IAG company Vueling, Spain’s largest airline, today announced the launch of Vueling Global, a new service developed in partnership with technology provider Dohop.

Using our technology, Vueling is able to develop partnership and commercial opportunities with airlines around the world.

Vueling Global offers customers a wide range of connecting flights to long haul destinations
easily and intuitively across Vueling’s own network and through connections to partner airlines using Dohop’s virtual interline technology platform and ecosystem.

Vueling Global is available to customers booking flights from Barcelona to Buenos Aires, through its partnership with LEVEL, the first IAG airline to join the network. This will be extended to customers booking flights to San Francisco later this month, and to New York and Cancun in July.

Vueling and LEVEL customers will be able to make online reservations to and from destinations offered by both companies on the same platform. Customers who want to purchase a ticket from Seville to San Francisco, or from Bilbao to Buenos Aires, will be able to do so with a single reservation managed through the Vueling Global platform. The service will enable Vueling to boost its connections with long-distance flights from Barcelona-El Prat airport. Vueling will be incorporating new airlines into the platform this year.

Vueling’s Director of Sales, Distribution and Alliances

“Vueling has been making connections for years between its own network (Vueling-a-Vueling), group airlines -such as LEVEL- and others such as Qatar or American Airlines. More than 10% of our passengers in 2019 were connecting. This tool only makes it easier for our clients to make decisions and broadens their range of possibilities, as well as converting El Prat into an airport with intercontinental connections.”

“We are delighted to be the first airline selected to be part of Vueling Global. With this alliance we can expand the distribution of our flights, to reach more people and bring our destinations in America closer to Spain and Europe, via Barcelona.”

“Vueling is a highly innovative airline which is able to move quickly and adapt to changing customer demands. As travellers search for complex long-haul flights, to destinations across the world, they want an airline that can offer a safe, seamless service from start to finish. Using our technology, Vueling is able to develop partnership and commercial opportunities with airlines around the world and Vueling Global enables the airline to offer new services and reach new markets.”

Access the Vueling Global platform at https://global.vueling.com

Vueling partners with Dohop to offer connecting flights to global destinations 

Technology provider Dohop will empower Norse Atlantic Airways and Thai Vietjet to offer connected journeys to travellers through alternative interlining.

With Dohop’s API-based solution, Norse customers flying to Bangkok can now access Thai Vietjet’s wide range of domestic destinations across Thailand, through a unified booking process.

New collaboration enables Norse and Thai Vietjet to tap into new demand, expand their networks and increase revenue, without the constraints of traditional interline or codeshare agreements.

Dohop, the European market leader for alternative interline solutions, has today announced it will now enable Norse Atlantic Airways and Thai Vietjet to offer seamless and connected journeys to their travellers.

The move follows the launch of Norse’s twice-weekly service to Bangkok from Oslo, and will enable Norse customers to simply and conveniently connect to a wide range of popular domestic destinations across Thailand, including Phuket, Krabi, and Chiang Mai.

The new partnership between Norse Atlantic Airways and Thai Vietjet relies on Dohop’s technology, which automatically generates the best flight options and fares for customers through a unified booking process, based on their departure and arrival airports.

Dohop manages the connection and offers prompt assistance in the event of flight cancellations or delays, ensuring travellers reach their desired destinations as quickly and conveniently as possible.

Head of Commercial Partnerships at Norse Atlantic Airways

We are very pleased to further expand our connectivity offering to our passengers. Combined with our previously announced airline partners we will be able to provide even greater choice and convenience for passengers wishing to travel across the Atlantic.

We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Norse. With the collaboration between both parties,  Thai Vietjet will be able to provide our passengers with a more convenient connection to numerous destinations around the world via our Bangkok Suvarnabhumi base, as we are expanding more flight connections to various destinations across the Asia-pacific region.

This collaboration between Norse and Thai Vietjet is the perfect example of how alternative interlining can help airlines tap into new pools of demand and serve more customers. Both airlines will be well positioned to unlock new commercial opportunities together and offer even more choice to their travellers – all without the constraints of traditional interline or codeshare agreements.

“We’re excited to be empowering two forward-thinking carriers to explore the benefits of a new way to partner and look forward to seeing more Norse customers explore the beauty of Thailand’s regional destinations with Thai Vietjet.” 

Dohop’s technology empowers airlines like Thai Vietjet and Norse Atlantic Airways to expand their network by giving their travellers access to destinations they do not serve directly. By leveraging the power of alternative interlining, they can increase revenue through simple and profitable airline partnership, all while retaining ownership of their customers.

Norse Atlantic Airways is an airline that offers affordable fares on long-haul flights, primarily between Europe and the United States. The company was founded by CEO and major shareholder Bjørn Tore Larsen in March 2021. Norse has a fleet of 15 modern, fuel-efficient and more environmentally friendly Boeing 787 Dreamliners that serve destinations including New York, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Washington, San Francisco, Boston, Miami, Jamaica, Barbados, Oslo, London, Berlin, Rome and Paris. The company's first flight took off from Oslo to New York on June 14, 2022.

Established in 2014, Thai Vietjet has been cooperating with Vietjet to extend its flight network and provide more opportunities for travellers to discover Thailand and many other countries with its hospitable and enjoyable service. With a focus on cost management ability, effective operations and performance, the airline offers flying opportunities with cost-saving and flexible fares as well as diversified services to meet customers’ demands.

Currently, Thai Vietjet operates 10 Thailand domestic routes, including flights from Bangkok (Suvarnabhumi) to Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phuket, Krabi, Udon Thani, Hat Yai, Khon Kaen, Ubon Ratchathani, and Surat Thani, cross-regional flights including from Phuket to Chiang Mai. The airline is also actively expanding its international flight network to many destinations across Asia-pacific, connecting Thailand with Vietnam, Singapore, Phnom Penh, Japan, Taipei and other top destinations in the region.

Further information at www.vietjetair.com

Dohop is a European market leader for alternative interline solutions, based in Reykjavik, Iceland. Through facilitating simple and profitable air-to-air and air-to-ground interline partnerships, Dohop empowers airlines and their intermodal partners to unlock unlimited connections and tap into new demand through new partnership opportunities.

Founded in 2004, Dohop’s team of 100 passionate travel technology experts have enabled new opportunities for connecting journeys for the company’s ever-growing network of 75 airlines and travel providers, including easyJet, Transavia, Air France, Vueling, and Air Transat.

Dohop empowers Norse Atlantic Airways and Thai Vietjet to offer connected journeys

Customers of AEGEAN can now purchase multi-leg trips via ‘AEGEAN Beyond’ to reach new European and intercontinental destinations. The technology behind this is powered by Dohop, whose platform handles ancillaries and provides assistance services in case of disruptions.

We announce the launch of “AEGEAN Beyond”, a new connecting platform that allows AEGEAN’s passengers to book multi-leg journeys across Europe and beyond.

Dohop today announced the launch of “AEGEAN Beyond”, a new connecting platform that allows AEGEAN’s passengers to book multi-leg journeys across Europe and beyond.

“AEGEAN Beyond” offers passengers a wide range of destinations by displaying possible flight combinations between AEGEAN and other collaborating airlines on a single platform, facilitating a streamlined booking process. This service allows AEGEAN to further expand its network and connect passengers from all sides of Greece with a number of destinations across Europe, North America, Africa, and beyond. As part of this launch, “AEGEAN Beyond” includes connections with partner airlines like EasyJet, Vueling and Air Transat.

“AEGEAN Beyond,” which is powered by Dohop’s API-based technology, enables travelers to book connecting flights along with a variety of ancillary services in one booking process. Bookings made through “AEGEAN Beyond” also include access to Dohop’s connection service, which provides travelers with additional support in the event of flight delays or cancellations.

“We are thrilled to partner with AEGEAN Airlines, who are perfectly positioned geographically to benefit from connectivity between East and West. At Dohop, we understand the importance of building strong partnerships with airlines and have delivered a solution for AEGEAN that supports network expansion through connections with other carriers. We are collaborating closely to find new opportunities and grow this partnership even further in 2023.”

“We are delighted to have worked with Dohop and our selected partner airlines to provide a new innovative service for a seamless travel to our passengers. With this new platform we wish to take flight connectivity to the next level for our passengers by offering them more destinations to discover and more flights to book. We at AEGEAN are always committed to add additional value and choices to our customers, through establishing partnerships with eminent, and technologically advanced partners, such as Dohop”

Vice-President, Network, Revenue Management and Pricing, at Air Transat.

“Air Transat is proud to be partnering with AEGEAN, therefore improving connectivity between Canada and two high-demand markets: Greece and the Middle East. We carefully select our partners to ensure that they share our values and commitment to excellence, and AEGEAN is no exception”

“With our leading short-haul European network of primary airports spanning nearly 1000 routes to more than 150 airports across 35 countries, by partnering with Aegean once again, following the addition of their services to our Worldwide by easyJet connections service, we are delighted to be offering convenient connectivity to even more customers looking to explore Greece and beyond, all with great value fares and the friendly service we’re famous for.”

AEGEAN, the airline that knows Greece best, offers a network of 138 destinations (29 domestic and 109 international) to 44 countries, operated with a fleet of 64 Aircraft among which the brand-new AIRBUS A320 and A321 neo. AEGEAN has been honored, for the 11th consecutive year in the past 12 years, with the 2022 Skytrax World Airline award, as the Best Regional Airline in Europe.

Founded in Montreal 35 years ago, Air Transat is a leading leisure travel brand. Voted North America’s Best Leisure Airline by passengers at the Skytrax World Airline Awards, it flies to international, transborder and Canadian destinations. It is renewing its fleet with the greenest aircraft in their category as part of a commitment to a healthier environment, knowing that this is essential to its operations and the magnificent destinations it offers. Air Transat is a business unit of Transat A.T. Inc. (TSX: TRZ). To find out more, visit airtransat.com.

easyJet is Europe’s leading airline offering a unique and winning combination of the best route network connecting Europe’s primary airports, with great value fares and friendly service. easyJet flies on more of Europe’s most popular routes than any other airline and carried more than 69 million passengers in 2022 – with 9.5 million travelling for business. The airline has over 300 aircraft on nearly 1000 routes to more than 150 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour’s drive of an easyJet airport. Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – since launching over 25 years ago, easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the airline leads the industry in digital, web, engineering and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for its passengers.

Dohop is an Icelandic technology company with 17 years of experience developing innovative solutions in aviation and travel. Its core technology focuses on helping people find and create connecting itineraries. Being at the forefront of digital innovation in virtual interline technology, Dohop has developed solutions for forward-thinking airlines, alliances, and airports around the globe, including easyJet, Transavia, Air France, Vueling, and Air Transat. For further information visit dohop.com

Dohop partners with AEGEAN to launch new flight connections platform: “AEGEAN Beyond”

Airline to offer air-rail connections in Germany

Our platform allows Vueling and Deutsche Bahn to provide passengers with an enhanced travel experience and a one-stop-shop for booking their combined journey.

Vueling, an airline belonging to IAG, and Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s leading railway company and the world’s second-largest transport company, have reached an agreement to connect different types of transport and offer air to rail connections for Vueling passengers.

Using Vueling Global, the virtual interline platform powered by Dohop www.dohop.com, customers can easily and conveniently purchase tickets using one booking process, combining their flight with train connections to different destinations across Germany. Connections between the two types of transport can be made at Berlin Brandenburg Airport to cities such as Dresden, Hannover, Leipzig, Rostock and Wolfsburg.

With the intermodal travel link, Vueling extends the catchment area of BER to the surrounding cities and seamlessly links it with destinations across Europe. The booking of multiple mobility options through one platform is another step toward sustainability of the entire travel chain.

Distribution Strategy and Alliances Manager of Vueling

“This is Vueling’s first intermodal agreement and opens the door to an increasingly strong trend in the industry to connect different types of transport and mobility, thus increasing the offer and options for the passenger. In addition, we must highlight the environmental factor and the relevance that trains are acquiring in this as a means of sustainable mobility”.

“Our platform allows Vueling and Deutsche Bahn to provide passengers with an enhanced travel experience and a one-stop-shop for booking their combined journey. Customers will have the opportunity to experience Vueling’s signature flight experience while also adding their onward journey by rail in one booking. Linking flight and train travel seamlessly through intermodal transfer options is a further step towards improved and more sustainable travel.”

Dohop is an Icelandic technology company with 17 years of experience in developing innovative solutions in aviation and travel. Our core technology focuses on helping people find and create connecting itineraries. Being at the forefront of digital innovation in virtual interline technology, Dohop has developed solutions such as Dohop Interline and Dohop Intermodal for forward-thinking airlines, alliances, and airports around the globe, including easyJet, Transavia, Air France, Eurowings, Vueling, and Air Transat. www.dohop.com

Deutsche Bahn AG is Germany’s leading railway company and the second-largest transport company in the world after Deutsche Post / DHL. It is Europe’s largest rail operator and infrastructure owner. In 2019, DB’s passenger transport companies carried around 4.8 billion passengers.

Vueling, a company belonging to IAG, is a key player in connections in Spain, the largest domestic market in Europe, and contributes to the economic and tourism development in the region.  

For summer 2022, the carrier has more than 320 short and medium-haul routes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East on sale, which are operated with a fleet of Airbus A319, A320, A320neo and A321 models. 

Given the present circumstances, Vueling advises all customers to continue to use its digital tool on the web and mobile app, where up-to-date information on the documents necessary to travel to each destination is provided. 

Dohop powers intermodal agreement between Vueling and Deutsche Bahn

The South-American airline group is the latest of Dohop’s growing network of partner airlines to join Vueling Global

The partnership will enable passengers to make reservations to destinations offered by all group airlines available on Vueling Global.

The leading group of airlines in Latin America, LATAM, is the latest to join Vueling Global, the virtual interline platform managed by Dohop which connects all partner airlines and routes across Vueling’s own network.

The partnership will enable passengers to make reservations to destinations offered by all group airlines available on Vueling Global, including routes to Spain and the US. 

The virtual interline agreement allows customers to book their entire journey in a single process with uniform baggage policies and fare conditions. All group airlines will be able to upsell ancillary products during the booking process to increase revenue, including a full suite of fare classes. The agreement will include servicing in case of flight disruptions, with Dohop covering the costs of alternative flights, meals, and hotels. 

LATAM Airlines Group S.A. is an airline group headquartered in Santiago, Chile. It is considered the largest group of airlines in Latin America with presence in five domestic markets in South America: Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru, and Ecuador, along with international operations within Latin America and to Europe, US and the Caribbean. The group operates a combined fleet of 315 aircraft providing passenger transport services to 137 destinations in 24 countries.

Vueling, a company belonging to the IAG group, is key in connectivity in Spain and possesses the largest domestic market in Europe. For this summer 2022, the company has a network of more than 330 short and medium-haul routes in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, which are operated with a fleet of Airbus A319, A320, A320neo and A321. In 2021, Vueling has been the most punctual airline in Europe with a punctuality index of 91% and has won the World Airline Awards as the “Best Low-Cost Airline in Europe.

The Greek airline is the latest to join Dohop’s ever-growing network of partner airlines on Worldwide by easyJet

SKY express has joined Dohop’s partnership program to expand destination options and offer connecting flights throughout Europe and beyond.

SKY express today announced that it has joined Dohop’s partnership program to expand destination options and offer connecting flights throughout Europe and beyond. SKY express, which operates domestic flights as well as flights to destinations across Europe, is the latest airline to integrate on Worldwide by easyJet.

Dohop’s interline technology will enable customers to find and book convenient, low-cost flight combinations for self-connecting itineraries on Worldwide by easyJet to 20+ new SKY express destinations across Greece and beyond.

Customers who want to purchase connecting flights will be able to do so in a single booking process. All ticket sales will be made without the need for interline relationships or codeshare agreements. Dohop also enables customers to purchase a wide range of ancillary products during the booking process, including a full suite of fare classes and offers, as well as seat maps for each carrier.
Sarah Hanan, Dohop’s Commercial Director, says:

“Since developing Worldwide by easyJet, we have been able to open new global destinations to low-cost airlines around the world. Our virtual interline technology enables partnerships between airlines and connects travelers with a seamless, quick, and easy transfer through one of our connection hubs across Europe. We welcome SKY express to our growing network of partner airlines and look forward to opening new commercial opportunities for them.”

Yiannis Lidakis, Commercial Director from SKY express, adds:

“We want to thank Dohop for our cooperation. We continue our efforts for continuous growth and this gives us the opportunity to have more new collaborations with important companies in our field. This cooperation is of strategic importance for us because its main goal is to offer our passengers more options, but also to strengthen the potential of our country as a dynamic travel destination.”

Sophie Dekkers, Chief Commercial Officer, at easyJet, commented:

“At easyJet we’re committed to making travel as easy as possible as well as providing great value and more choice for our customers when they travel. We are delighted to be working with SKY express and Dohop to open up access to even more new destinations this summer and explore all that Greece and its islands have to offer, through our innovative Worldwide by easyJet platform. We look forward to taking customers on their long-awaited holidays and we are confident these additions to our Worldwide service will be very popular with those looking for a seamless way to explore more of the beautiful sun-kissed islands that Greece has to offer. We have been delighted with the appetite of partner airlines to expand Worldwide across our network thanks to our reputation for great value fares, excellent customer service, and our strong positions at Europe’s leading airports and we remain focussed on offering our unique connections service at more major airports across our network.”

Dohop is an Icelandic technology company with 17 years of experience in developing innovative solutions in the field of aviation and travel. Our core technology is focused on helping people to find and create connecting itineraries. Being at the forefront of digital innovation in the field of virtual interline technology, Dohop has developed solutions such as Dohop Interline and Dohop Intermodal for forward-thinking airlines, alliances, and airports around the globe, including easyJet, Transavia, Air France, Eurowings, Vueling, and Air Transat.

SKY express, the fastest-growing Greek airline, is redefining the country’s landscape of aviation. It has the largest inland network and systematically strengthens its international flight work, covering a total of 39 destinations in 6 countries. Holds significant interline agreements with global airlines such as KLM, Air France, Qatar Airways, American Airlines, Middle East Airlines, Cyprus Airways and Condor. SKY express has recently acquired 6 new Airbus320neo and 6 new ATR 72-600, making one of the largest investments in the world in the field of aviation in a difficult period. Responding to the demands of the time to intensify the efforts to protect the environment, SKY express proceeded to the replacement of the fleet of ATR 72-500 aircraft with six new ATR 72-600 aircraft, making it a pioneer at European level. With its new aircraft, SKY express have the “greenest” and youngest fleet in the country and one of the most environmentally friendly fleets all over Europe.

easyJet is Europe’s leading airline offering a unique and winning combination of the best route network connecting Europe’s primary airports, with great value fares and friendly service.

easyJet flies on more of Europe’s most popular routes than any other airline and carried more than 96 million passengers in 2019 – more than 16 million travelling for business. The airline has over 300 aircraft on nearly 1000 routes to more than 150 airports across 35 countries. Over 300 million Europeans live within one hour’s drive of an easyJet airport.

easyJet aims to be a good corporate citizen, employing people on local contracts in eight countries across Europe in full compliance with national laws and recognising their trade unions. The airline supports several local charities and has a corporate partnership with UNICEF which has raised over £14m for the most vulnerable children since it was established in 2012.

The airline takes sustainability seriously and is committed to reaching net-zero emissions flying by 2050. Together with its partners Airbus and Wright Electric, easyJet is working to accelerate the development of zero-emission aircraft technology. In the meantime, the airline is offsetting the carbon emissions from the fuel used for all its flights, at no additional cost to its customers, and only supports projects that are certified by Gold Standard or the Verified Carbon Standard, internationally recognised certification schemes. In addition, easyJet continues to renew its fleet, operate efficiently, and aims to fill most of its seats. Through these activities, the airline has cut its carbon emissions per passenger kilometre efficiency by a third since 2000 and is committed to reducing this further.

Innovation is in easyJet’s DNA – since launching over 25 years ago, easyJet changed the way people fly to the present day where the airline leads the industry in digital, web, engineering and operational innovations to make travel more easy and affordable for its passengers.

The airline was named as Britain’s Most Admired Company of 2020 in the transport sector, retaining the leading position for a second year running. Britain’s Most Admired Companies study is the longest-running annual survey of corporate reputation in the UK.

Dohop adds SKY express to Worldwide by easyJet

The future of interline is about to happen, and Dohop is here to take you there. Nick Ashton shares his journey of building future partnerships with Dohop.

Ever since I was a child, I’ve had an interest in planes, trains and travelling. As I grew older and ventured overseas, I developed a real interest in how connections worked and how I could earn extra frequent flyer miles if I took a cheaper flight from London to Tokyo via Hong Kong, rather than a direct flight when I travelling between the UK and Japan as I worked on the JET Programme. This was really where my interest in Airline Partnerships and Alliances began.

“As API opportunities presented themselves, I began to question why this couldn’t be used to enable one airline to sell another.”

Some years later, I earned a place in the British Airways Leaders for Business Graduate programme. There I gained experience across the airline, from working at the airport, network planning in a global financial crisis and even as cabin crew. But it was Alliances that held my interest, and that’s what I chose at the end of the graduate scheme.  

As my career developed, I gained experience in Alliances departments at three other airlines: Qatar Airways (Full Service), Virgin Australia (Hybrid) and Vueling (Low Cost). Across each of the carriers, I began to understand the advantages and disadvantages of partnerships, Interline and Codeshare, across these different models.

It was at Virgin Australia, where I managed the relationship with Etihad, that I first learned about NDC and the potential to develop richer content that could be provided more directly to the customer, improving an airline’s distribution capability. As API opportunities presented themselves, I began to question why this couldn’t be used to enable one airline to sell another.

Upon leaving Australia to move to Vueling, I sat with the then Group Executive of Virgin Australia, John Thomas, to seek his advice on how to approach partnerships at a low-cost carrier hosted in Navitaire. John highlighted the Via Milano and Gatwick Connects programmes which had been designed to improve the self-connections they were seeing, as travellers sought value by booking two separate tickets, one on a full-service (ticketed) carrier, and another on a low-cost (ticketless) carrier. easyJet had been growing their capacity at both airports, and it was clear that savvy travellers were comfortable with creating their own connecting itineraries to get from A to C via B.

“If we could make our rich, dynamic API content available to aggregators and OTA’s, why couldn’t we use this for partnerships?”

Shortly after joining Vueling, I was transiting through Gatwick when I saw that Vueling were listed on the Gatwick Connects product displayed in arrivals. As Head of Alliances, I was unaware that we were participating in this platform, and I started to dig around to understand how this was possible and why this wasn’t in my remit. That is when I really began to learn about and understand the power of API connectivity. If we could make our rich, dynamic API content available to aggregators and OTA’s, why couldn’t we use this for partnerships? Traditional Interline and Codeshare have always had limitations in regard to the suite of content you can offer, particularly as the industry moves more towards an unbundled, ancillary led product proposition.

Not long after this, I was contacted by a Masters student at Cranfield who asked me to read his thesis on self-connections, as he sought to qualify and quantify the potential of this concept. Literally, a day after I had sent him my thoughts, news flashed across the industry about a product launching called Worldwide by easyJet. I followed up my e-mail to Jan Never, suggesting that he might need to update his summary.

“…if it is difficult for ticketed carriers to work with ticketless airlines, it is another challenge altogether to work with rail or bus operators. However, what was immediately obvious was that if both parties have API content, there is the possibility of enabling interoperability, which has led me directly to Dohop.”

Through my time at Vueling, I was wrestling with the complexities, limitations and problems associated with interline and codeshare, particularly as a low-cost, nominally ticketless carrier. Many airlines wanted to take advantage of our extensive network in Barcelona, Rome, Paris and Amsterdam. Still, it was costly and complex for us to implement multiple interline relationships, and we were unable to deliver bilateral agreements. In addition to this, our ability to handle their customer requirements, particularly when we had schedule change or disruption scenarios, was limited. The IT team always did a super job to deliver functionality, but more often than not, the solutions provided were sticky-plasters rather than scalable, automated, process-driven solutions. 

What was clear to me was the potential for us to leverage the distribution strength of partners to sell our services and connections, but that the mechanic we were using was sub-optimal for our model. It was at this time, with support from colleagues in Distribution and IT, that we really began to look at “Direct Connect” opportunities, where partners consumed our API content, and Virtual Interline platforms, where we could a) provide our API content for others to sell, and b) distribute theirs by consuming their API content. 

With this in mind, I became involved in IATA’s Future of Interline working group as they look to develop their One Order and SRSIA (Standard Retail and Supplier Interline Agreement) concepts. In turn, this led to the Intermodal working group – if it is difficult for ticketed carriers to work with ticketless airlines, it is another challenge altogether to work with rail or bus operators. However, what was immediately obvious was that if both parties have API content, there is the possibility of enabling interoperability, which has led me directly to Dohop.

Dohop, as the technology behind Gatwick Connects and Worldwide by easyJet, has long been the pioneer and leader of the Virtual Interline, API driven concept. Furthermore, as they have delivered platforms and new connection options for their customers, their ability to service the requirements of increasing numbers of airlines with the content they require has been expanding. 

The onset of COVID certainly provided Dohop with many challenges, but it has also presented opportunities. As airlines reduce their networks, operations, capex and sadly, headcount, the need to deliver low-cost connection opportunities that leverage your API capability has become quite clear. Airlines need to maintain their networks, fill their aircraft and concentrate on developing their own product to best position themselves for the return of demand. Ongoing changes in the distribution landscape mean that focusing on your own API and API NDC content as part of your distribution strategy has become even more critical. What Dohop offer is the ability to plug in that API content to the platform, and give yourself access to an increased amount of partners and content, including the ability to offer ancillaries, which you can’t in the interline and codeshare environment, without having to implement multiple agreements. Oh, and you can also offer content from providers who aren’t airlines. 

The future of interline is about to happen, and Dohop is here to take you there.

The journey that led me to help build the future of partnerships with Dohop

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