ZMF KIT 2015 - ZED MIBA Forum

ZED-MIBA Forum
Industry Standards for Airline Employees Personal
and Duty Travel
Through membership in ZED-MIBA Forum (ZMF)
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Will ZMF membership work for you?
• Do you want to connect with airlines to offer reduced rate
travel for your employees?
• Do you spend a lot of time requesting ID tickets for your
employees?
• Would you like to reduce your administrative costs?
• Would you like to harmonize agreements with industry
partners?
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If you said “YES” to any of these questions, then
answer for your company may be …
ZED MIBA Forum
Full detailed application proces can be found in “How to Participate in ZMF”,
further in this presentation.
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ZMF provides …
• An Interline Staff Travel Agreement
(ISTA)
• Participants can bilaterally concur
with other Participants, as they
choose for personal and/or duty
travel
• A flexible program which provides
• Ability to connect with industry
partners to offer reduced rate
travel to employees
• Simplified administration
• Based on easy to calculate flat rate
service charges applicable to
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Nine mileage bands
Three fare levels for leisure travel
Three fare levels for duty travel
Other duty travel discount options
Three classes of service
Two reservations status options
Two fulfilment options (Self-ticketing
(IET) or Transporting Airline Ticketing
(NIET))
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ZMF Objectives
• To provide industry standards for interline ID travel
• To harmonize procedures to reduce administrative
costs associated with ID travel
• To provide infrastructure and mechanisms to
enable members to travel on other airlines
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Eligible Airlines
An airline may either qualify as a:
• full member (be an airline operating scheduled air passenger transportation
services available for Members’ use)
or
• associate member (be an airline operating air transportation services which are
not available for Members’ use under the operating carrier’s own code (with the
intent to include Cargo, Charter Airlines and scheduled passenger airlines whose
inventory may or may not be controlled by a Full Member(s).)
To be eligible for ZMF membership, an airline must comply with articles A.1 or A.2 of
the Interline Staff Travel Agreement (more details p.17 & 18)
Any ZMF participating airline may bilaterally include its subsidiary, affiliate, or
franchisee companies (S/A/F), upon bilateral agreement.
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Personal Travel
Eligible Travelers - Mandatory
ZMF participants for leisure travel must agree to accept
Category A travelers, which comprise:
• Active employees of the ZMF participating airline and any
bilaterally agreed S/A/F
• Retired employees of the ZMF participating airline and any
bilaterally agreed S/A/F
• Spouse of the employee/retiree
• Children, under 24 years of age, of the employee/retiree
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Personal Travel
Eligible Travelers - Optional
ZMF participants for leisure travel may bilaterally agree
to accept other Eligibile Categories, limited to:
• Children, 24 years of age and over, of
employee/retiree
• Parents of employee/retiree
• Sisters and brothers of employee/retiree
• Travel partner of employee/retiree
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Personal or Duty Travel
Fares
• Uniform fares are charged based on Ticketed Point Mileage (TPM)
within 9 fixed distance zones
• The final cost of the journey is the sum of the fares for each
individual coupon plus all applicable taxes, fees, and charges (TFC)
• Only TFC paid to a government and/or airport authority may be collected
(fuel surcharge is not to be collected)
• Child and Infant discounts apply
• Travel by children (age 2-11, inclusive) is at 67% of the applicable adult fare,
plus applicable taxes & fees
• Travel by infants (birth to 23 months, inclusive), not occupying a seat, is at no
fare, plus applicable taxes & fees
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Personal Travel
Space-Available ZED (R2) or confirmed (R1) Fares
ZMF participants for leisure travel have the option to bilaterally agree with other
members using stand-by and/or confirmed fares; Economy and/or Premium
Economy and/or Business class (fares are being revised once a year upon market evolution)
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Y = Economy (x = Premium Economy ; C = Business) / ID = Industry Discount / ZM = Zed Medium / « 2 » =
zone 2 / R = leisure / 2 = space-available (1 = confirmed)
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Duty or Crew Deadheading travel
Confirmed MIBA Zone Fares
ZMF participants for duty (S1) or crew-positioning (C1) travel have the option
to bilaterally agree with other members using different confirmed fares;
Economy and/or Premium Economy and/or Business class (fares are being revised
once a year upon market evolution)
Y = Economy (x = Premium Economy ; C = Business) / ID = Industry Discount / ZM = Zed Medium / « 2 » =
zone 2 / S = duty (C = crew-positioning) / 1 = confirmed
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Duty or Crew Travel
Other discount options
• ID50S1 (50% discounted off the lowest applicable unrestricted fare,
confirmed space travel in business class or economy class)
• ID50C1 (50% discounted off the lowest applicable unrestricted fare,
confirmed space travel in business class or economy class – for Crew
Deadheading ONLY)
• ID00S2 (100% discount, space-available travel in business class or
economy class)
• ID00S1 (100% discount, confirmed travel in business class or economy
class)
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Standardized Ticketing
ZMF participants may select one of the following 2 options for standardized
ticketing:
• IET (self-ticketing)
• NIET (ticketing by the operating carrier)
If the member opts for IET, tickets must be issued in accordance with IATA
Resolution 788 and Recommended Practice 1788, in addition to the
requirements listed in the ISTA Agreement. These include:
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Fare Basis Code
Tour Code Box
Passenger Type Code, Ticket Designator
Standardized fares
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ZMF Forum website
www.zedmiba.org
• Contains all ZMF documents, list of ZMF Members and other
useful information
• Bilateral concurrences can be concluded online through the
website
• Two sections:
• Public section available to everybody
• Members‘ section available only to the ZMF Members
• Access to the Members‘ section will be granted once the
interested airline becomes an applicant (for details see “How to
Participate in ZMF”, further in this presentation)
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ZMF Forum
How to participate in ZMF?
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How to participate in ZMF?
• Apply to become a member of the ZED-MIBA Forum
(ZMF)
The ZED-MIBA Forum is an umbrella organization consisting of most
carriers (all alliances, independent, cargo ), ZMF enables members to
concur for personal and/or duty travel
• Participation in ZMF does not mean a Member will
automatically have agreements with every other ZMF
Members
Individual Members will need to evaluate bilateral concurrences based
on their own business models and policy
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2 types of membership
• Full Member
You are an airline operating scheduled air passenger transportation services
you may offer to other ZMF Members
• Associate Member
You are an airline operating air transportation services (e.g. cargo, charter)
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Full Member Requirements: article A.1 of the Interline Staff Travel Agreement
To qualify for Full Membership an airline must:
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Be an airline operating scheduled air passenger transportation services available for Members use.
Be able to accept Eligible Person(s) in accordance with this Agreement.
Have a concurrence with at least one Full Member.
Pay the one-time joining fee in the amount of USD 730 and annual membership fee (USD 250) and
other fees agreed by the Members.
Possess a corporate e-mail address for official communication.
Be able to file its fares in accordance with Appendix Fares.
Recognize and observe the principles of relevant IATA Resolutions and Recommended Practices, even if
not a member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
Complete all airlines details under www.zedmiba.ord and www.flyzed.info (including but not limited to
list of SAFs, FlyZED information, ASKs etc.)
Provide access to personal standby travel economy tickets at the ZH level (YZHzN2) to IATA serving
employees with the following superseding definitions:
• Employee is a person who is employed by and salaried by IATA
• Spouse (any one person recognized as a spouse by IATA) of employee
• Children of employee under the age of 24
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Associate Member Requirements: article A.2 of the Interline Staff
Travel Agreement
• To qualify for Associate Membership an airline must:
• Be an airline operating air transportation services which are not available for Members’ use under the
operating carrier’s own code (with the intent to include Cargo, Charter Airlines and scheduled passenger
airlines whose inventory may or may not be controlled by a Full Member(s).)
• Have a concurrence with at least one Full Member.
• Pay the one-time joining fee in the amount of USD 730 and the annual membership fee (USD 250) and other
fees agreed by the Members.
• Possess a corporate e-mail address for official communication.
• Recognize and observe the principles of relevant IATA Resolutions and Recommended Practices, even if not a
member of the International Air Transport Association (IATA).
• A.2.a.vi An airline applying for Associate Membership will not be accepted as both an Associate Member and
an SAF of a Full Member.
• A.2.a.vii If, and as long as, an airline is listed as an SAF of a Full Member, such airline cannot also be
recognized as an Associate Member in its own right.
• A.2.a.viii If an Associate Member becomes an SAF of another Full Member, it shall lose its Member status
upon effectiveness of the new SAF status.
• A.2.a.ix If a scheduled passenger airline‘s SAF ceases its relationship with a Full Member, that Full Member
must advise the Member Service Center (MSC) immediately.
• A.2.a.x Complete all airline details under www.zedmiba.org.
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Procedures for Participation
• Contact the Member Service Centre (MSC) to obtain
acceptance procedures, at:
• [email protected] or [email protected]
• Submit the following to the MSC:
• A completed Application Form
• Two signed originals of the ZMF Signature Document
• Pay the subscription fee
• As indicated on the invoice delivered by the MSC
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Further..
Upon confirmation that the payment has been received
by MSC, the interested airline will be considered an
applicant.
Log-in and password will be provided for access to the
Member Section on the website www.zedmiba.org
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What happens next
• MSC will notify all ZMF Members of the new ZMF Applicant
• ZMF Applicant and ZMF participants are then free to contact
each other to negotiate a bilateral concurrence
• Once an Applicant has its first ISTA concurrence, both parties must
confirm the concurrence to the MSC
• The Applicant then becomes a ZMF Member and a ZMF
participant
• In due course, you will receive an original of the Signature document,
countersigned by the ZMF Leader, for your files
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ZMF Forum
Other valuable information
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ZMF Forum
• ZMF Forum was established in 2002, to combine and
streamline the administrative elements of the ZED and MIBA
programs
• ZMF is governed by the ISTA agreement
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Growth of ZMF Forum
ZMF Forum participation has grown to include over 190 airlines
and related entities from all parts of the globe
• Plus over 70 scheduled passenger airlines included as S/A/F
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Growth of ZED
• ZED was formed in November 1994 by seven airlines:
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Aer Lingus
Air Canada
Austrian Airlines
British Airways
Lufthansa
Malev Hungarian
SAS/Scandinavian
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Growth of MIBA
• MIBA was formed in July 1991 by six airlines:
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Air France
Austrian Airlines
KLM
Lufthansa
SAS/Scandinavian
Swissair
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Global Reach
ZED-MIBA Forum Members represent carriers from
over 90 countries and 6 continents
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For more on ZMF
• If you are interested in obtaining more information about ZMF, or are
ready to become a Member, please contact:
Ms. Valérie von Glasow
Member Service Center (MSC)
[email protected]
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