Reference Manual on Air Transport Statistics v14 1 2017 Reference Manual on Air Transport Statistics Version N°14 September 2017 2 Reference Manual on Air Transport Statistics v14 Reference Manual on Air Transport Statistics v14 3 INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 6 PART I: METHODOLOGY, DEFINITIONS AND CLASSIFICATIONS .............................................................. 7 1 Description of the datasets ......................................................................................................... 7 1.1 Description of the Statistical units and variables .............................................................. 10 1.2 Definitions and variables of general interest .................................................................... 10 1.2.1 Air Passenger ............................................................................................................. 10 1.2.2 Aircraft movement .................................................................................................... 10 1.2.3 Commercial aircraft movement ................................................................................ 10 1.2.4 Passenger seats available .......................................................................................... 10 1.2.5 Community airport .................................................................................................... 10 1.2.6 Community airport covered ...................................................................................... 10 1.2.7 State Flight ................................................................................................................. 11 1.2.8 Passenger unit ........................................................................................................... 11 1.2.9 Commercial air service .............................................................................................. 11 1.2.10 Scheduled air service ................................................................................................. 11 1.2.11 Non-scheduled air service ......................................................................................... 11 1.2.12 Passenger air service ................................................................................................. 12 1.2.13 All-freight and mail air service ................................................................................... 12 1.2.14 Airline (Commercial air transport operator) ............................................................. 12 1.3 Definitions and variables of interest for table A1 (flight stage) ........................................ 12 1.3.1 Flight stage ................................................................................................................ 12 1.3.2 Passengers on board ................................................................................................. 12 1.3.3 Freight and mail on board ......................................................................................... 12 1.3.4 Commercial air flight ................................................................................................. 12 1.3.5 Passenger seats available .......................................................................................... 13 1.3.6 Aircraft ....................................................................................................................... 13 1.4 Definitions and variables of interest for table B1 (on flight origin and destination) ........ 13 1.4.1 On flight origin and destination ................................................................................. 13 1.4.2 Passengers carried* ................................................................................................... 13 1.4.3 Freight and mail loaded or unloaded* ...................................................................... 14 1.5 Definitions and variables of interest for table C1 (airports) ............................................. 14 1.5.1 Passengers carried* ................................................................................................... 14 1.5.2 Freight and mail loaded or unloaded* ...................................................................... 14 1.5.3 Direct transit passengers ........................................................................................... 14 1.5.4 Transfer or indirect transit passengers ..................................................................... 14 1.5.5 Total commercial aircraft movements ...................................................................... 15 1.5.6 Total aircraft movements .......................................................................................... 15 1.6 The difference between on flight origin/destination and flight stage data ...................... 15 1.7 The reporting of airport data in table C1 .......................................................................... 19 4 Reference Manual on Air Transport Statistics v14 1.8 Codification of the type of flight ....................................................................................... 20 2 Classifications ............................................................................................................................ 20 2.1 Country code ..................................................................................................................... 20 2.2 Airport code ....................................................................................................................... 20 2.3 Air transport operator code .............................................................................................. 21 2.4 Aircraft code ...................................................................................................................... 22 3 Data transmission Format: Standardisation and validation ...................................................... 22 3.1 Transmission of results ...................................................................................................... 22 3.2 Description of the data files and transmission format ...................................................... 22 3.3 Data Transmission ............................................................................................................. 24 3.3.1 General recommendations ........................................................................................ 24 3.3.2 eDAMIS presentation ................................................................................................ 25 3.3.3 Standardization of message format for data exchange: Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX) ...................................................................................................................... 28 4 Questionnaire on aviation statistics .......................................................................................... 29 5 Voluntary data transmission ..................................................................................................... 29 5.1 Background ........................................................................................................................ 29 5.2 Definitions ......................................................................................................................... 31 5.2.1 Type of operation ...................................................................................................... 31 5.3 Values to be collected ....................................................................................................... 34 5.3.1 Registered aircraft ..................................................................................................... 34 5.3.2 Flights ........................................................................................................................ 35 5.3.3 Hours flown ............................................................................................................... 35 PART II: NATIONAL METHODOLOGIES .................................................................................................. 36 1 Information on Dataset A1: FS data .......................................................................................... 37 2 Information on Dataset B1 : OFOD data ................................................................................... 48 3 Information on Datasets A1 and B1 .......................................................................................... 56 4 Information on Dataset C1 ........................................................................................................ 63 5 Information on data compilation, validation and delivery practices ........................................ 67 6 New methodological information ............................................................................................. 83 PART III: PROCEDURES FOR DATA TREATMENT AND DISSEMINATION ................................................ 86 1 Description of the data integration process .............................................................................. 86 2 Description of the quality checks .............................................................................................. 88 2.1 Quality checks results communicated to the countries .................................................... 88 2.1.1 Compliance with the Regulation 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