Please see below for a table of descriptions and helpful information about the fields in the Flight Info Connections API.
Main fields
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Field Name |
Name in the Response |
Description |
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Connection ID |
connectionId |
A unique connection/flight identifier can be used to identify the records from one connection. |
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Departure Airport |
DepartureAirport |
A Three-letter code assigned by IATA to an airport location representing departure airport. |
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Departure City |
DepartureCity |
The departure city code as designated by IATA. These are usually the same as the airport code unless the airport belongs to a multi airport city, e.g. LON is the city code for LHR, LGW, LCY, STN and LTN airports. |
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Arrival Airport |
ArrivalAirport |
A Three-letter code assigned by the IATA to an airport location representing arrival airport. |
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Arrival City |
ArrivalCity |
The arrival city code as designated by IATA. |
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Circuity |
Circuity |
Circuity reflects how far from the Great Circle Distance between the origin and destination the actual routing is. A direct flight between points A and B would have a circuity of 100. Essentially circuity measures how far out of your way connecting via a particular gateway takes you. |
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Connection Type |
ConnectionType |
Field represents connection type. (o = online connections, i = interline connections, n = offline connections) |
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Connection Effective Period |
effectivePeriod |
The effective period of the operation. |
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Start Date |
startDate |
The local effective start date shown as “yyyy-MM-dd”. |
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End Date |
endDate |
The local effective end date shown as “yyyy-MM-dd”. |
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Operating Days of Week |
daysOfOperation |
The operating days of week of the operation. E.g. [“sunday”] |
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Arrival Interval Days |
arrivalIntervalDays |
The arrival interval days shows if the connection arrives on a different day to when it departed e.g. ‘-1’ = previous day,’0’ = same day, ‘1’ = next day, ‘2’ = 2 days later etc |
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Is self-connection |
isSelfConnection |
Indication if this is a self-connecting flight. |
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QSI |
qsi |
The QSI value calculated for the connection. This will be the same on all legs related to the connection. |
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Elapsed Time |
elapsedTime |
The elapsed journey time of the connection in minutes. |
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Frequency |
frequency |
Frequency for the connection. |
Leg 1 Fields & Descriptions
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Field Name |
Name in the Response |
Description |
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Departure |
departure |
Contains information related to the departure e.g. Airport, Time, Flight Number etc. |
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Leg 1 Departure City |
cityCode |
The departure city code as designated by IATA. These are usually the same as the airport code unless the airport belongs to a multi airport city, e.g. LON is the city code for LHR, LGW, LCY, STN and LTN airports. |
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Leg 1 Departure Airport |
airport |
The departure airport, three letter code as assigned by IATA (e.g. CDG) |
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Departure Local Time |
localTime |
The departure time in local time shown as hh:mm:ss. |
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Departure Country |
country |
The departure country. E,g, FR |
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Arrival |
Arrival |
Contains information relating to the arrival e.g. Airport, Time, Flight Number etc. |
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Leg 1 Arrival City |
cityCode |
The arrival city code as designated by IATA. These are usually the same as the airport code unless the airport belongs to a multi airport city, e.g. LON is the city code for LHR, LGW, LCY, STN and LTN airports. |
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Leg 1 Arrival Airport |
Airport |
The arrival airport, three letter code as assigned by IATA (e.g. LGW) |
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Arrival Local Time |
localTime |
The arrival time in local time shown as hh:mm:ss |
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Arrival Country |
country |
The arrival country. E,g, GB |
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Leg 1 Carrier Code |
carrierCode |
The airline designator code of the leg assigned by IATA e.g., U2 |
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Leg 1 Flight Number |
flightNumber |
The four-digit flight number of the leg |
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Leg 1 Effective Period |
effectivePeriod |
The effective period of the operation. |
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Start Date |
startDate |
The local effective start date shown as “yyyy-MM-dd”. |
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End Date |
endDate |
The local effective end date shown as “yyyy-MM-dd”. |
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Operating Days of Week |
daysOfOperation |
The operating days of week of the operation. E.g. [“sunday”] |
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Arrival Interval Days |
arrivalIntervalDays |
The arrival interval days shows if the connection arrives on a different day to when it departed e.g. ‘-1’ = previous day,’0’ = same day, ‘1’ = next day, ‘2’ = 2 days later etc |
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Leg 1 Distance |
distance |
The great circle distance between the departure and arrival port on the leg expressed in KMs. |
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Leg 1 Elapsed Time |
elapsedTime |
The elapsed journey time of the leg in minutes. |
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Number of Stops |
numberOfStops |
The number of stops on the leg. |
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Equipment |
equipment |
The equipment used for the leg. |
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Aircraft |
aircraftType |
The three-character code of the equipment type in use, as assigned by IATA. E.g. 32Q |
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Type and Body |
typeBody |
Equipment type and body. An example of values: Jet (“J”), append body type (wide/narrow). Final value: “JW”. |
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Connection Time |
connectionTime |
Actual connecting (wait) time between first and second leg. Value in minutes. |
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Low Cost Indicator |
isLowCost |
Indication if this is a low-cost carrier. Will either show true or false. |
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MCT Status |
mctStatus |
The MCT domestic/international marker. The first value is the arrival status and the second is the departure status. |
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Traffic Restriction |
trafficRestriction |
Information provided by a carrier to specify restrictions on carrying traffic or limitations to the carriage of traffic. |
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Domicile Carrier |
isDomicileCarrier |
Indication if this is a domicile carrier for the leg.
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Alliance Indicator |
isInAlliance |
Indication if the carrier is an alliance member. Will either show true or false. |
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Service Type |
serviceType |
Indicates the utilisation of the aircraft whether passenger, cargo etc. following the IATA standard. |
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Codeshare |
codeshare |
Denotes the operating carrier of a flight where seats/space can be sold by one or more airline under its own Carrier code in a codeshare agreement. |
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Comments 010 |
comments010 |
Duplicate flight identifier for an Operating Flight where the Marketing Carrier Code and Service number(s) are disclosed. |
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Comment 050 |
comment050 |
Duplicate flight indicator for a Marketing Flight where the Operating Carrier Code and Service Number is disclosed |
Leg 2 Fields & Descriptions
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Field Name |
Name in the Response |
Description |
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Departure |
departure |
Contains information related to the departure e.g. Airport, Time, Flight Number etc. |
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Leg 2 Departure City |
cityCode |
The departure city code as designated by IATA. These are usually the same as the airport code unless the airport belongs to a multi airport city, e.g. LON is the city code for LHR, LGW, LCY, STN and LTN airports. |
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Leg 2 Departure Airport |
airport |
The departure airport, three letter code as assigned by IATA (e.g. CDG) |
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Departure Local Time |
localTime |
The departure time in local time shown as hh:mm:ss. |
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Departure Country |
country |
The departure country. E,g, FR |
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Arrival |
Arrival |
Contains information relating to the arrival e.g. Airport, Time, Flight Number etc. |
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Leg 2 Arrival City |
cityCode |
The arrival city code as designated by IATA. These are usually the same as the airport code unless the airport belongs to a multi airport city, e.g. LON is the city code for LHR, LGW, LCY, STN and LTN airports. |
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Leg 2 Arrival Airport |
Airport |
The arrival airport, three letter code as assigned by IATA (e.g. LGW) |
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Arrival Local Time |
localTime |
The arrival time in local time shown as hh:mm:ss |
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Arrival Country |
country |
The arrival country. E,g, GB |
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Leg 2 Carrier Code |
carrierCode |
The airline designator code of the leg assigned by IATA e.g., U2 |
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Leg 2 Flight Number |
flightNumber |
The four-digit flight number of the leg |
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Leg 2 Effective Period |
effectivePeriod |
The effective period of the operation. |
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Start Date |
startDate |
The local effective start date shown as “yyyy-MM-dd”. |
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End Date |
endDate |
The local effective end date shown as “yyyy-MM-dd”. |
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Operating Days of Week |
daysOfOperation |
The operating days of week of the operation. E.g. [“sunday”] |
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Arrival Interval Days |
arrivalIntervalDays |
The arrival interval days shows if the connection arrives on a different day to when it departed e.g. ‘-1’ = previous day,’0’ = same day, ‘1’ = next day, ‘2’ = 2 days later etc |
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Leg 2 Distance |
distance |
The great circle distance between the departure and arrival port on the leg expressed in KMs. |
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Leg 2 Elapsed Time |
elapsedTime |
The elapsed journey time of the leg in minutes. |
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Number of Stops |
numberOfStops |
The number of stops on the leg. |
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Equipment |
equipment |
The equipment used for the leg. |
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Aircraft |
aircraftType |
The three-character code of the equipment type in use, as assigned by IATA. E.g. 32Q |
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Type and Body |
typeBody |
Equipment type and body. An example of values: Jet (“J”), append body type (wide/narrow). Final value: “JW”. |
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Low Cost Indicator |
isLowCost |
Indication if this is a low-cost carrier. Will either show true or false. |
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Traffic Restriction |
trafficRestriction |
Information provided by a carrier to specify restrictions on carrying traffic or limitations to the carriage of traffic. |
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Domicile Carrier |
isDomicileCarrier |
Indication if this is a domicile carrier for the leg.
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Alliance Indicator |
isInAlliance |
Indication if the carrier is an alliance member. Will either show true or false. |
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Service Type |
serviceType |
Indicates the utilisation of the aircraft whether passenger, cargo etc. following the IATA standard. |
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Codeshare |
codeshare |
Denotes the operating carrier of a flight where seats/space can be sold by one or more airline under its own Carrier code in a codeshare agreement. |
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Comments 010 |
comments010 |
Duplicate flight identifier for an Operating Flight where the Marketing Carrier Code and Service number(s) are disclosed. |
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Comment 050 |
comment050 |
Duplicate flight indicator for a Marketing Flight where the Operating Carrier Code and Service Number is disclosed |