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Journey
Journey
Overview
This section provides an overview of the journey concept in Enhanced and Simplified Distribution Messages.
Origin and Destination
Origin and Destination are the points between which a passenger travels without regards to specific itineraries.
Passenger Journey
Passenger Journey represents one or more passenger segments from a given origin to reach a given destination.
Passenger Segment
Combination of one or multiple legs on the itinerary of a single flight number
Leg
Represents a non-stop operation between two points.
Illustration of journey from Nice to Toronto via Montreal:
Illustration of journey from Nice to Montreal via Geneva:
Example XML snippets of Journey (OW NCE YYZ):
Illustration of journey from Nice to Toronto via Montreal
<DataLists>
<DatedMarketingSegmentList>
<DatedMarketingSegment>
<Arrival>
<AircraftScheduledDateTime>2022-05-04T20:38:00-05:00</AircraftScheduledDateTime>
<IATA_LocationCode>YYZ</IATA_LocationCode>
</Arrival>
<CarrierDesigCode>YY</CarrierDesigCode>
<DatedMarketingSegmentId>DMSEG001</DatedMarketingSegmentId>
<DatedOperatingSegmentRefId>DOSEG001</DatedOperatingSegmentRefId>
<Dep>
<AircraftScheduledDateTime>2022-05-04T15:15:00+01:00</AircraftScheduledDateTime>
<IATA_LocationCode>NCE</IATA_LocationCode>
</Dep>
<MarketingCarrierFlightNumberText>111</MarketingCarrierFlightNumberText>
</DatedMarketingSegment>
</DatedMarketingSegmentList>
<DatedOperatingLegList>
<DatedOperatingLeg>
<Arrival>
<AircraftScheduledDateTime>2022-05-04T17:38:00-05:00</AircraftScheduledDateTime>
<IATA_LocationCode>YUL</IATA_LocationCode>
</Arrival>
<DatedOperatingLegID>LEG001</DatedOperatingLegID>
<Dep>
<AircraftScheduledDateTime>2022-05-04T15:15:00+01:00</AircraftScheduledDateTime>
<IATA_LocationCode>NCE</IATA_LocationCode>
</Dep>
</DatedOperatingLeg>
<DatedOperatingLeg>
<Arrival>
<AircraftScheduledDateTime>2022-05-04T20:38:00-05:00</AircraftScheduledDateTime>
<IATA_LocationCode>YYZ</IATA_LocationCode>
</Arrival>
<DatedOperatingLegID>LEG002</DatedOperatingLegID>
<Dep>
<AircraftScheduledDateTime>2022-05-04T18:10:00-05:00</AircraftScheduledDateTime>
<IATA_LocationCode>YUL</IATA_LocationCode>
</Dep>
</DatedOperatingLeg>
</DatedOperatingLegList>
<DatedOperatingSegmentList>
<DatedOperatingSegment>
<CarrierDesigCode>YY</CarrierDesigCode>
<DatedOperatingLegRefID>LEG001</DatedOperatingLegRefID>
<DatedOperatingLegRefID>LEG002</DatedOperatingLegRefID>
<DatedOperatingSegmentId>DOSEG001</DatedOperatingSegmentId>
</DatedOperatingSegment>
</DatedOperatingSegmentList>
<OriginDestList>
<OriginDest>
<DestCode>NCE</DestCode>
<OriginCode>YTO</OriginCode>
<OriginDestID>OD001</OriginDestID>
<PaxJourneyRefID>JRN001</PaxJourneyRefID>
</OriginDest>
</OriginDestList>
<PaxJourneyList>
<PaxJourney>
<PaxJourneyID>JRN001</PaxJourneyID>
<PaxSegmentRefID>SEG001</PaxSegmentRefID>
</PaxJourney>
</PaxJourneyList>
<PaxSegmentList>
<PaxSegment>
<CabinTypeAssociationChoice>
<SegmentCabinType>
<CabinTypeCode>5</CabinTypeCode>
</SegmentCabinType>
</CabinTypeAssociationChoice>
<DatedMarketingSegmentRefId>DMSEG001</DatedMarketingSegmentRefId>
<PaxSegmentID>SEG001</PaxSegmentID>
</PaxSegment>
</PaxSegmentList>
</DataLists>
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