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Hahn Air has added seven new carriers to its leading network of more than 350 airlines, in the third quarter of 2019. It has also achieved IATA’s Level-3 NDC certification.
TT Bureau
The new partners of Hahn Air are expanding their distribution reach with its HR-169 product. Travel agents can issue their flights on the insolvency-safe Hahn Air HR- 169 ticket, even in markets where airlines are not participating in the local payment system. The new HR-169 partners include Air Chathams (3C) from New Zealand, Jeju Air (7C) from South Korea, Air Peace (P4) from Nigeria, Amaszonas Uruguay (Z7), MAYAir/Aerocuahonte (5G) from Mexico, as well as two regional US carriers – RavnAir Alaska (7H) and Southern Airways Express (9X).
Hahn Air has also announced that it was granted NDC certification Level-3 status under the NDC (New Distribution Capability) Certification Program provided by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). This means that Hahn Air uses offer-and- order-management messages whose schemes are compliant with the standard NDC message scheme version 17.2.
We are well on track to make our Hahn Air flights, and the content of our partner airlines, available to travel sellers via NDC in 190 markets worldwide
“We are very proud to announce this important milestone in our NDC journey. We are well on track to make our Hahn Air flights, and the content of our partner airlines, available to travel sellers via NDC in 190 markets world- wide. In the coming months, we will connect additional agencies, aggregators and partner airlines to our platform and introduce new features such as more forms of payment, support for itinerary changes, and ancillary content such as additional baggage and seat reservations,” says Christopher Allison, Head of NDC at Hahn Air.
The certification follows the launch of Hahn Air’s NDC platform announced in August 2019. The platform allows airlines of any business model to introduce NDC to their distribution mix and thereby extend their global customer base, while providing travel agencies worldwide with access to content via Hahn Air’s NDC APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). It also offers distribution opportunities for airlines that are already NDC-capable.
Yanik Hoyles, IATA’s Director for Industry Distribution Programs, adds that Hahn Air has now joined the growing fold of airlines involved in launching a new era of retailing in which travellers have access to all of an airline’s products and services.
