Tailwind
Airline Partnership

Your fares win
passengers.

Zero acquisition cost. Every switch booking is a passenger who already chose your cabin, your route, your metal. Tailwind sends them to you at published fare with no commission, no override, no channel conflict.

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Carrier cost
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Integration
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Carriers live
Value Proposition

Why carriers partner with Tailwind

Zero CAC

Every passenger we send you is already booked and paid. No marketing spend, no acquisition funnel, no conversion friction. Pure incremental revenue at zero cost.

No Premium

Tailwind charges the passenger, never the carrier. Your published fare stays intact. No override commissions, no net remit negotiations, no channel conflict.

72h Live

NDC or GDS feed connected on day one. MIBA/BIETA bilateral mapped by day three. Sandbox tested and live within 72 hours. No procurement committee required.

Onboarding

Integration Timeline

Day 1

NDC/GDS feed

Connect your existing distribution feed. No new API build required.

Day 1-3

MIBA/BIETA

Map bilateral interline agreements for staff and revenue switches.

Day 2-3

Sandbox test

End-to-end switch simulation on test PNRs. Full reconciliation check.

Go live

Production

Live monitoring begins. First switches within hours of activation.

Pricing

Commercial Terms

ActivityCost to Carrier
Incoming switch bookingStandard GDS segment fee
Staff ZED listingZero Tailwind charge
Seat availability readStandard query cost
Switch fee (20%)Charged to passenger only
Bilateral adminCarrier's existing process

No integration fee. No annual licence. No minimum commitment.

Staff Travel

Staff Travel Features

How Tailwind handles aviation employee bookings on your metal.

Without bilateral

Standard Staff Access

  • -Published fare monitoring only
  • -Switch alerts on revenue bookings
  • -No ZED/YIDZ listing access
  • -Standard passenger switch fee applies
  • -No standby priority data
Recommended
With bilateral

Full Staff Integration

  • ZED fare listing via MIBA/BIETA
  • CIDZ/YIDZ cabin class mapping
  • Standby clearing probability model
  • Zero Tailwind charge on staff segments
  • Staff ID verification via carrier API
Network

58 carriers · Star / oneworld / SkyTeam / independent · IOSA screened

Every carrier in the Tailwind network passes IOSA audit screening. Alliance interlines handled automatically. Independent carriers connected via bilateral or direct NDC feed.

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Start a pilot programme.

One route. One cabin. One month. Full metrics shared.

Zero integration fee. Zero risk. Full transparency on every switch, every segment, every saving.

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