Contents - Index


Flights: Field Definitions

a. Flight Type: user defined, see setting up flight codes

b. Direction: Outbound/Return or Outbound/Inbound

c. Leg: You can number legs of flights.

d. Airline: this list can be found in the Lookup Code table under Airline.  Note the Code is the two-letter abbreviation and description stores the airline's full name.

e. Flight#

f.   Class: You will enter a flight for every class of service you are tracking.  You only need to track class with a flight if you are worried about seat allocation in each class of service. (Note: you may wish to use a type naming convention to help differentiate: Main Tour Economy, Main Tour Business.)

g.  Dom/Int: Domestic or International 

h.  Departure & Arrival Airport: the list displays Airport code and city and country.  To add new airports or to delete seldom-used airports, go through the back end (viatourdata.mdb) and open the table: tlkpAirportCode.

i.   Arrival and Departure Date/Time: Double click in the date field on a flight that is "outbound" and automatically the tour's start date will drop in. On a flight tagged as return or inbound, a double click will give you the tour's end date.

j.  Aircraft: this list can be found in the Lookup Code table under Aircraft.

k. Duration: Text field- user must calculate a flight's duration.

l.  Service: You may link one or many flights to a service, where contract details payment deadlines and costs are tracked.

m. Record locator #

n. Transfer departs: this is a date & time field.  Enter date first and then time.  Any reservation assigned a flight with a transfer automatically puts that passenger on the transfer.

o. Transfer Notes: This is a text field where you can write notes about the transfer.