Merging flights

What?

In some cases, the data may fail on the matching rules for a correct flight. This will then show two or more rows of the same flight. To avoid these disturbances and potential misunderstandings, the flights must be merged. Merge = combining two duplicate flights into one flight.

Remember to use a flight view that has "merge" in its name to combine flights.

N.B.: It is worth mentioning that we are continuing to work on the heliport.no integration, and when this is ready, there will be even less need for these manual merges. We often see these errors due to differences in times beyond the set time interval, and/or ATM messages with missing official ICAO codes for offshore destinations.

Where?

It is not always easy to detect duplicate flights, but here are some ways to find them:

Alternative #1

Manual scrolling and visual detection. These are the most common similarities between duplicates:

• One flight is missing a callsign and the other is missing flight ID.
• The same to and/or from destinations.
• The same or close in times.
• AC_reg.
• Located directly above/below each other when sorted by time.

Alternative #2

Set up a filter called "Configuration". It works like a regular SQL query, so you can experiment a bit here.
Below is an example for finding helicopter flights and an example for scheduled, unscheduled, and cargo flights.

1. Click on the settings icon next to "Configuration" and select "Add".

    
   
2. 1. Example of how it can be configured for helicopter flights:
      
      
      
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   2. Example of how it can be configured for scheduled commercial passenger (01), unscheduled commercial passenger (02), and freight (03) flights.
      

How?

1. Tick off the relevant flights, and press on "Merge"
    
2. Select the main flight by dragging the flight with the most information to the top (normally an IATA-flight) and select "Edit main leg"
   
3. Edit the information at the top to be as complete and accurate as possible. Use information from the other flights to fill in what is missing. Remember to scroll to the right to fill in information there as well.
   Typical information that needs to be completed includes the following: 
   • Callsign
   • Ifplid
   • Linked Arrival
   • ST ICAO
   • Often EOBT/EIBT, but not always.
   • Passenger count (located farthest to the right)
4. Click on merge.

Why?

• One of the reasons we do this, as mentioned, is to avoid disturbances and potential misunderstandings.
• Avoid having multiple identical flights on the screens available to passengers.
• Ensure that updated information (typically ATM messages with updated estimated times) is applied to the correct flight.
• mAOS will be used as the basis for billing and statistics.