Basic Airlines: Aviation Concepts and Definitions

Basic Airlines CHAPTER ONE: 1. Important concepts and definitions in Aviation IATA Traffic Conference Areas IATA Codes (dates, classes, airports, countries, days of the week……)  Conditions for accompanying animals What is permitted to carry inside the cabin Normal and excursion fares Validit...

Basic Airlines CHAPTER ONE: 1. Important concepts and definitions in Aviation IATA Traffic Conference Areas IATA Codes (dates, classes, airports, countries, days of the week……)  Conditions for accompanying animals What is permitted to carry inside the cabin Normal and excursion fares Validity of Fare and Validity of ticket Minimum connecting time (MCT) GMT time calculations International Air Transport Association; iata.org is a trade association of the world’s airlines. Consisting of around 260 airlines, primarily major carriers, representing 117 countries, the IATA's member airlines account for carrying approximately 83% of total Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) air traffic (It is equal to the number of seats available multiplied by the number of miles or kilometres flown.) IATA supports airline activity and helps formulate industry policy and standards. It is headquartered in Montreal, Canada with Executive Offices in Geneva, Switzerland Founded: April 19, 1945, Havana, Cuba  IATA provides consulting and training services in many areas crucial to aviation. Travel Agent accreditation is available for travel professionals, which allows agents to sell tickets on behalf of all IATA member airlines. Cargo Agent accreditation is a similar program. IATA also runs the Billing and Settlement Plan, which is a $300 billion-plus financial system that looks after airline money. IATA divided the world into 3 main areas and subareas, to be able to control flight activities make necessary analytical researches and calculate actual cost of the industry Area 1 All of the North and South American Continents and the islands adjacent thereto, Greenland, Bermuda, the West Indies and the Islands of the Caribbean Sea, the Hawaiian Islands (including Midway and Palmyra). Area 2 Europe, Africa and the islands adjacent thereto, Ascension Island and that part of Asia west of Ural mountains, including Iran and the Middle East. Area 3 Asia and the islands adjacent thereto except the portion included in Area 2; the East Indies, Australia, New Zealand and the islands of the Pacific Ocean except those included in Area 1.  Sub Areas within Africa: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Cote D'lvoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.  Abbreviations A- Alpha N- November, Nancy B- Baby, Bravo O- Oscar, Oboe C- Charlie P- Papa, Peter D- Delta, Daddy Q- Quebec, Queen E- Echo, Easy R- Romeo, Roger F- Father S- Sierra, Sugar G- Golf, George T- Tango, Tommy H- Hotel, Honey U- Uniform, united I- Item, India V- Vector, Victory J- Juliet, jack W- Whiskey, Water K- Kilo, King X- X-ray L- Lima, Love Y- Yankee M- Mike, mother Z- Zulu A- Alpha N- November, Nancy B- Baby, Bravo O- Oscar, Oboe C- Charlie P- Papa, Peter D- Delta, Daddy Q- Quebec, Queen E- Echo, Easy R- Romeo, Roger F- Father S- Sierra, Sugar G- Golf, George T- Tango, Tommy H- Hotel, Honey U- Uniform, united I- Item, India V- Vector, Victory J- Juliet, jack W- Whiskey, Water K- Kilo, King X- X-ray L- Lima, Love Y- Yankee M- Mike, mother Z- Zulu Exercise: 1. Chicago 2. International 3. Abdelghafar 4. Mohamed 5. Elizabeth  IATA Codes a) Dates: (2 numbers) Examples: 01: First day of the month 02: Second day of the month 20 21 b) Hours: 4 numbers (24-hour system) Examples: 0002: 12 am and 2 minutes 1000 : 10 am 1300: 1 pm 1800 : 6 pm 2355 : 11: 55 pm c) Carriers: (2-letter-code) There are hundreds of different airlines worldwide. In printed flight schedules and in the GDSs, each airline is defined by a two-letter code. These airline codes also appear on passenger tickets to identify the carrier that is providing transportation Examples : MS Egypt Air OA-Olympic Airlines AZ Alitalia TK-Turkish Airlines LH Lufthansa AF-Air France BA British Airways OS-Austrian Airlines d) Cities/ Airports: (3-letter code) Examples: CAI Cairo ROM Rome DXB Dubai LON London LHR Heathrow airport in London HBE Borg El Arab airport in Alexandria Egypt e) Month: (3-letter-code) Jan - January Feb - February Mar - March Apr - April May - May Jun - June Jul - July Aug - August Sep - September Oct - October Nov - November Dec - December f) Days: 3-letter-code or 1 number Mon - Monday 1 Tue - Tuesday 2 Wed - Wednesday 3 Thu - Thursday 4 Fri - Friday 5 Sat - Saturday 6 Sun - Sunday 7 g) Country: 2-letter-code Examples: EG- Egypt BH- Bahrain SA- Saudi-Arabia FR- France GR- Greece IT- Italy  II. Classes of Service F = First Class C = Business Class Y = Economy Class There are subclasses: First-Class-Category R Supersonic P First Class Premium F First Class A First Discounted Business- Class-Category J Business Premium C Business Class D Business Discounted Economy-Class- Category W Economy Premium Y Economy Class B, H,K,L,M, Q,V Economy discounted First class (Emirates) Business class (Continental Airlines) Economy (Singapore) Economy (Egypt Air)