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What is New Distribution Capability (NDC)?
What is New Distribution Capability (NDC)?
Technically, NDC (New Distribution Capability) is a messaging protocol based on XML technology. Thanks to NDC, customization can reach a new level and paves the way for a new type of retailing for travel.
NDC enables airlines for more control on the offers they build, while enhancing the travel retailing experience through advanced merchandizing offers distributed via travel sellers.
Amadeus is delivering a full end-to-end integration of content via NDC connectivity into the travel sellers’ ecosystem, focusing on 3 pillars:
The Content that makes the difference: adding in regularly new airlines, to access the widest range of travel offers on one platform, ensuring this content is differentiated, and available through normalized standards, so that travel sellers can search, book and service different airlines’ NDC and other content in the same way.
The Capabilities to ensure better usability, with regular innovations (34 patents delivered on NDC) and more than one new feature per week in 2023, organized around the enhanced user interfaces, the shopping experience, the increased merchandizing and servicing and the better ecosystem integration.
The Customer adoption: with a complete set of onboarding set of tools tracked with key performance indicators.
Key benefits
Key benefits for travel sellers are to:
✓ Attract and retain customers with new content, that is differentiated with Dynamic pricing, Promotion codes, Frequent flyers discounts, Bundles and exclusive ancillaries' discounts, contextualized upsell offers, Mileage accrual information and much more.
✓ Increase revenues and margins with attractive fares.
✓ Benefit from end-to-end integration across their ecosystem.
How does NDC work?
Booking NDC content in Amadeus Selling Platform Connect is similar to booking other types of air content. A key difference is in the terminology. In NDC, you find collections of services, referred to as Offers. Offers are then turned into bookings, referred to as Orders. When using All Fares in Amadeus Selling Platform Connect, you won't notice a big difference.
How to work with NDC?
How to work with NDC?
Booking NDC content in Amadeus Selling Platform Connect is similar to booking other types of air content. A key difference is in the terminology. In NDC, you find collections of services, referred to as Offers. Offers are then turned into bookings, referred to as Orders. For more details, please click here to visit the NDC product page in MyAmadeus Services portal.
Booking NDC Content
Booking NDC Content
via Selling Platform Connect
Voyzant Multi-Office Access
Voyzant Multi-Office Access
Booking NDC Content via bridging
Additional User Guides
Additional User Guides
in Amadeus Serivce Hub
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More "How to" articles, please click here to visit the NDC product page in MyAmadeus Services portal.
Demo Videos
Demo Videos
More e-learning videos, please click here to visit the NDC product page in MyAmadeus Services portal.
Amadeus Avaliable NDC Content
Amadeus Avaliable NDC Content
Last Update: June 09, 2026
Below is the complete list of Airlines with NDC-Sourced content available via the Amadeus Travel Platform with Production traffic. For details about NDC please click here.
Canada Market
Air Canada (AC), Air India (AI), American Airlines (AA), British Airways (BA), Cathay Pacific (CX), Emirates (EK), Eva Air (BR), Finnair (AY), Iberia (IB), Indigo (6E), LOT Polish Airlines (LO), Lufthansa Group (LH, LX, OS, SN, EN, 4Y), Qantas (QF), Qatar Airways (QR), Saudia (SV), Scandinavian Airlines System (SK), Singapore Airlines (SQ), TAP Air Portugal (TP), United Airlines (UA)
EK: Contact local airline representative, Emirates proceeds to gradual Office ID activation at their discretion.
CX: Register on Cathay Pacific website
BA: British Airways NDC Registration form
IB: Register on Iberia portal and select Connection Type = Via Third Party Provider
LH Groups: Contact Amadeus representative
QF: Register on NDC Qantas channel
SQ: Register on Singapore Airlines KrisConnect program (select "GDS Service Provider" on the left).
BR: Contact Eva Air via their NDC website
US Market
Air Canada (AC), American Airlines (AA), British Airways (BA), Emirates (EK), Eva Air (BR), Finnair (AY), Iberia (IB), Indigo (6E), LOT Polish Airlines (LO), Lufthansa Group (LH, LX, OS, SN, EN, 4Y), Qantas (QF), Qatar Airways (QR), Scandinavian Airlines System (SK), Singapore Airlines (SQ), TAP Air Portugal (TP), United Airlines (UA), Vueling (VY)
EK: Contact local airline representative, Emirates proceeds to gradual Office ID activation at their discretion.
BA: British Airways NDC Registration form
IB: Register on Iberia portal and select Connection Type = Via Third Party Provider
LH Groups: Contact Amadeus representative
QF: Register on NDC Qantas channel
SQ: Register on Singapore Airlines KrisConnect program (select "GDS Service Provider" on the left).
BR: Contact Eva Air via their NDC website
VY: Register on the Vueling Partners registration page, + send an email to ndcamadeus.newuser@vueling.com, informing registration ID and IATA number, and requesting access to the NDC of Vueling via Amadeus. There's no need to re-register if you have done it already.
Please note: At this time, only American Airlines (AA) and Cathay Pacific (CX) NDC content is available to TIDS agencies. All other airlines NDC content currently requires IATA accreditation.
Coming soon for TIDS agencies:
Qantas (QF), Saudia (SV), Singapore Airlines (SQ), United Airlines (UA)
Cathay Pacific (CX) NDC Access - How to...
Cathay Pacific (CX) NDC Access - How to...
Cathay Pacific is another airline that permits TIDS agencies to access NDC content through Amadeus. However, all agencies (both TIDS and IATA-accredited) must first register through the CX Agents Portal and request NDC activation.
Step 1: Register for the CX Agents Portal
If you haven't registered for the CX Agents Portal yet, please visit www.cxagents.com and complete the travel agency registration process.
Complete the agency registration form at CX Agents portal.
Refer to the step-by-step guide here for assistance.
Submit your application. Approval typically takes 1–2 business days.
Once approved, you will receive a confirmation email.
Step 2: Register for Cathay Prime (NDC)
After your CX Agents account has been approved:
Log in to the CX Agents Portal.
Complete the Cathay Prime (NDC) Registration Form or click here for direct link.
If you are a TIDS agency, select "Go Lite" during registration.
Be sure to enter your Amadeus Office ID, as CX must submit the NDC activation request to Amadeus.
Submit your application. Approval typically takes 3–5 business days.
Cathay Pacific will review your application, and once approved, Amadeus will also activate the access to Cathay Prime (NDC) content in your Office ID.
Once all the above activations are complete, you can begin booking CX NDC content directly through Amadeus. For booking instructions, please refer to the Amadeus NDC User Guide.
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