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.

Orders endpoints in development

The Orders API endpoints are currently under active development. Request/response shapes may change.

Orders

Order history

Complete audit trail — every event in an order's lifecycle, timestamped and attributed.

GET/v1/orders/{orderID}/historyRequires X-API-Key

Returns a chronological event log for any order — every action, timestamped and attributed.Event types include:
- created — Order was created
- confirmed — Airline accepted the booking
- payment_submitted — Payment was processed
- ticketed — Tickets were issued
- cancelled — Order was cancelled
- modified — Changes were made (seats, ancillaries, dates)Actor attribution tells you who made each change:
- agency — Your integration
- airline — The carrier's system
- system — Norba's automated processes
- traveler — Self-service actionsThe history is immutable — events are appended, never modified. Use this for order tracking UIs, customer support debugging, reconciliation, and compliance audits.

Request example

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.norba.io/v1/orders/{orderID}/history \
  --header "X-API-Key: $NORBA_KEY"

Response example

{
  "events": [
    {
      "event_type": "created",
      "occurred_at": "2026-06-20T14:30:00Z",
      "actor": "agency"
    },
    {
      "event_type": "ticketed",
      "occurred_at": "2026-06-20T15:00:00Z",
      "actor": "system"
    }
  ]
}

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

orderIDstringRequired

Order ULID.

Example: ord_01HVN9M5K...