Exploring the future of Offer, Order, Settle, Deliver (OOSD) Technology for small/medium airlines, how can solution providers support them in their transition?

How will small or medium airlines approach and plan for a transition to Modern Airline Retailing (OOSD) over the next 5 - 10yrs?

We will be discussing the following challenges, integrating our research and data into our discussions.

• Do Tier 2/3 airlines see any significant business case for moving to OOSD?
• When will they be ready to embrace true retailing and to what extent will they it disrupt their existing business?
• Do Tier 2/3 airlines anticipate pressure from larger partners and distribution providers to move to NDC and One Order?
• Is there a risk that they might lose access to larger partners if they don’t make the transition?
• For vendors of PSS and Retailing solutions targeted at Tier 2/3 carriers, how ready are your solutions or roadmaps for a transition to OOSD?
• How ready are your organisations to support airlines who have limited dedicated IT and business transformation expertise, when they need to make what will likely be a lengthy transition?
• Are vendor OOSD solutions capable of running “out of the box” and mostly “hands-off”, requiring little airline intervention, yet still deliver the anticipated benefits of OOSD?
• Are tech providers capable of handling what could be a significant backlog of airlines looking to transition within a relatively short time frame without lengthy waits for implementation slots etc?