Aircraft IndexAircraftConfigurations

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Summary

For every aircraft type there can be many different configurations i.e. there are different ways that the Galleys and stowage positions are laid out or different seating configurations. How much product can be loaded and/or how many passengers can fly will depend on the configuration and therefore when forecasting and planning it is important to know the exact configuration of the aircraft assigned to a flight and not just the Aircraft type.

How to access Aircraft Configurations

The Aircraft Configurations data can be viewed and maintained either by accessing it directly from the "Aircraft Configurations" option on the Aircraft menu, or from the Aircraft Types] option by expanding the Aircraft Type in question and taking the Configurations options.

Access via the Aircraft Type is shown below

Access directly from the Aircraft Configurations menu option is shown below

Maintenance of Aircraft Configurations

Creating an Aircraft Configuration

To create a new Aircraft Configuration record press the add Icon in the header section of the Aircraft Configuration pages. If pressed from the main AircraftConfiguration index page, the following page will appear

Note that if the create function is accessed from the Aircraft Types Index then the Aircraft field will not be displayed as it will be automatically set to the Aircraft Type from which you launched the create function. If your user role is restricted to a single Airline then the Airline field will not be a dropdown list and will be automatically populated and not editable.

Field	Description
Galley Equipment Type	This is the "Standard" that applies to Galley positions on this Aircraft Configuration. Galley equipment comes in different universal standards, most popular is "ATLAS". "KSSU" is another well known standard and BA use the "ACE" standard on many aircraft. These standards specify the dimensions of the different stowage types e.g. for a full or half-size cart/trolley, A standard Unit etc.
Configuration Description	A free text description to describe the Aircraft Configuration. We suggest that you combine the Aircraft Type and the Seating Configuration to make the Configuration description. For example in the screenshots above - we see a Configuration of "320-Y150" where the Aircraft Type is "320" and the Seating Configuration is "Y150"
Seating Configuration	The value entered here should match the values in the "Aircraft Configuration" field of the SSIM file. A typical value might be C24Y160 meaning 24 seats in C class and 160 seats in Y Class. If the values here are not aligned with the values in the SSIM file then there will be errors when the SSIM file is processed. For more information about how an SSIM file is processed and matched to Aircraft Configurations in Skylog see this link SSIM File Processing]
Status	When creating a configuration this is automatically set to "Provisional" - meaning that the set up is pending / still in progress. Other values are Active (In use), Retired or Pending Retirement
User Notes	Free text note about this configuration

Editing an Aircraft Configuration

To edit an Aircraft Configuration record press the edit Icon on the line of the Aircraft Configuration you want to edit.

An explanation of each field is covered under the "Create" section.

If SkyLoad is not licensed you will only see the "Save" and "Tail Numbers" buttons. If SkyLoad is licensed you will also see the "Storage" and "Layout Designer" buttons. Pressing the button will allow you to edit the layout using the SkyLoad Aircraft drawing canvas.

For more information about the drawing canvas see this link Aircraft Layout Designer]

For more information about the "Storage" option see this link Aircraft Storage]

For more information about the "Tail Numbers" option see this link Tail Numbers]

Seat Quantities

By expanding a configuration you will be able to see the seating quantities for that configuration. In the example below we see that the Aircraft Configuration has 16 C-Class seats and 143 Y-Class seats.

The seat quantities are very important to the forecasting module of SkyLog. As certain products will be loaded according to the number of seats. In addition if there is no forecasted PAX (Passenger) numbers available or no forecasted PAX load factors the forecasting module will forecast PAX dependent items based on the seating configuration.

Aircraft Storage

By expanding a configuration you will be able to see the storage areas for that for that configuration.

There are different types of Storage Area, in the example above we see 2 Galleys, other types of storage area are Lavatories/Rest Rooms, Cupboards/Closets, Overhead Bins, Seat Pockets etc.

The image of a particular Storage area as well as the stowage positions within that area are created using the SkyLoad drawing canvases.

Images

By expanding a configuration you will be able to see the images for that configuration.

Aircraft images are created in the SkyLoad Aircraft Layout drawing canvas. For more information about the drawing canvas see this link Aircraft Layout Designer]

Creating an Aircraft Layout / Diagram

If SkyLoad is licensed you will see "Layout Designer" button. Pressing this button will allow you to edit the layout using the SkyLoad Aircraft drawing canvas.

For more information about the drawing canvas see this link Aircraft Layout Designer]