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Background Glossary/Definitions
ACCDT: Accident
A K A: Also Known As
APL: Airplane
(*AVD): Aviation Daily reference
(*AVW): Aviation Week reference
(*ATW): Air Transport World reference
CAT 1: Category One
CO: Company.
CSTMR: Customer
CTR: Center
D B A: Doing Business As
DLVRY: Delivery
DOT: Department of Transport
EMP or EMPL: Employees (total number of): sometimes followed by (INCL 46
FC; 78 CA; & 37 MT) which means (Including 46 Flight Crew - Pilots;
78 Cabin Attendents; and 37 Maintenance Technicians - Engineers).
EQ’PD: Equipped ETOPS: Extended
Twin Engine OPerationS.
Financial Performance: Usually quoted in net profit: +$XXXM = Millions:
or net loss: - $XXXM (-$YYYM), where the value in parentheses (-$YYYM)
is the previous year's results. This is often expanded to show: /99 FY
= +$XXXM ( +38%) (+$YYYM): 44B RPM (+5.4%); +9.0% ASM; 68.1% LF (-2.4);
24M PAX (+3%); 304M FTM (+5%) which indicates that in 1999 Fiscal Year
the performance results were a profit of +$XXXM, which was +38% higher
than the previous year's +$YYYM: and the airline had 44 billion Revenue
Passenger Miles (Traffic) +5.4% higher than last year, +9% higher Available
Seat Miles (Capacity), with a passenger Load Factor of 68.1%, which was
2.4 less than last year's, although 24 Million Passengers were carried
(+3% higher than last years), and 204 Million Freight Ton Kilometers of
cargo traffic were +5% higher than last year's. Sometimes you may see
the metric equivalent usage RPK - Revenue Passenger Kilometer (Traffic)
or similar ASK - Available Seat Kilometer (Capacity) and FTK - Freight
Tonne Kilometer) (Cargo Traffic).
FLT - Flight
(*FLT) - Flight International reference
FY: Fiscal Year
GOVT - Government
GRP: Group
HRS: Hours
INCDT: Incident
INFO: Information
INTNL: International
IT: Information Technology
K: 1,000
LBS: Pounds (Weight)
(*JPA): JP Airline Fleets reference
LSD: Leased (from)
LSF: Leased From
LST: Leased to
MAINT: Maintenance
MECH: Mechanical
MIN or MINS: Minute(s)
MKT: Market
MTH: Month
NM - Nautical Miles
OPS: Operations
OVHL: Overhaul
PAX: Passenger
RF: Returned From
RTND: Returned to
SCHED: Scheduled
SECS: Seconds
SQ FT (SQ M): Square Foot or Square Meter.
SVC: Service
TECH: Technical
YR: Year
W/O or WO : Written Off
1Q: First Quarter
#: Indicator of foreign currency, e.g., -# 1.32B KRONOR/-$129M (+#13M
KRONOR). In this example, the equivalent $ exchange value is shown.
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