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Miami, USA – April 15, 2026
Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC), Navan, Travelfusion and SAP Concur today announce participation in NDC FastTrack, a cross-industry initiative, supported by Accelya, focused on addressing operational and technical challenges associated with scaling New Distribution Capability (NDC)-based distribution.
Their participation comes as NDC adoption continues to expand across agency distribution and managed corporate travel segments. Recent ARC reporting shows NDC transactions accounted for 21.2% of total ARC-settled transactions in December 2025 – more than 1 in 5 bookings. Accelya platform data also indicates that corporate NDC bookings increased 168% year-over-year in Q4 2025, with GDS-distributed NDC volumes rising 162% over the same period.
NDC FastTrack provides a structured forum where travel sellers, technology providers and partners exchange implementation experience, surface workflow gaps and resolve technical issues in order to support the continued scaling of NDC content. Current participants of NDC FastTrack include American Express Global Business Travel (Amex GBT), BCD Travel, CTM, FCM Travel, Fox World Travel, Sabre, Amadeus, and Travelport, alongside ARC, Navan, Travelfusion and SAP Concur.
Tye Radcliffe, Chief Customer Success Officer, Accelya, said:
“NDC is now operating at real scale, with tens of millions of transactions flowing through the ecosystem. That momentum shows the industry has moved well beyond pilots and into everyday distribution across agency and corporate travel.
What’s encouraging is the level of focus on making the experience stronger as volumes grow. When travel sellers, technology providers and partners work through servicing, data and workflow challenges together, it builds the confidence needed for NDC to keep expanding across the market.”
Shelly Younger, Head of Offers and Settlement at ARC, said:
“NDC is now firmly established as an essential component of agency booking activity. As adoption continues to expand, the focus is shifting to ensuring the supporting infrastructure keeps pace.
We’ve reached this point through close collaboration with stakeholders across the industry, building solutions that work for agencies, airlines, corporate travel programs, and travelers. At ARC, we’re focused on delivering the data and insights needed to support decisions, improve workflows, and consistently provide a reliable experience.”
Ian Fette, Vice President of Engineering, Navan, said:
“From a TMC perspective, NDC has to function inside real-world agency workflows. Advisors and corporate clients expect speed, clarity and dependable servicing.
As transaction volumes grow, attention shifts from access to execution. The practical details – exchanges, refunds, data consistency – are what determine whether NDC becomes routine in day-to-day operations.”
Charlie Sultan, President Concur Travel said:
“As NDC usage increases in managed travel, ensuring consistent post-booking processes and data integrity across systems becomes critical to maintaining trust with corporate customers.
We’re already seeing this play out in the market: in the first quarter of 2026, we saw the one millionth NDC booking in Concur travel, and at the current pace we expect to see our second million in just the next 5 months.”
Eytan Bicaci Baruh, Vice President Commercial, Travelfusion, said:
“Scaling NDC across multiple platforms requires technical precision and interoperability. Fragmentation creates friction, especially when volumes increase.
The industry’s focus now is on ensuring systems communicate cleanly and workflows remain stable under production conditions. That’s what enables sustainable growth in NDC distribution.”
Focus on Operational Execution
Participants in NDC FastTrack meet regularly to review implementation progress, discuss challenges encountered in live environments and examine opportunities to improve interoperability across systems.
Recent areas of discussion have included:
- Anchored Search, introducing a two-step shopping workflow that allows agents to first select an outbound flight and then retrieve all matching return options, improving consistency in NDC shopping results and enabling easier comparison across channels.
- EMD Exchange, enabling agencies to reuse and exchange EMDs directly within the NDC workflow, reducing servicing friction and improving the reliability of post-booking ancillary transactions.
These workstreams are intended to enhance operational usability and reduce friction as NDC transaction volumes grow.
An in-person working session is scheduled for May in Miami, where participants will continue technical discussions and review progress on current initiatives.
About NDC FastTrack
NDC FastTrack is a cross-industry initiative supported by airline retailing stakeholders, travel sellers and technology providers. The forum is designed to facilitate discussion around practical barriers to NDC implementation and does not represent a commercial program or exclusive membership structure.
About Accelya
Accelya is a global leader in airline software, powering over 200 airlines with an open, modular platform that enables them to drive growth, enhance customer experiences, and take control of their retailing. Our FLX ONE platform empowers airlines to transform across Offer, Order, Settlement, and Delivery (OOSD), in line with IATA’s standards for modern retailing.
With a cloud-native infrastructure powered by AWS, Accelya processes more than 30 billion unique offers daily, and settles over $100 billion annually. Our solutions span the entire retail lifecycle, both above and below the wing, giving airlines the flexibility, performance, scalability, and reliability they need.
Backed by 40 years of industry expertise, long-term support from Vista Equity Partners, and 2,500 employees across 10 global offices, Accelya has the scale and proven track record to meet the evolving needs of the airline industry.
For more information, visit the Accelya Website.
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