British Airways and Iberia¡¯s NDC content will be available to users of Concur¡¯s new platform by the year¡¯s end, the booking tool provider has confirmed.

Content will be made available via GDS connection and the partnership will enable users to avoid the airlines¡¯ Distribution Technology Charge, including the customers of those TMCs whose private channel agreements will expire on 31 December.

Concur did not specify from which GDS/s it would source the airlines' NDC content nor which markets it would initially be available in.

¡°The vast majority of TMCs want NDC content via the GDSs because they¡¯re built around them,¡± said Charlie Sultan, president of Concur Travel, adding that ¡°the vast majority of [post-booking] servicing gaps [for airlines¡¯ NDC content] have now been filled.¡±

NDC content from airlines including Air France-KLM, American Airlines and United Airlines has already been rolled-out to Concur customers using its new platform which debuted a year ago for Sabre GDS users in the US.

The company also went live recently with a direct connect integration of Ryanair content in its new platform.

¡°Between GDS, direct connect and TripLink, we continue to give customers the tools they need to obtain the content they want, wherever they want,¡± said Paul Dear, regional vice president - supplier services EMEA at SAP Concur. ¡°NDC is a part of that, and we are rapidly growing the number of airlines on our NDC content base to continue to offer more flexible options to our customers.¡±

Dear said the company had made ¡°hundreds¡± of enhancements and refinements since its upgraded platform was released a year ago, including reinstating a popular matrix view of airfare search results.

The booking tool¡¯s guest traveller feature is yet to roll-out, while Amadeus Hotels content will not be ready until Q1 of 2025, Dear confirmed.