Quick Guide: Creating a Trip from the Aircraft Schedule

Quick Guide: Creating a Trip from the Aircraft Schedule

This guide outlines the steps to create a new trip directly from the Aircraft Schedule.


1. Initiate New Trip:

  • Left-click on the column representing the day you wish to schedule the trip.
  • Locate the "New Trip" section.

Notes(Note: If the "New Trip" section is collapsed, click the down arrow to expand it and reveal the data entry fields.)

New Trip:


2. Enter Trip Details:
  • At a minimum, enter the following information:
    • Account Name
    • Mission Type
    • Rate Type
AlertContract (if the account has an existing contract, this will be a required field).
  1.  Scroll to Create the Itinerary
    1. From the radial buttons, choose if you would like to this itinerary to be generated for a quote, leg, or directly to flight, and choose the Add Leg Button.

  • Click "Add Leg". This will activate the leg for editing.
  • Enter the mandatory itinerary information is slightly different depending on which option you chose when creating the itinerary.  The below is for Legs:   
    • Model (Aircraft Model)
    • Dep Date (Departure Date)
    • ETD (Estimated Time of Departure)
    • Dep AP (Departure Airport)
    • Arr AP (Arrival Airport)
  • Enter other available data as needed:
    • Pax count (Passenger count)
    • Repo (Repositioning details, if applicable)
    • Leg Type (Select for filtering or reporting purposes, if desired).
  • Click "Add Leg" again to add more legs to the itinerary, if necessary.
  • Click "SAVE" to save the complete itinerary.

4. Next Steps:

  • From the Legs, you have the option to:
    • Click "Create Quote" to generate and send a quotation for the trip.
    • Click "Sync to Flights" to assign aircraft tails and further manage the operational aspects of the trip.
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