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Sabre Corp. has achieved Level 3 certification as an aggregator under IATA’s New Distribution Capability standard and has added several suppliers to its Beyond NDC distribution testing and development program.
Now, all three of the major GDSs have achieved Level 3 aggregator status. Travelport was the first to achieve it in late 2017, and Amadeus achieved it in July. Sabre already had Level 3 capabilities as an IT provider.
In addition, Sabre announced Beyond NDC collaboration relationships with Finnair, Singapore Airlines and United Airlines, as well as three agencies: American Express Travel & Lifestyle Services, BCD Travel and Corporate Travel Management. The project involves designing and beta-testing capabilities based on the standard.
With United, for example, Sabre is developing shopping tools led by schedule and availability queries, which Sabre said accounts for about 80% of all air shopping in its Sabre Red Workspace agency platform. Sabre previously had announced American Express Global Business Travel, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, Flight Centre Travel Group and American Airlines as partners in the initiative.
Source: travelweekly.com
