Airlink adopting IATA’s New Distribution Capability

South African regional and domestic airline Airlink has announced that it is to implement the New Distribution Capability (NDC) for its transactions with the travel trade, with effect from July 31 this year. NDC was launched by the International Air Transport Association (IATA) and is a data exchange format, using Offer and Order management processes to enable airlines to create and distribute relevant offers to customers, irrespective of the distribution channel. NDC is supported by the travel industry. It replaces the around 40-year-old Electronic Data Interchange for Administration, Commerce and Transport protocol.