What is NDC and why do I need an aggregator?

NDC (New Distribution Capability) is IATA's XML messaging standard for selling airline products. Every airline implements it differently. An aggregator gives you one integration that handles all those quirks.

How does pricing work?

You pay per request for data lookups (€0.01/request, first 50 free each month) and transaction fees when bookings, seats, or ancillaries are completed.

Aviation Data

Airline fleet summary

See what aircraft an airline operates — fleet composition grouped by model.

GET/v1/aviation/airlines/{id}/fleet-summaryRequires X-API-Key

Returns aggregated fleet counts for an airline, grouped by aircraft model.Data sources:
- FAA Aircraft Registry (US-registered N- aircraft)
- Norba's internal catalogue (canonical airline/aircraft mappings)The by_model object maps model identifiers to counts, and total_aircraft gives the overall fleet size.Note: FAA data covers N-registered (US) aircraft only, so international carriers may show partial or zero counts until additional data sources are integrated. The endpoint always returns 200 — by_model will be empty and total_aircraft will be 0 until the FAA registry sync completes.

Request example

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.norba.io/v1/aviation/airlines/{id}/fleet-summary \
  --header "X-API-Key: $NORBA_KEY"

Response example

{
  "data": {
    "airline_id": "ba",
    "by_model": {},
    "total_aircraft": 0
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "9e22432e725e08f9"
  },
  "errors": []
}

Authorization

X-API-KeystringRequired

Opaque API key issued from the Norba dashboard. Sent on every request as the X-API-Key HTTP header. Missing or invalid keys are rejected with 401 Unauthorized.

Path parameters

idstringRequired

Airline id or IATA code.

Example: BA