Travelport recently announced a new multi-year, full content agreement with Malaysia-based hybrid carrier, Malindo Air. The agreement takes immediate effect, and enables Travelport-connected agents to search, compare and book fares and other ancillary services offered by Malindo Air via Travelport’s Travel Commerce Platform for the first time.
Chandran Rama Muthy, CEO of Malindo Air, said, “We look forward to experiencing significant growth by broadening our distribution network to Travelport’s 67,000 agency subscribers worldwide, as well as having the ability to offer our ancillary services via their Travelport Merchandising Platform.”
Damian Hickey, Vice President, Global Distribution Sales & Services, Asia-Pacific, Travelport, says, “We are delighted to have Malindo Air on board to participate in our Travel Commerce Platform, enabling us to offer our subscribers more choice – particularly within the South East Asia and India regions – as we continue our commitment in providing the widest possible content to our global customers.”
Sharing thoughts on this great accomplishment, Anil Parashar, CEO & President, InterGlobe Technology Quotient, the official distributor of Travelport in India and Sri Lanka said, “It is an honor to be partnering with Malindo Air. Travel agents in India who are connected on Travelport’s distribution network will be able to access Malindo Air’s fares, as well as their extensive ancillary products and services. This is a significant milestone for us in providing technology to Malindo Air to distribute their content and ancillary services through our industry leading merchandising platform. We assure our partners and customers to continue working with the same enthusiasm in order to develop further such technology and establish our brand with many more airlines in the near future.”
Malindo Air currently offers both domestic and international routes to over 30 destinations in its network covering Malaysia, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Thailand and Singapore with over 800 flights weekly
