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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: air/sea interchange
An agreement between shipping and air carriers that allows each to accept the other’s tickets and to apply any relevant round-trip rebates, making it easier for a traveller to complete a journey using a combination of air and sea transport.
An agreement between shipping and air carriers that allows each to accept the other’s tickets and to apply any relevant round-trip rebates, making it easier for a traveller to complete a journey using a combination of air and sea transport.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: air pocket
An unpredictable area of low or high pressure that can make an aircraft rise or fall suddenly during flight, and it is closely associated with what passengers experience as turbulence (see turbulence).
An unpredictable area of low or high pressure that can make an aircraft rise or fall suddenly during flight, and it is closely associated with what passengers experience as turbulence (see turbulence).
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: Air Marshal
(1) In the UK, a very senior Air Force rank equivalent to an Army Field Marshal; and (2) in the US, a security officer—usually armed—assigned to protect commercial aircraft and passengers.
(1) In the UK, a very senior Air Force rank equivalent to an Army Field Marshal; and (2) in the US, a security officer—usually armed—assigned to protect commercial aircraft and passengers.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: air passenger average weights
Standard assumed passenger weight figures used for operational and planning calculations, stated here as 86.2 kg (190 lb) for US domestic travellers including free baggage, 97.5 kg (215 lb) for US-origin international first-class travellers, and 90.7 kg (200 lb) for tourist class, with notes on proposed European increases, a May 2003 FAA survey averaging 88 kg (194 lb) for regional airline passengers, and the point that official figures had not yet been updated at the time even though airlines were believed to be working with higher norms.
Standard assumed passenger weight figures used for operational and planning calculations, stated here as 86.2 kg (190 lb) for US domestic travellers including free baggage, 97.5 kg (215 lb) for US-origin international first-class travellers, and 90.7 kg (200 lb) for tourist class, with notes on proposed European increases, a May 2003 FAA survey averaging 88 kg (194 lb) for regional airline passengers, and the point that official figures had not yet been updated at the time even though airlines were believed to be working with higher norms.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: air hostess
A female airline cabin attendant, with the male equivalent described as a cabin steward.
A female airline cabin attendant, with the male equivalent described as a cabin steward.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: Air League
A UK voluntary body whose stated aim is to encourage young people to understand the importance of achievement in aviation and to participate in air-related activities
A UK voluntary body whose stated aim is to encourage young people to understand the importance of achievement in aviation and to participate in air-related activities
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: air mile
A measurement equivalent to the nautical mile, defined here as 6076.1 ft or 1842.8055 m.
A measurement equivalent to the nautical mile, defined here as 6076.1 ft or 1842.8055 m.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: air miss
An obsolete ICAO term replaced by AIRPROX, used for incidents where aircraft avoided a mid-air collision.
An obsolete ICAO term replaced by AIRPROX, used for incidents where aircraft avoided a mid-air collision.
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: agents’ coupon
With electronic air ticketing now standard (and increasingly mirrored in other transport modes), the paper-based coupon system described is becoming obsolete. Historically, tickets had multiple coupons, with the top copy serving accounting/audit functions; the agents’ coupon (issuing office copy) was retained by the agent. The entry explains how fraud could occur through “cardboarding,” inserting cardboard to block carbon transfer so different coupons showed different details, and notes that if matching carbon colors were used the falsification could be hard to detect unless all coupons were compared;
With electronic air ticketing now standard (and increasingly mirrored in other transport modes), the paper-based coupon system described is becoming obsolete. Historically, tickets had multiple coupons, with the top copy serving accounting/audit functions; the agents’ coupon (issuing office copy) was retained by the agent. The entry explains how fraud could occur through “cardboarding,” inserting cardboard to block carbon transfer so different coupons showed different details, and notes that if matching carbon colors were used the falsification could be hard to detect unless all coupons were compared;
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KembaraXtra – Travel Terms: Agentia
An Amadeus hosting solution designed for independent travel agents.
An Amadeus hosting solution designed for independent travel agents.