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• MAC Mean Aerodynamic Chord. The average length of the chord (width) of the aircraft wing. Also referred to as RC by some manufactures.
• Machine Readable Indicates that information is acceptable to read by a system without manual input.
• Magnetic Stripe A stripe of magnetic material affixed to the back of a Computer Ticket or an Automated Ticket/ Boarding Pass or Credit Card, on which most of the data relevant to that document is magnetically encoded, and is machine readable.
• Mail All types of material communications carried on an aircraft, e.g. General Post Office mail, diplomatic mail, military mail and company (airline) mail.
• Marketing Carrier The carrier that sells with its own code as part of a code-share agreement on a flight actually operated by another carrier.
• Marketing Carrier The carrier that sells transport on a vehicle operated by itself, or by another carrier as part of a commercial agreement between the two parties.
• Married Segments Married segments is a term used to identify two or more segments in an itinerary which are actioned as a single unit (set).
• Maximum Permitted Mileage Maximum permitted mileages as established in accordance with Resolution 011.
• Maximum Weights Maximum certified weights (ZFW, LW, TOW, TW) applicable to an aircraft or a group of aircraft.
• Maximum Weights Table Set of maximum certified weights.
• MCT (see “Minimum Connecting Time“)
• Measure A certain quantity or degree of something.
• Media Object Electronic documents, images, and other files which accompany and support some information.
• Member in Control of Passenger The Member or the CRS with whom a passenger is presently doing business locally and with respect to whom the passenger has become a local passenger, or the Member whose service will next be used by a passenger en route.
• Membership The state of belonging to a group, such as a club or trade association.
• Message A verbal, written, or recorded communication sent to or left for a recipient who cannot be contacted directly.
• Middle Name A person’s name placed after the first name and before the surname. E.g. GEORGE.
• Mileage Proration Proration on the basis of the respective local mileages.
• Minimum Group Size The minimum number of passengers required to qualify for a fare.
• Minimum Tour Price The minimum selling price for the tour calculated as the air fare plus an amount for land arrangements.
• Minimum Weights Minimum certified weights (ZFW, LW, TOW, TW) applicable to an aircraft or a group of aircraft.
• Minimum Weights Table Set of minimum certified weights.
• Miscellaneous Charge Order An accountable IATA document used to process the payment of travel arrangements.
• Miscellaneous Charges Order An accountable paper document issued by a carrier or its agents requesting issue of an appropriate Passenger Ticket and Baggage Check or provision of services to the person named in such document (see Resolutions 725, 725a and 725b). Typically used for such things as group deposits, excess baggage, optional services, etc. See “Electronic Miscellaneous Document“ for the electronic equivalent of MCO.
• Misconnection A passenger who, due to late arrival or non-operation of his original delivering flight, arrives at the interline point by his original delivering flight, an alternative flight or surface transportation, too late to board his original receiving flight. See Resolution 766.
• Mishandled Baggage Baggage which is damaged, delayed, lost or pilfered. (currently called “Baggage Mishandled“ in Reso 780)
• Missing Restraint Part of the aircraft restraint system missing or unserviceable.
• Missing Restraint Rule Restriction on weight applicable when one or more locks are inoperable or missing.
• Months For definition of “Month(s)“ as related to ticket validity, see IATA Resolution 735.
• Movement The arrival or departure of an aircraft.
• Movement Events that involve a change in the position or location of objects of interest to the airline industry. Examples include aircraft movement (flight or surface movement), vehicle movement (Tugs and Airside Vehicles) and Item movement (bags on conveyors, ULDs).
• Multi-Access System A System which enables a user to have real time access to a variety of airline Systems through a common switching centre and/or interface. See also “Direct Access“ and “Single Access System“.
• Multi-Access Ticketing A system whereby a Travel Agent with a video display unit (VDU) and a ticket printer has access to the reservations and ticketing systems of more than two airlines, and the Agent can issue tickets of those airlines on its ticket printer.
• Multi-Host System A system that provides more than one airline with the facility to process, on an inventory basis, reservations and other passenger related functions.
• Multiple Identifier A set of identifiers to be used when multiple parties have different identifiers for the same item.
• Multiple Purpose Document A form used for automated issuance of interline accountable traffic documents other than the Passenger Ticket and Baggage Check. It is described in Resolutions 726, 726a and 726b. It is a multi-copy carbonised form or a document issued coupon-by-coupon for use by carriers and travel agents.