Glossary for the airline industry
From A-Z, this glossary covers definitions and explanations for common airline industry terminology.
Passenger service system.
Passenger type code. See also passenger type.
A type of batch status indicating that data contained within the batch has been distributed in the subscription process. See also batch status.
A fare that is available to the general public for purchase. See also private fare.
A tariff whose data is available for viewing by any organization once it is processed through GFS. Also called published tariff.
1. The industry term for a fare available to the general public for purchase; usually called public fare at ATPCO.
2. (data application) ATPCO term for published round-trip or one-way fares on the ATPCO fare record. Also called specified. These fares may or may not have limited distribution (be private fares).
The filed and available fare used for fare calculation and/or ticketing display to create Selling or Net amounts.
The carrier who owns or publishes the fare. Also called owning carrier.
A program that removes expired or unwanted data from the master file.