Qantas Distribution Platform NDC XML API

The Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP) is Qantas' NDC XML API for airline retailing — shopping, offer and order creation, ticketing, ancillaries and post-booking servicing of Qantas (QF) content for travel agencies, GDSs and aggregators. Built in partnership with Farelogix Inc. (now Accelya) on IATA's New Distribution Capability standard, and certified by IATA to NDC@Scale. Qantas states the platform "does not have a customer-facing user interface" and is "designed to allow Technology Partners to develop a connection to our NDC XML API". No endpoint host, no NDC schema version and no machine-readable specification are published; access requires a signed Qantas Distribution Platform Access Agreement, and agencies must hold IATA, ARC, TIDS or VTC accreditation. Agencies that cannot connect through a Certified Technology Partner may instead use the QDP portal, a web UI powered by Accelya NDC SPRK.

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Partners
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/approved-technology-partners
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Support
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/help-support
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Glossary
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/help-support/glossary
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TermsOfService
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/standard-agency-terms-conditions
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Portal
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal
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Signup
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/register
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TermsOfService
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/terms-conditions
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Pricing
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/premium
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CapabilityListing
https://www.qantas.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:00230b0b-8c1e-4da6-8261-787185e22a1b/original/as/qdp-capability-listing-tool.pdf
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KnowledgeBase
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/knowledge-centre
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LanguageReference
https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/language-reference-guide
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Conventions
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/conventions/qantas-conventions.yml
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Lifecycle
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/lifecycle/qantas-lifecycle.yml
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ChangeLog
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/changelog/qantas-changelog.yml
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Conformance
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/conformance/qantas-conformance.yml
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Plans
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/plans/qantas-plans.yml
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APIsJSON
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/qantas/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

API entry from apis.yml

apis.yml Raw ↑
aid: qantas:qantas-distribution-platform-ndc-xml-api
name: Qantas Distribution Platform NDC XML API
description: The Qantas Distribution Platform (QDP) is Qantas' NDC XML API for airline retailing — shopping,
  offer and order creation, ticketing, ancillaries and post-booking servicing of Qantas (QF) content for
  travel agencies, GDSs and aggregators. Built in partnership with Farelogix Inc. (now Accelya) on IATA's
  New Distribution Capability standard, and certified by IATA to NDC@Scale. Qantas states the platform
  "does not have a customer-facing user interface" and is "designed to allow Technology Partners to develop
  a connection to our NDC XML API". No endpoint host, no NDC schema version and no machine-readable specification
  are published; access requires a signed Qantas Distribution Platform Access Agreement, and agencies
  must hold IATA, ARC, TIDS or VTC accreditation. Agencies that cannot connect through a Certified Technology
  Partner may instead use the QDP portal, a web UI powered by Accelya NDC SPRK.
humanURL: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc
tags:
- NDC
- Airline Distribution
- XML
- Offers and Orders
- Ticketing
- Ancillaries
- Servicing
properties:
- type: Documentation
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/what-is-ndc
- type: Documentation
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/benefits
- type: Partners
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/approved-technology-partners
- type: Support
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/help-support
- type: Glossary
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/help-support/glossary
- type: RateLimits
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/policies/agent-information/ndc-shopping-policy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/standard-agency-terms-conditions
- type: Portal
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal
- type: Signup
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/register
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/terms-conditions
- type: Pricing
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/premium
- type: Documentation
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/what-is-qdpp
- type: CapabilityListing
  url: https://www.qantas.com/adobe/assets/urn:aaid:aem:00230b0b-8c1e-4da6-8261-787185e22a1b/original/as/qdp-capability-listing-tool.pdf
- type: KnowledgeBase
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/knowledge-centre
- type: LanguageReference
  url: https://agencyconnect.qantas.com/en-au/ndc/distribution-platform-portal/language-reference-guide
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/qantas-rate-limits.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/qantas-conventions.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/qantas-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/qantas-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/qantas-conformance.yml
- type: Plans
  url: plans/qantas-plans.yml