How can Amadeus Cytric Easy accelerate NDC cost savings?

December 12, 2023

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NDC technology is continuously maturing, and its benefits are really beginning to show. This technology allows for better retailing, providing passengers with the personalised offerings they have long sought.

NDC technology is continuously maturing, and its benefits are really beginning to show. This technology allows for better retailing, providing passengers with the personalised offerings they have long sought.

Corporate travellers are no different – they expect choice, convenience, flexibility, and curated offering. They want offers that make decisions easier and provide extra value - and accessing NDC content through Cytric Easy does just that.

But there’s more. Among all the technical sophistication, it can be forgotten NDC also has the potential to lower costs for corporate travelers, with Amadeus’ data revealing that flights sourced via this technology can be significantly cheaper.

With NDC, prices are often lower for several reasons. With increasing frequency, certain fares are offered by airlines only through the NDC channel to drive adoption, or bespoke rates have been created dynamically by the airline for a corporate partner and made available only via NDC.

This is a rapidly changing environment, and an up-to-date understanding has the potential to be rewarding for corporate travel managers.

For corporations, these savings can really add up. Looking at some popular routes, travellers from Paris to Munich could save €100 per trip when booking NDC, while a trip from London to Paris can be €75 cheaper for NDC rather than content provided via EDIFACT.

Timing is also important. For flights booked 120 days in advance, the average saving when booking NDC compared to EDIFACT was €77. This falls to €60 just 30 days in advance. So, the message is clear, book early and NDC offers present excellent value.

These are significant savings and, extrapolated over a corporate travel management program, have the potential to make a material difference to the bottom line. For the largest companies, those booking over 100,000 trips per annum, the savings can add up to €6 million each year.

NDC is delivering a technical revolution, offering previously impossible levels of personalisation, but the technology also has the potential to make a difference where it potentially hits the most – saving corporate travellers money.

In addition to these cost savings, Amadeus is working closely withTravel Management Companies offering NDC content to their customers in Cytric Easy, progressing and making the end-to-end servicing a reality.

Amadeus and the growing role of NDC

Amadeus has been at the forefront of introducing NDC over the past decade, working with our partners to unlock the potential of the new technology – and we have built up some expertise it would also be great to share. My colleagueLudo Verheggen , Director Air Distribution Growth here at Amadeus, looked at why NDC was important, what we can all get out of it and what approach we need to take for that to happen, while I alsolookedat the latest trends to emerge this year.

Sébastien Combes , Head of NDC Product Management for Amadeus, looked at the ways we can help travel sellers unlock a new world of retail through NDC, whileTom Roefs, Chief Executive of Munckhof Group , offered an external perspective while exploring how agencies can enhance their offering to travellers by deploying the technology.

The journey to fully exploiting NDC is ongoing, but the benefits are already clear. In terms of personalisation, the depth of content on offer and with the savings that can be made, there is much to be excited about around this new technology.

Wondering how much you could be saving with NDC content? Contact Amadeus Cytric Solutions.

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