Features
New Order Quote Message
A new message has been introduced 'OrderQuoteRQ' to be used to quote changes post order creation. Previously it was challenging to change an existing flight and add any optional ancillaries on and get a full quotation from the Airline. This new message allows the Airline to return a fully priced Offer, taking into consideration all passenger changes.
Return of Common Types
The NDC messages have returned to using Common Types, from the Lean Schema approach we employed over the last few years due to implementer feedback. With the lean schema approach, we started seeing fragmentation of types which increased the complexity of integration for minimal additional functionality.
Structure of an Offer / Order
With the move to Common Types, the Offer and Order Structures are not contained within their various domains/integrations, such as:
Distribution (Seller <-> Airline)
OrderedOrder / OrderedOrderItem / OrderedService
Delivery (Airline <-> Supplier)
DeliveredOrder / DeliveredOrderItem / DeliveredService
Accounting (Airline <-> Accounting)
AccountedOrder / AccountedOrderItem / AccountedService
Interline (Airline <-> Airline)
InterlineOrder / InterlineOrderItem / InterlineService
Deprecation
The Offer and Order Group marked many items for Deprecation early 2020 for removal in 21.1. Out of the proposed list, approx. 80% of the items were removed, however some had to stay due to the re-introduction of common types and the additional complications with Type Coherence.
Known Defects
Baggage Association Class was wrongly connected to the