Asias leading provider of

travel solutions and services

Abacus eTAT
Maximise Productivity with Greater Ticketing Flexibility!
Abacus is constantly seeking innovative solutions to provide our travel suppliers with best-in-class travel solutions that will boost both
productivity and protability. Abacus eTAT,
(
Electronic Transitional Automated Ticketing platform
)
, certainly fulls this requirement,
with additional benets included.

Abacus eTAT enables airlines to achieve maximum productivity with superior reporting tools and control mechanisms. In addition,
Abacus eTATs Airline Specic Control functionality allows it to be congured on an airline-by-airline basis, for greater exibility.
Further customisation can also be provided on a market-by-market basis.
Key Benets
Processes and Support Enhancements

Help expand airlines distribution channel

Enable Abacus subscribers to issue on the airlines ticket
stock and interface with the airlines ET system

Provide support for Interline ET with existing
Interline ET partners

Allow airline to control the ticket limit per agent,
to mitigate risk of fraud
Functional Familiarity

Abacus eTAT is functionally similar to BSP ET, with the same
ET functionalities and documents generated, so agents and
airlines can pick up eTAT more easily

Abacus eTAT interfaces with all existing ticketing and fares
functions, including IUR, net ticketing, revalidation, refunds,
exchanges, audit trail, etc.

The print routine for Abacus eTAT will follow the BSP ET
print routine currently used

Abacus eTAT supports the generic IATA 722 format

Where necessary, Abacus will provide training on
Abacus eTAT to airlines authorised agents
Faster Reporting
Airlines will receive daily Sales Reporting File data and
Ticket Inventory data for their ofine processing


Transactions are captured to the Sales Reporting File in HOT
reporting format, facilitating easier backend processing
Ticket Limit Control

Agents will be limited to the ticket issuance limit set
by the airline
The ticket count will decrease consequently at
ticket issuance and exchanges
No reinstatement of the count if a void transaction
takes place

Airlines will provide the ticket limit applicable for each agent
Airlines can increase agents ticket limit at any time to increase
sales opportunities, or decrease the ticket limit to minimise
fraud or nancial risk
To nd out more,
please contact your local
Abacus National Marketing Company
Bangladesh Tel: 880 2 815 5502/5
Brunei Darussalam Tel: 673 224 2404
Cambodia Tel: 855 23 216 748/773
China Tel: 86 10 5878 7000
East Timor Tel: 62 361 766 606/186
Hong Kong Tel: 852 2960 8888
India Tel: 91 22 6650 4000
Indonesia Tel: 62 21 2753 5399
Kazakhstan Tel: 7 727 312 1717
Korea Tel: 82 2 2127 8900
Kyrgyzstan Tel: 7 727 312 1717
Laos Tel: 66 2 684 1700
Macau Tel: 852 2960 8888
Malaysia Tel: 60 3 9284 1001
Myanmar Tel: 95 1 725 339
Nepal Tel: 977 1 229 0987
Pakistan Tel: 92 21 536 0961
Philippines Tel: 63 2 848 3890/3
Singapore Tel: 65 6324 2234
Sri Lanka Tel: 94 115 575 054
Taiwan Tel: 886 2 2751 6988
Tajikistan Tel: 7 727 312 1717
Thailand Tel: 66 2 684 1700
Vietnam Tel: 84 4 3943 1975
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www.abacus.com.sg
Abacus International Pte Ltd.
3 Tampines Central 1
Abacus Plaza, #08-01
Singapore 529540
Tel: +65 6426 0066
Fax: +65 6426 9919
Co. Reg. No.: 199707985K
Airline provides
ticket numbers
Airline through
Abacus
administers the
implementation
& allocation
of tickets
Administration
Carrier to be
notied when the
balance ticket
numbers reach the
threshold value.
YY
ET
Ticket number
range assigned
by airline and
updated by
Abacus.
PCC 1 PCC 2 PCC 3 PCC 4 PCC 5 PCC 6
Files
provided to
airline for
Revenue
Accounting
TAT Ticketing Facility
Electronic TAT Ticketing Facility
Delivery
Mechanism
IATA Standard 722 Format
Airline
provides
ticket limits
for each
PCC
Auto dispense ticket number to TA once their
ticket range is used up.
Ticket Limit Management Tool.
REPORTS
1. Ticket
Inventory
Dispensing
File (TID)
2. Auto
Cancellation
(CANN) File
3. Sales
Reporting
File (SRF)
Distinct Advantages and Enhancements
Abacus eTAT provides many distinct advantages to airlines as it provides an
enhanced e-ticketing solution whilst supporting the generic IATA 722 format.
Abacus eTAT offers agents a solution which complements existing ticketing and
fare functions; IUR, net ticketing, DQB and refunds exchanges, making this a
valuable addition to the desktop of progressive travel agents.
Key Functionalities Supported in Abacus eTAT

Electronic Ticket Display

Electronic Ticket Void

Electronic Ticket History

Electronic Ticket Refund
(
Full and Partial
)

Electronic Ticket Exchange
(
Full and Partial
)

Electronic Ticket System Cancel for Issue, Refund and Exchange

Dividing a PNR after an Electronic Ticket has been issued

Reduce number in party after an Electronic Ticket has been issued

Itinerary changes/cancellations in the PNR after an Electronic Ticket
has been issued
Optimise your operations and gain
a competitive edge in the markets
you operate with Abacus eTAT.
Development
Schematic of Abacus eTAT solution
eTAT