Journey service agency ATPCO has introduced the addition of Farenexus Group, FlightBridge, Onriva, and Winding Tree as new gross sales channels to it’s NDC Exchange platform. The brand new channels are anticipated to go reside within the subsequent few weeks.
Discussing the event Tom Gregorson, chief technique officer at ATPCO, stated: “COVID-19 will proceed to have dramatic results on the airline business, and restoration will possible be an extended street forward. Implementing NDC Alternate reduces prices by providing plug and play connectivity to a variety of companies that are important throughout the COVID-19 downturn, and on the similar time assist push airline restoration efforts ahead.”
“Scalable instruments that make connections simpler”
Graham Wareham, director of enterprise improvement and partnerships at ATPCO, stated: “The present local weather offers the proper alternative to push expertise ahead and implement scalable instruments that make connections simpler. The addition of those sellers to the NDC Alternate group reinforces our concentrate on making extra NDC airline content material accessible on extra channels in order that airways have a extra constant product providing wherever travellers are shopping for their flights.”
“Innovation is alive and kicking proper now within the business”
ATPCO can be working with Farenexus to resolve some real-life use case as proofs of idea (POC) initiatives which will in the end develop into a part of the NDC Alternate service. The POCs cowl the inclusion of consolidator fares; inclusion of ATPCO’s Routehappy content material to drive the Subsequent Era Storefront (NGS)™ calculation, and a centralised check-in service for interline tickets.
“Innovation is alive and kicking proper now within the business, and Farenexus Group couldn’t think about partnering with every other organisation however ATPCO to create options that maximize worth for the business,” stated Ravi Kumar Panwar, CEO of Farenexus Group. “We’re already exploring these ideas that may assist the business in restoration and past, and we’re excited by the probabilities.”
