Versions Compared

Key

  • This line was added.
  • This line was removed.
  • Formatting was changed.

Description

Fly2C is an APM travel interface intended to collect an employee's personal data and send it to C Teleport. C Teleport is a travel management platform that optimises flight bookings with pre-filled information: passenger data, route details, and crew changes from the APM data system.

Fly2C is a third-party application owned by the GMT company. (Global Marine Travel).

Functionality

APM allows initiating the flight booking procedure from two different places:

Anchor
Booking_from_Flight_Details
Booking_from_Flight_Details
Booking from Flight Details

To create a flight booking request from the Flight Details data group, select a crew member to be affected and navigate to the Data groups ribbon tab > the Flight Details data group. When the Flight Details data group becomes active from the Manage tab, follow the steps below:

...

Enter the credentials provided in Global Options while establishing a connection with the C Teleport server. For more information, see Communication Setup.

Anchor
Booking_from_Crew_Change
Booking_from_Crew_Change
Booking from Crew Change

You can book flights with the help of the Crew Change module. To access the module, click the Crew Change module in the Modules ribbon tab. The module becomes active from the Manage tab.

...

Enter the credentials provided in Global Options while establishing a connection with the C Teleport server. For more information, see Communication Setup.

Flight Inbox

After creating flight booking requests, they are then moved to the Flight Inbox module for further processing. Go to the Modules ribbon tab > Flight Inbox to access the module.

...

  • CONFIRMED. The booking is successfully created, but the ticket is not issued yet. 

  • ISSUED. The ticket is issued.

  • REFUND_PENDING. The booking is cancelled but not refunded yet.

  • CANCELLED. Thebooking is cancelled and refunded.

  • APPROVAL_REQUIRED. The booking requires the principal’s approval. The ticket will not be issued until the booking is approved.

  • DECLINED. The principal declines the booking. The status equals CANCELLED.  

  • CHANGE_PENDING. The ticket exchange is requested. 

Housekeeping

To ensure the interaction between APM and C Teleport is smooth and efficient, cover the workflow of a one-time setup. The setup is required to handle flight bookings based on your specific needs.

Anchor
Communication_Setup
Communication_Setup
Communication Setup

You must establish a connection with the C Teleport server to get started. To do this, navigate to the Setup ribbon tab > Global Options > Datagroups > Travel Interface:

...

Select Debug mode and specify the path to the folder where you want to store all the booking request and response files.

Airport Codes Setup

You need to set the airport codes and names. For this, follow the steps below:

...

As a result, a new airport type appears on the airport list.

Airlines Setup

You need to set up supported airlines. For this, follow the steps below:

...