LOT Polish Airlines’ NDC Content Now Available in Sabre’s GDS
The NDC offers of LOT Polish Airlines are now available to travel agents worldwide through Sabre’s global distribution system (GDS), travel technology provider Sabre Corporation said on Wednesday.
With NDC, agents will have the opportunity to present the most competitive offer, personalized to the passenger’s expectations. NDC offers are bookable through the Sabre Offer and Order APIs, agency booking solution, Sabre Red 360, and Sabre’s online booking tool, GetThere.
LOT Polish Airlines recently unveiled a comprehensive strategy for the 2024 to 2028 period that will involve, among other things, increasing its fleet to 110 aircrafts, introducing nearly 20 new destinations, growing passenger numbers by 70%, and strengthening environmental and social efforts.
Increasing service quality and passenger satisfaction is another key objective of the strategy; a key component of that is enabling greater personalization through rich content and customized NDC-enabled offers.
“We have ambitious goals and NDC is one of the key enablers for bringing our strategy to life. NDC provides high quality solutions and offers advanced tools for offer and order management,” said LOT Global Sales Director Marta Wiśniewska, adding that the airline’s cooperation with Sabre can make the product available to more agents and increase its competitiveness in terms of individual customers.
With their NDC offers activated, LOT Polish Airlines becomes the 16th airline make their NDC content available in over 150 markets through Sabre and are advancing the adoption of offer and order-based travel retailing.
“Through NDC, airlines can unlock new revenue streams and add even more value across travelers’ journeys. At Sabre, we aim to make this content available at scale in the indirect channel while safeguarding the end-to-end workflows and operational efficiencies that are so important to travel agencies,” said Kathy Morgan, Vice President, Product Management – Distribution Experiences, Sabre Travel Solutions.
Goldair – Golemis Air Services is the general sales agent of LOT in Greece.