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Jul 16, 2026

Travel in MotionAviation technology consultancy · Offer & Order architecture

Order management moves from a booking record to the operational core of retailing

Travel in Motion describes the modern Order layer as the system that must preserve what was sold across servicing, refunds, disruption handling, delivery and settlement. Its proposed model replaces fragmented PNR, ticket and EMD views with an extensible Order that can be accessed through APIs, events and batch interfaces, while acknowledging that the legacy PSS must coexist during a staged transition.

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Jul 15, 2026

AccelyaAviation technology provider · Modern airline retailing

Modern retailing shifts from NDC connectivity to open end-to-end interoperability

Accelya argues that the next phase of Modern Airline Retailing is no longer just NDC adoption: retailing capabilities must work across offer creation, orders, servicing, disruption, settlement, accounting and delivery. The vendor frames open standards, interoperability and modularity as separate requirements, warning that standardization should not be equated with consolidation onto a single technology stack.

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June 2026

IATAIndustry standard · Modern Airline Retailing

IATA maps the product catalog foundation for Offers and Orders

IATA's shared IT-provider paper describes products as stable, versioned entities that are defined independently from pricing and availability, then referenced by Offers and Orders throughout the retailing lifecycle. It compares current implementation patterns, including atomic-product and bundle-as-product models, and identifies the dependencies connecting catalog data to offer management, order management, stock keeping, fulfilment, servicing and accounting.

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Apr 08, 2026

International Air Transport Association (IATA)Industry standard body · Aviation architecture & interoperability

IATA PoCs test a shared event bus, interoperable AI agents and distribution identity

IATA published the Cycle 2 results of four Data and Technology proofs of concept covering a Kafka-compatible Global Data Bus, multilateral AI-agent collaboration, digital identity verification in airline distribution and contactless travel. The work targets fragmented point-to-point messaging, inconsistent trust between sellers and airlines, and the lack of a common way for agents and travel participants to exchange data securely. The paper includes reference architectures, security and governance considerations, and implementation findings rather than proposing a new IATA standard.

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