Glossary

Terms

• Half Round Trip Fare Half of a specified or constructed round trip normal or special fare. In the absence of a specified or constructed round trip normal fare, the one way normal fare is considered to be a half round trip normal fare. If a specified or constructed one way special fare may be doubled to establish a round trip special fare, the one way special fare is considered to be a half round trip special fare
• Hand Baggage See cabin baggage.
• Handling Bay A recessed or enclosed area for baggage handling.
• Hard Copy A printed copy of an electronically transmitted text.
• Hard Copy A paper record of information stored or relayed.
• Height A measurement of someone or something from head to foot or from base to top.
• Historic Slot A slot allocated on the basis of historic precedence.
• Hold A space in an aircraft confined by ceiling, floor, walls and bulkhead, used for carrying load.
• Hold Compartment A space in an aircraft designated within a hold that can be containerized/palletized or not.
• Hold Layout Planned utilization layout of aircraft hold.
• Hold Section A subdivision of a non-containerized/palletized (bulk) compartment often separated by a net.
• Hosted Airline An airline who utilises the facilities of another system to process, on an inventory basis, reservations and other passenger related information.
• Hot Spot Carbon A type of carbon used to produce the image on the flight, exchange and passenger coupons of paper traffic documents.