Ancillary Aviation Data

Minimum Connection time (MCT) | Chronological Listing | Code Share Services | Daylight Savings Time (DST) Files | Location Files | Carrier Codes | Aircraft Equipment Codes | Seat Maps | Seat Configuration File | Airport Diagrams

OAG Aviation offers a wide range of industry tools and code files to meet your data needs.

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Minimum Connection Time (MCT)

Details on the Minimum Connection Time (MCT) required for transferring passengers and baggage between flights are vital for building connections. OAG is the only source that collects standard MCTs as well as exceptions to standard MCTs weekly, providing them to the major GDS and the wider global travel industry. 

 Features

• Data collected directly from the airlines and is available weekly
• Flexible formats and transmission methods
• Data delivered on a regular or as needed basis
• Need for manual input is eliminated

Benefits

• One-stop resource saves you time for all your MCT needs.
• Easy integration avoids use of costly and time-consuming IT involvement.
• Flexible transmission options save you time
• Accuracy is improved by the elimination of manual entry
• Confidence in data accuracy transcends through to your customer

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Chronological Listing

The Airport Chronological Listing displays all domestic and international flights scheduled to depart from and arrive at a particular airport. The basic report includes the to/from cities, arrival and departure times, carrier name, flight number, days of operation, type of equipment, classes of service, effective and discontinue dates, and more. Requests can include the full itinerary of the flights contained in the chronological listings, which also shows all scheduled stops for each flight.

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Code Share Services

To provide the best travel experience possible, airlines must ensure consistency of service for passengers across all their flights. With the increase in the number of codeshare relationships and the fact that travel agent and airline reservation systems are being updated at different times, synching difficulties often result. OAG’s CodeShare Services eliminate such difficulties, reducing the amount of errors, re-bookings and promoting accurate displays by all airlines involved.

Features

• Email notifications of mismatches are delivered when they occur
• Simple summary reports spotlight data mismatches between airline and partner information
• Exact details of each mismatch are identified
• Reports can be provided on a regular or ad-hoc basis
• Trends or improvements in code share data are also identified

Benefits

• Unnecessary costs created by out-of-synch data are reduced 
• Rebooking costs are reduced
• Passengers receive seamless service
• Frequency flexibility enables easy integration into your business model
• Improved communications occur between codeshare partners

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Daylight Savings Time (DST) Files

This file, which complements information found in the City and Airport Codes file, contains country codes, United Time Coordinates (UTC), Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) data, and Daylight Savings Time (DST) information.

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Location Files

Location (city and airport code) files decode the IATA three-letter city and airport codes with names.  The file also contains country, state codes, time divisions and longitude/latitude coordinates.

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Carrier Codes

This file decodes IATA two-letter airline codes, providing the full corresponding airline names.

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Aircraft Equipment Codes

This file decodes all IATA general and specific aircraft codes to their corresponding aircraft names.

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Seat Maps

Seat maps are pictorial seat placements for a carrier's fleet of aircraft in bitmap format.

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Seat Configuration File

This file provides statistics reflecting the individual carrier seat configuration for special equipment, as well as the number of seats per compartment as designated by the carrier. A bitmap-format file of aircraft seating diagrams for an airline’s fleet is also available.

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Airport Diagrams

This bitmap-format file provides airport layout diagrams identifying terminals, carriers, gates and other important airport terminal information.

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