Qantas airlines is a flag carrier of Australia. Interesting
as it might seem, it is the third oldest airline of the world. Qantas operates
flights to 85 destinations with a fleet size of 131 airplanes as of now. The
fleet also comprises of A380s which are jumbo long-haul airplanes, providing
ultimate luxury to passengers. The airline is still going strong on these
planes and ordering these, even as some of its Gulf counterparts are having
other thoughts. Qantas is adding more premium economy seats to this airplane
for the benefit of passengers who fly on it. Besides the 25 premium economy
seats, it will also be adding 6 more business seats. However, there will be a
cut on the economy seats. The carrier will be removing 30 economy class seats
from this plane.
Qantas On New
Distribution Capability
Qantas is the airline which has started providing a new
platform to its agents for making Qantas reservations. The new platform is
based on the New Distribution Capability of IATA. The NDC is an advanced
ticketing platform. Qantas has developed its own QDC, Qantas Distribution
Capability, which is based on NDC and also makes use of Farelogix of Sabre. The
airline has also devised a promotional policy to encourage the agents to use
the new platform for making reservations.
It shall be noted that the airline has promised to have at
least 20% of its inventory on this NDC platform by 2020.
