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What the interview covers
The content challenge
beyond aggregation
Managing two NDC versions for a single airline, multiplied across 25-plus carriers with different schemas, different feature sets, and different seasonal variations. Praveen explains why normalization is where the complexity actually lives.
Zero-code integration
and what it changes
An MCP client takes an endpoint, adds credentials, and the connection is live. No integration project, no development sprint. Learn what changes when the AI reads the available functions directly, and why a new airline can go live in a week rather than three months.
What a unified MCP
server looks like
Iris aggregates NDC, LCC, and GDS sources into a single MCP server. Praveen walks through how the system routes queries to the right airline source and what that means for search performance and integration overhead.
Search data as a
commercial asset
Every anonymous search is wasted context in the old model. How storing search patterns by route, season, and traveler type builds a knowledge base that anticipates needs and turns overhead into commercial intelligence.
Travel sellers have been managing a fragmented content problem for years. MCP doesn’t make the airlines less fragmented – it moves that complexity behind a single protocol layer, so the OTA connects once and gets everything.
Praveen Kumar
CTO & Co–Founder, TPConnects Technologies
Praveen Kumar is the CTO and Co–Founder of TPConnects, where he leads the engineering and product architecture behind IRIS, the travel seller aggregation platform, and Astra, the airline retailing layer. He is the architect behind TPConnects‘ MCP layer – a project that started as a proof of concept at AWS Summit and has since become the foundation of the company’s AI distribution strategy.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this interview for?
Travel sellers, OTAs, TMCs, and consolidators who want to understand what MCP means for airline content access – and where distribution integration is heading.
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What if I have questions after watching the interview?
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Iris brings together 60+ NDC and low-cost carriers and all 4 major GDS providers into a single platform, with one normalized API and a servicing layer built to handle what happens after the booking.
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A trusted IATA strategic partner and certified technology provider, we build modern retailing solutions chosen by leading airlines and travel sellers worldwide.
