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"NDC is happening, it will be a permanent part of our lives, so we best get on with it, figure it out and make sure the benefits are extended to travelers and customers," said Michael Boult, the company's president.
A new initiative by Accelya and American Airlines enables TMCs to exchange legacy EDIFACT tickets for NDC tickets. Accelya plans to implement the first-of-its-kind functionality for any airline customer that wants to provide this capability to customers and can enable the retrieval of GDS-issued EDIFACT tickets from its system. This pioneering move addresses a challenge for travel retailers as they transition to using NDC.
Accelya, a leading global provider of software solutions to the travel industry, said it will now enable American Airlines to make unused EDIFACT tickets exchangeable through New Distribution Capability-based connections.
Air Canada has introduced a New Distribution Capability-based program that includes an EDIFACT surcharge, content benefits and an NDC incentive to address financial loss for agencies wedded to global distribution system incentives.
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