Q3 2023 Release Notes - Flight Info Direct

Status History

Overview

This release sees the addition of historical data in Status Direct now offering data back to the beginning of 2017.

Detail

Given the nature of historical data, there are some data points that are not fully available in the historical data. The table below details those fields as well as pertinent historical information. The full list of fields available in Status Direct can be found here

 

Field Name History Detail
SCHEDULE_INSTANCE_KEY

Comprehensive data available from 1st January 2019.

ACTUAL_FIRST_CLASS_SEATS Comprehensive data available from 1st February 2021.
ACTUAL_BUSINESS_CLASS_SEATS
ACTUAL_PREMIUM_ECONOMY_CLASS_SEATS
ACTUAL_ECONOMY_PLUS_CLASS_SEATS
ACTUAL_ECONOMY_CLASS_SEATS
ACTUAL_TOTAL_SEATS
PREDICTED_FIRST_CLASS_SEATS Comprehensive data available from 1st January 2019.
PREDICTED_BUSINESS_CLASS_SEATS
PREDICTED_PREMIUM_ECONOMY_CLASS_SEATS
PREDICTED_ECONOMY_PLUS_CLASS_SEATS
PREDICTED_ECONOMY_CLASS_SEATS
PREDICTED_TOTAL_SEATS

Marketing Flights

Non-operational flights (also known as code share flights) are comprehensively available back to 1st January 2019.

Diverted Flights Change

We have improved the way diverted flights are presented in Flight Info Direct. Previously, a diverted flight was represented by a Flight State value of “Diverted” as well as the presence of a Diversion Airport (IATA, ICAO, FAA). However, a dedicated "Diverted" Flight State meant that further updates to a flight, such as InAir or Landed, would not be published. This meant users could not effectively follow the remainder of a flight's journey. The change we have made sees the removal of “Diverted” as a Flight State and the presence of a Diversion Airport in one of the following fields is now the way to identify a diverted flight:

DIVERSION_IATA_AIRPORT_CODE

DIVERSION_ICAO_AIRPORT_CODE

DIVERSION_FAA_AIRPORT_CODE

If there is a value in these fields it indicates that the flight is diverted. Please note that the subsequent local status times will be presented in the local time zone of the diversion airport. With this adjustment, we have now made it easier for you to identify if a flight was diverted to another location while at the same time being in the air, or even right after it has left the gate.