The dominant marketing or operating airline is determined based on all flight segments a passenger takes during a trip. It represents the airline that contributes most significantly to the itinerary. For example, consider a passenger traveling from SYR to SYD
Directionality
Directionality refers to which directions to include on a report: only origin to dest (“directional”); both origin to dest and dest to origin, independently (“bidirectional”); both added up (“bidirectional total”); or both averaged (“non-directional”)
Leakage
A measure of local passengers’ propensity to use an alternate airport in the general vicinity of a given airport.
QSI – Quality of Service Index
QSI is an analytical method used to allocate estimated demand across multiple competing itineraries on a given origin–destination (O&D) pair. The process involves identifying all viable routing options from the flight schedule—considering carriers, flight numbers, times of day, aircraft types,
PDEW – Per Day Each Way
A market’s daily directional passenger volume
Parent Airline
In some cases, flights are operated by a partner airline under a wet lease agreement. In these situations, the airline operating the flight is referred to as the ‘metal operator,’ while the marketing or ticketing airline is the ‘parent operator.’
Operating Airline
The operating airline is the carrier that physically operates the flight—it’s the logo on the aircraft you’re flying on. The ticket number typically begins with a 3-digit prefix known as the plating or validating carrier code, such as 016 for
Marketing Airline
Airlines often sell tickets under one brand that are really for another airline’s services. The seller is known as the “marketing airline”. It’s the airline whose flight number and 2-letter code are on your ticket.
WAC
WAC stands for “World Area Code”. It is a 3-digit code defined by the US Department of Transportation. For example, 450 = Italy. WAC codes are grouped by region, as indicated by the first digit, as follows: 0=USA, 1=Central America
POO – point of origin
It refers to the airport or city from which a passenger originated, on their first trip. For example, if a passenger flies JFK-LHR, then a week later, LHR-JFK, the point of origin, for both trips, is JFK. Normally, the POO
Catchment Area
Catchment Area is defined as a group of ZIP codes (or CSDs in Canada) surrounding an airport where, all things being equal, it is expected that passengers will select that airport as their point of origin for travel.
Host Airport
The Host Airport refers to the IATA code of the airport being studied. In most cases, it is either the origin or destination airport in the OD record. However, on the leakage dashboard, the Host Airport and a specified Drive
Pax
Pax refers to the number of passenger trips. For example, if one person traveled from A to B five times during the selected period, the Pax count would be 5. A round trip from A to B and back to
Visitors
Visitors are travelers originated from other cities than the host city, i.e., the POO (point of origin) field doesn’t equal to the host airport or city.
Residents
Residents are travelers originated from the host airport, i.e., the POO (point of origin) field equals to the host airport or city.
O&D
True O&D is where a passenger is really coming from and going to, without regard to the connecting points along the way. Almost all Fligence ZIP-OD reports and dashboards are based on O&D data.
Fligence
FlightBI’s product brand, short for Flight Intelligence.
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How does TSA data differ from T100 or DB1b data?
The TSA throughput number includes everyone going through the screening machines at each airport security checkpoint. The majority of this traffic is passengers who depart from an airport with a domestic or international flight. The number includes airline crew members
How do TSA collect the throughput numbers?
The Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employs about 43,000 transportation security officers (TSOs) who screen over 2 million passengers and their accessible and checked baggage each day at airports in the United States. At the airport level,
What is minimum connecting time?
Minimum Connecting time is the amount of transfer time, agreed upon in advance between airlines and airport authorities, that is considered sufficient for a passenger to make a connection between an arriving flight and a departing flight.
What are differences among interline, codeshare, joint venture and alliance?
While the exact terms vary with every partnership, I think the easiest way to sum it up is that an interline agreement is like a friendship, a codeshare agreement is like an engagement, a joint venture is like a marriage, and
What is the difference between codeshare and interline?
An interline flight is an agreement between airlines to coordinate passengers with an itinerary that uses multiple airlines, without having to check in again or deal with their baggage at the stopover. The interline relationship is between different legs that
Do you provide passenger traffic data by airport terminal?
The most granular level of traffic data we present is at the airport security checkpoint level. In many airports, each terminal has one security checkpoint. However, in some airports, multiple terminals may share one security checkpoint.
Where do you get the airport traffic data? How often are those data updated?
Our airport passenger throughput data is from the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that has authority over the security of the traveling public in the United States. We provide and visualize the
Navigators
Persons employed by the air operator primarily for the purpose of exercising the privileges of an FAA flight navigator certificate issued under FAR 63, Subpart C. Flight navigators are responsible for locating the position of an aircraft and direct its
Aircrew Program Designees
Air operator employees authorized to conduct airman certification under aircrew designated examiner program authorized under the provisions of FAR 183. Do not include persons at a training center authorized under the provisions of FAR 142.55(a). An Aircrew Program Designee (APD)
Pilot Examiners
Persons employed by the air operator designated by the FAA under the provisions of FAR 183, Subpart C, with privileges to conduct practical tests under FAR 61 to qualified applicants of pilots.
Flight Engineers
Persons employed by the air operator primarily for the purpose of exercising the privileges of an FAA flight engineer certificate issued under FAR 63, Subpart B. A flight engineer, also sometimes called an air engineer, is the member of an
Flight Engineer Examiners
Persons employed by the air operator designated by the FAA under the provisions of FAR 183, Subpart C, with privileges to conduct practical tests under FAR 63, Subpart B, for qualified applicants of airman qualification.
Repairmen
Persons employed by the air operator who have been certificated by the FAA under the provisions of FAR 65, Subpart E, to perform or supervise the maintenance, preventive maintenance, or alteration of aircraft or aircraft components appropriate to the job
Certificated Mechanics
Persons employed by the air operator who have been certificated by the FAA under the provisions of FAR 65, Subpart D, to inspect and perform or supervise maintenance, preventive maintenance, repairs and alternation of aircraft and aircraft systems. The US
Non-certificated Mechanics
Aircraft mechanics employed by the air operator who have not been certificated by the FAA under the provisions of FAR 65, Subpart D. A non-certificated mechanic must be working under the supervision of a certificated mechanic or repairman as authorized
Designated Inspectors
Persons employed by the FAR 121 or 135 air carrier who are not full time inspection employees, but have specific inspection authority, and who derive their inspection authority through the continuous airworthiness maintenance program of the air carrier under the provisions of FAR
Inspectors
Persons employed by the air operator who either (1) hold an inspection authorization issued under FAR 65.91, but are not working under the provisions of a continuous airworthiness maintenance program of the FAR 121 or 135 air carrier; or (2) have been employed to
Check Airmen
Persons designated by the Administrator as check airman for the air operator under the provisions of FAR 121.401(a)(4), FAR 135.323(a)(4) or FAR 125.295. Do not include persons in a training center authorized under the provisions of FAR 142.55(a). A check airman is a
Dispatchers
Persons employed by the air operator primarily for the purpose of exercising the privileges of an FAA aircraft dispatcher certificate issued under FAR 65, Subpart C. A flight dispatcher (also known as an airline dispatcher or flight operations officer) assists
Flight Attendants
Persons employed by the air operator primarily to perform duties required by FAR 91.533, FAR 121.391, FAR 125.269 or FAR 135.107. A flight attendant is an individual who works in the cabin of an aircraft that has 20 or more seats and is used by
Other Pilots
Persons employed by the air operator primarily for the purpose of exercising the privileges of an FAA pilot certificate issued under FAR 61. This person may or may not be qualified and trained as a PIC by the air operator
PIC Captains
Persons employed by the air operator primarily for the purpose of exercising the privileges of an FAA pilot certificate issued under FAR 61 and assigned primary responsibilities for operation and safety of an aircraft during flight. These persons will be