Expedia Wants New Features With Amadeus NDC Partnership
Photo Credit: Expedia hopes to expand airline ancillary services that it can offer customers. Pictured is New Club World products being served on board a special flight on a 787-9, which also marked the opening of First Wing, London Gatwick and Boston Lounges. Source: Nick Morrish/British Airways British Airways / Nick Morrish
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Very slowly, the New Distribution Capability is enabling online travel agencies to catch up with the services that airlines offer on their own websites.
It wasn't too long ago that if you booked a flight through an online travel agency, you couldn't pick your seat assignment in advance.
That's because the technology from global distribution systems such as Sabre, Amadeus and Travelport, which connect airlines and online travel agencies, wasn't capable of doing so.
Enter the New Distribution Capability (NDC) developed by IATA. It has enabled online travel agencies, such as Expedia, Bo
