ECTAA added that there were a number of unanswered questions concerning NDC, including how it would

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Currently around 60 per cent of airline ticket sales come through GDSs with the rest booked via airline websites. IATA s CEO Tony Tyler has made no secret of the association s plans to find ways to cut the GDS costs of its members.
But through the NDC and the unbundling model, we also have an enormous opportunity to grow the revenue associated with every seat purchase and thereby grow the pie for all, new entrants and incumbents.
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ECTAA added that there were a number of unanswered questions concerning NDC, including how it would fit in with EU law on the use of Computerised Reservation Systems (CRSs), air ticket write inn oak park transparency, data protection and competition.