
Accelya’s Africa Footprint Reveals the Next Layer of the NDC Gap
NDC FastTrack marked its first anniversary in July with 18 member organizations, up from two founding members at its GBTA Denver launch in July 2025. The current roster, per Accelya’s

NDC FastTrack marked its first anniversary in July with 18 member organizations, up from two founding members at its GBTA Denver launch in July 2025. The current roster, per Accelya’s

New Distribution Capability adoption in the United States has paused, at least for now. Data released by Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) on August 20 shows NDC transactions accounted for 21.2%

Everyone arguing about AI and airline distribution right now is looking at the wrong altitude. The public fight has been fought at the GDS level. Who controls the infrastructure. Who

The story of NDC distribution in Africa is usually told at the global level, folded into wider claims about carrier count, agency reach and airline adoption. But those numbers tell

A travel agency did nothing wrong and had its identity stolen anyway. Someone spoofed its email domain, lifted its valid IATA accreditation number, and used both to request access to

Ask who is winning GDS in Africa and the industry gives you one answer: Amadeus, because it is “stronger in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.” That line appears in

Three months after Sabre first accused Amadeus of holding a “dominant monopoly position,” the company used its Q2 2026 earnings call to restate the complaint in more specific terms, but

Every airline distribution team evaluating NDC aggregators eventually has the same thought. What if there were just one. One contract, one integration, one commercial relationship covering every agency, every OTA,

At UATP’s Airline Distribution 2026 conference this year, United’s managing director of digital sales told the room that the carrier now sells about seventy percent of its tickets direct, with

Accelya just put a number on something buyers have been guessing at for years: how ready their own programme actually is for modern airline retailing. The company unveiled the Modern
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