The document provides sample reports and frequently asked questions about origin and destination data from IATA. The sample reports show air travel data such as number of passengers, market share, fares, and estimated revenue between city pairs. The data can be broken down by airline, connection points, fare class, and other variables. The FAQs provide more details on the time periods, sources, coverage, and formats of the origin and destination data available from IATA.

1. Sample Reports

2. Origin & Destination Report
Market OS O&D Report for LON to CHI for All Classes of Travel
Year Month Dom Al Al 1 Al 2 Orig Stop #1 Dest Reported + Est. Pax Pax Share Fare Est. Revenue
2009 01 Airl 1 Airl 1 LHR ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 Airl 2 Airl 2 LHR ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 Airl 3 Airl 3 LHR ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 Airl 4 Airl 4 Airl 4 LHR AMS ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 Airl 5 Airl 5 Airl 5 LGW ATL ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 Airl 5 Airl 5 Airl 5 LGW CVG ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
etc.
2009 01 TOTAL sum of above % [number] [code] [number]
Year: Year of travel Dest: Destination airport
Month: Month of travel Reported + Est. Pax: Reported plus estimated passenger number
Dom Al: Dominating airline (sources: available travel agency distribution system and estimates for remainder)
Al 1: Airline leg1 Pax Share: Market share
Al 2: Airline leg2 Fare: Average fare
Orig: Origin airport Est.: Indication if average fare is estimated based on regression technique
Stop #1: Connection airport Revenue: Average fare times Reported + Est. Pax
Notes:
Passenger and revenue figures are per month and directional.
Quarterly data and annualised data are also available.
Fare and revenue values can be displayed in US Dollars or in Euros.

3. Origin & Destination with Country of Sale
Market OS O&D Report for NRT to BKK for All Classes of Travel
Year Month
Country of
Sale Dom Al Al 1 Al 2 Orig Stop #1 Dest Pax Pax Share Fare Est. Revenue
2009 01 JP Airl 1 Airl 1 LHR ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 JP Airl 2 Airl 2 LHR ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 JP Airl 3 Airl 3 Airl 3 LHR ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 TH Airl 1 Airl 1 LHR AMS ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 TH Airl 2 Airl 2 LGW ATL ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
2009 01 TH Airl 4 Airl 4 Airl 4 LGW CVG ORD [number] % [number] [code] [number]
etc.
2009 01 TOTAL sum of above % [number] [code] [number]
Year: Year of travel Dest: Destination airport
Month: Month of travel Reported + Est. Pax: Reported plus estimated passenger number
Country of Sale: Country of Sale (sources: available travel agency distribution system and estimates for remainder)
Dom Al: Dominating airline Pax Share: Market share
Al 1: Airline leg1 Fare: Average fare
Al 2: Airline leg2 Est.: Indication if average fare is estimated based on regression technique
Orig: Origin airport Revenue: Average fare times Reported + Est. Pax
Stop #1: Connection airport
Notes:
Passenger and revenue figures are per month and directional.
Breakdown by travel class (first class, business class, full economy class, discount economy class, other classes) is also available.
Quarterly data and annualised data are also available.
Fare and revenue values can be displayed in US Dollars or in Euros.

4. Origin & Destination with Fares by Service Class

5. Origin & Destination with PAX Point of Origin (POO) by Agencies

6. FAQs
Availability
What time periods are available?
Data are either monthly, quarterly or annually. Time-series are available from January 2005
onwards.
What is the latest data available?
For Origin & Destination reports, data are available 10 weeks after the closing of the month. For
example, January 2009 data are available by the second week of April 2009.
For Country or Point of Sales reports, data are available 6 weeks after the closing of the month.
For example, January 2009 data are available by the second week of March 2009.

7. FAQs
Can I choose other variables and/or breakdowns?
The following variables are available:
• Passenger numbers
• Market Shares
• Average fares
• Revenue
• Yields
• Revenue passenger kilometers (RPK)
Any request can be met from the following breakdown options:
• Country of Sale (Country of Sale reports only)
• Point of Sale (Point of Sale reports only)
• Airline
• Connection airlines
• Origin country
• Origin Airport
• Destination country
• Destination airport
• Connection points
• Fare classes

8. FAQs
Coverage
What is the coverage of the data?
Origin & Destination reports cover 100% of the markets. Country or Point of Sale reports only
cover the parts which are captured through the available travel agency distribution systems, and
do not cover airline direct (internet) sales.
Do the data refer to the true origin/destination of the passenger?
Yes. This means that possible intermediate stops and connections are accounted for. For
example a passenger flying from London to Chicago with a connection in New York is accounted
for as London to Chicago, even if the itinerary involves different airlines, provided however that
the itinerary is part of the same air ticket.
If a passenger makes a stopover rather than a stop, i.e. a stop of more than 24 hours, the
stopover point is considered to be a destination.

9. FAQs
Are the data directional or non-directional?
As a standard, data are directional or “one-way”. Non-directional data or “both ways” can also be
provided.
Do the data cover all airlines?
Yes. Also “low-cost” airlines and non-IATA members are included.
What is the “Dominant Airline”?
If the itinerary (origin to destination) involves a connection with a change in airline, the airline
with the longest segment is listed as the Dominant Airline. For example an itinerary of
Minneapolis to Geneva via Amsterdam, Minneapolis to Amsterdam on Northwest Airlines, and
Amsterdam to Geneva on KLM, the Dominant Airline is Northwest Airlines.

10. FAQs
Are all passengers included?
The passenger definition is based on the commercial concept of revenue passengers. Crew,
airline employees travelling on fares not available to others, persons travelling for free, and
infants that do not occupy a seat are excluded. Included are mileage redemption passengers
and passengers travelling on preferential fares.
Are all countries / regions included?
IATA’s database includes all countries and regions of the world. Data cover both international
and domestic flights.
Are all airports included?
Yes. Data are presented at the airport level. In the case of a city having multiple airports, data
are listed separately for the different airports.
Are any flights excluded?
Excluded are charter flights, and any flight that is non-commercial.

11. FAQs
Which fare classes are available?
First class, business class, economy class, discount economy class, other classes. Where the
distinction between the fare classes is not available, “other classes” is used.
How are code-shared flights taken into account?
Airlines are listed according to the marketing airline concept. As of code-shares, a flight operated
by an airline may have more than one marketing airline. For example, a Northwest Airlines
operated flight between Minneapolis and Amsterdam that is code-shared between Northwest
Airlines and KLM will be listed under two separate entries, one containing the passengers
marketed by Northwest Airlines and one with the passenger numbers marketed by KLM.

12. FAQs
Sources
What are the data sources?
Origin & Destination reports data are compiled from available travel agency distribution systems,
and calibrated to reflect total market size estimates.
Country or Point of Sales reports are compiled from available travel agency distribution systems
only, however these can become extrapolated in order to represent the full market.
Fare information refers to averages, based on reported data as well as estimates using
regression and fare-scraping techniques.

13. FAQs
Formats
Is it possible to receive data in other formats?
Yes. Excel (xls) is the standard format, but data can also be provided in other formats (such as
txt, csv, mdb).
Delivery
How are data delivered?
Data are delivered by email. If the size of the data files prevents email delivery, a client specific
FTP account will be set up.
When are data delivered?
Data are delivered after contract signatures and payment receipts. Data not available at the time
of contract signature will be delivered according to the contract terms. Data are generally
available 10 (Origin & Destination reports) or 6 (Country or Point of Sales reports) weeks after
the closing of the month.