In This module, we will learn how to check for flight availability, timetable and how to sell flight seats.However, before we check for flight availability and timetable we need to know the airline and city codes.IATA has assigned three-letter codes for cities and airports and two-letter codes for airlines, however, learning all these codes is not possible hence every GDS system provides you with this Data.By entering simple commands, you can now know a code for a city, airport or airline without having to learn all of them.
Encoding: – Encoding is the command you enter to know the code for a particular city, airport, airline or even to know a specific kind of aircraft.There are different variations of this command enabling you to decipher a city, airline, etc.
To Encode a particular city you need to enter below command on your Galileo terminal. For eg :- If you need to know the airport code for Mumbai.
.CE MUMBAI
City Encode Mumbai ( . is the indicator for encoding followed by the command)
On entering below command the system will show the correct IATA code for the city.In case there are multiple airports in the city all airports will be listed.
Apart from Encoding cities, one can also encode an airline, country, region or aircraft type (equipment).
The command for Encoding an airline is as below.
.AE Jet Airways
Below is the result that would be displayed.
Below is the command to encode a particular country in case you are unaware of a country code.(this you may find useful while updating passport or visa information)
.LE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
Below is a command to encode a particular aircraft.
.EE BOEING 777
Similarly, if one knows a code but need to Decode the name of the city, then you can enter below command to decode a city, airport, airline, etc.
.CD DEL
And press enter.
Below is the result that would be displayed.
The command for Decoding an airline.
.AD DELTA AIRLINES
Below is the result that would be displayed.
Similarly, you can use following commands in order to encode or decode a Country, State, Equipment code ( aircraft type).
Next, we will show you how to Encode and Decode cities, airports, etc. Now we will learn how to display and read airline timetables.