Defence Travel OTA: Consulting & Architecture Design

Job ID: 40432432

Budget: ₹1,500 – ₹12,500 INR

Project Title:
Defence Flight OTA Research & Architecture Consulting (India)

Project Overview:
I am planning to build a defence-focused flight booking OTA platform in India similar to:

faujiudan.in
www.easemytrip.com
www.udchalo.com
www.happyfares.in

These platforms often show defence fares significantly lower than normal public fares. Before starting development, I want an experienced OTA/travel-tech expert to help analyze how such systems likely work from inventory, API, supplier, and architecture perspectives.

Important:
This is NOT a direct website development project initially.
Phase 1 is a research + consulting + technical planning project.

Project Goals:

1. Analyze possible backend/inventory logic used by defence-focused OTAs
2. Research whether fares likely come from:
- airline direct contracts,
- consolidators,
- GDS/private fares,
- corporate inventories,
- or B2B OTA APIs
3. Identify APIs/suppliers most suitable for defence-focused OTA in India
4. Explain defence/private fare handling possibilities in OTA systems
5. Recommend the leanest low-cost MVP architecture
6. Suggest best supplier strategy for Phase 1 launch
7. Recommend scalable backend architecture for future expansion
8. Estimate likely API deposits, infra cost, and operational requirements
9. Suggest realistic roadmap for:
- MVP,
- scaling,
- and future airline-direct integrations

Expected Deliverables:

- Technical research report
- OTA architecture recommendation
- Supplier/API comparison
- MVP execution strategy
- Cost estimation
- Infrastructure recommendation
- Risk analysis
- Development roadmap

Required Skills:

- OTA / travel-tech architecture
- Flight booking engine experience
- Travel API integrations
- GDS knowledge
- Experience with:
- TripJack
- TBO
- Amadeus
- Sabre
- Travelport
- Backend/API architecture
- OTA scaling experience preferred

Nice to Have:

- Experience with airline/private fare systems
- Knowledge of Indian OTA ecosystem
- Experience building B2C/B2B travel portals

Project Type:
Consulting / Research / Technical Planning


Please share:

- Relevant OTA/travel-tech experience
- APIs/GDS worked with
- Similar projects handled
- Your understanding of defence/private fare systems
- How you would approach this research phase
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