end-points – as opposed to generic products NDC NDC Seller Airline Aggregator XML XML IT Provider IT Provider 3
NDC Certification. Who? Airlines Distributors Any airline that Any travel agent or deploys an NDC API aggregator that consumes these APIs NDC-Certified Deployments NDC-Capable Products IT Providers – Any vendor that offers NDC products for airlines and distributors
NDC Certification. Scope & Levels NDC Certification Level 3 Offer and Order Level 2 Management Offer Level 1 Management Basic • • Extensive use of Extensive use of Offer Management Offer and Order • Basic Shopping: API Management API Ancillaries post XML-Capable • booking AirShopping required NDC Baseline (OpenAxis) NDC 1.*, 15.2 + NDC 1.1*, 15.2 + NDC 1.1*, 15.2 + OTA, All XMLs NDC-Certified : Airlines, Travel Agents, Aggregators NDC-Capable : IT Providers
NDC Certification. Process Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Airlines, Distributors IATA Benefits & IT Providers • Official notification • • Apply for certification Certification • Publication on NDC • authority Complete Certification • certification form Validate trace Registry • Capture NDC • Use of IATA NDC messages Certified/Capable • Send trace to IATA Logo 6
NDC Certification. Progress • Program launch WPS • Accepting applications from October 2015 2015 • Fee will be waived until end Q2 2016 • Engage with NDC community Q1 and Q2 • NDC early adopters going through 2016 certification process • Launch of NDC Certification Registry Mid-2016 Accelerate NDC adoption 7
Interested? Find Out More At: Web: http://www.iata.org/ndc Email: NDCCertification@iata.org 8
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