New Distribution Capability continues to gain traction. Airlines,
booking tools, global distribution systems and other companies in 2026 are
announcing new partnerships to make NDC content available for booking.
Airlines also are beginning to adopt offer-and-order management
technologies, another step in business travel's modern-retailing
journey. This page provides a running list of news briefs,
with the most recent at the top. Updates from 2025 can be found here. Help keep BTN up to date by sending NDC and offer-and-order development news to BTN senior transportation editor Donna M. Airoldi [email protected]
May 2026
Royal Jordanian NDC content is now available on
Travelport, the technology company announced May 5. The rollout included
the United States and the U.K., with eventual additions to other countries. The
NDC partnership expansion was announced in October 2025.
April 2026
Travelport has added Saudia's NDC content to its Travelport
Plus platform, the technology company announced April 28. The April rollout
included 68 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific,
as well as the United States and Canada.
Spotnana has partnered with Air Canada to enable booking
of both the carrier's NDC content and flights with Air Canada Flight Pass
credits in its platform, the travel technology company announced April 27.
Four additional companies have joined Accelya's NDC
FastTrack initiative, the company announced April 15. New partners include
Airlines Reporting Corp., Navan, Travelfusion and SAP Concur.
TPConnects Technologies has established several new
integrations to its Iris air content aggregation platform, which provides
access to global distribution systems, low-cost carriers and NDC content from a
single source, the aggregator announced April 2. The full-service carriers
added include Cathay Pacific, Turkish Airlines, Riyadh Air and ITA Airways. The
LCCs added through its partnership with corporate travel distributor Kyte
include EasyJet, Volotea, Transavia and Wizz Air.
Travelfusion now provides Riyadh Air's NDC content across
its network of online travel agencies, travel management companies and
travel partners, according to the technology company. The company and Riyadh
announced the partnership in December 2025.
March 2026
TPConnects has integrated Model Context Protocol within its Astra NDC platform, the airline content aggregator announced March 12. The company said the addition enables the platform to act as a "universal adapter layer" for the various versions of NDC.
Travelport and Icelandair have extended their content agreement to include NDC, the technology company announced March 11. Implementation timing is to be announced at a future date, according to Travelport.
February 2026
ITA Airways’ content starting May 5 will be available via Lufthansa’s NDC platforms, Lufthansa announced Feb. 25. The integration will include direct API connections, aggregators and the web-based SPRK platform.
Travelport in the second quarter of 2026 will being to offer NDC content for LOT Polish Airlines, the technology company announced Feb. 12. The new deal means that LOT's "unsurcharged" NDC content will be available to Travelport-connected agencies using Travelport Plus, according to the company.
Travelport will add Oman Air NDC content to its Travelport Plus offerings, the technology company announced Feb.
5. The carrier's EDIFACT distribution through Travelport will remain
intact. Travelport said it is the first global distribution system to secure an NDC distribution agreement with Oman Air.
Navan has upgraded its direct connection to Qantas to a newer-generation NDC API, the travel and expanse platform announced Feb. 5. The newer API provides access to better fares and more servicing options with the carrier, according to the company.
January
Azerbaijan Airlines has tapped Accelya for its NDC offers, the technology company announced Jan. 21. The carrier will use Accellya's
FLX Select product, which is part of the FLX One platform and enables
airlines "to deploy NDC quickly and in a standardized way."
Five travel technology providers—TPConnects, Vibe, Lleego, Mesh and Ypsilon.net—have signed up to connect to Sabre Mosaic to increase NDC-based airline content, Sabre announced Jan. 19. The companies will gain access to NDC fares from 42 airlines through the Mosaic agreement.
Navan established a direct connect with Emirates for the carrier's NDC content, the travel and expense platform announced Jan. 12. The connection gives Navan access to fares and promotions from Emirates distributed exclusively through NDC and not available via traditional EDIFACT global distribution channels.