BCBP - Bar Coded Boarding Pass

Introduced by IATA, the Bar Coded Boarding Pass (BCBP) is a two dimensional bar code that is used by 200 airlines throughout the globe. BCBP enables passengers to print their boarding passes themselves. A single BCBP gives information on various airlines and also on various trips. There are two types of BCBP the first one being the Paper Boarding Pass and the second one the Mobile Boarding Pass.

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FlightMemory

FlightMemory gives the opportunity to travelers to follow their flight routes and generates at the same time maps that indicate these flight routes. FlightMemory keeps track of the total time spent in air, distance traveled, type of aircrafts and airline companies. FlightMemory keeps record of the flights in real time in a logbook. FlightMemory is great for aviation enthusiasts, flight crews, private pilots and even the casual passengers. FlightMemory is the place to maintain your statistics, when being either a globe-trotting consultant or now beginning to follow newborn’s flights. The goal of FlightMemory is to turn the experience of flying into real data for each user and his family/friends/coworkers.

France and Europe state organization :

DGAC Directorate-General of the Civil aviation

Directorate-General of the Civil aviation(DGAC) plays a central part in the world of air transport.

Placed under the authority of the minister of Transport, DGAC is above all the guarantor of the safety and the security of the air traffic evolving/moving in the sky and on the French aerodromes.

List of regulations in progress on the site of the DGAC

Obligation of information of the passenger on the identity of the carrier - JO March 2006

Obligation of information of the passenger on the identity of the carrier - JO May 2007

Some subjects covered by DGAC :

Delay, refusal of boarding, cancellation
Which are the flights concerned ?

Loss or deterioration of luggages
What are your rights ?

NEW MEASUREMENTS OF RESTRICTION ON THE LIQUIDS CONTAINED IN THE LUGGAGES IN CABIN SINCE THE 6TH OF NOVEMBER 2006 :

You must from now at the time of controls of safety separately present in a transparent plastic bag closed of a format of approximately 20 cm out of 20 cm, your bottles and tubes of 100 ml maximum each.
In order not to slow down the procedures of safety and not to likely confiscate your products before embarking, it is important that you read this information.

People with reduced mobility The European regulation concerning the rights of the handicapped people and reduced mobility when they go on air journeys was adopted by the Council of Ministers of Transport on the 9th of June 2006.

ESTA U.S. Electronic System for Travel Authorisation

From 12th January 2009, all travelers wishing to visit the United States for tourism are now subject to enhanced security requirements. They should bring an ESTA authorisation under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP). Registration for an ESTA authorisation is done through the ESTA website, https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov, in 4 steps:

STEP 1:
Complete your application
STEP 2:
Submit your request
STEP 3:
Receive and record your application number
STEP 4:
Receiving the answer to your request

Ministry delegated to Tourism

To consult new measurements relating to safety in all the airports of the European Union, Internet site of the label « Horizon » and the decree published on March 2006 on the obligation of information of the air passengers.

The label « Horizon »

The label « Horizon » is a way of certifying at international level in the field of air transport, created on the initiative of the French State within the framework of a public/private partnership. \The structures concerned with this step are the airline companies but the consumers and the professionals of tourism are essential actors of the label. Any airline company, whatever its size, can be candidate with label « Horizon » and to profit from this popular mark.

BEA Office of Investigations and Analysis for the safety of the Civil aviation

The « BEA » is the French official organisation in charge of the technical investigations into the accidents and incidents of civil aviation. It is attached to the Ministry for Transport, the Equipment, Tourism and the Sea. The « BEA » does its investigations and writes its reports independently.

To fulfill its missions, the « BEA » have today 120 people including 30 investigators and 12 assistants of investigators. It is based on a vast network of personnel of the approved Civil aviation, Enquêteurs de Première Information (EPI). The “BEA” can call for, under its authority, competences existing with the Directorate-General of the Civil aviation, the Ministry for Defense, Météo France, at the industrials, the carriers or among the professionals.

EUROCONTROL European Organisation for the Safety of Air Navigation

Civil organization and soldier which gathers 36 Member States. Eurocontrol works for the organisation of the air traffic.

AEA Association European Airlines

AEA gather 31 of the principal airline companies in Europe.

AESA European agency of Air Safety

The European Agency of Air Safety is the keystone of the strategy of air safety of the European Union. Its mission is to promote the highest level of security possible and environmental protection of the Civil aviation.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS :

IATA International Air Transport Association

« IATA » gather some 260 airline companies which cover 94% of the regular air world traffic.

For 60 years, it has worked to standardize the commercial and security practices of its companies members.

IOSA IATA Operational Safety Audit

The « IOSA » global audit of safety suggested by “IATA” for its members. UP to 2007, all the airline companies members of “IATA” or which wish to become a member will have to undergo this audit.

List of companies « IOSA ».

« ICAO » Civil organisation of International Aviation

The Development and the modernization of « SARP » fall on the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), the specialized agency of the United Nations whose mandate is to take care of the evolution, effective and ordered International Civil aviation.

« ICAO » has its seat in Montreal (Canada) and seven regional offices in the various parts of the world. Since its beginnings, in 1944, the Organization grew and counts now more than 180 contracting States. The purpose of it is to ensure the ordered and sure development of the International Civil aviation, under all its aspects. It is used as platform where the rules and procedures to be standardized can be presented, analysed and be discussed before being the subject of a decision.

The charter of the “ICAO” is the Convention on the International Civil aviation, signed in Chicago in December 1944 and to which forms part each contracting State.

The Civil aviation is a powerful force of progress in our modern society. An effective network of air transport and underlies million of employment on the planet.It is one of the economic nerves of many countries, as well as a catalyst of the voyage and tourism, the first industry in the world. Beyond the economic aspect, air transport enriches social and cultural fabric and contributes to the achievement of the objective of peace and prosperity on the Earth.

Twenty-four hours over twenty-four, 365 days per annum, a plane takes off or lands each second in some part of the world. Each one of these flights is dealt with in an identical and uniform way, which it is about the pilot or airport authority, air traffic control to the orders of their aircraft. In this way there are a million of employees occupied with the construction, the maintenance and the follow-up of the products and services essential to this uninterrupted cycle of flights. In fact, modern aviation is one of the systems of interaction between the human beings and the most complex machines which were never created.

The precision and timing of the procedures and the systems is made possible by the existence of standards universally accepted, known under the name of “recommended standards and practical”, or « SARP » ( Standards and Recommended Practices). The SARP concerns all the technical and operational aspects of the International Civil aviation, such as safety, the licences of the personnel, the exploitation of the aircraft, the aerodromes, the services of the air traffic, the investigations into the accidents and the environment. In the absence of « SARP », the aeronautical system would be as well as possible chaotic, in the worst case dangerous.

SITA Specialists in air transport communications and IT solutions

Specialists in air transport communications and IT solutions (SITA) are an open up in international telecommunications for the air transport industry. SITA keep on operating at the front position of technology. Since its establishment as Société Internationale de Télécommunications Aéronautiques, SITA’s objective is to fetch jointly airlines’ existing air transport communications facilities. Thus this permits the organisation and the industry to benefit from shared-infrastructure cost efficiencies. SITA actually serves more than 550 members worldwide which comprise airlines, airports, aerospace companies, air freight organisations and government.

TSA - Transportation Security Administration

TSA - Transportation Security Administration was founded in 2001 in order to protect the US transportation systems to assure safe air travel. TSA - Transportation Security Administration is in charge for all security related matters in all forms of transportation. TSA - Transportation Security Administration was founded after the 11th September 2001 attacks. TSA – Transportation Security Administration will have additional screening measures at the various airports for flights departing to the United States.

NCTb – National Coordinator for Counterterrorism

NCTb – National Coordinator for Counterterrorism has been created in 2005 has been developed to reduce the risk and fear of terrorist attacks in the Netherlands and precautions are being taken to limit the effects of terrorist acts. The NCTb – National Coordinator for Counterterrorism holds a key role in the smooth running of counterterrorism efforts and makes certain that cooperation between the parties engaged remains a standard of quality. National Counterterrorism Coordinator – NCTb is responsible for analyzing information, the policy development and synchronizes security measures against terrorism.

OTHER LINKS :

« SKYTRAX » Information and notations of airline companies and airports of the whole world on the criteria of provisions of services before flight and on board.

« AIRSAFE » Information relating to the accidents and incidents of air, mainly in the United States

« Edinburgh Sleep Center » : British authority as regards to sleep, their Internet site makes it possible to receive information and advices for better managing the time shift.