What TPConnects does

TPConnects is a Dubai-headquartered travel technology company that delivers IATA-certified NDC distribution and Offer & Order platforms for airlines, alongside a multi-source air content aggregator for travel sellers. The company operates two core product suites: Astra, which provides airlines with a modular NDC infrastructure including an NDC 24.4-certified API Gateway, B2B Portal, AI-ready MCP orchestration layer, and the Astra Nova OOSD (Offer, Order, Settlement & Delivery) suite; and Iris, which aggregates content from more than 60 NDC and low-cost carriers plus four GDS providers (Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport, and one additional GDS) into a single interface for OTAs, TMCs, consolidators, and corporate booking tools.

The platform is built on IATA NDC standards (schema versions 18.2 through 24.4+) and hosted on Amazon Web Services in high-security controlled environments. Proprietary technical components include the Astra MCP (Model Context Protocol) Layer, which normalizes disparate NDC schema versions into a single harmonized interface for AI agents and airline applications; the Astra ConvertEngine, an ML-powered search optimization tool claiming 60% search volume reduction with 97% accuracy; the Iris Pricing Engine for markup and margin management; and the Trip Captain conversational AI assistant. TPConnects holds IATA Strategic Partner status, IATA NDC Level 4 certification, IATA Financial Gateway and ARM certifications, plus PCI DSS and GDPR compliance.

The company generates revenue through three primary streams: SaaS platform subscriptions (Iris Portal, Iris API, Astra NDC), transaction and booking fees on processed volume ($2.1 billion in airline revenue and 3.5 million-plus passengers annually), and AWS Marketplace licensing for its Astra B2B Portal. Go-to-market combines direct enterprise sales for airline accounts, a certified International Reseller Program spanning markets including Pakistan, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Singapore, Bangladesh, Australia, and New Zealand, and self-service SaaS onboarding for SMB travel sellers. Founded circa 2016, TPConnects maintains a 140-plus-person team across 24 nationalities, with offices in Dubai (global headquarters) and Warsaw, Poland.

Name

TPConnects

Legal name

TPConnects Technologies LLC

Website

https://tpconnects.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

TPConnects is a Dubai-based travel technology company that provides IATA-certified NDC distribution and Offer & Order platforms (Astra) for airlines and a multi-source air content aggregator (Iris) for travel sellers, serving 60+ carriers and hundreds of agencies globally.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Airline Distribution and Travel Content Aggregation Software

NAICS

Support Activities for Air Transportation (4881), Other Support Activities for Air Transportation (488190)

akta.pro primary industry

NDC Content Aggregators & API Connectivity Platforms (THABAJAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fare Management, Pricing & Shopping Engines (ATPCO/Offer) (THABAJAE), NDC/EDIFACT Connectivity & Airline Distribution APIs (THALAJAB), Partner Network & Supplier Onboarding/Connectivity Platforms (Mapping, Certification, QA) (THALAJAO)

Keywords

• NDC airline distribution
• Travel content aggregation
• Airline retailing platform
• Travel seller aggregator
• Offer Order Management

Headquarters

HQ city

Dubai

HQ country

United Arab Emirates

HQ region

Middle East

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. SaaS Platform Subscriptions (Astra & Iris): Subscription-based SaaS model for both airline solutions (Astra NDC, Astra Nova) and travel seller solutions (Iris Portal, Iris API, Iris Pricing Engine). Offered via direct subscription and AWS Marketplace with low upfront investment and flexible pay-as-you-go cost structure.
2. Transaction/Booking Fees: Revenue generated through ticket processing and booking volume. TPConnects processes over $2.1B in revenue and 3.5M+ passengers annually, with +27% YoY total ticket volume growth, indicating a significant transaction-based revenue component.
3. AWS Marketplace Licensing: Astra B2B Portal available as a private offer on AWS Marketplace for airlines hosted on Amadeus Altea NDC, generating cloud-hosted SaaS licensing revenue.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion5 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

TPConnects delivers IATA-certified modern airline retailing technology through two SaaS platforms: Astra for airlines (NDC API Gateway, B2B Portal, B2C Suite, Nova OOSD suite, MCP orchestration layer, and ConvertEngine for AI-powered search optimization) and Iris for travel sellers (Portal, API and Pricing Engine aggregating 60+ NDC and LCC carriers plus 4 GDS providers into a single interface). The platforms enable airlines to modernize offer/order management and travel sellers to access, compare, and book airline content with unified pricing, servicing, and AI-ready integrations.

Product overview

TPConnects is a specialist global travel content aggregation and distribution technology company offering two main platforms: Iris for travel sellers and Astra for airlines. Iris aggregates 60+ NDC and low-cost carriers plus 4 GDS providers through three product modules: the Iris Portal (intuitive B2B web interface), the Iris API (for custom platform integration), and the Iris Pricing Engine (for markup and margin management). Astra provides airlines with modular NDC and Offer & Order capabilities via Astra NDC (combining API Gateway, B2B Portal, MCP orchestration layer, and ConvertEngine) and Astra Nova (legacy-free Offer, Order, and Product Management). Both platforms are IATA-certified and support modern airline retailing standards.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Astra: Modern airline retailing platform for airlines providing NDC API gateway, B2B portal, order management, and AI-ready orchestration.
• Iris

Products and services

• Astra Modular NDC and Offer & Order platform for airlines, combining a complete NDC infrastructure with B2B portal capabilities, universal MCP adapter, and intelligent look-to-book optimization. Designed for airlines of all sizes modernizing distribution and offer/order management.
• Astra NDC Modern airline distribution solution combining an NDC 24.4-certified API Gateway, B2B portal, universal MCP adapter and ConvertEngine for look-to-book optimization. Enables airlines to control channels, optimize costs and unlock new revenue through intelligent NDC distribution.
• Astra API NDC API Gateway enabling airlines to make content and offers available to travel sellers directly. Provides control over offers, differentiated content for different channels, and full offer/order management including servicing, seat selection, baggage add-ons, ancillaries, rich media, refunds, modifications and order status management.
• Astra B2B Portal IATA NDC Certified Travel Agent Booking Tool - an intuitive browser-based booking portal giving airlines control of content and offers to maximize revenue and reduce distribution costs. Features partner management, intelligent offer creation, complete order management, and minimal training requirements. Available on AWS Marketplace for Amadeus Altea NDC hosted airlines.
• Astra B2C B2C Suite enabling airlines to sell direct to consumers through a comprehensive flight and hotel content solution with dynamic packaging, flexible booking options, attractive promotions and bundles, ancillary upsell capabilities, and a mobile-optimized booking experience.
• Astra Nova Open, modular, legacy-free Offer, Order, and Product Management platform for airline retailing transformation. Provides Product Catalog, Rich Media, Stock Keeper, Order Management, Offer Management, and Non-Air Ancillaries components to replace legacy PNRs, tickets and EMDs.
• Astra MCP Model Context Protocol (MCP) universal orchestration layer that eliminates NDC fragmentation and enables seamless AI-powered airline retailing at scale. Creates a single harmonized interface across all NDC variations (18.2 through 24.4 and beyond), enabling AI assistants and travel agents to perform real-time flight search, confirmed pricing, instant booking and order retrieval through natural language.
• Astra ConvertEngine AI-powered search optimization using machine learning to cut search volumes by 60% while maintaining 97% accuracy. Transforms Look-to-Book ratios from a cost burden into revenue opportunities through intelligent prediction, cost-aware routing, smart caching, and revenue activation.
• Iris Core aggregator platform for travel sellers, unifying 60+ NDC and low-cost carriers along with 4 GDS providers into a single interface. Enables travel sellers to access, compare and book all air content while boosting revenue through intelligent pricing and advanced servicing capabilities.
• Iris Portal Intuitive B2B aggregator portal for travel agencies and consolidators, providing multi-source air content through a simple browser interface with SaaS model. Enables NDC, LCC and GDS content access, booking and end-to-end servicing (order creation, ticketing, exchanges, refunds, ancillaries, disruption handling) through a single interface with low upfront investment and pay-as-you-go pricing.
• Iris API Robust multi-source API for travel sellers with their own platform and IT team, providing normalized airline content from 60+ NDC/LCC carriers and 4 GDS systems based on IATA NDC Schema 18.2 and 21.3. Supports full booking lifecycle management: order creation, exchanges, refunds, ancillaries, disruption handling, and split ticketing.
• Iris Pricing Engine Advanced pricing engine for travel sellers providing custom markups across flights and ancillaries, tiered pricing at sub-agent levels, override markups for special opportunities, margin caps for competitiveness, and comprehensive reporting and analytics dashboards.

Quantifiable outcome

• 60% reduction in airline search volumes with 97% accuracy
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability5 records

Feature8 records

Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered core, strategic and regional.

• SabrecoreTechnology or IntegrationTPConnects connects to Sabre's Mosaic Travel Marketplace as one of five travel technology providers, enabling connected travel sellers to access NDC content from 42 airlines within existing Sabre workflows. Integration reduces manual workarounds and enables comparison of NDC offers alongside traditional and low-cost carrier content.
• AmadeuscoreTechnology or IntegrationAmadeus is listed as a technical and strategic partner. Astra B2B Portal is available on AWS Marketplace specifically for airlines hosted on Amadeus Altea NDC. Amadeus content is also accessible via the Iris platform for travel sellers.
• TravelportcoreTechnology or IntegrationTravelport is listed as a technical and strategic partner. The Iris platform integrates with Travelport's GDS content alongside Amadeus and Sabre integrations, enabling travel sellers to access Travelport-sourced airline content through Iris.
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationAWS is the cloud infrastructure provider and a key technical partnership. Astra B2B Portal is available on AWS Marketplace for airlines hosted on Amadeus Altea NDC. TPConnects hosts its servers in AWS high-security controlled environments.
• IATAcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTPConnects is an IATA strategic partner and certified technology provider (NDC Certified, IATA Financial Gateway, IATA ARM). Active participation in IATA standards development including NDC schema evolution and OOSD transformation. IATA recognition includes being featured in IATA's Airline Retailing Maturity registry.
• AFRAA (African Airlines Association)strategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerTPConnects is an official partner of AFRAA (African Airlines Association). The company published a whitepaper on the future of airline distribution in Africa and actively participates in AFRAA conventions and events, promoting NDC and modern airline retailing adoption among African carriers.
• KytecoreTechnology or IntegrationTPConnects and Kyte announced a strategic partnership enabling TPConnects to distribute low-cost carrier (LCC) content via Kyte's API. This adds LCC content to the Iris platform, expanding the range of airline options available to travel sellers.
• Lufthansa City CentrestrategicChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorLufthansa City Centre International designated TPConnects as its officially preferred supplier, enabling LCC's worldwide network of travel agencies to access NDC content through the Iris platform.
• FCTG (Flight Centre Travel Group)strategicChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorFCTG (Flight Centre Travel Group) integrated TPConnects' NDC solution for FCTG Independent, with FlySafair LCC content and servicing delivered on Iris. FCTG LIFT South African brand also integrated on Iris.
• GO7coreTechnology or IntegrationTPConnects announced a strategic partnership with GO7 to integrate GO7's platform capabilities for Iris customers, expanding the functional scope of the Iris aggregator for travel sellers.
• MaurevastrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerTPConnects and Maureva partnered to deliver seamless modularity for 100% Offers and Orders, combining Maureva's capabilities with TPConnects' Astra platform to advance airline retailing transformation.
• Ink InnovationstrategicStrategic or Co-development PartnerTPConnects and Ink Innovation partnered to transform air retailing, combining TPConnects' aggregation technology with Ink Innovation's platform to deliver enhanced solutions to the travel ecosystem.
• Gerry's Group PakistanregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorGerry's Group Pakistan signed an agreement with TPConnects as a preferred aggregator, expanding Iris platform coverage in the Pakistani market.
• PanasoftregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTPConnects appointed Panasoft as the official Iris distributor for Greece and Cyprus, providing localized sales, onboarding, and support services for the Iris platform in those markets.
• MaaS Travel & ToursregionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorMaaS Travel & Tours partnered with TPConnects as both an Iris customer and reseller in Bangladesh, expanding Iris coverage in South Asia.
• Lufthansa City Centre, Panasoft, MAAS Travels, GlobalTravel, NSAS Avia, Al Irtehal (International Reseller Network)regionalChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTPConnects operates a global International Reseller Program with certified resellers including Lufthansa City Centre, Panasoft, MAAS Travels, GlobalTravel, NSAS Avia, and Al Irtehal. These partners provide localized support and sales coverage in their respective markets.
• ITA AirwayscoreTechnology or IntegrationITA Airways joined the Iris platform alongside other major airlines to unify airline content and enhance travel distribution through AI-driven automation, addressing system compatibility and data privacy challenges.
• Riyadh AircoreTechnology or IntegrationTPConnects brings Riyadh Air's NDC content to travel sellers globally through the Iris platform, enabling the new Saudi airline's content distribution to the travel seller ecosystem from launch.
• Iris Platform Airlines (60+ NDC & LCC + 4 GDS)coreTechnology or IntegrationIris aggregates content from 60+ NDC/LCC airlines and 4 GDS providers. Named airline partners include: Qatar Airways, Gulf Air, Finnair, Air India, Air Cairo, EGYPTAIR, Qantas, British Airways, Iberia, Air France, KLM, Lufthansa, Emirates, Etihad, Swiss, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, American Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Singapore Airlines, United Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines, Ryanair, Jetstar, Olympic Air, Discover Airlines, Aer Lingus, Airlink, Aegean Airlines, Air Dolomiti, and LCCs including Ryanair, Jetstar, FlySafair, Air Arabia variants, Auric Air, AeroLink Uganda. GDS: Amadeus, Sabre, Travelport.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Verteil: Verteil operates an NDC distribution platform connecting airlines and travel sellers via a single API, with airline retailing and offer-order capabilities directly comparable to TPConnects' Astra NDC.
• Duffel: Duffel is a direct NDC/API aggregator for travel sellers, offering a single API to search, book, and service airline content from NDC carriers and LCCs. Highly comparable to TPConnects' Iris API value proposition for OTAs and TMCs.
• Travelfusion: Travelfusion is one of the original low-cost carrier and NDC content aggregators, providing a single API to access airline content for travel sellers. Direct functional overlap with TPConnects' Iris aggregator.
• ATPCO: ATPCO is the global standard for airline fare distribution and merchandising data, including Routehappy rich content. Comparable to TPConnects on the fare/pricing/shopping side, particularly with TPConnects' Iris Pricing Engine and Astra ConvertEngine.
• PROS: PROS provides AI-powered pricing, revenue management, and retailing solutions for airlines, including via the acquisition of Vayant Travel Technologies (previously led by TPConnects' current CEO). Closely comparable to TPConnects' Astra ConvertEngine and pricing optimization modules.

Broad incumbents

• Sabre: Sabre is a global GDS operator with growing NDC capabilities (Mosaic Travel Marketplace) and serves many of the same airlines and travel sellers as TPConnects. A broad incumbent that competes with TPConnects' Iris on content aggregation while partnering as a content source.
• Amadeus: Amadeus is the largest GDS, with Altea PSS and expanding NDC-X capabilities. Both a strategic partner (TPConnects' Astra B2B Portal is co-deployed via AWS Marketplace for Amadeus Altea NDC airlines) and a broad incumbent competitor on airline distribution.
• Travelport: Travelport is a global GDS offering Travelport+ with modern retailing and NDC capabilities, and is a strategic partner whose content TPConnects aggregates on Iris. Comparable broad incumbent in airline distribution and travel seller technology.
• Navitaire (Amadeus): Navitaire, an Amadeus company, provides passenger service systems (PSS) and modern airline retailing platforms used by many low-cost and hybrid carriers. Comparable to TPConnects' Astra Nova OOSD offering for airlines modernizing their retailing stack.

Emerging players

• Ink Innovation: Ink Innovation is a travel technology provider focused on air retailing and offer-order transformation, with an existing strategic partnership with TPConnects. Comparable emerging player in the airline retailing transformation space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• YouTubeyoutube.com/@tpconnectstechnologies5030
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/tpconnects
• Facebookfacebook.com/TPConnects

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds2 records

Investors1 record

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M&A

Investments

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