Travel Terminology = Trip-Related Terminology, Types of Journey, Flight Services and Reservation- Related Terms
Infant
(1-23 months old) a person who has not reached his/her 2nd as of the date of the commencement of travel
Adult
(12 and above) a person who has reached his/her 12th birthday on the date of the commencement of the travel.
Child
(2-11 years old) a person who has reached his/her 2nd birthday but not his/her 12th birthday on the date of the travel
Offline connection
A connection that involves not only a change in aircraft but also change in airline service to bring passengers from the arrival city to the next intermediate point.
Roundtrip
A flight that involves flying to a single destination and back to origin city
Circle Trip
A trip that involves two or more than one destination
Open Jaw
A trip where the next flight's origin city is different from the arrival city of the last segment
Code Share Flight
An agreement between airlines to sell space on each other's flight using their own two-letter codes in the CRS.
Passenger
Any person manifested, ticketed and carried on board any transportation
ARNK
Arrival not known; used in CRS booking; portion of the itenerary where a passenger will not take any air service from one city to the next
Segment/Leg
Flight segment or auxiliary segment of the itinerary
Itenerary
List of all flights that a passenger is scheduled to take
Phonetic Codes
Lists of words used to identify letters in a message transmitted by radio or telephone
Free Individual Traveler (Fit) Booking
Reservation made for 1-9 passengers
origin
The starting point at which the passenger begins his travel on a particular flight
Routing
The term to identify the passenger's flight itinerary
Destination
The ultimate end of a passenger's journey as shown on the booking and ticket
Change of Gauge
There is a change in the aircraft en route or a change of inventory compartment en route but uses single flight number
One-way
Trip that does not go back to its origin city
Online Connection
a connection that involves same airline service to bring passengers from the arrival city to the next intermediate point
Non-stop flight
a flight that proceeds directly to the final destination without making any stops at intermediate point
Connecting Flight
additional flight where change of aircraft and flight number is required to reach the final destination
International Air Transportation Association (IATA)
an organization that represents, lead ad serves the airline industry. Its members comprise all major passenger and cargo airlines.
Group Inclusive Tour (Git) Booking
booking that consist of 10 or more passengers on the same flight for the same destination
Direct Flight
may have one or more stops from departure to arrival city with no change of aircraft. Passenger takes the same flight number all throughout the flight
Departure City
point of embarkation
IATA Codes
standard IATA designated codes for cities, airlines and airports, which are commonly used worldwide
Zulu Time
standard time used for flight operations globally. The letter designator of this clock is Z
Minimum Connecting Time (MCT)
the legal minimum time necessary to change planes at the airport for connection
Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
universal point of reference standard time; also known as Zulu Time; Universal Time (UT) or Coordinated Universal Time (CUT)
