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• Data A representation of facts, concepts or instructions in a formalised manner suitable for communication, interpretation or processing by human beings or by automatic means.
• Data Integrity The transmission of electronic data as accepted, without alteration.
• Data Security The denial of unauthorised access to, or transmission of, electronic data.
• Date of Transaction The date of issuance of the ticket, MCO or PTA
• Dated Marketing Segment The commercial designation under which a Dated Operating Segment’s seats can be marketed and booked, either by the operating carrier or by a partner or code share carrier.
• Dated Operating Leg The nonstop operation of a transport vehicle between the departure station and the arrival station. Can be used for aircrafts as well as other transport vehicles such as train or bus etc.
• Dated Operating Segment An operation between board point and any subsequent off point within the same flight designator. Could be one or more legs. Could also be used for other transport vehicles such as train or bus etc.
• Days Full calendar days, including Sundays and legal holidays (see IATA Resolution 735).
• Dead Load Baggage, cargo, mail , ballast and equipment in compartments not included in dry operating weight of the aircraft.
• Dead Load Index Index effect of the dead load (See index unit).
• Deadline Reservations - the minimum/maximum number of days/months before the day of departure by which reservations must be confirmed. Ticketing - the minimum/maximum number of days/months before the day of departure or the minimum/maximum number of hours/days after reservation by which payment and ticketing must be completed; issue date of a PTA constitutes the ticketing date. NOTES: 1. When ’deadline’ is used in paragraphs other than Reservations and Ticketing, the term refers to the deadline for reservations and ticketing. When different deadlines apply, it is necessary to specify which deadline (e.g. ’before ticketing deadline’) 2. ’Before deadline’ includes transactions made on the deadline date.
• Deck A structural floor level. For aircraft having one structural level only, this floor level shall be referred to as the main deck. For aircraft having more than one structural floor level, the different floor levels shall be referred to as “lower deck“, “main deck“ and “upper deck“, starting from bottom to top.
• Declared Value for Carriage The value of goods or baggage declared to the carrier by the passenger for the purposes of determining charges or of establishing the limit of the carrier’s liability for loss, damage or delay.
• Delayed Baggage A piece(s) of baggage which fails to arrive at the airport of destination on the same flight as the passenger, but is subsequently delivered. (currently called “Baggage, Delay“ in Reso 780)
• Delivering Airline The airline over whose routes a passenger and his baggage are transported or are to be transported from the point of origin or stopover or a transfer going, to the next interline connection point.
• Delivering Member The Member on whose flight a passenger is to be carried to an interline point or gap.
• Delivery Service The carriage of inbound consignments from the airport of destination to the address of the consignee or that of his designated agent or to the custody of the appropriate Government agency when required.
• Departure The day/time of the flight on which the passenger is booked/ticketed to travel. NOTES: 1) Before departure: the definition refers to the first flight of the pricing unit 2) After departure: the definition refers to subsequent flights of the pricing unit.
• Departure Control System An automated method of performing check-in, capacity and load control and dispatch of flights
• Deplaning Point The point at which a passenger is scheduled to disembark from a flight of the boarding Member.
• Description An account or representation of the certain or major aspects, characteristics, or features of a person, object, or event.
• Design An arrangement scheme.
• Destination The ultimate stopping place of the journey as shown on the ticket.
• Destination The ultimate stopping place according to the contract of carriage.
• Device A technical thing made or adapted for a particular purpose, especially electronic.
• Dimension A measurable extent of some kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height.
• Direct Access System A system which enables a user to have real-time direct access to other airline systems through a prime host airline system. Also see “Multi-Access“ and “Single Access System“.
• Direct Access System A system which enables a user to have real time direct access to other airline Systems through a prime host airline System.
• Direct Bill System in which a corporation’s travel agency bills employees for their business travel. The employee must then submit an expense accounting and be reimbursed by the corporation.
• Direct Fare For fare construction purposes, a fare between two points without the application of fare construction calculations
• Direct Flight Any flight ticketed as a single flight coupon, irrespective of whether there are en route stops and/or changes of aircraft types
• Direct Route The shortest route operated between two points.
• Direct Route The shortest all year route operated by any Tariff Conference (TC) Member in both directions between ticketed points at which it exercises traffic rights; provided that 1) where a point is not served by any TC Member via the same route in both directions, the services of any non-TC Member, Associate Member and/or any scheduled non-IATA carrier shall be used, but only as the initial sector and/or the terminating sector 2) the services of any scheduled air carrier may be used a) over domestic sectors b) over sectors as provided in Resolution 011a 3) where a point is only served seasonally, the services of any scheduled air carrier may be used but only as initial or terminating sector provided further that any routing specified in Attachment ’A’ to Resolution 011 as a ’basic routing’ shall be deemed to be the direct route.
• Direct Route Fare The fare over the direct route between two points. When no direct route fare exists between two ticketed points, a fare must be established by combination over a ticketed point on the itinerary.
• Disclosure Information which should be made known.
• Discount Deduction from the price amount, made in advance of its payment.
• Distribution The process of distributing airline product offers across one or multiple channels.
• Document A piece of written, printed, or electronic matter that provides information or evidence, or that serves as an official record. For example: Passenger Travel Document, Ticket.
• Document Number The unique identification number of a traffic document as outlined in IATA Recommended Practice 1720a. The document number comprises the airline code, form code, serial number and in some cases, a check digit.
• Domestic Flight Leg A flight between two stations to which the same ISO country code applies.
• Domestic Transfer A change from the domestic service of one carrier to another domestic service of the same carrier (online transfer) or to the domestic service of another carrier (interline transfer)
• Door A swinging or sliding barrier that will close the entrance to a room or building or vehicle.
• DOW Dry Operating Weight. Basic weight plus operational items, such as crew, crew baggage, flight equipment and pantry as per company specifications.
• DOW Configuration Identification of operational items such as crew, pantry, potable water and/or service weight adjustments and their weight and/or index influence that are included in the Dry Operating Weight of an aircraft or aircraft group.
• DOW Item Item that can be considered as part of the Dry Operating Weight buildup of an aircraft or aircraft group as per company specifications e.g. Basic Weight, Flight Deck Crew, Cabin Crew, Flight Deck Crew Baggage, Cabin Crew Baggage, Pantry, Containers, Pallets, Potable Water, Library, ... Other items are included in the total traffic load weight.
• Dry Operating Aircraft Aircraft configured according to a given Dry Operating Weight configuration.
• Dry Operating Index The center of gravity of the aircraft at its Dry Operating Weight expressed in index units (See index unit).
• Duplicate Leg A single, non-operational, leg of a flight that, for commercial/technical reasons, is displayed under more than one Flight Number by the operating carrier, or is displayed by a different Airline Designator/Flight Number by an airline other than the operating carrier. For further guidance, see also Appendix H: Duplicate Flight Legs.
• Duplicate Leg A single non-operational leg that, for commercial/technical reasons, is displayed under more than one flight number by the operating carrier, or is displayed by a different airline designator/flight number by an airline other than the operating carrier.
• Duplicate Reservation A condition which arises when two or more reservations are made for the same passenger(s) when it is evident the passenger(s) will be able to use only one, except that a request to change an itinerary, whether or not it is so identified, shall not be considered a duplicate reservation.