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• Cabin All areas of an aircraft where passenger seats are installed (also known as fitted interior).
• Cabin Baggage Baggage of which the passenger retains custody (also known as “Hand“ and/or “Unchecked“).
• Cabin Column Column within a Cabin used to identify Seats and Cabin Components within a Row.
• Cabin Compartment A physical aircraft compartment where passenger seats are installed, classified by a given Cabin Type.
• Cabin Component Non-seat related cabin feature or facility (e.g. lavatory, galley, closet, stowage, etc.)
• Cabin Crew Crew members, other than flight deck crew.
• Cabin Crew Location Seat location for cabin crew.
• Cabin Element A part of a cabin having some specific characteristics or function.
• Cabin Layout Planned utilization layout of aircraft cabin section/zone.
• Cabin Section Division of the cabin into zones for the purpose of balance.
• Cabin Type Type of compartment of an aircraft, offering specific services (e.g. business class, economy).
• Cached Flight Availability Cached availability is a database of saved availability on a Members. flights for a pre-designated length of time and/or degree of accuracy. This database is stored in an external entity’s system (e.g. GDS, online subscriber, direct connect provider, agency). A cache may be used in place of availability queries only when bilaterally agreed.
• Cancellation When a Member or CRS is required to cancel or change reservations (including waitlistings) on any segment of an itinerary it shall determine what disposition is to be made of the entire itinerary and shall promptly cancel all unwanted segments.
• Cancellation Charge The service charge made by reason of failure of a passenger to use reserved accommodation without having cancelled such accommodation prior to the latest appropriate time for cancellation specified by the carrier.
• Cancellation Fee (see “Cancellation Charge“)
• Cargo Any goods carried on an aircraft and covered by an air waybill.
• Cargo Heating Device Heating capability of the cargo hold.
• Cargo Ventilation Device Ventilation capability of the cargo hold.
• Carriage Carriage of passengers and/or baggage by air, gratuitously or for hire.
• Carriage Medium Method used to convey or transport goods or passengers from one place to another. See list of media in RP1745, attachment A paragraph 3.2. E.g. Airline Van, Rail.
• Carrier The organization which carries the passenger, baggage, or goods, and/or commits to delivering the carriage as well as any related services such as issuance of ticket, creation of Order, etc.
• Carry-on Baggage (see “Unchecked Baggage“)
• Carrying Airline A party over whose routes a passenger and his baggage are transported or are to be transported.
• Carrying Member Any Member participating in transportation of passenger.
• Cash Any payment that is collected by the agent and settled between the Airline and the agent. Refer to IATA Resolution 728 Attachment A for full details.
• Center Of Gravity The point at which an aircraft would balance if it were possible to suspend it at that point.
• Center Of Gravity Limit End point forward or aft of the range within which the center of gravity of an aircraft must lie for safe flight.
• Center Of Gravity Limit Table Set of related Center of Gravity (CG) limits.
• Centroid The center of mass of a geometric object of uniform density.
• Change of Equipment en Route A scheduled change of aircraft, occurring one or more times en route, but identified by one airline designator/flight number between the station of origin and the station of destination. Example: Delta Flight 107 travels from point A to point B to point C. There is a change of equipment at point B, from a 727 aircraft to an L1011 aircraft. Although passengers must physically change aircraft, their flight number remains the same (DL 107) throughout the journey. DL107 A----------------------------------------------C 727 L1011 *A---------------------- B --------------------C * on-line or interline
• Change of Equipment en Route A scheduled change of aircraft, occurring one or more times en route, but identified by one Airline Designator/Flight Number between the Station of origin and the Station of final destination. For further guidance, see SSIM manual Appendix H: Duplicate Flight Legs.
• Change Of Gauge A scheduled change of aircraft, irrespective of aircraft type, occurring one or more times en route. In flight operations, the change occurs under an Airline Designator and Flight Number between the station of origin and the station of final destination. In flight distribution, the change occurs within a passenger segment.
• Change of Gauge en Route see “Change of Equipment En Route”
• Charge An amount to be paid for carriage of excess baggage based on the applicable rate for such carriage; or an amount to be paid for a special or incidental service in connection with the carriage of a passenger or baggage.
• Check A written order instructing a financial institution to pay immediately on demand a specified amount of money from the check writer’s account to the person named on the check or, if a specific person is not named, to whoever bears the check to the institution for payment.
• Check Digit A digit added to a given number to check the accuracy of the number. The modulus 7 check digit used with document numbers is the remainder of the division of the number to be checked by 7.
• Check-in Desk A counter in an airport at which a passenger may check in.
• Check-in Process The process involving those activities necessary to evaluate passengers and make them ready to board flights, possibly including : - verification of reservation status; - selection of seat if not already made and possibly other amenities; - capture of baggage details; - delivery of boarding pass; - verification of baggage allowance; - delivery of baggage tags; - entry of baggage details in passenger ticket; - evidence of acceptance of flight coupon; - update of load control data; - passenger and baggage through processing; - baggage acceptance; - regulatory travel document check. Check-in can be performed by humans or by machines (self-service devices such as kiosks).
• Checked Baggage Baggage of which the carrier takes sole custody and for which the carrier has issued a baggage check.
• Child A person who has reached his/her second birthday but not his/her 12th birthday as of the date of commencement of travel.
• Children’s Fare A fare for a person who has attained his second but not his twelfth birthday as of the date of commencement of travel.
• Circle Trip Travel from a point and return thereto by a continuous circuitous air route; provided that where no reasonably direct scheduled air service is available between two points, a break in the circle may be traveled by any other means of transportation without prejudice to the circle trip.
• Circle Trip - Normal Fares Travel from a point and return thereto by a continuous, circuitous air route, including travel comprising two fare components but which do not meet the conditions of the round trip definition
• Circle Trip - Special Fares Travel from a point and return thereto by a continuous, circuitous air route, comprising only two international fare components which do not meet the conditions of the round trip definition
• Citizenship The position or status of being a legally recognized subject or national of a particular country.
• City City (e.g. Dublin), town, or postal station (i.e. a postal service territory, often used in a military address, or metropolitan area).
• City Pair (see “Segment“)
• Claim A written demand for compensation prepared and signed by or on behalf of the passenger in the case of baggage, containing an itemized list and value of goods for which compensation is being requested.
• Claim Participating Airline A revenue participating airline who shares in the settlement of a claim for the passenger’s checked baggage.
• Claim Receiving Airline A revenue participating/carrying airline who receives and processes the passenger’s written demand for compensation for lost, damaged or delayed baggage.
• Claim Settling Airline The airline settling the claim with the passenger or other person acting on his/her behalf.
• Class Segregation of passengers according to the fare paid or facilities and services offered.
• Class Rate A rate applicable to a specifically designated class of goods.
• Clear Area The area clear of printing or marking which surrounds the characters to be optically scanned.
• Clone PNR A PNR created by copying some or all of the data from an existing PNR in the same system.
• Co-Host Airline An industry term used to specify an airline whose schedules and availability are stored on a preferential basis in the System of another airline. A co-host arrangement may include additional features.
• Cockpit That part of an aircraft from which the flight crew control the aircraft.
• Code Sharing Code sharing exists when: (a) one carrier operates a flight on behalf of another, using that carrier’s airline designator in the flight number, (b) two or more carriers jointly operate a flight under one or more airline designators.
• Code Sharing Flight A generic term referring to various types of operational and/or commercial arrangements between two or more airlines.
• Combination Whenever two or more one-way or round trip or half round trip fares are used and shown separately in a fare calculation
• Combination of Charges An amount which is obtained by combining two or more charges.
• Combination of Fares An amount which is obtained by combining two or more fares.
• Combination of Rates An amount which is obtained by combining two or more rates.
• Combined Load Limitation Maximum load acceptable for a combination of loading locations. Locations can include bays, pallet positions, holds, compartments on different decks.
• Combined Load Limitation Table Set of related combined load limitations.
• Commerce Role A type of party role which represents the business prospects of a company.
• Commercial Communication Facilities Method used to communicate which includes mail, telegraph, TWX or Telex and long distance telephone.
• Commercial Document Written record of certain aspects of a commercial transaction, such as an order, commercial invoice, shipping or transport document, certificate of origin.
• Commercial Duplicate Flight A flight where the operating airline allows seats/space to be sold by one or more other airlines and all participants to such an agreement sell their seats/space on that flight under their own Flight Designator. More than one Flight Designator is used for a single operating flight, including at least one with the Airline Designator of the operating airline, and at least one with the Airline Designator of a non-operating airline.
• Commercial Exchange Information related to giving one thing and receiving another (especially of the same type or value) in return, especially in a commerce environment.
• Commercial Instrument A tool or resource related to commerce.
• Commercial Item Good or service (but not real estate) sold or traded in the normal course of a firm’s business; or customarily used by the general public or offered to it for lease, license, or sale.
• Commission An amount of money, typically a set percentage of the value involved, paid to an agent in a commercial transaction.
• Communication The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium.
• Compartment A space designated within the aircraft for the carriage of passengers or deadload. Often the terms “cabin“ and “compartment“ are used interchangeably.
• Compartment Load Limitation Maximum load acceptable in a compartment.
• Composite Flight A flight composed of two or more member flights of any type, but which is identified with an Airline Designator/Flight Number combination different from any of its member flights. For further guidance, see also Appendix H: Duplicate Flight Legs.
• Composite Flight A flight composed of two or more member flights of any type, but which is identified with an airline designator/flight number combination different from any of its member flights. Example: DL6063, from A to C, is the composite flight comprised of the member flights DL 109 from A to B and DL 373 from B to C. DL6063 A----------------------------------------------C DL209 DL373 A---------------------- B ---------------------C * on-line or interline
• Computer Generated Document Number A document number that is computer generated and printed on the document at the time of issue. The airline code and form code may be preprinted, with the serial number being computer generated.
• Computer Reservations System A computerized system containing information about schedules, availability, fares and related services, and through which reservations can be made and/or tickets issued, and which makes some or all of these facilities available to subscribers. The CRS is typically the same as a Global Distribution System (GDS).
• Conditions of Carriage The terms and conditions established by a carrier in respect to its carriage.
• Configuration (see “Aircraft Configuration“)
• Configuration An arrangement of parts or elements.
• Configuration Element A part or element of a configuration.
• Conjunction Ticket A ticket issued to a passenger concurrently with another ticket(s) which together constitute a single contract of carriage.
• Connecting Carrier A carrier to whose services the passenger and his baggage or the cargo are to be transferred for onward connecting transportation.
• Connecting Point A connecting point is an intermediate point in an itinerary at which the passenger deplanes from one flight and boards another flight either on the same airline, or at which he transfers from the flight of one airline to a flight of another airline for continuation of the journey
• Connection The ability to transfer passengers, baggage, cargo or mail from one flight to another within a reasonable time period. On-line connections concern transfers between flights of the same airline designator and interline connections between flights of different airline designators.
• Connection Time Constraint Minimum and/or maximum time constraints for travelers and baggage transfer to connect between transportation legs.
• Constraint A limitation or restriction.
• Constructed Fare Unspecified through fares created by 1) the use of add-ons 2) two fares shown as a single amount in a fare calculation and shown as “C/“
• Constructed Fare Unspecified through fares created by the use of add-ons or two fares shown as a single amount in a fare calculation and shown as “C/“.
• Constructed Rate A rate, other than a specified rate.
• Contact A party which may be approached for information or assistance
• Contact Information The electronic or geographic address which a party has provided as the contact channel. For example, contact email, contact postal address, contact phone number.
• Contact Load Limitation Maximum load acceptable in direct contact with the aircraft floor per m2 (ft2).
• Container (see Unit Load Device)
• Container A structured unit confined by ceiling, floor walls, into which dead load is bulk loaded and designed to be locked on a position/bay as a unit. See also unit load device.
• Continuing Itinerary All remaining segments or portions of itinerary beyond any designated point or gap.
• Control The power to influence or direct people’s behavior or the course of events.
• Coordinator Natural or legal person with detailed knowledge of airline scheduling coordination, responsible for the allocation of slots at a fully coordinated airport.
• Corporate Organization A corporate company or group.
• Country A nation with its own government, occupying a particular territory.
• Country of Commencement of Transportation The country from which travel on the first international sector takes place
• Country of Payment The country where payment is made by the purchaser to the Tariff Conference (TC) Member or its Agent; payment by cheque, credit card or other banking instruments shall be deemed to have been made at the place where such instrument is accepted by the TC Member or its Agent.
• Country of Unit Origin The country in which the unit origin is situated.
• Country Sub-Division An area of land which is a sub-division within a country, such as a state, a county, a canton, a province, a region, etc.
• Crew A group of people who are assigned the role of work on and operate a ship, boat, aircraft, spacecraft, or train.
• Crew Baggage Baggage which is the property of operating crew and which is separately identified, excluding carry-on baggage.
• Crew Baggage Standard Weights Approved crew baggage standard weights to be used for weight and balance calculation.
• Crew Distribution Allocation of crew (flight deck and cabin crew) and their baggage to associated locations.
• Crew Distribution Element A specific allocation in a crew distribution.
• Crew Standard Weights Approved crew standard weights to be used for weight and balance calculation.
• CRS Subscriber A person or entity other than an airline using a CRS under contract from a CRS Supplier for the sale of air transportation products and/or other related services.
• CRS Supplier Any entity and its affiliates that own in whole or in part a CRS.
• Cumulative Load Limitation Maximum load acceptable forward or aft of a given location (station/balance arm or section).
• Cumulative Load Limitation Table Set of related cumulative load limitations.
• Currency Conversion The result of converting one currency into another currency. E.g. local currency to USD, air miles to monetary.
• Currency of the Country of Payment The currency in which international fares from that country are denominated. Currency Codes referring ISO 4217.
• Curtailment Limitation to certified (manufacturer’s) CG limits in order to account for certain operational assumptions and associated CG calculation inaccuracies.
• Curtailment Table Set of Curtailments.