IATA Location Coding Presentation to the UNLOCODE Advisory

IATA Location Coding Presentation to the UN/LOCODE Advisory Group

Henry Coles Airline Distribution Standards Luma Kalaji Coding Operations 2 06 March 2021

Industry Coding Foundation of Industry Standards, and governed by IATA Resolutions adopted by member airlines ä Airline designators ä Accounting codes for passenger documents ä Prefix codes for cargo air way bills ä Baggage tag issuer codes ä Location identifiers 3 06 March 2021

Location coding Foundation of Industry Standards ä Requested by users, and identify locations which are ä airports receiving air services by an airline; or ä locations identified for intermodal transportation, served by an operator having an intermodal agreement with an airline ä Published in the Airline Coding Directory (ACD) ä Names as published by the US Board of Geographic Names 4 06 March 2021

Metropolitan Area Codes ä An area with one or more airports may be identified using a different code, or the same code as one of the airports within it ä Creation / changes require majority support of operators serving all airports, though the national regulator may overturn this decision ä Used by airlines and other distribution systems. ä Different to Multi Airport Cities used in mileage to establish fares. 5 06 March 2021

Finding flights from London to New York User searches LON to NYC User searches LHR to JFK User decodes LON or NYC Name of Project 6 06 March 2021

Questions? 7 06 March 2021