British Airways

British Airways NDC API

British Airways' IATA New Distribution Capability API - a direct link into BA's host reservation system for flight shopping, ordering, ticketing and post-booking servicing, operated jointly across IAG for BA and Iberia. It implements the IATA EDIST message set (the ndc.ba.com application carries the XML namespace http://www.iata.org/IATA/EDIST/2017.2), with a 21.3 pilot programme running alongside the 17.2 production version. The IAG developer portal described the 17.2 plan as AirShopping, OfferPrice, SeatAvailability, OrderCreate, OrderRetrieve, AirDocIssue, OrderChange, OrderReShop and OrderChangeNotif. No OpenAPI or WSDL is published, no production base URL is published, and there is no self-serve access - see review.yml for the full certification and contracting path.

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Documentation

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Documentation

https://ndc.ba.com/developer/api-documentation

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GettingStarted

https://ndc.ba.com/start/build-and-test-the-api

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Authentication

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-airways/refs/heads/main/authentication/british-airways-authentication.yml

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Documentation

https://ndc.ba.com/capability/ndc-offer-management

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Documentation

https://ndc.ba.com/capability/ndc-order-management

Other Resources

https://ndc.ba.com/start/ndc-registrations

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Support

https://ndc.ba.com/faq/technical

https://ndc.ba.com/developer/ndc-product-api-roadmap

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Conventions

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-airways/refs/heads/main/conventions/british-airways-conventions.yml

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Lifecycle

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-airways/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/british-airways-lifecycle.yml

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Webhooks

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-airways/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/british-airways-ndc-notifications.yml

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Sandbox

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-airways/refs/heads/main/sandbox/british-airways-sandbox.yml

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LegacyPortal

https://developer.iairgroup.com/british_airways

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APIsJSON

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/british-airways/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

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API entry from apis.yml

aid: british-airways:british-airways-ndc-api
name: British Airways NDC API
description: British Airways' IATA New Distribution Capability API - a direct link into BA's host reservation
  system for flight shopping, ordering, ticketing and post-booking servicing, operated jointly across
  IAG for BA and Iberia. It implements the IATA EDIST message set (the ndc.ba.com application carries
  the XML namespace http://www.iata.org/IATA/EDIST/2017.2), with a 21.3 pilot programme running alongside
  the 17.2 production version. The IAG developer portal described the 17.2 plan as AirShopping, OfferPrice,
  SeatAvailability, OrderCreate, OrderRetrieve, AirDocIssue, OrderChange, OrderReShop and OrderChangeNotif.
  No OpenAPI or WSDL is published, no production base URL is published, and there is no self-serve access
  - see review.yml for the full certification and contracting path.
humanURL: https://ndc.ba.com/developer/api-documentation
tags:
- NDC
- Distribution
- Flights
- Booking
- Ticketing
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ndc.ba.com/developer/api-documentation
- type: Portal
  url: https://ndc.ba.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://ndc.ba.com/start/build-and-test-the-api
- type: SignUp
  url: https://ndc.ba.com/start/ndc-registrations
- type: Support
  url: https://ndc.ba.com/faq/technical
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://ndc.ba.com/
- type: Roadmap
  url: https://ndc.ba.com/developer/ndc-product-api-roadmap
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/british-airways-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/british-airways-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/british-airways-lifecycle.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/british-airways-ndc-notifications.yml
- type: Sandbox
  url: sandbox/british-airways-sandbox.yml
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ndc.ba.com/capability/ndc-offer-management
- type: Documentation
  url: https://ndc.ba.com/capability/ndc-order-management
- type: LegacyPortal
  url: https://developer.iairgroup.com/british_airways