Airlines Reporting Corporation, Navan, Travelfusion and SAP Concur have announced participation in NDC FastTrack, a cross-industry initiative supported by Accelya. Current participants in the project include American Express Global Business Travel, BCD Travel, CTM, FCM Travel, Fox World Travel, Sabre, Amadeus, and Travelport.
As adoption of the New Distribution Capability standard continues to expand across agency distribution and managed corporate travel segments, NDC FastTrack is working to address operational and technical issues associated with scaling NDC-based distribution.
According to ARC data, NDC transactions accounted for 21.2 percent of total ARC-settled transactions in December 2025. In addition, data from the Accelya platform indicates corporate NDC bookings rose 168 percent year over year in Q4 2025, while GDS-distributed NDC volumes increased 162 percent over the same period.
NDC FastTrack is a structured forum where travel sellers, technology providers and partners exchange experiences in implementing NDC, uncover workflow gaps and resolve technical issues to support the continued scaling of NDC content.
Participants in NDC FastTrack meet regularly to review implementation progress, discuss challenges encountered in live environments and examine opportunities to improve interoperability across systems. Another in-person working session is scheduled for May in Miami.
Recent areas that have been discussed include Anchored Search, which would introduce a two-step shopping workflow that allows agents to first select an outbound flight and then retrieve all matching return options, improving consistency in NDC shopping results and enabling easier comparison across channels. Another topic under development is EMD Exchange, enabling agencies to reuse and exchange EMDs directly within the NDC workflow.
“NDC is now operating at real scale, with tens of millions of transactions flowing through the ecosystem,” Tye Radcliffe, chief customer success officer at Accelya, noted. “That momentum shows the industry has moved well beyond pilots and into everyday distribution across agency and corporate travel. When travel sellers, technology providers and partners work through servicing, data and workflow challenges together, it builds the confidence needed for NDC to keep expanding across the market.”
Shelly Younger, head of offers and settlement at ARC, commented: “NDC is now firmly established as an essential component of agency booking activity. As adoption continues to expand, the focus is shifting to ensuring the supporting infrastructure keeps pace. At ARC, we’re focused on delivering the data and insights needed to support decisions, improve workflows, and consistently provide a reliable experience.”
