The agreement demonstrates the openness and flexibility of the FLX platform by integrating with Air Transat PSS to deliver NDC.
MIAMI, USA – Accelya, a leading global software provider to the airline industry, announces a new partnership with Montreal-based airline, Air Transat, for its FLX Platform and the provision of New Distribution Capabilities (NDC).
Air Transat, voted 2024 World’s Best Leisure Airline at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, will utilize the FLX Platform to deliver personalized offers, enhance traveller experiences, and take control of its distribution.
The Accelya FLX Platform, powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and trusted by many of the world’s leading airlines, enabled more than half of all global NDC transactions in 2023, according to data from T2RL and is now generating more than 350k personalized offers per second across its airline partners.
Open by nature, Accelya’s modular solutions are built to integrate with airline customers and partners. This agreement demonstrates this openness, as Accelya will integrate with Radixx Res for the first time to deliver NDC-enabled content.
Benjamin Pron, Vice President Commercial, Air Transat, comments: “As the world’s number one leisure airline, we understand the need to continually innovate and ensure we can deliver the content our guests want in the channel of their choice. Accelya’s years of experience developing and building NDC, track record in delivering real NDC adoption, and solution flexibility were key factors in choosing to partner with them. The Accelya FLX Platform will deliver guest-centric retailing, enabling Air Transat to further enhance its guest experience by offering personalized and flexible options. We are delighted to partner with Accelya on our modern retailing journey.”
Sam Gilliland, Chief Executive Officer, Accelya, adds, “Accelya continues to increase NDC enabled modern retailing with our FLX Platform, and this agreement with Air Transat emphasizes our leadership position. Airlines have their own distribution strategies and technology environments, and we pride ourselves on our platform’s open and modular design. At Air Transat, Accelya is Integrating with Radixx Res, an example of our FLX platform’s ability to interface with existing technology and bring modern retailing capabilities to airlines.”
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