Global Indicator IATA Traffic Conference Area

Transcript:Global Indicator IATA Traffic Conference Area:
Global Indicator IATA Traffic Conference Area World Geography is important part for travel , tourism and aviation Industry. Geography is one of the key aspects in planning and pricing of a travel. To organise and simplify the fare construction rules and routings, IATA divides the world into 3 area known as Traffic Conference Areas. Each of the Traffic conference area has also been divided into sub areas. TC1 TC2 TC3 TC1 is known as Western Hemisphere and TC 2 & TC 3 Known as Eastern Hemisphere Traffic Conference Area1 Traffic conference area consist of north and south American Continent. TC1 include subareas North America : Canada ,USA, Mexico, St. Pierre & Miquelon, Central America : Belize , Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guyana, French Guiana,Suriname South America : Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana , Guyana, Panamá, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela Caribbean Area- Caribbean Island Greenland Bermuda Traffic Conference Area 2 Area 2: Europe , Africa and Antarctica, which include: Europe -(including Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia and Russia west of the Ural mountain) Middle east - (including Behrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Qatar, Saudi arabia, UAE, Yemen, Kuwait, Israel etc) Africa: Africa is subdivided further into regions such as : Southern Africa –(Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Namibia, Swaziland) Central Africa –(Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe) Eastern Africa –(Burundi, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Tanzania and Uganada) Western Africa – ( Angola, Benin, Burkina, Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic etc.) Indian Ocean islands –(consisting of Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mayotte, Reunion, Seychelles) Traffic Conference Area 3 Area 3 : Asia and Australia TCA 3 Sub areas are: South Asian Subcontinent –( Including Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka) South East Asia Sub-Area- ( China, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Uzbekistan, Russia in Asia, Myanmar etc) South West Pacific Sub-Area- ( Including Australia, New Zealand, Fiji etc) Japan, Korea Sub- Area- Fares are established not only by class of service or fare type but by routing type. For example, an economy class(Y) fare from LAX to HKG via the Atlantic Ocean would be higher than the fare paid if the passenger travelled via the pacific(PA). It is important to first find out what type of routing the passenger is taking in order to quote the correct fare. GLOBAL INDICATOR Global Indicators are two –letter codes used in fare construction to determine the routing to