understanding the differences and connections between seasonal and operational schedules in rapidfids

• foreward

  schedules in 60 seconds
  Airline flight schedules can be broken down into two types: the seasonal schedule and the operational schedule...
  

  brief history of schedules
  In 1947 airlines in Europe identified a growing number of issues around arriving and departing from various airports and agreed to meet twice annually to address these issues in advance...
  

• the differences

  the seasonal schedule
  Seasonal schedule periods are dictated by IATA. The northern summer scheduling season begins on the date of Daylight Saving Time (DST) introduction in European Union countries...

  the operational schedule
  The operational schedule follows a consistent format to the seasonal schedule with the addition of fields relating to estimated/actual times and flight status being included...

• the connections

  flight records
  Flight records are data records kept for seasonal schedules and for each individual operational flight. As a flight moves from the seasonal schedule into the operational schedule...

  flight load
  Flight Load is rapidfids’ process that reviews the seasonal schedule and determines which flights to populate into the operational schedule...

• schedules in rapidfids

  applying schedules to rapidfids
  Outlines how changes affecting various flights (ie, todays, tomorrows, a future date flight, etc) should be applied in rapidfids...

• summary

  schedules make sense
  In summary, seasonal schedules play a crucial role in minimising task time for end users and in reducing the risk of inaccurate information being conveyed to passengers...

• schedules tip sheet

  Top five tips for seasonal and operational schedules...