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United Airlines and Travelport Announce Long-Term Strategic Relationship to Accelerate Modern Airline Retailing
New model of collaboration delivers Travelport access to United's best retailing capabilities, co-development of innovative features, and accelerated
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[{"type":"text","content":"New model of collaboration delivers Travelport access to United's best retailing capabilities, co-development of innovative features, and accelerated deployment of next-level New Distribution Capability (NDC) functionality for travel agencies and corporate buyersCHICAGO, Dec. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- United Airlines and Travelport have entered into a strategic relationship that represents a new model of collaboration between an airline and a multi-source content provider.This marks a significant evolution from the traditional airline-distributor relationship, with teams from both companies working closely together to enable new capabilities and functionality for agency and corporate buying communities.Through this deal, Travelport will gain early access to United's NDC technology roadmap and co-development opportunities, helping to ensure travel counselors benefit from the most sophisticated merchandising tools in the marketplace.\"Our new model for cooperation with Travelport helps ensure that United's travel agencies and corporate buyers benefit from the most innovative retail travel solutions available,\" said Andrew Nocella, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer of United Airlines. \"Together, we're setting a new standard for transparency, flexibility, and value in air travel distribution.\"\"This long-term relationship with United Airlines marks a major milestone in accelerating airline retailing for agencies and corporations,\" said Greg Webb, Chief Executive Officer of Travelport. \"By combining United's advanced NDC capabilities with Travelport's next-generation platform, we're delivering richer content, better service solutions, and more choice for all our customers worldwide.\"Early Access, Co-Development and Online Booking Tool ExtrasTravelport will receive early access to United's innovative NDC-enabled extras with teams working together to co-develop new features and bring them to market rapidly.Technical Cooperation: United and Travelport will work together on a deeper level of technical collaboration than traditional airline-distributor relationships, with dedicated development resources focused on creating new capabilities specifically for Travelport+, a modern retailing platform built for travel agencies that provides an all-in-one solution with faster search, better content, and built-in automati...