Hong Kong’s home airlines, Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon have signed on to Skyscanner’s direct booking platform, enlarging their distribution network. The new integration means that Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon become the first Hong Kong-based carriers to be able to sell tickets directly within Skyscanner, across both web and mobile channels.
The first phase of the roll out is complete and is available to Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon customers and Skyscanner users in 40 markets, including Hong Kong, Australia, Canada, Japan, Singapore, the United Kingdom, the United States and Taiwan.
“We are very pleased to partner with Skyscanner in the development of this new distribution capability (NDC) in order to provide travellers with an improved and seamless booking experience,” said Cathay Pacific’s director of commercial and cargo, Ronald Lam.
Skyscanner’s Direct Booking platform enables travellers to research, choose and immediately book itineraries within Skyscanner without having to re-direct to supplier sites.
It was the first travel meta-search engine with the capacity to display and sell tickets directly through the NDC connection, building this into its Direct Booking platform.
“We are delighted that Cathay Pacific is joining an ever-growing number of airlines including British Airways, Scoot and Finnair who are spearheading the next generation of flexible and dynamic travel content distribution through the Skyscanner global marketplace,” said Hugh Aitken, Senior Director of Strategic Partnerships at Skyscanner.
