ʻO ʻOman Air, ka National Carriers o ka Sultanate o Oman i loaʻa ka pae 4 New Distribution Capability (NDC) palapala hōʻoia mai International Air Transport Association (IATA). Hele mai kēia ma kahi o Oman Airs 'ke kūlana kiʻekiʻe 3 NDC palapala hōʻoia, e hoʻolilo ana iā Oman Air i hoʻokahi o nā mokulele mua ma ke kūlana hou loa, NDC 18.2
ʻO New Distribution Capability (NDC) kahi papahana hoʻololi nui, i hoʻokumu ʻia e IATA e hōʻano hou i ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o Airline. Hoʻonui ka NDC Standard i ka hiki o nā kamaʻilio ma waena o nā mokulele a me nā ʻae huakaʻi ma o ka ʻae ʻana i kahi mokulele e hāʻawi pololei i nā kūʻai aku i ka manawa maoli e ʻae pū kekahi i nā mokulele e wehewehe a uku i kā lākou huahana i kēlā me kēia ala a lākou e makemake ai.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Paul Starrs, Luna Kūʻai Nui o Oman Air: "Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka lilo ʻana i kekahi o nā mokulele mua e loaʻa i ka Level 4 NDC Certification. Me ke kūʻai ʻana mai nā hui huakaʻi nui, Aggregators a me Online Travel Agencies (OTA's) ʻo ka NDC initiative ma Oman Air aia ma ke ala mai ka hoʻokolohua a me ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka hana piha piha. ʻO kā mākou hoʻolālā ʻo ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka manaʻo mai ka hiki i ka nui a me ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka nui koʻikoʻi, a ma ka hoʻonui ʻana i ka mana NDC i nā mākeke hou aʻe o ka honua, manaʻo mākou e loaʻa nā puke kālepa nui ma o nā pilina NDC i kēia makahiki.
ʻO ka Oman Air ka mana o ka hāʻawi ʻana a me ka hoʻoponopono Management Order a me ka Travel Agency Portal mai TPConnects, i hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka pae 4 NDC Schema 18.2, e hiki ai iā Oman Air ke hoʻolauna i ka ʻike i ka pūnaewele NDC i nā Agents Huakaʻi ", wahi a Paul Starrs
ʻO NDC ka hōʻano hou ʻana i kahi kūlana hoʻololi kuʻina 40 mau makahiki no ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka likiki i hoʻomohala ʻia ma mua o ka hoʻokumu ʻia ʻana o ka Pūnaewele. Hoʻolālā ʻo NDC i ka hoʻololi ʻana i ka protocol EDIFACT kahiko i kū mai ka makahiki 1980 a hoʻohana ʻia e Global Distribution Systems (GDSs).
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Umesh Chhiber, Hope Pelekikena - Revenue Optimization and Pricing, "ʻO nā mea hoʻokele mua no NDC ma Oman Air ka manawa loaʻa ma o ka maʻalahi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka Travel Agent Portal a me API no nā Agents Travel Online, Aggregators etc. kūʻai, kumu kūʻai ikaika a me nā ʻike kūʻokoʻa. ʻO ka lawe ʻana i ka NDC ke wehe nei i ka waiwai ma o kā mākou alahele huakaʻi ma o ka hāʻawi ʻana iā lākou i nā hiʻohiʻona a me nā ʻike kūʻokoʻa paʻakikī ke komo i kēia lā.
Ke hoʻololi nei ke kaiāulu ʻoihana huakaʻi e hoʻomaʻa i nā pono o nā mea kūʻai aku hou, a mahalo i nā manawa kūpono i lawe ʻia e nā ʻenehana hou. Ua hoʻopukapuka nui ʻo Oman Air i ka NDC hiki i ka hāʻawi ʻana a me ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana i ke kauoha a me ka hāʻawi ʻana ma o TPConnects a hoʻomākaukau ʻia e hālāwai me nā pono o kā mākou kaiāulu ʻoihana kaiāulu e māʻona i nā mea i hoʻololi ʻia o ka pehea e kūʻai aku ai kā mākou mea kūʻai aku, puke a uku hoʻi, hoʻohui ʻo Umesh
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- Oman Air have heavily invested in NDC enabled Offer and Order Management and Distribution through TPConnects and is geared up to meet the needs of our travel agency community to satisfy the changing expectations of how our consumers shop, book and pay, added Umesh.
- The NDC Standard enhances the capability of communications between airlines and travel agents by enabling an airline to make sales offers directly in real time which will also permit airlines to both define and price their products in any way they wish.
- Umesh Chhiber, Vice President – Revenue Optimization and Pricing, said, “The primary drivers for NDC at Oman Air is the revenue opportunity through the simple to use Travel Agent Portal and API’s for Online Travel Agents, Aggregators etc, that allows product differentiation, ancillary sales, dynamic pricing and exclusive content.