ndc
What is NDC
What is NDC
NDC (New Distribution Capability) is a travel industry-supported program launched by IATA for the development and market adoption of a new, XML-based data transmission standard which will transform the way air products are retailed to the consumers.
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Benefits of NDC
As a partner consuming SIA NDC content, stand to benefit from a wide range of exclusive offers, specially curated fare bundles
and be able to transact ancillary content for your customers.
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Price
Access NDC-exclusive preferential fares and deals
Ancillaries
Offer and sell a complete shopping experience with NDC-enabled ancillaries
Fare bundles
Offer customised and richer bundles to better address the needs of your customers
Incentives
Enjoy incentives for sale of ancillaries and unlock preferential incentive schemes
Connect with Us
There are 4 ways which you can connect to enjoy SIA NDC content - via a direct connection, via our travel agent website (AGENT 360), via a tech partner, or via your GDS.
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SIA's Technology Partners
Our approved technology partners can aggregate content from various sources and will be able to provide you the ability to search, book and ticket.
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NDC APIs catalogue
Interested in doing a direct connection with us? Get information on the various APIs we have available.
Release Notes
Keep up to date with the latest release notes pertaining to SIA NDC APIs.
SIA makes available exclusive content and fare offerings to agents who transact via NDC. Some of these exclusive content include lower fares for both leisure and corporates, the ability to transact ancillary content for your customers and be rewarded for such transactions. Transactions via NDC will also not incur a distribution fee that has been rolled out for EDIFACT transactions across some markets.
There are no fee(s)/cost(s) charged by SIA to join the SIA NDC programme. Cost may however be incurred depending on your choice of tech partner(s) to provide the NDC solution/content. You may need to contact your chosen tech partner(s) to find out more.
Yes, SIA has filed our corporate discounts to NDC channels as well and TMCs will be provided the relevant access code to be entered at shopping (flight search) in order to retrieve the offers entitled to the corporate.
Similarly, private fares are secured by an access code that will be made available to eligible agents for input during shopping (flight search).
Similarly, private fares are secured by an access code that will be made available to eligible agents for input during shopping (flight search).
No, NDC bookings can only be retrieved via NDC enabled platforms. Agent will not be able to retrieve an booking made through EDIFACT in an NDC channel, and hope to reissue to a NDC farebasis.
Yes, the SIA NDC capability supports the consolidator/wholesaler workflow. However, the condition is that the subagent must have a registered TIDS or IATA number and be onboarded into the SIA KrisConnect programme. For more information, please get in touch with your SIA Account Manager.
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