Association of South Pacific Airlines.

See Cargo.

Plain language description of the nature of the goods sufficient to identify them at the level required for banking, customs, statistical or transport purposes.

International Air Carrier Association.

International Federation of Air Traffic Controllers’ Associations.

Pan-American Aviation Safety Team.

Code designated by IATA to identify an airlines (eg. QF for Qantas Airways).

A three letter code used to identify an airport (eg. SYD for Sydney, JFK for New York John F Kennedy Airport).

Available Seat Kilometres: the measure of a flight’s passenger carrying capacity. Calculated by multiplying the number of seats on an aircraft by the distance travelled in kilometres. Used to measure an airline’s capacity to transport passengers.

Available seat mile: the measure of a flight’s passenger carrying capacity. Calculated by multiplying the number of seats on an aircraft by the distance travelled in miles. Used to measure an airline’s capacity to transport passengers.