Global Indicators

Objectives
• Understand the different global indicators
• Identify the global indicators of different flight
routes
 What is a Global Indicator?
 Routing type
 Basis of fare It is important to find out
what type of routing the
passenger is taking in
order to quote the correct
fare.
WH & EH
 Global Indicators
• WH (TC1) • SA (TC123)
• EH (TC2) • AT (TC123)
• AP (TC23)
• EH (TC3)
• TS (TC23)
• AT (TC12)
• RU (TC23)
• PA (TC13) • FE (TC23)
• PN (TC13) • EH (TC23)
 Categories of Global Indicators
 Travel within one traffic conference
 Travel between 2 traffic conferences
 Travel between areas 1, 2 and 3
 WH (Western Hemisphere)
 A travel entirely within traffic conference 1
 RIO – MIA
 Between North and South America
 LAX – MEX
 Between within North America
 YVR – LAX
 Between countries in North America
Travel from Miami to Rio De Janerio Brazil will have WH as a
global indicator.
 EH (Eastern Hemisphere)
 A travel entirely within traffic conference 2 (TC 2); or
 A travel entirely within traffic conference 3 (TC 3)
EH-Eastern Hemisphere – When Travel is conducted solely within the Eastern
hemisphere the itinerary will have Global Indicator as EH.

Case 1 – Madrid to Bangkok (from TC2 to TC3).

 Eastern
Hemisphere
(EH)
 TC 2 EH
 CPT – MAD
 Travel between Africa and Europe
 LHR – MAD
 Travel between two countries in Europe
 CDG – AMS
 Travel between two countries in Europe
 DXB – CDG
 Travel between Middle East and Europe
 TC 3 EH
 HKG – MNL
 Travel between countries in Southeast Asia
 TYO – BKK
 Travel between JapKor and Southeast Asia
 MEL - HKG
 Travel between Southeast Asia and Southwest Pacific
SOUTHWEST PACIFIC
Australia | Cook Islands | Fiji | French Polynesia | Kiribati | Marshall Islands | Federated States of Micronesia | Nauru | New Zealand | Niue | Palau | Samoa | Solomon Islands | Tonga | Tuvalu | Vanuatu.
 TC 12 AT (Atlantic Ocean)
 A travel between areas 1 and 2
 Crosses the Atlantic Ocean
AT – Atlantic – When travel is conducted across the Atlantic Ocean the itinerary
will have “AT” as a global indicator. (TC1 and TC2 or TC3).

Case 1- Mexico city (North America-TC1) to Madrid (Europe-TC2) crossing

Atlantic ocean hence Global indicator AT will apply.
 TC 12 AT (Atlantic Ocean)
 LAX – NYC – ROM
 North America and Europe
 JNB – SAO
 Africa and South America
 FRA – SEA
 Europe and North America
 TC31
 PA (Pacific)
 PN (Pacific North America)
 Travel from Mexico City (TC1) to Capetown(TC2) via Hongkong (TC3).

In this case as well since the travel is conducted across the pacific ocean and
Indian ocean hence “PA” global indicator will be applicable for the itinerary.
TC 13 PN (Pacific North America)
 A travel between traffic conference 1 and 3
 It must be:
 Between South America and Southwest Pacific
 Via North America but not via North/Central Pacific
 Or vice versa
 Specifically, the PN code is used to indicate flights that operate between cities located along the Pacific coast of the United States and Canada.
PN– Pacific North – This Global indicator is similar to PA with one major distinction. When
travel is conducted between Area 1 and Area 3 via North America across the pacific ocean
then the itinerary will have a Global indicator as PN.

In this case travel is conducted from Santiago Chile (TC1) to Auckland New Zealand (TC3)
via Bogota (TC1) and more importantly via Los Angles (TC1 North America) hence Global
indicator will be PN instead of PA.
 TC 13 PN (Pacific North America)
RIO – LAX – AKL
 RIO – South America  Between South America
 LAX – in North America  Via North America
 AKL – in SWP  And SWP
 TC 13 PN (Pacific North America)
AKL – SFO - BUE
 AKL – in SWP  Between SWP
 SFO – in North America  Via North America
 BUE – South America  And South America
PA or Pacific – When travel is conducted across the Pacific ocean only then Global
indicator “PA” applies for the itinerary.

Travel from Vancouver in Canada (TC1) to Jakarta Indonesia (TC2) crossing

pacific Ocean.
 TC 13 PA (Pacific)
 A travel between traffic conference 1 and 3
 Except:
 Between South America and Southwest Pacific via North America but not
via North/Central Pacific
 Other than PN

Anything that is
not PN is PA
 TC 13 PA (Pacific)
BKK – MNL – LAX

 BKK – in Southeast Asia X Between SWP

 MNL – in Southeast Asia X Via North America
 LAX – in North America X And South America

This is a travel between SEA

and North America.
 Travel from Mexico City (TC1) to Capetown(TC2) via Hongkong (TC3).

In this case as well since the travel is conducted across the pacific ocean and
Indian ocean hence “PA” global indicator will be applicable for the itinerary.
 TC 13 PA (Pacific)
LIM – PTY - POM
 LIM – in South America  Between South America
 PTY – in South America X Via North America
 POM – in SWP  And SWP

This is a travel between South

America and SWP but via point
(transit) is in South America.
 Note – When conducting the same travel itinerary if travel is across Atlantic but
via certain specific areas in central and south countries of Africa then in such
case, the applicable global indicator would be SA instead of AT.

• SA-South East Asia or South Atlantic – When Travel is conducted from South Atlantic
Countries which are ABCUP – Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and Paraguay to
Southeast Asia to South Asian Subcontinent via Southern Africa or Indian ocean island or
direct transatlantic flights than for such itinerary Global indicator “SA” will be applied.

• In the below example travel is from Buenos Aires (TC1) to Mumbai (TC3) via Capetown
(TC2). Since the via point in this example is via Capetown which is a southern African
country the applicable global indicator will be SA instead of AT.
• This rule/global indicator is an exception for AT global indicator. Although the itinerary
is across the Atlantic however since its via a south African country the global indicator
SA applies.
•
 TC 123 SA (South Atlantic)
 A travel between traffic conference 1, 2 and 3
 Conditions
 Between ABCPU and Southeast Asia
 Via the Atlantic and via point/s in Central Africa, South Africa, Indian Ocean Islands only or via direct service
 TC 123 SA (South Atlantic)
RIO – JNB - HKG
 RIO – Brazil  ABCPU Country
 JNB – South Africa  Point in South Africa
 HKG – SEA  And SEA
 TC 123 SA (South Atlantic)
BUE – RUN - SIN
 BUE – Argentina  Between ABCPU
 RUN – Indian Ocean  Point in Indian Ocean Islands
 SIN – SEA  And SEA
In this itinerary travel is conducted from Rio De Janerio (TC1) to Seoul (TC3) via
London (TC2) across the Atlantic ocean hence this itinerary will have Global
indicator as “AT”.
 TC 123 AT (Atlantic)
 A travel between traffic conference 1, 2 and 3
 Via the Atlantic other than SA

All that is not SA is AT

 TC 123 AT (Atlantic)
NYC – AMS – MNL
 NYC – North America  Between TC 1
 AMS– Europe  Point other than SA
 MNL – SEA  And SEA
 TC 123 AT (Atlantic)
SCL – JNB – HKG - MNL
 SCL – Area 1  Between TC 1
 JNB – South Africa  Point in South Africa
 HKG – SEA  Point other than SA
 MNL – SEA  And SEA

This routing seems to be a SA. However,

since there is another via point that is not
qualified, therefore this is AT.
AP – Atlantic/Pacific – When travel is conducted across the Atlantic and Pacific
oceans both then AP global indicator will be applied for the itinerary.

In Below, Case travel is conducted from Istanbul (TC2) to Tokyo (TC3) via
Newyork (TC1). Since travel is conducted by crossing both the oceans Atlantic
and Pacific then, in this case, AP will be the Global Indicator for this route.
 TC 23 AP (via Atlantic & Pacific)
 A travel between traffic conferences 2 and 3
 Crossing the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
 Global Indicators
• WH (TC1) • SA (TC123)
• EH (TC2) • AT (TC123)
• AP (TC23)
• EH (TC3)
• TS (TC23)
• AT (TC12)
• RU (TC23)
• PA (TC13) • FE (TC23)
• PN (TC13) • EH (TC23)
 Between Between
Areas 1 & 2 Areas 1 & 3
lies the lies the
Atlantic Pacific
Ocean Ocean
 TC 23 AP
SEL – NYC - LON
 SEL – Area 3  SEL – NYC crosses the Pacific Ocean
 NYC – Area 1
 LON - Area 2
 NYC – LON crosses the Atlantic Ocean
TC 23 TS (Trans Siberian Routing)
 A travel between TC 2 and TC 3
 Except Russia in Europe
 With a sector having a non – stop service between Europe and JapKor
 Other than RU or FE
 TC 23 TS
TYO - STO
 TYO – TC 3  TYO – STO is a non stop service
 STO – TC 2 between Europe and JapKor
 TC 23 TS
PER – SEL – PAR
 PER – TC 3
 SEL – PAR is a non stop service
 SEL – TC 3
 PAR – TC 2 between Europe and JapKor
RU -Russian – When travel is conducted from Russia west of Urals to Area 3 except for travel
to Central Asian countries via non-stop travel from Japan and Korea then the itinerary will
be RU.

(Please note since this travel is entirely in eastern hemisphere hence EH can also be
considered as GI for this route however the first preference will go to RU )

Case – In the below case the flight departs from Moscow to Osaka japan hence this is
considered as RU global indicator. If this travel would have been from Bejing to Moscow via
Japan and Korea then also this global indicator would apply.
 TC 23 RU (Russian Routing)
 A travel between TC 2 and TC 3
 Conditions:
 Between Russia in Europe and TC 3
 With non – stop service between Russian in Europe and JAPKOR and not via another country in Europe
 TC 23 RU
MOW – SEL - TPE
 MOW – TC2 (RU)  Travel is between RU and TC 3
 SEL – TC3  MOW - SEL is a non stop service between RU
 TPE – TC3 and JapKor
 TC 23 RU
MOW - TYO
 MOW – TC2 (RU)  Travel is between RU and TC 3
 MOW - TYO is a non stop service between RU
 TYO – TC3 and JapKor
 TC 23 FE (Far Eastern Routing)
 A travel between TC 2 and TC 3
 Conditions:
 Between Russia in Europe/Ukraine and TC 3
 With non – stop service between Russia in Europe/Ukraine and TC 3 other than JAPKOR
FE – Far East -When travel is conducted between European Russia or Russia west
of Urals (primarily Moscow and St.Petersburg) and Ukraine to TC3 non-
stop (exception of travel to Japan and Korea) then the itinerary will have Global
Indicator as FE.

In the below case travel is from Moscow to Beijing non-stop and hence FE will be
the global indicator. (Please note since this travel is entirely in eastern
hemisphere hence EH can also be considered as GI for this route however the
first preference will go to FE )
 TC 23 FE
MNL – SIN – MOW
 MNL – TC3  Travel is between RU and TC 3
 SIN – TC3  SIN – MOW is a non stop service between RU
 MOW – TC2 (RU) and TC3
 TC 23 FE
LED – SIN - HKG
 LED – TC2 (RU)  Travel is between RU and TC 3
 SIN – TC3  LED – SIN is a non stop service between RU and
 HKG – TC3 TC3
 TC 23 EH (Eastern Hemisphere)
 A travel between TC 2 and TC 3
 Cannot be classified as AP/TS/RU or FE
 TC 23 EH
LON – ZRH – SIN
X AP
X TS  Therefore this is a TC23 EH
X RU
X FE
 TC 23 EH
MNL – AUH – HAM
X AP
X TS  Therefore this is a TC23 EH
X RU
X FE
If a fare component can attract more than
one global indicator, the routing of the
actual flight must be used. One must
check the actual flights for hidden stop.
 Example
Flight: MNL – MOW
Actual Route: MNL – GMP – MOW

 The flight is a FE route.

 However, the actual flight shows that there is a hidden stop in GMP.
 Therefore, this itinerary is a RU route
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