Recording aircraft details

This section enables you to specify the aircrafts that are to be provided as per the Flight Contract along with other details at either model level (Aircraft Model #) or registration level (Aircraft Reg. #).

Select the “Aircraft Details” tab page in the “Manage Flight Contract” activity of the “Flight Contract” business component.
Enter the following fields in the multiline:

Aircraft Model #

The number identifying the model of the aircraft for which you wish to record Assignment Type, No. of aircrafts and effectivity details. Mandatory. Data entry in this field is mandatory if no value is entered in the “Aircraft Reg. #” field.

Ensure that the number entered in this field is a valid Aircraft Model # in active status as defined in the “Aircraft” business component.

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Aircraft Reg. #

The registration of the aircraft for which you wish to record Assignment Type, No. of aircrafts and effectivity details. Mandatory. Data entry in this field is mandatory if no value is entered in the “Aircraft Model #” field.

Ensure that the number entered in this field is a valid Aircraft Reg # in active status as defined in the “Aircraft” business component.

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Note: Ensure that Aircraft Model # - Aircraft Reg. # is a valid combination as defined in the “Aircraft” business component.

Nos.

Indicates the number of aircrafts assigned to this contract.

Ensure that the number entered in this field is a positive integer.

A/c Assign. Type

Use the drop-down list box to specify whether the assigned aircraft for the charter is exclusive for the customer or is on a shared basis. Mandatory. The system lists all the A/c Assign. Types that are in active status as defined for the category “A/c Charter Assign Type” in the “Create Category Types” activity of the “Category” business component. Example (Shared – Indicates that the assigned aircraft is shared with other customers as well. Exclusive – Indicates that the assigned aircraft is exclusive for the given customer)

By default the system leaves this field blank.

Note: Ensure that the Aircraft Model #, Aircraft Reg. #, and A/c Assign. Type, combination, the Effective from and Effective to dates are not overlapping.

Effective from	The starting date in the range of dates from which the assigned charter flight is effective. Ensure that the date entered in this field is later than or equal to the Revision Effective From date of the contract.
Effective to	The ending date in the range of dates up to which the assigned charter flight is effective. Ensure the following: The date entered in this field is later than the “Effective From” date. The date entered in this field is later than or equal to the Revision Effective From date of the contract. The date entered in this field is not later than the "Revision Effective to Date" of the contract
Coverage Notes	Any additional information pertaining to the aircraft.
Primary Field Base	Indicates the location that is the center for the operations of the chartered flight. Ensure that the value specified in this field is an active Field Base as defined in the “Common Master” business component. Help facility available

The system displays the following field:

Field Base Desc.

The textual description pertaining to the Primary Field Base.

Enter the following fields in the multiline:

Subst. Allowed?

Use the drop-down list box to indicate whether substitute or alternate aircraft is allowed in the contract. You can select from the options “Yes” or “No”. Mandatory.

By default the system leaves this field blank.

Primary Subst. Model #

The code identifying the model # of the aircraft which will be the substitute or alternate aircraft for the given contract. Data selection in this field is mandatory if “Yes” is selected in the “Subst. Allowed?” field.

Ensure the following:

The number entered in this field is a valid Primary Subst. Model # in active status as specified in the “Aircraft” business component.
Leave this field blank if “No” is selected in the “Subst. Allowed?” field.

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Note: Ensure that the Aircraft Model #, Aircraft Reg. #, and A/c Assign. Type, Effective from and Effective to dates is a unique combination for the given Aircraft details.

Note: Ensure that the Aircraft Reg. # is a unique number for the contract for an overlapping period effectivity, if the parameter “'Definition of same A/c Reg. # in more than one flight sheet contract” is set as "Not Allowed". If the parameter is set as “Allowed”, then ensure that the same Aircraft Reg. No. is specified for more than one contract with an overlapping period effectivity.

Click the “Save Aircraft Details” pushbutton to save the aircraft details to the contract.

The system performs the following:

Allows modification of aircraft details only if the Rev. # is in status other than "Confirmed", “Approved”, "Revised", "Cancelled" or "Closed"
In case of an approved contract, generates an incremental Revision # and saves all the modified details to that revision number.
Updates the status of the contract from “Draft” to “Fresh” only after all the mandatory details are provided.
Updates the status of the contract from “Draft” to “Fresh” only if the following conditions are true:

a) Values have been defined for the parameters.

b) At least one definition has been made in Invoice Basis.

c) Rates must have been defined in the Invoice rates tab / invoice rates – slab in the “Edit Pricing and Invoicing Details” page in the current business component.

d) Invoicing policies and Bill to Customer must have been defined in the contract.

Prerequisites

4 Details must be provided in the “Main Info.” tab.