What Is NDC

NDC (New Distribution Capability) is an industry initiative launched and supported by IATA for the development and market adoption of a new, XML-based data transmission standard (NDC Standard). The NDC Standard enhances the capability of communications between the airlines and travel agents to meet the future need of Airline Retailing.

Capability

Ethiopian has obtained Level 3 NDC Certification from IATA. Level 3 means that we have Offer & Order Management capabilities. In addition to all the booking and selling capabilities, key elements of servicing like changes in NDC booking is also supported. Ethiopian received its ARM certification on February 2022. ARMI stands for Airline Retailing Maturity Index. From the earlier NDC certification, ARMI encompasses not only the technical capability but also the partnership deployment and value capture aspects. And measures the retailing capability of carriers in terms of, capability verification, partnership deployment and value capture.

Schema Version

Currently Ethiopian airlines is using NDC schema version 17.2 which in practice means we have all the basic capabilities available but more enhancements such as ancillaries and extras will be included in the later versions as the standard still develops.

On boarding Process 

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