Flight Availability

 Part 1 Basic flight availability

TRANS CODE	DATE	DEP AIRPORT	ARR AIRPORT	TIME
AN	1JUL	DEL	KTM	1200

Now shown is an entry to display neutral availability. The purpose of this entry is to display neutral availability for a given city pair on a specified date, starting at a specified time.

The entry consists of the transaction code "AN" for "availability neutral", followed by the departure date, the city pair and the departure time.

In application, the entry shown above would display neutral availability from DEL to KTM on 1 July starting at 12.00.

Remember that time can be entered in 24-hour or 12-hour format.

The system default settings for availability displays are the same as for timetables. If you leave out the date, the system will default to today's date. If you leave out the time, the system will default to midnight, unless you are displaying availability for today. When you display availability for today, the time defaults to the current time, so that flights that have already departed will not be shown. You will rarely display availability for today, so it is only important to remember that when no time is specified, the system will display flights starting around midnight, which means all flights for the day will be listed.

Neutral availability displays, like neutral timetables, will actually show flights starting up to an hour before the time you specify.

Part 2 Availability from a timetable

TRANS CODE	DISPLAY TYPE
TC	AN

Shown above is an entry used to generate a neutral availability display from an existing timetable.

The entry consists of the transaction code "TC" for "timetable change", followed by the letters "AN" for "availability neutral". You used the "TC" transaction code earlier in the lesson to obtain return timetables.

In application, the entry shown above would create a neutral availability display using the city pair, starting date and time from the current timetable.

Part 3 Schedule displays

TRANS CODE	DATE	DEP AIRPORT	ARR AIRPORT	TIME
SN	1JUL	KTM	DOH	1400

Now shown is the entry for displaying a basic flight schedule, also known as a neutral schedule. The purpose of this entry is to check flights between two cities on the specified date at the specified time.

Note that this entry is just like the entry to retrieve a neutral availability display. The only difference is the transaction code. The transaction code to display neutral availability is AN, whereas the one to display a neutral schedule is SN instead.

In application, the entry shown above would display a neutral flight schedule from KTM  to DOH on 1 July starting at 14.00

The default settings are the same for schedule displays as they are for availability displays:

• If you leave out the departure date (e.g. SNKTMDOH2P), the system defaults to today's date
• If the time is omitted (e.g. SN1JULKTMDOH), the system defaults to midnight
• If you leave out both the date and the time (e.g. SNKTMDOH), the system will show flights starting today at the current time

Part 4 Flight information

TRANS CODE	LINE NUMBER
DO	6

Shown above is an entry to obtain operational information for a flight in an availability/schedule display, or a PNR. Operational information includes meal service, flight times, layover times, in-flight entertainment, specific terminals used by the flight, etc. The amount of information displayed depends on how much the airline has provided to Amadeus.

The entry begins with the transaction code "DO" (which can be remembered as standing for "Display Operational"), followed by an availability or PNR line number.

In application, the entry shown above would display the most current operational information for a flight that is on line 6 of an availability display or PNR

TRANS CODE	AIRLINE CODE	FLIGHT NUMBER	OBLIQUE	DATE
DO	KL	641	/	17SEP

It is also possible to display operational information by referencing the flight number and date.

The entry to do this is the "DO" transaction code, followed by an airline code and flight number, an oblique, and a date.

In application, the entry shown above would display the latest information stored in Amadeus about the operation of KL641, travelling on 17 September

 

Part 5 Return travel

TRANS CODE	LETTER "R"	DATE	TIME
AC	R	18MAY	1000

Shown above is an entry used to display return availability. The purpose of this entry is to display inbound flight availability by reversing the city pair order of an existing availability display.

The entry consists of the transaction code "AC" for "availability change", followed by the letter "R" for "return", and the requested departure date and time.

In application, the entry shown above would reverse the city pair in the existing availability display and generate a new display of flights departing on 18 May starting at 10.00.

This entry is very similar to the entry you saw earlier to request a return timetable. Both use a display "change" transaction code followed by the letter "R" for "return", and the new information.

The default settings are also the same. If you omit the date from this entry, the system uses the date from the existing availability display. If you omit the time, the system uses midnight. If the date and the time are omitted, the system uses the date from the existing display and 18.00 as the time.

 

Part 6 Availability change entries

TRANS CODE	NEW INFORMATION
AC	19MAY

Shown above is a typical entry used to change an availability display.

You already know the transaction code in this entry; it is the "AC" (Availability Change) code used in the return availability entry. Following the "AC" transaction code is the new information, in this example a date.

In application, the entry shown above would change an existing availability display to show flights for May 19.

This type of entry can save you time when you need to modify a display, in that it prevents you from having to re-enter an entire availability entry.

The "AC" entry can be used to change an existing availability display in numerous ways. For example, some of the things you can change include:

• date
• time
• display type
• airline

Entry	Purpose
AC19MAY	Change the date of an existing availability display to 19 May
AC4	Change the date to 4 days in the future
AC-2	Change the date to 2 days in the past
AC1800	Change the time of an existing display to 1800
AC/ASQ	Change to list flights for airline SQ only
ACMIA	Change the origin airport of an existing availability display to MIA
AC//HEL	Change the destination airport to HEL
ACMIAHEL	Change the city pair to MIAHEL

·         When you make one of these entries, only the information specified will change; all other display attributes remain unchanged.