Emirates has launched a new agent gateway
for booking and ticketing using IATA’s New
Distribution Capability (NDC) standards. The airline says it will give its partners
the ability “to enhance travellers’ journeys with customised products and
services”.
Emirates Gateway offers agencies three different methods of accessing the airline’s NDC content:
- Emirates Booking Portal, a web booking portal, available in 12 languages, connected directly to Emirates’ reservation systems;
- Emirates Gateway Direct, providing access to Emirates content through IATA NDC APIs, allowing trade partners to build applications themselves with support from Emirates’ IT teams;
- Emirates Gateway Sync, a facilitated link into the Emirates reservation system provided by industry leading, IATA-registered, Emirates-certified technology partners.
Adnan Kazim,
Emirates’ chief commercial officer, said: “The Emirates Gateway suite of
connection options has been built on new technology and is designed to address
the limitations of current legacy distribution systems.
“Our aim was to create a
platform that empowers us to rapidly develop and deploy new products and
services, thereby giving us and our trade partners the ability to offer even
more value-added and differentiated services. It also prepares the way for
Emirates to offer custom content and dynamic pricing that better responds to
our changing marketplace.”
Access to the new Emirates Gateway is available via the travel trade’s Emirates Partners Portal which was launched in July.