Aviation Basic ( Res & Ticketing )

THE WORLD

•NORTH AMERICA

•SOUTH AMERICA

•CANADA

IATA Traffic Conference

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•AFRICA

•EUROPE

•MIDDEL EAST


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•ASIA

•AUSTRALIA

•NEW ZEALAND

WHO is a PASSENGER

REVENUE passengers are those who pay afare for travel.

NON REVENUE passengers are Airline staffon duty or leave or other passengerstraveling free.

A passenger is person carried or to be carried in an Aircraft

with the consent of the carrier. Members of the crew are not

classified as passengers.

PASSENGER

REVENUE NON REVENUE

WHAT is a FARE

A FARE is an amount charged for AIR TRANSPORTATION of

passengers and his FREE Baggage allowance. A carrier

publishes Fares between two points. Although Fares for most

anticipated journeys are provided for, there may be some

journeys for which fares are not readily available in the fare

sheets. In such cases the fare can be constructed governed by

the factors of Rules, MPM’s and Routings.

NORMAL

FARES

SPECIAL

FARES

CONSTRUCTED

FARES

FARE

TYPES

NORMAL FARES are those full fares established for F, J and Y

SPECIAL FARES are the fares other than normal fares established to promote growth of traffic on a particular

route

CONSTRUCTED FARES are those which ar not available in the fare sheets and such fares are constructed in

accordance with IATA rules.

FREE BAGGAGE

ALLOWANCE

“Baggage “ which may be carried without paymentof a charge in addition to the fare. The allowancein weight varies for the class of service paid for. “F”40 kg, “J” 30 kg and “Y” 20 kg.

For travel To / From / Via USA and Canada piece

concept applies. For rest of the world its weight

concept.

CHECKED

BAGGAGE

UN CHECKED

BAGGAGE

EXCESS

BAGGAGE

BAGGAGE

ALLOWANCE

Cont……..

Checked baggage is the baggage the custody of which is taken

over by the carrier at the boarding point upto where it is to be

repossessed by the passenger. The details of baggage are

entered on the “Passenger Ticket and Baggage Check” and an

identification Tag is issued for each baggage when taken over.

Following items are not accepted as checked baggage:

1. Fragile and Perishable articles.

2. Money

3. Jewellery and Silverware

4. Negotiable Papers like securities or other valuables

5. Samples etc.

CHECKED BAGGAGE

UNCHECKED BAGGAGE

Unchecked baggage means baggage of which

the passenger retains custody. This baggage

is also weighed and is taken into account

against free baggage allowance admissible

to the passenger.

Cont………

In addition to free baggage allowance a passenger may carry

without additional charges the following personal articles:-

•Lady’s Handbag / Purse / Collapsible Wheel Chair / Golf

Set / Diving Set.

•Overcoat/Blanket/Walking stick /Umbrella /Binoculars

•Reasonable amount of reading material

•Infants Food for consumption in flight etc.

•Excess Baggage is that part of the baggage which is in excess

of the free baggage allowance. The charge per kilo will be 1%

of the normal direct adult First class fare.

•Weight of Pets is not included in the free baggage allowance

of passenger, excess baggage rates will apply

ACCOMPANIED UN ACCOMPANIED

•Accompanied excess baggage is the baggage which

carried in the same flight in which passenger is travelling.

•Un accompanied is the type of baggage which is sent as a

Cargo load in a separate flight.

EXCESS BAGGAGE

TYPES OF JOURNEYS

TRANS

PACIFIC

TRANS

ATLANTIC

TRANSPACIFIC JOURNEY :- It’s the type of journey when we

over fly the Pacific Ocean.

Example :- ATQ – SIN – LAX / SFO / YVR etc.

TRANSATLANTIC JOURNEY :- It the type of journey when

we over fly the Atlantic Ocean

Example :- ATQ – SIN – FRA - JFK

TYPES OF JOURNEYS

JOURNEYS

OW

With One fare

Component

OW

With More than One

Fare Component

ONE WAY

JOURNEY

OJO

JOURNEY

OJR

JOURNEY

OPEN JAW

JOURNEY

ONE WAY

JOURNEY

RT

JOURNEY

CIRCLE TRIP

JOURNEY

ROUND THE

WORLD JOURNEY

CIRCLE

TRIP JOURNEY

RETURN

JOURNEY

JOURNEYS

BASICALLY journey can be of four types:-

ONE WAY JOURNEY :- One way trip is considered to be any

journey which for fare calculation purpose is not a complete round

or circle trip entirely by air.

RETURN JOURNEY:- Travel from one point to another and

return to the same point of origin entirely by air is know as return

journey. A return journey could either be a round or circle trip.

ROUND TRIP :- Round trip is return journey where in…..

a) The fare Outbound and Inbound are the same.

And/or b) The routing Outbound and Inbound are the same.

And/or c) The Fares as well as the routing Outbound and Inbound

are the same.Cont…….

JOURNEYS Cont……..

CIRCLE TRIP:- Circle Trip means travel other than Round Trip,

from one point and Return to the same point by a continuous

circuitous air route. In a circle trip both Routings and Fares

Outbound and Inbound are different.

OPEN JAW TRIPS:- An Open Jaw trip consists of travel which

either is essentially of a round trip nature with the exception

that either…..

a) The Outward point of Departure and the Inward point of Arrival

are not the same

SIN ATQ

BOM


b) The Outward point of arrival and the Inward point of Departure are not the same.

SFO

ATQ

LAX

c) Both Outward and Inward point of Arrival and Departure are not the same.

SFO ATQ

LAX DEL


OJO :- When the Fare for an OPEN JAW journey is constructed

using OW fares, the journey is called an “OJO”

OW fares are used for OJ journeys when the return is not to the

country of origin.

ATQ

SFO

SIN

Or The return is not from a point in the country of turnaround.

SFO

ATQ

YVR


OJR :- When the fare for an OPEN JAW journey is constructed

by using ½ RT fares. The journey is called an “ OJR “

½ RT fares are used for OJ journeys when the return is either back

to the country of origin or from a point in the country of

turnaround.

ATQ

SFO

DEL

SFO

ATQ

LAX

FARE NOTE

ADULT FARE means the fare for a person who has attained his

twelfth birthday.

CHILD FARE means a fare for a person who has attained his

second but not his twelfth birthday

INFANT FARE mean fare for a person who has not attained his

second birthday.

CONSTRUCTED FARE mean a fare other than a specified fare,

established in accordance with IATA traffic conference resolution.

JOINT FARE means a fare which applies for carriage over the lines

of two or more carriers and which is published as a single amount.

LOCAL FARE means an online fare which applies for carriage over

the lines of a single carrier.

FARE NOTE Cont …..

NORMAL FARE means the highest fare established for a first

intermediate or economy/tourist class of service.

SPECIAL FARE means a fare other than a normal fare.

FARE THROUGH means the total fare from point of departure

to the point of destination.

COMBINATION FARE means a fare worked which is obtained

by combining two or more fares.

PRORATE FARE means a fare worked out as joint fare, rate or

charge between the carriers concerned on an agreed basis.

MISCELLANNEOUS CHARGES ORDER (MCO) means a

document issued by a carrier or its agents requesting issue of an

appropriate passenger ticket and baggage check or provision of

services to a person named in such document.

FARE NOTE Cont …..

PREPAID TICKET ADVICE (PTA) means the

notification by telex or mail that a person in one city has

requested issuance of prepaid transportation as described in the

authority, to a person in another city.

RATE OF EXCHANGE (ROE) is established by the

IATA clearing house. ROE’s are based on the prevailing exchange

rates and will change every three months on specific dates i.e. 01

January, 01 April, 01 July and 01 October. ROE’s will be used to

convert local currencies to NUC’s. ROE’s will be used to convert

NUC’s to local currencies.

Other Maters of Note

REROUTING with respect to a passenger means a change of Route,

Fare, Carrier, Type of Aircraft, Class of service, Flight or Validity from

that originally provided in the appropriate transportation document.

REVALIDATION means that authorized stamping or writing upon the

passenger ticket, evidence that it has been officially altered by the

carrier.

A STOPOVER point is an intermediate ticketed point at which a

passenger makes a deliberate halt on his journey agreed to in

advance with the carrier. Should there be no connecting flights within

24 hours of a passenger’s arrival at a connecting point, such connecting

point/s will be considered as a stopover point/s.

TRANSFER point means a ticketed point on which a passenger’s

routing which involves either a change of carrier, and/or a change of

flight and/or a Change of Class, within 24 hours of passenger’s

arrival into such point.

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