Display-Only Airlines

Configure one or more display-only airlines to set them as the only airlines displayed in the search results. You can set options to mark all flights on an airline as display-only, or limit it to only certain routes or specific locations.

Note: For display-only airlines, if a shop request does not contain any search results for the configured display-only airline, then all airlines in the response are returned instead of no results at all.

Example: BA is configured as display-only from DEN to LHR. The expected result is that all airlines other than BA are excluded from results between a DEN to LHR shop request. However, if no BA flights are returned in the response, then all airlines are displayed.

Tip: You can use this setting as an alternative to Exclusions. Display-Only enables a specific airline to be the only airline that appears on a particular route. If there are more than two airlines on the route and you want only one to appear, use Display-only Airlines. If there is more than one airline on a route and you want to show more than you wish to hide, use Exclusions.

To add a display-only airline, click the add display-only airlines link at the top right of the Display-Only Airlines section of the Airline Criteria screen. The Add Display-Only Airline screen appears.

To edit a display-only airline, click the Edit button next to an existing display-only airline on the Airline Criteria screen. The Edit Display-Only Airline screen appears and is nearly identical to the Add screen.

The following table lists guidelines for completing the Add or Edit Display-Only Airline screen.

In this field: Do this:

Booking start date

Booking end date

Open-ended

Enter or select start and end dates to enable the display-only airline setting only when booked on or after a specific date; for example, to control a go-live date.

To set an end date, deselect the Open-ended checkbox. If you do not want to set a specific end date select the Open-ended checkbox.

Travel start date

Travel end date

Open-ended

Enter or select start and end dates to enable the display-only airline setting only for travel starting on or after a specific date; for example, to control a go-live date.

To set an end date, deselect the Open-ended checkbox. If you do not want to set a specific end date select the Open-ended checkbox.

Airline

Select the display-only airline from the dropdown list.
This is a non-preferred airline for the configured geographic region.

Select this checkbox to prevent the display-only airline from being shown as preferred. If this checkbox is not selected, the airline is marked as preferred in the response.

 

Display only for flight number ranges between:

Select this checkbox if an airline is to appear only on certain routes or within certain regions. Enter range of flight numbers in fields.

 

The following table details the options in the Display-only airline locations section of the screen.

In this field: Do this:

Departure location radio button

Select if airline is display-only only when departing within specific regions.

Arrival location radio button

Select if airline is display-only only when arriving within specific regions.

Connecting through radio button

Select to address cases when an airline is display-only only if a certain route is adhered to. It may be that a certain hub has to be traversed for preference to be relevant.

Radio buttons for the above settings

For each of the settings above select one of the following radio buttons and set options as needed:

  • Worldwide: Default setting.
  • Global Area: Click to select from dropdown list of IATA Areas 1, 2 or 3.
  • Continent Group: Click to select from dropdown list of general continental areas such as North and South America, Europe and Middle East.
  • Region: Click to select from dropdown list of specific continents and areas.
  • Country: Click to select from dropdown list of countries.
  • State/province: Click to select from dropdown lists of country and state/province.
  • Airport: Click to open a box for entering a three-letter city code.

Only display connecting flights between departure and arrival locations for this airline.

Select this checkbox to mark only connecting flights between the selected departure and arrival locations as display-only. If the checkbox is not selected, all flight options on the selected airline are excluded, including direct and non-stop flights.

 

Note: If you want to set an airline to be display-only on specific routes only, for example, domestic Japan and between Tokyo and Hong Kong only, you would create two settings: one for Japan to Japan using Country settings and another for Tokyo to Hong Kong using Airport settings.