BWISkyGuy: All three GDSs are working on NDC, but they've been "working on it" for like four or five years. The airlines for even longer. While I understand some groups (airlines) are running out of patience, the NDC is the New Distribution Capability and not a New Distribution Standard. The GDSs will be able to do ... something ... with NDC, but maybe that capability really only works with some airlines and not others. Same for TMCs.

There's a good video on youtube that focuses on the recent Southwest meltdown as a symptom for the archaic IT infrastructure of this industry. The last bit is specifically about NDC. I think he sums the situation up quite nicely - airlines want ndc, but can't agree on what it should look like. So, airlines try to go it alone, but realize it's cost prohibitive, and give up. Wash, rinse, repeat.


Even if you aren't interested in NDC, it's still an interesting video.