Product - NDC

Question 1

2 side NDC verbs

Answer 1

AirlineProfile: to get the O&D file
OrderList: list of orders

Question 2

NDC CDT team: PO & SM

Answer 2

PO: Julia Rousset
SM: Cristina Saura Abella

Question 3

AirShopping: supported Flex Pricer modes

Answer 3

OWD & ITI

Question 4

Schedule driven in NDC

Answer 4

OfferPrice can do schedule driven (for ex if external shopping but then OfferPrice creates a new Offer)

Question 5

NDC support on payment by CC

Answer 5

Requires APP

Question 6

ServiceList includes free services?

Answer 6

Yes, based on a different EDI than AAS catalogue

Question 7

Direct Connect

Answer 7

TA using NDC APIs directly

Question 8

Top 3 of a/l by number of NDC Orders

Answer 8

AV
SQ
PG

Question 9

NDC provider players (4 excl 1A)

Answer 9

Accelya, TravelSky, Datalex, OpenJaw

Question 10

FLX NDC main customers

Answer 10

LHG, AA+UA,

Question 11

TravelSky NDC: customers

Answer 11

Only Chinese Airlines

Question 12

Outcome of NDC LATAM pilot

Answer 12

Live for 2 mths with Skyscanner but then LATAM wanted another solution

Question 13

1A TP solution to cache NDC content

Answer 13

NDC Repository

Question 14

1A cost for each new NDC partner implementation even in cruise mode

Answer 14

5md for OCN link creation

Question 15

Solution designed by KHU for CX NDC

Answer 15

Support of CX’s own “OPC/OPW”: SSR ADTK (Advice Ticketing). Non-std but other a/l have other SSRs instead of OPC/OPW so customisable solution

Question 16

Work for new OCN link creation and split of sizing

Answer 16

Create ICD
Coordinate the different teams (RES, Network… nothing on NDC)

0.5md for us but nobody else clocks

Question 17

Duration of OCN link creation

Answer 17

2 months (2-3 weeks TST then PRD)

Question 18

Release of 21.3 to airlines

Answer 18

Released to everyone, just need to shoot the messages. For ex, CX is already testing to understand

Question 19

SellerRem: how is commission amount defined

Answer 19

As a percentage

Question 20

SellerRem: how is it put in PNR

Answer 20

FM element (the one meant for commission)

[Facilitator (of sales) Materialisation]

Question 21

SellerRem: where is the commission defined

Answer 21

Cat35 for nego
OR
NDC Business Rule

For nego fare, if commission defined in Cat35, NDC rule is bypassed, otherwise, NDC rule is applied

Question 22

Features with 21.3 as pre-requisite (2 ex)

Answer 22

• Double Inventory
• SellerRem

Question 23

Problem with ASW for NDC

Answer 23

Doc says it works the same as EDI but not the case and we haven’t studied it

Question 24

Major feature delivered by SQ NDC CC

Answer 24

Delegation flow

Question 25

NDC & self-re-acc: solution

Answer 25

OrderRetrieve: detect re-acc (UN/TK) + check eligibility
OrderReshop: shopping of re-acc

Question 26

Setup done manually (5)

Answer 26

Corporate code
Delegation rule
Configuration override
OCN
Office re-direction

Question 27

SQ Agent360 provider

Answer 27

TP Connect

Question 28

Max # of partners for NDC implementation

Answer 28

First project: 5
Shadow mode: 5
Full autonomy: no limit

Question 29

Why IFG complicates NDC projects

Answer 29

1 cycle of testing requires 2 weeks as it takes time to get the HOT file from IFG

Question 30

Specificity of NDC post-implementation

Answer 30

There’s a need for support in particular to deploy new features. The scope at CUT is really MVP (WL, self-re-acc, etc.)

Question 31

IATA stick approach to NDC

Answer 31

Softening, for example, IATA will allow NDC link as long as needed i/o pushing to IFG

Question 32

SQ main complaint on NDC

Answer 32

21.3 quality. They paid for features requiring 21.3 and cannot use them beause of PTR/IR. They will think of new CPs once 21.3 is stable and after migrating main sellers and Agent360 to 21.3.

Question 33

Type C and NDC

Answer 33

Not supported

Question 34

Servicing NDC in ARDw

Answer 34

Possible but then no longer manageable in NDC (as not all changes in ARDw are Order-compliant so even OrderRetrieve might fail)

Question 35

Name of Self-Re-Acc (at least form NDC)

Answer 35

Automated Involuntary Exchange

Question 36

Changes allowed by Self-Re-Acc

Answer 36

Different dates but same O&D

Question 37

OrderQuoteRQ

Answer 37

21.3 replacement for OrderReshopRQ price

Question 38

Flow of exchange in NDC 21.3

Answer 38

OrderReshop
OrderQuote
OrderChange

Question 39

NDC verb to acknowledge re-acc

Answer 39

OrderChange RQ (w/ acknowledge)

Question 40

Example of SQ NDC specificity

Answer 40

The only ones doing Exchange on deferred payment

Question 41

Last big feature missing in NDC (end24)

Answer 41

ASC exchange

Question 42

Last big feature missing in NDC 21.3 (end24)

Answer 42

Exchange in deferred payment (exists in 181.)

Question 43

Increase in number of shopping transactions expected by airlines with NDC

Answer 43

500-1000x (Sylvain)

Question 44

SQ NDC L2B

Answer 44

25k