Travelport has announced that Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) has begun using Travelport EMD Interchange, a new electronic miscellaneous document (EMD) ticketing solution that simplifies messaging requirements between ARC’s Interactive Agency Reporting (IAR) tool and airlines’ EMD databases.
EMD Interchange also allows airlines to expand their reach and increase revenues by expanding ancillary sales to their codeshare and interline partners, Travelport said.
The EMD Interchange translates and converts different versions of XML or EDIFACT into the single electronic language standard preferred by each airline. EMD Interchange is a one-connectivity solution, allowing airlines to use their existing communication lines, regardless of distribution system or technology, to implement EMD Interchange, reducing complexity and maintenance costs.
EMD Interchange is available to every airline carrier that issues EMDs through Travelport’s travel commerce platform. ARC projects 70-plus carriers are likely to adopt EMD Interchange over the next three years, based on requests and interest ARC has received so far. Air Canada, one of North America’s largest airlines, is the first carrier to adopt and use EMD Interchange.
Travel agents also benefit from airline carriers adopting and implementing EMD Interchange, Travelport said. Airlines can easily establish and synch EMD messaging directly between their EMD database and ARC’s agency reporting tool, IAR. Travel agents selling ancillaries can then void, refund, or cancel refund transactions directly in IAR for airline carriers.
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