Amadeus - More on Encode / Decode

The travel industry and Amadeus use codes to represent various unique items. The most typical is the use of IATA location codes to cities and airports. e.g. SYD = Sydney, Australia.

The process used to convert a full name of an item into a code is referred to as Encoding. Decoding is the reverse process and therefore displays the description of a given code.

City/Airport

The Amadeus system provides two variations to the same command to display a location. The first by entering a name of location and the second by entering a city/airport code.

 

DANMANILA - Display City Name MANILA (Encode the city name)

 

Command Examples
DANMAHABALIPURAM/S - Display associated airport for a location that does not have an IATA airport/city code
DACHND - Decode Airport Code HND
DACTYO - Decode City Code TYO

Country / Currency
DCBRAZIL - Encode Country name Brazil
DCBR - Decode Country code BR


State / Province
DNSQUEBEC - Display Name State (encode) Quebec
DNSARKANSASUS - Display Name State Arkansas in USA
DNSUSTN - Display Name State (decode), country code US, state code TN
DNSAU - Display Name States within country code AU

Airline
The airline decode/encode consists of one command that accepts either the airline name or airline carrier code.
DNALUFTHANSA - Display Name Airline Lufthansa
DNALH - Display Name Airline LH
DNA - 220 Display Name Airline with iata ticketing code

Equipment
DNEAIRBUS - Display Name Equipment AIRBUS.
DNE777 - Display Name Equipment 777

Car Company
DNCAVIS - Display Name Car AVIS
DNCZI - Display Name Car ZI

Hotel Chain
DNHSHERATON - Display Name Hotel SHERATON