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Lesson 6 Conversion Functions

This document discusses encoding and decoding systems used in the airline industry. It provides information on: - Converting city, airport, country, state, airline and other names to unique codes - How to encode and decode locations, dates, times using these systems - Examples of encoding and decoding cities, airports, countries, states, airlines, aircraft types, hotels and rental car companies.

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AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES Cities  Note that many cities have the same name, but are located in different countries, e.g. Paris (France, USA)
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES Airports  Many major cities have more than one airport – e.g. New York has 8 airports – each airport has its own three-letter code
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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 airports Two-letter code: Countries, airlines, hotels, and rent-a-cars
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES Encode & Decode (cont.)  Amadeus also provides you with a calculator allowing you to make: – Mathematical calculations – Time calculations – Date calculations – Metric conversions
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES Encoding City and Airports Names  To display three-letter codes for a city or airport, enter: DAN PARIS  Explanation of the system response:
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES Encoding City and Airports Names (cont.)  Explanation of the system response:
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES Additional Entries
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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.
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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:
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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?
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES Encoding and Decoding Airlines  To display two-character code for an airline name, or airline name from two-character code, enter: DNA IBERIA or DNA IB
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES Additional Date Calculations Note: Help about Convert Dates can be found on HE DD
AUSTRIAN SERBIAN TOURISM PROGRAMMES 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?