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Conversion Functions
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CONVERSION FUNCTIONS
Chapter 3 At the end of this chapter, you will be able to: Define encoding and decoding Encode cities, airports, countries, states and airlines Make time calculations Make date calculations
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Encoding and Decoding The airline industry uses a system that identifies each
city, airport, country, state or airline by a unique code– Codes are administered by the International Air Transport
Association (IATA), and the International Standards Organisation (ISO)
– With these codes, you can identify cities, airports, countries, states and airlines quicly and efficiently
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Cities Note that many cities have the same name, but are located in
different countries, e.g. Paris (France, USA)
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Airports Many major cities have more than one airport – e.g. New York has 8 airports– each airport has its own three-letter code
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Encode & Decode• Amadeus provides you with the
ability to encode and decode:– Airline codes and names– Airport and city codes and
names– State and country codes and
names– Aircraft equipment codes and
names– Hotel and car rental companies
• Encode means to convert a full name to its code
• Decode means to convert a code to its full name
Three-letter code: Cities, and airportsTwo-letter code: Countries, airlines, hotels, and rent-a-cars
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Encode & Decode (cont.) Amadeus also provides you with a calculator allowing
you to make:– Mathematical calculations– Time calculations– Date calculations– Metric conversions
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Encoding City and Airports Names To display three-letter codes for a city or airport, enter: DAN PARIS Explanation of the system response:
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Encoding City and Airports Names (cont.)
Explanation of the system response:
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Additional Entries
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Decoding City or Airport Codes To display the name for a three-character city or airport code,
enter: DAC SFO
Note: The asterist (*) next to SFO shows that SFO is a city code served by more than one airport and SFO is also the code of one of the airports.
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Encoding and Decoding Country Name
To display two-letter code for a country name: DC JAPAN To display a country name for a two-letter code, enter: DC JP
The following table describes the components of the system response:
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Encoding and Decoding States and Provinces
To encode a state or province, enter: DNS TEXAS To decode a state, enter: DNS US CA To list all states for a specific country, enter: DNS US
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Exercises Display the list of all states for Canada (CA) Display the city code for Belgrade Display the airport code for Heathrow Display the country code for South Africa Display the full name for the city code: LIM List all states for Australia (AU) Display the city code for Johannesburg Display the full name for the city code: NCE
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Airports Display the list of airports for a specific city:
DB CHI (DB CHICAGO)
Exercises:– Find code for New York– Display the list of airports for New York – How many airports does Belgrade have?– How many international airports does Vienna have?
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Encoding and Decoding Airlines To display two-character code for an airline name, or airline
name from two-character code, enter:
DNA IBERIAor
DNA IB
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Exercises Display the two-letter code for JAT Airways Which ariline company has the code: TK? What is the code for Montenegro Airlines? What is the code for Qantas – Australia’s largest airline? Which airline company has the code: AF? Display code for Adria Airways Display code for Delta Airlines Encode LH Encode KQ
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Encoding and Decoding Aircraft Type To display equipment names for three-letter equipment
codes, enter: DNE AB3 To display the three-letter code for an aircraft type, enter:
DNE AIRBUS
Exercises:– Display the aircraft type for 752
Type of engine
Number of seats
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Encoding and Decoding hotel and car rental companies
FOR HOTELS: To display the two-letter hotel company code: DNH HOLIDAY
INN To display a hotel name from the code: DNH SI
FOR RENT-A-CARS: To display the two-letter code for a car rental company, enter:
DNC HERTZ To display the name of the rent-a-car company from the code,
enter: DNC ZI
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CALCULATOR Convert Dates – Which day of the week is 28AUG13? DD28AUG13– The guest will stay 14 days starting from 30may13.
What date is it? DD30MAY/14– The guest leaves on 30may13, but he came 7 days
ago. At what date he arrived? DD30MAY/-7– The guest stayed from 25sep till 13oct. How many
days did he stay in the hotel? DD25SEP/13OCT
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Additional Date Calculations
Note: Help about Convert Dates can be found on HE DD
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Time Display If it is 18.00 in Belgrade, what time is it in Los
Angeles? What is the time difference between Belgrade and
Tokyo? What is the time difference between London and
Bangkok? If client travels from Frankfurt to Guangzhou, what is
the time difference?