Africa World Airlines Joins ARC
Africa World Airlines (AW/394) will join ARC as a participating airline effective Monday, November 12, 2018 (PED 11/18/18).
With headquarters in Accra, Ghana, Africa World Airlines operates domestic and regional scheduled flights to Kumasi, Tamale, Takoradi, Abuja and Lagos with connecting services to Monrovia and Freetown. Africa World Airlines operates with Embraer E145 aircraft.
Africa World Airlines has elected the general concurrence method of agent appointment, whereby all ARC agents are automatically appointed as agents of Africa World Airlines. Africa World Airlines will accept cash as valid form of payment.
For inquiries, reservations or sales information, contact the offices listed below:
Africa World Airlines, C/O APG North America LLC
1120 Avenue of the Americas
Suite 4108
New York, NY 10036
Phone: 800-380-6541
Email: africaworldairlines.arc@apg-ga.us
www.flyafricaworld.com
Jubba Airways Limited Joins ARC
Jubba Airways Limited (3J/535) will join ARC as a participating airline effective November 12, 2018 (PED 11/18/18).
Jubba Airways Limited is based in Nairobi, Kenya, and operates flights to Somalia, Djibouti, Jeddah, Adado, Bosaso, Galyako, Garowe, Guriel, Hargeisa, Kismayo, Mogadishu and Dubai. Jubba Airways Limited operates a fleet of two A321-100 aircraft and two Fokker 50 aircraft.
Jubba Airways Limited has elected the general concurrence method of agent appointment, whereby all ARC agents are automatically appointed as agents of Jubba Airways Limited. The airline’s flights are available on Amadeus, and it accepts cash as valid form of payment. Credit cards will be added in the near future.
For inquiries, reservations or sales information, contact the offices listed below:
Jubba Airways Limited USA
420 Lexington Avenue, Suite 358-360
New York, NY 10170
Phone: 201-484-8036
Email: jubbaairways@airlinepros.com
Elimination of Paper ATB Support Documents
When airline tickets became 100% electronic with the elimination of paper airline tickets on June 1, 2018, the printing of support documents on ATB stock was also eliminated. This was previously conveyed in the PED 05/27/2018 Travel Agent Communication (TAC).
These discontinued support documents include charge forms, auditor coupons, agent coupons and passenger receipts. These accounting documents are considered to be obsolete and have not been required for settlement in many years. Additionally, the ability to print charge forms, auditor’s coupons and agent coupons to plain paper will be eliminated by June 1, 2019.
Facsimile versions of auditor’s and agent coupons for all ARC documents will continue to be available electronically in ARC’s Document Retrieval System (DRS) for 39 months after ticket issuance.
The exception to printing paper ATB coupons is the automated Miscellaneous Charges Order (Auto MCO). The Auto MCO is the last remaining ARC paper document, and its exchange value coupon and passenger receipt must continue to be printed on paper ATB stock.
Tip of the Week: Reconciling the IAR Sales Report
ARC strongly recommends that the IAR sales report be reconciled on a daily basis. The sales report should have a final reconciliation performed prior to sales report authorization and submission. The following steps will facilitate this process:
- Verify that all documents and voids are correctly listed in the IAR sales report
- Correct any errors
- Verify that all transactions were legitimately issued by your agency (to guard against unauthorized ticketing)
- Verify all commission amounts
- Verify that all refund and exchange transactions are accurate and that their values include any penalty information (if applicable)
- Verify cash and credit totals
- Verify the net remit amount
You can also view more information on IAR in Section 5 of the Industry Agents’ Handbook or Click Here for access to our self-paced training videos.