Farelogix Unveils E-FLX Document Hub Product

Farelogix has introduced E-FLX, the travel industry’s first “EMD Hub” designed for issuing, storing, managing, and reporting Electronic Miscellaneous Documents (EMDs). E-FLX is currently under development and is expected to be released to market later this summer.

The EMD, as defined through IATA standards and working groups, is gaining general industry acceptance as the most efficient way to document, report, and settle the new category of ancillary services offered by airlines and ultimately other travel suppliers.

The function of an EMD is very similar to that of a ticket coupon, but is used for the sale of optional services rather than an actual airline ticket. Optional or ancillary services are often associated with certain flight segments and therefore must be communicated, tracked, documented, and reported accordingly. Farelogix is under agreement with two US airlines to complete the pilot development phase of the E-FLX EMD Hub.

The EMD capabilities enabled by E-FLX are a natural extension of Farelogix’s existing robust e-ticketing facility, which has been in production for over two years, is certified by ARC and BSP, and issues thousands of e-tickets daily in over 30 countries.

The ability to fully address EMDs represents the final deliverable in a full suite of Farelogix products designed to comprehensively address the need for full service merchandising capabilities desired by a growing number of airlines.

E-FLX provides a solution that ensures that ancillary/unbundled products may be easily documented, managed and settled at both airline and agency levels. The EMD Hub enables any airline to connect to the Hub through technology they already have in place, such as EDIFACT, XML or other proprietary interfaces.