I-Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA), inkampani ethwala ifulegi kazwelonke yoMbuso waseSaudi Arabia, iyinkampani yezindiza yokuqala eMpumalanga Ephakathi nase-Afrika Region ukuthola isitifiketi se-International Air Transport Association (IATA) Level 4 New Distribution Capability (NDC).
'Ikhono Elisha Lokusabalalisa' liwumsebenzi osetshenziswa uhwebo lokuhamba ukubhuka uhambo lwendiza lokubhukha komuntu ngamunye noma kweqembu. Ivumela ochwepheshe bezokuvakasha ukuthi bafinyelele okuqukethwe izithombe ezinjalo zekhabethe le-inflight; engeza imikhiqizo yokwengeza, njengamaphakheji e-WiFi, imithwalo eyeqile, nokunye.
I-SAUDIA isebenzise Ukunikezwa kanye ne-IATA One Order Certified Order Management Solution kusuka kumthengisi we-TPConnects, kanye ne-NDC enikwe amandla ukusatshalaliswa Kuma-Travel Agents kanye Nama-Oda Amathuluzi Okuvakasha Ku-inthanethi.
I-TPConnects OfrMS ididiyelwe phezu kwezimpahla (Uhlelo Lwesevisi Yabagibeli, Uhlelo Lokundiza Okujwayelekile njll) njengengxenye yesu le-SAUDIA lokucindezela izinhlinzeko ezihlanganisa izinto ezisiza emoyeni nezingezona ezomoya kanye nezindiza, kokubili inqwaba kanye ne-la carte.
IPhini likaMongameli we-SAUDIA, Wezokuthengisa, uMnu. Richard Nuttall uphawule ngesitifiketi sakamuva:
“Izinga lesi-4 liyisitifiketi esiphezulu se-NDC esihlanganisa ukwamukelwa kwemilayezo eyengeziwe yokusiza ukusekela ukuthengwa kabusha nokushintsha ama-oda. Inkampani yezindiza inikeza amandla okusebenzisa i-Offer and Order Management, okusho ukuthi ama-Travel Agents ahlanganiswe ne-SAUDIA akwazi ngokuqondile ukufinyelela kalula imikhiqizo etholakala kuwebhusayithi yenkampani yezindiza, ngaleyo ndlela anikeze isipiliyoni sokuthenga esingaguquki kubavakashi abavela kwezohwebo lokuvakasha, ngendlela efanayo nendlela izivakashi ezibhukha ngayo kuwebhusayithi ye-saudia.com.
Uqhubekile uMnu. Nuttall: “Ngokwesekwa kwenani labahlanganisi nama-ejensi ezokuhamba, umkhankaso we-NDC e-SAUDIA usendleleni kusukela ezinsukwini zakuqala zokuhlolwa ukuya ekusebenzeni ngokugcwele ngokugcwele. Siqondise umthamo omkhulu wokwenziwayo ngoxhumano lwe-NDC ezinyangeni ezizayo, kokubili okuvela eziNhlanganweni Zokuhamba kanye Nabenzeli Bokuhamba Ku-inthanethi.”
Ukwamukela isixazululo esiqinisekisiwe se-SAUDIA NDC ngama-Travel Agents kunikeza ukufinyelela kuhlu lwezinkampani zezindiza ezibanzi, okuhlanganisa izihlalo, izinsiza zomoya nezingezona ezomoya, izinyanda kanye ne-la carte, ngamanani ahlukahlukene namaphakheji kanye ne-Rich Media.
Ama-ejenti Okuhamba Agunyaziwe we-IATA kanye Nama-ejensi Wokuvakasha Angewona awe-IATA anikezwa ukufinyelela nge-Airline Agent Platform noma nge-API, uma ama-ejenti enenjini yawo yokubhuka.
I-SAUDIA NDC Direct Connect iyatholakala nge-TPConnects NDC Certified Travel Aggregator Platform kanye nezinye izinkampani zezindiza ngoxhumano oluvamile.
Ama-Travel Agents agunyaziwe e-IATA azokwazi ukwenza izinto ngendlela efanayo esebenzisa i-IATA BSP noma i-ARC kanye ne-NDC imisebenzi ezokhishwa kumadokhumenti e-SAUDIA. Abenzeli bezokuvakasha okungebona abe-IATA kufanele baxhumane namahhovisi e-SAUDIA afanele ukuze bathole ukufinyelela kusixazululo se-NDC sokuxhuma ngqo.
Ama-Online Travel Agents kanye nezinjini zokusesha ze-Meta zizohlinzekwa nge-NDC Application Programming Interface (ama-API) ukuze kufinyelelwe Okunikezwayo okuphelele kwe-SAUDIA nokuphathwa kwama-oda okuhlanganisa nangemuva kwesevisi yokuthengisa.
