Electronic Reservation Services Providers
PSC(MV)784 (except USA)
Expiry:
Indefinite
Type: B
Effective June 1, 2001
Resolved that,
When selling air transportation via electronic commerce Electronic Reservation Services Providers, airlines and CRSs use the following identification scheme and procedures as detailed in the Electronic Reservation Services Provider's Implementation Guide published separately.
An ERSP (Electronic Reservation Services Provider) is the term used to refer to a business that provides the ability for an individual consumer and/or corporation to make airline reservations via any electronic medium (Internet, Intranet, on-line service, direct connection, LAN, WAN, etc.) without the direct participation of an airline or travel agency employee.
The airline industry needs uniquely assigned numbers to identify businesses which make airline reservations and issue tickets. An ERSP number provides a means for airlines to identify reservation services providers which allow individual consumers and/or corporations to make airline reservations electronically.
Electronic Reservation Services Provider Identification
In order to differentiate between consumer based reservations made via an Electronic Reservation Services Provider and traditional professional travel agent initiated bookings, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in co-operation with the Air Transport Association of America (ATA) and the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC) have developed a numbering scheme to uniquely identify all Electronic Reservation Services Providers and traditional professional travel agents operating an electronic reservations service (IATA Resolution 898a refers). All Electronic Reservation Services Providers, airlines and CRSs identify all known consumer Electronic Reservation Services Providers to IATA and ARC so that these unique numbers can be assigned. The unique numbers will be passed to airlines in all interactions between an Electronic Reservation Services Provider and airline host system.
For detailed information on procedures recommended for ERSPs, airlines and CRSs when selling air transportation via electronic commerce refer to the Electronic Reservation Services Providers Implementation Guide, published in the Reservations Services Manual and available via this Web site