Glossary for the airline industry
From A-Z, this glossary covers definitions and explanations for common airline industry terminology.
ATPCO Pricing & Shopping Subscriptions; ATPCO data sent via electronic transmission.
In dynamic offers, another name for the operating carrier who is providing the service to the passenger.
A type of Product Catalog, the Supplier Catalog aims to be used for communication between a Retailer and a Supplier and means a list of products and services or items that a Supplier has chosen to make available for sale by the Retailer, including but not limited to information about where the products and services are available (i.e., location, market, schedules, miscellaneous information, etc.) and any specified general conditions of these. The content available in the catalog depends on the bilateral agreements (SRSIA and other partners).
Technical standards accompanying ATPCO Proprietary Standards on pricing and retailing automation that describe how the standards interact with other supply chain processes (e.g., ticketing, reservations, revenue accounting).
A table containing a set of data elements that are used to further express additional information about other data. For example, Carrier Flight Table (Table 986) within Category 4 and Fare By Rule Index is a supporting table. Also called internal table.
163 Sub Code
164 Tax Text
165 Equipment Type
166 Features and Attributes
167 Sector Detail
168 Service and Baggage
169 Passenger Type Code
170 Currency
171 Carrier/Resulting Fare Class
172 Account Code
173 Ticket Designator
178 User Zone
183 Security
186 Carrier Flight
189 Fare Identification
190 Carrier Application
191 Seat Characteristics
196 Text
198 RBD
966 Seasonality / Day of Week Indicator (pending)
974 Fare Type Table
976 Surface Sector
978 Zone
979 Fare Creator
982 Security (discontinued)
983 Security
984 Via Location (pending)
985 Carrier Limit Table (pending)
986 Carrier/Flight Table
987 Waiver
988 Reissue
989 Base Fare Table
990 Carrier Application Table
992 Currency
993 Same Point
994 Override Date
995 Geographic Specifications
996 Text
997 Joint Carrier
999 RBD Exception Code Table
An additional amount applied to a published fare or rule for fuel, terminal, or fire fees.
FareManager Rules provisions that are assumed to apply (in a rules environment) when not superseded by specific provisions pertinent to a specific fare or fare general rule.
Tariff/Carrier Lock. A feature for US/CA fares that may be set for a batch with action type Apply or Release.
A group of data elements. See supporting table for a list of table numbers and names.
In the Fares system, defines whether a fare can be used as a one-way fare or a round-trip fare.
1. (domestic US/CA fares) A one-way fare. 2. (international fares) A one-way fare that may be doubled and halved (can be used in one-way, round-trip, circle-trip, and open-jaw pricing units).
1. (domestic US/CA fares) A published round-trip fare. 2. (international fares) A published round-trip fare (may only be used in round-trip, circle-trip, or open-jaw pricing units).
(international fares) A one-way fare that may not be doubled and halved (may only be used on one-way pricing units).
1. A database that contains data defined by system, geographic scope, and distribution process.
2. Information filed with governments when a legal filing is required.
Geographic areas of the world are assigned tariff numbers and names. Fares for markets within that geographic area are distributed with the assigned tariff number.
The organization identified as the owner of the tariff.
A tariff where the tariff owner is an organization that may be different from the carrier whose data is in the tariff.
The end points of the travel associated with a tax as determined by Tax Rules (Record X1) processing.
Formerly the Ticket Tax Box Service (TTBS), Tax Summary is an online display of current and historical taxes, fees, and charges for up to two calendar years.
Traffic Conference.