Lesson 3

Question 1

starting point of travel

Answer 1

Origin

Question 2

Ultimate end of the passenger journey

Answer 2

Destination

Question 3

Is the geographic point in a routing to
board a plane, ship or other
transportation vehicle

Answer 3

Departure City

Question 4

Is defined as a pair of origin and
destination airport codes on a flight
itinerary.

Answer 4

City Pair

Question 5

standard time used for flight operations globally.
This ensures that all pilots, regardless of location, are using the
same 24-hour clock, thus avoiding confusion when flying
between time zones

Answer 5

Zulu time

Question 6

Airlines traditionally have three travel
classes, First Class, Business Class, and Economy Class.
Depending on the cabin configuration will determine how many
classes of service are offered.

Answer 6

Class of service

Question 7

a single letter code which represents
the type of fare and the class of service

Answer 7

Airline Booking code

Question 8

the number of seats available in each and every
booking class. It can be available or not available depending on
the availability display

Answer 8

Seat count

Question 9

A flight with no intermediate stop

Answer 9

Non-stop

Question 10

It may have hidden stopover; no change in aircraft and flight number

Answer 10

Direct flight

Question 11

– a flight that requires change of planes and flight numbers

Answer 11

Connecting Flight

Question 12

Two types of connecting Flight

Answer 12

Online and Offline

Question 13

A connecting Flight where same airline service from origin to destination

Answer 13

Online connecting Flight

Question 14

A connecting Flight where there is different airline service from origin to destination

Answer 14

Offline connecting Flight

Question 15

a change of equipment that occurs without change in flight number

Answer 15

Change of Gauge

Question 16

an aviation business agreement between 2 airlines to
sell seats on the same flight

Answer 16

Code sharing

Question 17

the basis of the world time clock. Also known as Zulu time

Answer 17

Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

Question 18

t is the legal minimum time necessary to change planes at a given airport

Answer 18

Minimum Connecting Time (MCT)

Question 19

General Availability continuation entry for continuation entry to display more flights

Answer 19

1*

Question 20

continuation entry to display flights 1day
after from the original availability

Answer 20

1¥1

Question 21

continuation entry to display flights 1day
earlier from the original availability

Answer 21

1–1

Question 22

The airline flying the plane, where to check-in, crew
to provide services

Answer 22

Operating Carrier

Question 23

the company that sell tickets for the flight

Answer 23

Marketing Carrier

Question 24

Types of Air
Availability:

Answer 24

Direct Access
Availability
General Availability

Question 25

Period spent by a passenger at an intermediate point in
waiting for a connecting flight

Answer 25

Layover; Transit; Connection

Question 26

Sabre maintains availability on most airlines for flights up to?

Answer 26

362 days

Question 27

Connection points are pre-built and stored in Sabre through the?

Answer 27

INNOVATA and/or airline database.

Question 28

Command for Direct access availability with preferred carrier

Answer 28

1(Departure Date)(Departure
City)(Arrival City)(Change
Symbol)(Preferred Carrier Code)

Question 29

Command for Direct access availability to Display more flights

Answer 29

1(Change Symbol)(Asterisk)

Question 30

Command for Direct access to Change the travel date
using the number of days
after the original
travel date

Answer 30

1(change symbol) (cross of Lorraine Symbol)(nmber of days from
the last availability)

Question 31

Command for Direct access to Change the travel date
using the number of days
before the original
travel date

Answer 31

1(Change Symbol)(Dash)
(Number of days from the last
availability)

Question 32

This type of availability allows you to access the airline GDS system to see the current
availability on a read-only basis. The information is retrieved, reformatted and displayed in
Sabre format.

Answer 32

Direct Access

Question 33

This type of availability allows you to view the available flights through INNOVATA database, a
company that maintains and markets an industry standard flight schedules database with over
900 participating airlines.

Answer 33

City Pair or General Availability

Question 34

Command for General availability WITH
preferred carrier

Answer 34

1Departure Date-
Departure City-Arrival City-
Cross of Lorraine Symbol-
Preferred Carrier Code