Avinode

Getting started

The purpose of the developer portal is to ensure that you, as a developer, has access to all the information necessary to design and build robust applications that can utilize the full power offered by the APIs.

Getting started

Before you start designing and building your application, you should read and understand the information on the following pages.

Designing your application

In most cases you will build one of the applications listed in the Applications section. Each application implements a number of use cases. All use cases can be found in the Use cases section. If your application will do something different than what is described in any of the available use cases, then you should ensure that your use cases have been approved by Avinode or SchedAero before you start building your application. You should also ensure that all use cases that your application will implement are included in your API subscription.

We are more than happy to discuss the different business cases that your application will handle and offer any insights we might have in relation to these.

Implementation

You will have access to the Sandbox environment and should use this during development and testing. If you have any questions during this phase you should not hesitate contacting our API Support. Before finishing implementation, you should verify that your application conforms to all items on the implementation check lists that are applicable to your application. These check lists are available in this documentation.

Going live

When your application is ready, we will do a review to ensure that your application uses the APIs in the best possible way before it will be allowed to access our live environment.

API basics

All API services are based on the REST architectural style and they are all stateless. All calls to the APIs require a secure HTTPS connection. Supported security protocol is TLS 1.2.

API connections

Accessing the APIs require an active API connection.

Permissions

Each API connection have a set of permissions that restricts which operations that can be called.

Company access

Each API connection is connected to one Avinode or SchedAero member’s company account. This is used to determine which company accounts’s data the API connection can access and potentially update. If the application needs to handle data for multiple companies, it needs to handle multiple API connections.

Setup

API connections are currently created and maintained by the Avinode and SchedAero support staff.

Application specific

If different kinds of applications are implemented, each application should be able to use separate API connections.

Automatic expiration

API connections that are not used for 60 days are automatically deactivated.

HTTP request headers

Several HTTP headers are required in every request to authenticate and provide other details about the call.

X-Avinode-Api Token

This required field is a unique token identifying the calling application.

The value for the API token should not be editable by the users of the application. It is preferably hard coded into the application.

IMPORTANT: The API token is used to identify the calling application. To prevent malicious callers from impersonating other software, the API token may not be shared with any external parties that is not directly involved in the project. Posting code examples, curl commands or similar to online forums or discussion groups where the API token is included is strictly forbidden.

X-Avinode-ApiToken example

X-Avinode-ApiToken: 229B8C9E-B3F2-4FA6-8BAE-71DF00943C0E

Authorization

This required field must contain the unique token that identifies the API connection that should be used for this call. When sending this is the HTTP header the token must be prefixed by the word ‘Bearer’ in the style of OAUTH tokens.

Also when using the Sandbox Swagger page, the ‘Bearer’ prefix needs to be added before the token.

IMPORTANT: Since the authorization token is used to identify and authorize the caller, it must be treated with the same care as any username and password. It may not be shared with any external parties that is not directly involved in the project. Posting code examples, curl commands, or similar to online forums or discussion groups where the authorization token is included is strictly forbidden.

Authorization example

Authorization: Bearer mF_9.B5f-4.1JqMklj3498dfoFWrw-89qnavn.8234Klnj843jw09ksU

X-Avinode-SentTimestamp

This required field must contain a timestamp formatted as per ISO-8601. This is the time of creation for the message. The call will be rejected if this time is off by more than 5 minutes when the message is received. So it is important that the clock used by the application is up to date at all times.

X-Avinode-SentTimestamp example

X-Avinode-SentTimestamp: 2016-01-19T08:10:06.135Z

X-Avinode-ActAsAccount

This is an optional field. Some operations support sending a personal Avinode Marketplace account username. This means that this person will be registered as the user doing the action of the operation. For example when uploading an RFQ, the system will show the provided user as the user requesting the quote.

The documentation page for each operation handling this HTTP header will have information about this.

X-Avinode-ActAsAccount example

X-Avinode-ActAsAccount: johnsmith64

X-Avinode-Product

This should always be populated with the name and version of the calling application.

X-Avinode-Product example

X-Avinode-Product: Smart Flight Finder v2.3

HTTP status codes

The APIs use conventional HTTP response codes to indicate success or failure of each API call. In general, codes in the 2xx range indicate success, codes in the 4xx range indicate an error that resulted from the provided information (e.g. a required parameter was missing, an authorization failed, etc.), and codes in the 5xx range indicate an API server error.

Response codes

200	200 OK
201	201 Created. The server created one or more entities as a result of the call.
400	400 Bad Request. The request was somehow invalid (e.g. bad timestamp, etc.).
401	401 Unauthorized. No authentication or authentication invalid.
403	403 Authorization failure (e.g. no permissions, rate limit exceeded, etc.).
404	404 Not found. The application requested a resource that does not exist.
422	422 Entity invalid. Validation failure, relationship failure, or state failure.
500	500 Internal failure.
501	501 Not Implemented. The called operation is disabled, or not yet implemented.
503	503 Service too busy.
504	504 Service temporary unavailable.

HTTP response headers

Service Rate limits

The number of calls that one API connection can make per hour is limited. Every API response will include the following HTTP headers.

After the number of calls has reached the rate limit, all calls to that service will be denied with the HTTP 403 response code until the next hour starts.

X-Rate-Limit-Limit	X-Rate-Limit-Limit The rate limit for the service that was invoked. This is the allowed number of calls per hour.
X-Rate-Limit-Remaining	X-Rate-Limit-Remaining The remaining number of calls allowed within the current hour.
X-Rate-Limit-Reset	X-Rate-Limit-Reset The number of seconds until the call counter is reset (i.e. the next hour starts).

Internationalization

Dates and times are formatted according to ISO 8601.

Currency

Currency codes use the three letter code defined in ISO 4217. Price conversions are based Forex data updated daily from Xignite.

Country codes

Country codes use the two letter code defined in ISO 3166-1 alpha-2.

Province codes

Province codes use the format defined in ISO 3166-2. Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is the two letter country code and the second part is a up to three letter code specifying the region in that country. For example “US-FL” for Florida.

Sparse fields

For some operations, there is information available that will only be included in the operation output if it is requested when making the API call. This extra information is requested by specifying one or more values in the operation’s field[operation] URL parameter. The documentation page for each operation have information about the available sparse fields.

Ids

Unless specifically stated in this documentation, the format of any object’s identifier is unspecified and can change at any time. So an operation that currently returns an id that looks like “abc-12345678” may change to, for example, “1234-ABCD-5678-EF90”. So the application should not try to extract parts of the these ids for any reason. If the format of an id changes, the API operations using this id as input will continue to support previous formats.

The application should not display any API generated ids to the user, unless this documentation specifically states that the particular id can be displayed.

String handling

Data entered in string properties must conform to the following rules.

If a string contains multiple lines then new lines must either be sent as line feed (\n) or carriage return and line feed (\r\n).
If a string contains a backslash character (\) then it must be escaped with an additional backslash character (\\).
If a string contains a double quotation mark (") then this must be escaped with a backslash character (\").

Data returned in string properties should be display correctly to the users of the application, according to the rules above.

API additions and updates

Most additions and updates to the APIs will be backwards compatible. Any major changes impacting live applications will be communicated some time before the change is made, giving you ample time to make the necessary changes. This time is regulated in the API contracts. Information about additions and updates are listed on the Change log page.

New properties can, at any time, be added to an operations output. The application must be able to handle this without breaking.

Retry policys

If a call to the API fails for some reason, any retry policy should be sensibly implemented. This would most likely include concepts like exponential back-off, maximum number of retries etc. For some operations, retries are not allowed. The documentation page for each operation may have information about the recommended retry policy.

Automatic testing

No automatic tests are allowed to make calls to the API. This applies to all types of automatic testing like load tests, integration test suites etc. All logic generating calls to the API must be replaced by mockups when running automatic tests. This is true for both the live system and the sandbox environment.

API contracts

The contracts in place for each member or partner using the APIs regulates how the APIs can be used, and how the data returned by the APIs can be handeld. Paragraphs regulating the following can be included.

Which API related use cases the application can implement
How and for how long certain data returned by the APIs can be stored
How, and to whom, data returned by the APIs can be shared

Abuse

Calling any API operations in any repetitive or automated fashion for the purpose of harvesting information is strictly forbidden.

Implementation check list

All items on this check list must be true in order for an application to be allowed to call the live Avinode Marketplace environment.

The application only implements API call related use cases that are approved by Avinode or SchedAero.
The application does not store any data, returned by the APIs, that is not allowed to store.
The application does not share any data, returned by the APIs, that is not allowed to share.
The application’s API token (the token sent in the X-Avinode-ApiToken HTTP header) is hard coded into the application and not configurable by the users of the application.
The application always sends its name and version in the X-Avinode-Product HTTP header.
The application does not display API generated ids to the user, unless this documentation specifically states that the particular id can be displayed.
The application does not, for any reason, extract any parts of an API generated id.
The application handles Authentication Tokens with the appropriate level of security to avoid it from falling into the wrong hands.
The application escapes and handles string data according to the specified rules.
The application can handle that an operation suddenly returns properties that wasn’t returned at the time of implementation.
The application has sensible retry policies for failed calls to operations that allow retries.
Instances of the application built or deployed for development or testing purposes cannot call the live API servers or consume live webhook notifications.

Date

Date are formatted YYYY-MM-DD

2015-05-19

Time

Times are formatted HH:MM.

23:57

Timestamp

Timestamps are formatted YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssZ and are always UTC times.

2015-12-17T19:56:03.148Z

Sandbox

Each Avinode member and Avinode partner implementing APIs will get access to the Sandbox. This environment should be used during development and testing. Making development or testing related calls to the live environment is strictly forbidden.

Online interface

The online interface for the Sandbox server can be accessed by browsing to https://sandbox.avinode.com. The online interface can be used to create data (RFQs, quotes, empty legs, etc.) needed for testing and also for viewing data created through the API.

Shared environment

The Sandbox environment can at any time be used by several Avinode customers and partners that are developing and testing their software. Each company or partner have their own company accounts, user accounts, aircraft and API connections. However, due to the collaborative nature of the Avinode Marketplace, publishing information (e.g. empty legs, Tripboard posts etc.) and sending messages (e.g. RFQs) will potentially make them visible to other developers using the Sandbox.

Sandbox maintenance

The sandbox server is rebuilt with a fresh database at least once a week. This means that data changed or created during tests will be deleted. If you have some data that you want to persist then please contact us and we will try to add this data to the build scripts. Usually the weekly data reset occurs between 6-8 AM UTC on Mondays.

We strive to keep the Sandbox available at all times but occasionally we need to take it down for short periods to do maintenance, deploy new code, etc. If you experience longer down-times than one hour, then please contact us and we will try to fix the problem as soon as possible.

Non disclosure

Any data that exist in the Sandbox server (e.g. company names, aircraft information etc.) may not be extracted or disclosed to any third party. This is regulated in the API contracts.

Application life cycle

As long as your application has access to the live environment, you will also have access to the Sandbox environment. When you update your application, you should use this to verify that your application still functions properly.

Development instances

Any instance of the application built or deployed for development or testing purposes should be restricted from calling the live API servers and also from consuming webhook notifications delivered by the live API servers.

Swagger

The operations available in the API can be viewed and tested on the Sandbox Swagger page.

https://sandbox.avinode.com/swagger/AvinodeGroup.jsp?urls.primaryName=Avinode

JSON input and output format

The Swagger page has information about the JSON format returned by all the available API operations and also the the JSON format expected by any POST and PUT operation. The Request body – Edit Value section shows the JSON code and the Model tab displays more detailed information about each JSON property.

Testing API operations

The Swagger page can be used to make test calls to the API operations available on the Sandbox. By entering the API Token and the Authorization Token in the form at the top of the page and any operation’s required input, the operation can be called and the Swagger page will display the response.

Please note; on the Swagger page the Authorization Token should be entered with the ‘Bearer’ prefix.

Applications

Applications overview

The APIs can be used to power a number of different applications. This section has information about some of the most common applications and some best practices for how to implement them.

Seller: Availability upload

This is an application used by operators and marketing agents to automatically upload fleet availability information to the Avinode Marketplace. Having up to date availability information promotes the generation of high quality RFQs from the buyers in the Marketplace. This application is often integrated into fleet management software and ofter software used to keep track of aircraft movements and activities.

The Seller: Availability upload page has detailed information on how to implement this application.

Seller: Trip messaging

This is an application used by sellers to handle RFQs that buyers in the Marketplace send to them. When the seller handles the RFQs, the responses are automatically communicated to the buyers in the Marketplace. This application is often integrated into quoting tools and fleet management software.

The Seller: Trip messaging page has detailed information on how to implement this application.

End-client: Trip search

This is an application that a company makes available to their end-clients. The application offers the end-clients the possibility to find information about available lift for trips they are planning. The information can include aircraft details, flight times, estimated prices, etc. The end-client can then send a request to the company owning the application for the lift options that are of interest.

The End-client: Trip search page has detailed information on how to implement this application.

End-client: Trip search

This is an application that a company makes available to their end-clients. The application offers the end-clients the possibility to find information about available lift for trips they are planning. The information can include aircraft details, flight times, estimated prices, etc. The end-client can then request the lift options that are of interest. This information will be available as a lead in the Avinode Marketplace. The lead will have information about the trip the end-client is planning, the options the end-client has requested, and the end-client’s contact information. The company owning the app can then access the lead directly in the Avinode Marketplace and use all the Marketplace features to find a suitable solution for the end-client.

Application specifics

Application parts

This application is implemented in one or more front ends, and in most cases, also includes a back end. Front ends are, in most cases, web interfaces on the company’s web site or native mobile apps. The back end can be implemented with any technology preferred by the company, for example, Java, .NET, PHP, Python, Ruby, Go, etc. Using a back end is recommended and required if the front end is a web interface. For a native mobile app it would be possible for a front end to just communicate directly with the Avinode API servers.

Searchable aircraft

The information presented to the end-client can be based on all aircraft available in the Avinode Marketplace or a subset of these. Brokers implementing this application usually base the information on all aircraft, while operators usually base the information on their own fleet.

Workflow

This diagram describes the basic workflow of the application.

Find airports

The Airport API can be used to create features enabling the end-client to find airports by entering airport or city names. The Airport API also returns the airport codes that are required when calling other API operations.

The application can use a different source for airport information. However, this may increases the risk of errors if that source has some airport code information that does not match the airport code information available through the API services.

This page contains more information about how to use the Airport search operation.

GET /airports/search

Find trip options

The end-client specifies trip details like airports, dates and times. The application then calls the aircraft search API service and presents the result as options to the end-client.

This page contains more information about how to implement this.

End-client: Find trip options

Send booking request

The end-client reviews the options, selects one or more of these, and sends a booking request.

This page contains more information about how to implement this.

End-client: Send booking request

Restrictions

Data displayed to the end-client

Without explicit approval from Avinode, any information that can easily identify operators may not be displayed to the end-client.

Storing data returned from the API operations

The application may only store data that is required to complete the business transaction with the end-client. So, for example, if the APIs returned information for 100 aircraft and the end-client makes a request for 2 of these, then any information about the other 98 aircraft may not be stored in the application’s back-end storage.

Implementation check list

All items on this check list must be true in order for an application of this type to be allowed to call the live Avinode Marketplace environment.

The application does not display any information to the end-client that easily can identify any operators.
The application does not store any data related to options that aren’t requested by the end-client.

Seller: Availability upload

This is an application that can be used by operators and marketing agents to automatically upload aircraft availability information to the Avinode Marketplace. Each aircraft marketed in the Avinode Marketplace has a schedule and this schedule contains information about the aircraft’s activities like passenger flights, ferry flights, maintenance etc. Each activity holds information about the start time and position of the aircraft and also the end time and position. This information is then used by various functions in the Avinode Marketplace.

This application is often integrated into fleet management software and other software used to keep track of aircraft movements and activities. The majority of the fleet management software used by professionals in the charter jet market has the ability to automatically send availability data to the Avinode Marketplace through an application like this.

Application specifics

Complete schedules

A complete schedule must be sent in each call. Any schedule data that exist in the Avinode Marketplace before the call, and that is not included in the call, will be removed.

Continuous

A schedule is ideally continuous. That means that the start airport of one activity is the same airport as the end airport of the previous activity. It is possible to upload a schedule that isn’t continuous, but this might affect the Marketplace’s ability to show and use the correct availability for that aircraft.

Overlapping

Activities that overlap in time should be avoided. However sending an activity that starts the exact same time as the previous ends is OK. It is possible to upload overlapping activities, but this might affect the Marketplace’s ability to show and use the correct availability for that aircraft.

Time gaps

Time gaps between the activities are OK. So the start time of one activity does not have to be right after end time of the previous activity. If there is a time gap between two activities, the Marketplace will consider the aircraft to be on-ground available at the end airport of the first activity during this gap.

Schedule time span

In addition to sending all future activities, the uploaded data should also at least contain the most recent activity that has an end time in the past. This to ensure that the current position of the aircraft is always known. An easier approach might be to always send, for example, one month of the most recent historical data in each call and hopefully this data will contain at least one activity that ends in the past.

Empty leg marketing

It is possible to upload activities that will be automatically published as empty legs in the Avinode Marketplace. Providing additional marketing information for these empty legs makes them more attractive to potential buyers.

Call frequency

The service should be called on a regular interval. The recommended frequency is to send data for each aircraft once every 5 minutes. If the call frequency is configurable in the calling software it should not be possible to configure this to send more frequently than once every 5 minutes. The Avinode Marketplace informs buyers how fresh the schedule data is so the service should be called regularly without long periods of not sending data.

TripId

It is highly recommended to send the tripId (lift id) from each quote request, with the corresponding booked trip activity in the availability upload. This is done to get valuable statistics on which requests end up as a booked trip. More information about how to implement this is found on the PUT /schedules operation page.

Implementation

The application uploads schedule information by periodically calling the PUT /schedules operation for each of the aircraft in the operator’s fleet. More information about how to implement this operation is found on the PUT /schedules operation page.

Handling multiple API connections

Important! Most applications of this type must be able to handle multiple API connections. Here are the recommended best practices.

Each company using the application should be able to specify their own default API connection by entering its authorization token. The application will use this API connection when uploading availability data for this company’s aircraft.
For each aircraft, a separate API connection can be specified. If this is set, it will override the company’s default API connection and be used when uploading availability data for this specific aircraft. The reason for this is, that it is not uncommon that one company can have aircraft that are marketed in different company accounts in the Avinode Marketplace.

Implementation check list

All items on this check list must be true in order for an application of this type to be allowed to call the live Avinode Marketplace environment.

Sent schedule data does not contain activities older than one month.
Sent schedule data contains at least one activity that ends in the past.
Schedules are sent on a regular interval (e.g. once every 5 minutes).
Users cannot configure call frequency so schedules are sent more frequently than once every 5 minutes.
In each consecutive call the same activity has the same activity id.
All times are sent in UTC.
Marketing information is only sent for empty leg activities.
Verified flag in the marketing information is set only if someone has manually marked the empty leg as marketable.
Each company using the software can specify their own API connection and this is used in API calls related to this company.
A specific aircraft can use a different API connection than the company’s default API connection.
There is no retry logic in place generating additional calls if the call is unsuccessful.
The users of the application can see the status of the latest call for each aircraft and see any messages returned by the service in that call.

Seller: Trip messaging

Buyers use the Avinode Marketplace to find suitable aircraft for their customers’ trips. Buyers normally send request for quotes (RFQs) to multiple sellers for each trip. The sellers can use the online Avinode Marketplace to respond to these RFQs. Using an application like this, the RFQs can be downloaded into the application which can be used as an external quoting tool. The seller can then create a quote in the application and send it to the buyer by uploading it back to the Avinode Marketplace. Alternatively, the RFQ can be declined if the seller has no availability for this trip or can’t perform it for some other reason.

This application can be used by sellers (i.e. operators and marketing agents).

This application is implemented in many of the existing software tools used by sellers to keep track of their aviation charter requests.

Data model

This data model shows the top level seller trip messaging related objects and their relationships. It should be used when storing this type of data. This model enables the buyer and seller to use messages to communicate with each other to share information and ask and answer any questions that may arise around this trip. It also enables the seller to, not only respond to the actual requested lift, but to also add additional quotes for alternate aircraft or routes.

RFQ

An RFQ is what a buyer sends to the seller when they want to ask for quotes for a specific trip. It contains information about who the buyer is and the itinerary of the trip. One RFQ can:

have zero to many messages
have zero to many lifts
have zero to many quotes
get additional message, lift and quote objects over time.

Lift

Each lift represents something the buyer has specifically asked to get a quote for. It can be an actual aircraft (i.e. a tail number) , a type (e.g. Falcon 7X) or a category (e.g. Heavy Jet). One lift can:

have zero to many quotes
only belong to one RFQ
be associated to zero or one empty leg. Either it has an empty leg object or it doesn’t. This cannot change over time.

Empty Leg

A lift can be associated to an empty leg that the seller previously have published in the Avinode Marketplace. This indicates that the buyer would like to utilize this empty leg for this trip. One empty leg can:

be associated to zero to many lift. These lift objects can be lift objects belonging to separate RFQs.

Message

A message is a text message from either the buyer or the seller. It contains information about when the message was added and by which person at what company. A message can:

only belong to one RFQ.

Quote

Quotes are offers that the seller has communicated to the buyer. A quote contains information about what kind of lift the quote is for, the itinerary (may differ from the requested itinerary in the RFQ) and the price offered to the buyer. A quote may be “Avinode Generated”. This means that Avinode has used the aircraft performance and pricing information, provided by the seller, to generate a quote on behalf of the seller. A quote can:

belong to one RFQ or belong to one lift

NEW! Canceled trip

A buyer has the possibility to cancel a trip. The seller will then be notified that the RFQ has been updated/canceled. A canceled request cannot be responded to, so this should be highlighted to the user, saving them from quoting trips that are no longer valid. Read more about retrieving RFQs in the following section.

Retrieving RFQs

The application subscribes to webhook notifications and is notified when there is a new RFQ available or when an RFQ has been updated. The application then downloads the RFQ information by calling the appropriate API operations.

These pages contains more information about how to implement this.

In order for an application to be allowed to download RFQs, it must also upload responses back to the Avinode Marketplace.

Responding to RFQs

The seller can then respond to the RFQ by uploading quotes. Alternatively the seller can decline the RFQ or parts of it.

This page contains more information about how to implement this.

Seller: Respond to RFQ

Applications used by multiple companies

Important! Applications handling trip messaging for multiple company accounts needs to be able to handle multiple API connections. Here is the recommended best practice.

Each company using the application should be able to specify their own API connection by entering its authorization token. The application will use this API connection when creating or updating webhooks, handling notifications, retrieving RFQs, and responding to RFQs for this company.

Implementation check list

All items on this check list must be true in order for an application of this type to be allowed to call the live Avinode Marketplace environment.

The application uploads RFQ responses.
All items on the implementation check lists on these pages are true.

Empty Leg Search

Service description

This service can be used to find and retrieve information about empty legs marketed in the Avinode Marketplace.

Operations

POST /emptylegs/search

This operation can be used to find empty legs that could be of interest given the input parameters sent to the operation. The input can be a start airport and/or an end airport along with a time span. The API algorithm tries to find empty legs available in that time span that can be of interest given the input parameters. So if the entered input is from Paris to Rome the API might return an empty leg from London to Rome since Paris is almost on that route.

The operator can in this case fly empty from London to Paris, pick up the passengers and fly them from Paris to Rome. The operator can then make some money on this otherwise non-profitable flight from London to Rome.

Similar matches are made if only the start airport or only the end airport is specified in the input. For example if the start airport is in San Fransisco and no end airport is specified, then an empty leg from Los Angeles to New York can be returned since it is a relatively short distance between Los Angeles and San Fransisco compared with the total distance of the empty leg.

Order

The results are returned in the order where the empty leg that the service considers to be the best match is returned at the top of the response.

POST /emptylegs/watches

This operation can be used to create subscriptions (a.k.a. watches) for empty legs. The subscription contains information about airports or regions. When an empty leg matching the subscription settings is created or updated in the Avinode Marketplace, a notification will be sent to the remote system holding the subscription. A subscription can for example be for all empty legs from Spain to the United States. This subscription will not use the advanced matching algorithm that the POST /emptylegs/search operation does. It will only consider empty legs exactly matching the subscription.

This page contains more information about how to implement this:

POST /emptylegs/watches

GET /emptylegs/watches/{id}

This operation can be used to get information about the subscription with the given id.

PUT /emptylegs/watches/{id}

This operation can be used to update the settings for the subscription with the given id. It can also be used to inactivate the subscription.

GET /emptylegs/watches/{id}/getall

This operation can be used to initiate notifications for all existing empty legs matching the subscription settings of the subscription with the given id. This operation should only be used once initially when a subscription is set up to get information about the existing empty legs.

POST /emptylegs/touch

This operation must under certain conditions be used to report back to Avinode that an empty leg has been viewed. For example if the APIs power an empty leg list on a web page and a visitor to the web page clicks an empty leg to view more information about it.

GET /emptylegs/{id}

This operation can be used to get information about a specific empty leg. A reference to this operation is included in the payload of an empty leg notification.

This page contains more information about how to use the operation

GET /emptylegs/{id}

Price information

There are two fields in the response that contains price information. The prices are estimates of what it would cost to fly from the start airport to the end airport specified in the empty leg. Costs for potential positioning flight are not included.

price

This will only be returned if the seller of the empty leg has explicitly set a price for the empty leg or if they have provided Avinode with a special empty leg pricing profile that is used to give an estimated price.

calculatedPrice

This is a price calculated with the pricing profile that the operator has provided to Avinode for calculating normal charter requests. This price should only be used as a rough indication of what the final price could be.

startDate and endDate

In some cases the seller of the empty leg provides Avinode with their actual scheduled departure and arrival times of the flight. In other cases they provide a wider period of time that they consider to be the marketing window where this empty leg can be used. The startDate and endDate fields contain the times that the operator has provided. If the time span between startDate and endDate is close to what it would take to fly from startAirport to endAirport (see the flightTime field) then it is most likely the actual scheduled departure and arrival times. If the time span is significantly longer (e.g. double the flight time or more) then the startDate and endDate are probably the start and end of the empty leg’s marketing window. If the startDate and endDate refers to a marketing window it less likely that the empty leg can be utilized for a flight outside these times. If the startDate and endDate refers to actual scheduled departure and arrival times then it is more likely that the seller can adjust the departure time to accommodate a flight close in time to the provided times.

brokered

Brokered empty legs are empty legs where seller of the empty leg is a broker and not the operator or an, by Avinode, approved marketing agent of the aircraft.

Settings

The API connection used to call the service have settings that can change the behavior of the service.

Aircraft and operator information

A special setting is needed in order for the service to return information that can identify the operator or the company marketing the empty leg. With this set the aircraft tail number, the name of the company marketing the empty leg and AOC information will be returned in the result. This setting will only be enabled for use cases that are approved by Avinode.

Abuse

Calling the service in any repetitive or automated fashion to collect empty leg information is not allowed.

Use cases

Use cases overview

Seller: Download RFQ

As a seller, I want to download RFQ information to my application

This use case should be implemented when the seller wants to view RFQs in the application.

The Seller: Download RFQ page has detailed information how to implement this use case.

Seller: Respond to RFQ

As a seller, I want to respond to an RFQ

This use case should be implemented when the seller wants to respond to an RFQ.

The Seller: Respond to RFQ page has detailed information how to implement this use case.

End-client: Find trip options

As an end-client, I want to find options for my trip

This use case should be implemented when the end-client wants to find and view available options for a trip.

The End-client: Find trip options page has detailed information how to implement this use case.

Seller: Download RFQ

As a seller, I want to be notified about new RFQs and download them to my application

This use case should be implemented when the seller wants to view RFQs in the application. The relationships between the different types of data in this use case is described on the Seller trip messaging page.

Webhooks and notifications

To be notified of each new, updated or canceled RFQ in the application, it should implement a webhook and subscribe to trip messages. The webhook endpoint will receive notifications continuously as soon as you get a new quote request, or whenever there are changes made to an existing RFQ. Read more about how to set up webhooks on the Webhooks and notifications page and about how to subscribe to buyer message notifications here.

Get information about a new RFQ

The application should complete the following 4 steps when downloading RFQ related data for an RFQ that has not been previously downloaded.

1 – Get basic RFQ details

The GET /rfqs/{id} operation is called to get the basic RFQ details. The RFQ always contains:

sellerCompany – Information about the company that this RFQ was sent to.
buyerCompany – Information about the company that created this RFQ.
buyerAccount – Information about the person that created this RFQ
segments – Information about the requested itinerary.
tripId – This is the id of the requested trip. This id should be stored and sent in the availability upload to Avinode, see the Seller: Availability upload page.

The RFQ may also contain:

links.tripmsgs – One or more text messages related to this RFQ.
sellerLift – Information about what specific lift the buyer has requested.
NEW! canceled – If the trip has been canceled by the buyer, this property will be set to true. The request cannot be responded to in this state.

If the RFQ contains requested lift, then each requested lift may contain:

sellerLift.links.quotes – Quotes for this lift.
sellerLift.links.emptylegs – Empty legs related to this lift. This exists if the buyer has requested an empty leg.

The GET /rfqs/{id} page has more information about the data returned by this operation.

2 – Get RFQ text messages

The GET /tripmsgs/{id} operation is then called to get the details of each text message (links.tripmsgs). For each text message the following information always exist:

sellerCompany – Information about the company that this message was sent to. For this use case this will always be the same as the sellerCompany in the RFQ.
buyerCompany – Information about the company that created this message. For this use case this will always be the same as the buyerCompany in the RFQ.
buyerAccount – Information about the person that created this message. This can be a different person than the person that created the RFQ.
message – The text message.

The GET /tripmsgs/{id} page has more information about the data returned by this operation.

3 – Get quotes for requested lifts

The GET /quotes/{id} operation is then called to get the details of each quote (sellerLift.links.quotes). The GET /quotes/{id} page has more information about the data returned by this operation.

4 – Get information about requested empty legs

The GET /emptylegs/{id} operation is then called to get the details of any requested empty legs (sellerLift.links.emptylegs). The GET /emptylegs/{id} page has more information about the data returned by this operation.

Get information about an updated RFQ

If the application calls the GET /rfqs/{id} operation for an RFQ that has previously been downloaded, then it should look for the following updates:

sellerLift – Additional lift requested by the buyer.
sellerLift.links.quotes – If additional lift has been requested, then these may have quotes.
sellerLift.links.emptylegs – If additional lift has been requested, then these may be requests for empty legs.
tripmsgs – Additional text messages related to this RFQ.
NEW! canceled – If the trip has been canceled by the buyer, this property will be set to true. The request cannot be responded to in this state.

Implementation check list

All items on this check list must be true in order for an application implementing this use case to be allowed to call the live Avinode Marketplace environment.

The application can handle responses from the GET /rfqs/{id} operation containing multiple sellerLift (i.e. the buyer has requested quotes for more than one of the sellers aircraft for this trip).
The application can handle downloading an RFQ that previously have been downloaded.
Quotes are downloaded and presented to the user.
Messages from the buyer are downloaded and presented to the user.

Seller: Respond to RFQ

As a seller, I want to respond to an RFQ

This use case should be implemented when the seller wants to respond to an RFQ. The application should use the different actions that was returned when the RFQ was downloaded with the GET /rfqs/{id} operation.

Quote a specific requested lift

The application should call the sellerLift.actions.submitQuote action.

Decline a specific requested lift

The application should call the sellerLift.actions.decline action.

Add an additional quote

The application should call the actions.submitQuote action.

Decline the entire RFQ

The application should call the actions.decline action.

Action input

All submit quote actions should used the input described on the POST /tripmsgs/{requestId}/submitQuote page.
All decline actions should used the input described on the POST /tripmsgs/{requestId}/decline page.

Best practice

For each RFQ the seller should ideally at least complete one of these.

Answer all requested lift by either calling the sellerLift.actions.submitQuote action or the sellerLift.actions.decline action.
Decline entire RFQ by calling the actions.decline action.

As long as the seller hasn’t completed this, the buyer will see this RFQ as unanswered or partially unanswered. So the buyer would still expect more information from the seller.

Implementation check list

All items on this check list must be true in order for an application implementing this use case to be allowed to call the live Avinode Marketplace environment.

The application enables the user to quote or decline all of the lift requested by the buyer.

End-client: Find trip options

As an end-client, I want to find options for my trip

This use case should be implemented when the end-client wants to find and view available options for a trip.

Search for available options

The application should call the POST /searches operation with details about the trip itinerary and potentially also other criteria like what type of aircraft is of interest etc. The operation then evaluates different routing options for all available aircraft in the Avinode Marketplace, calculates estimated prices, etc. The operation then returns the full result, or optionally, it can return results aggregated on for example an aircraft type level. More information about available input parameters, and what can be included in the output, is described on the POST /searches page.

End-client: Send booking request

As an end-client, I want to create a booking request

This use case should be implemented when the end-client wants to create a booking request. The booking request will be available as a lead in the Avinode Marketplace for the company owning the API connection that was used.

Create booking request

The application should call the POST /leads operation with details about what the end-client has requested, and also the end-client’s contact information.

Aircraft booking request

In order to create a booking request for a specific aircraft, the end-client must have selected one or more aircraft from the trip options available in the result created in the End-client: Find trip options use case.

Aircraft type or aircraft category booking request

If the end-client has been presented with options on a aircraft type och aircraft category level, a booking request can be created for one or more aircraft types or aircraft categories. For example, the end-client can create a booking request for a light jet.

Webhooks and notifications

Webhooks

An application can use webhooks to subscribe to different kinds of notifications. The application must have an online service that can receive the notifications. A webhook is always set up for a specific company account and will only generate notifications for that company.

Subscribing

Subscribing to notifications for a particular company account is done by calling one of these operations, using an API connection set up for this company.

POST /webhooks/settings operation to create a new active webhook.
PUT /webhooks/settings/{id} operation to activate an existing, previously deactivated webhook.

Unsubscribing

Unsubscribing to notifications is done by calling this operation.

PUT /webhooks/settings/{id} operation to deactivate the webhook

Notification categories

A webhook subscribes to a notification category. For each category, different types of notifications can be sent.

Buyer message notifications

If a seller subscribes to this notification category, the seller will receive a notification each time a buyer has sent some kind of communication to the seller. More information can be found on the Buyer message notifications page.

Seller message notifications

If a buyer subscribes to this notification category, the buyer will receive a notification each time a seller has sent some kind of communication to the buyer. More information can be found on the Seller message notifications page.

Empty leg notifications

When subscribing to this notification category, a notification will be sent each time an empty leg, matching a watch, is created, updated, or deleted. More information can be found on the Empty leg notifications page.

Notification delivery

When the webhook is triggered by an event, a notification will be delivered to the application’s online service. The notification is a JSON message sent in an HTTPS POST call to the URL specified in the webhook settings. The API servers will repeatedly try to deliver the notification to the application’s service until the notification has been consumed successfully. However, if the service has not successfully consumed it after 48 hours, the API servers will stop trying to deliver it.

Payload format

The consuming service must be able to handle that additional JSON properties can be added at any time. Existing JSON properties will however not be changed. More detailed information about the payload format can be found on each notification category page.

Consuming the notification

To report that the notification has been successfully consumed, the service must reply with an HTTP 200 code. The service should consume the call as quickly as possible. If the notification delivery times out before the remote system has responded, the notification will be considered undelivered and it will be rescheduled for delivery at a later time. So ideally, the service consuming the notification will just save it and immediately end the call by responding with an HTTP 200 code. The service consuming notifications must also be designed to be able to consume multiple parallel notification calls.

Handling the notification

After the notification has been consumed, the application can execute any business logic to handle the notification.

Authentication

It is recommend that the service is set up to authenticate the incoming notification calls. Two types of authentication are supported.

OAuth

An OAuth key and OAuth secret is set up in the webhook settings. From these an OAuth signature is generated sent along with each notification call. The method used to generate the OAuth signature is described on this page.

https://dev.twitter.com/oauth/overview/creating-signatures

Basic HTTP Authentication

A username and password is set up in the webhook settings. These are formatted according to the Basic HTTP Authentication method and sent along with each notification call.

Applications used by multiple companies

Applications handling webhook notifications for multiple company accounts needs to be able to handle multiple webhooks and the notifications generated by these. Here are the recommended best practices.

Each company using the application should be able to specify their own API connection by entering its authorization token. The application will use this API connection when creating and updating webhooks for this company.
There are two options available for the service to be able to determine for which company a notification is received.
- The application uses different clientIdentifiers for each company’s webhook.
- The application uses different targetURIs for each company’s webhook.
When the application has determined for which company a notification has been received, it will use this company’s API connection in any API calls made while handling the notification.

Implementation check list

All items on this check list must be true in order for an application to be allowed to subscribe to and consume webhook notifications from the live environment.

When a webhook notification is received, the service will return its response as quickly as possible.
The service can consume and handle multiple parallel, and even potentially identical, webhook notifications.
The application does not break if a previously unknown notification type is received.
The application must be able to handle that additional JSON properties can be added to notification messages at any time.

Empty leg notifications

When subscribing to this notification category, the application will receive different types of notifications related to events concerning empty legs.

Currently only one type of empty leg notification exist, but in the future additional types may exist.

Empty legs

Notifications of this type are sent for empty legs matching any of the empty leg watches set up for the company. These events will trigger a notification.

A new empty leg is published in the Avinode Marketplace.
An empty leg, previously published in the Avinode Marketplace, is updated.
An empty leg is unpublished from the Avinode Marketplace.

After this notification has been consumed, the GET /emptylegs/{id} operation can be called to get the empty leg details. The GET /emptylegs/{id} page has more information on how to get empty leg details. The operation will return a HTTP 404 if the empty leg has been unpublished by the seller.

The application should always use the URL provided in the notification payload when getting the empty leg details.

Example of the payload of the notification

{
  "id":"el-123456789",
  "href":"https://services.avinode.com/api/emptylegs/el-123456789",
  "type":"emptylegs"
}

Seller message notifications

Trip messages

If the buyer subscribes to this notification category, the buyer will receive a notification each time a seller has sent some kind of communication to the buyer. Currently only one type of seller message notification exist, but in the future additional types may exist.

Notifications of this type are sent when:

A seller has submitted a quote.
A seller has declined an RFQ.
A seller has added a message to an RFQ.

After this notification has been consumed, the application can download the trip message information by calling the GET /tripmsgs/{id} operation.

The application should always use the URL provided in the notification payload when downloading the information.

Example of the payload of the notification

{
  "id": "asellermsg-12345678",
  "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellermsg-12345678",
  "type": "tripmsgs"
}

Buyer message notifications

If the seller subscribes to this notification category, the seller will receive a notification each time a buyer has sent some kind of communication to the seller. Currently only one type of buyer message notification exist, but in the future additional types may exist.

RFQs

Notifications of this type are sent when:

A new RFQ has been created for the seller.
An existing RFQ has been updated with additional information.
New! The buyer sent a new text message to the seller.
An existing RFQ has been canceled by the buyer.

After this notification has been consumed, the application can download the RFQ information as described in the Seller download RFQ use case.

The application should always use the URL provided in the notification payload when downloading the RFQ.

If the buyer sent a new text message, the application can download it by calling the GET /tripmsgs/{id} operation using the buyer message URL provided in the RFQ.

Example of the notification payload when an RFQ is updated

{
  "id": "arfq-12345678",
  "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/rfqs/arfq-12345678",
  "type": "rfqs"
}

API operations

Airports

GET /airports/search

This operation can be used in for example an airport lookup widget. If the the widget runs in a non web based front-end application (e.g. native mobile app or desktop application) the operation can be called directly from the application. However if the widget is on a web page displayed in a browser then this service cannot be called directly from the widget because of browser cross-domain restrictions. The call would then have to be relayed through the server hosting the web page. The total call time will of course be longer in this case, so this setup is not recommended for web page based widgets that makes calls to this service in the background as the user types the search criteria. For web page based airport lookup widgets, with this kind of behavior, we recommend that the application instead uses airport data locally available in the application’s back-end.

Abuse

Calling the service in any repetitive or automated fashion to collect airport information is not allowed.

Input

filter	filter The filter input parameter can be used to send a string of text to the operation. The string of text must be at least 3 characters long. The operation will return airports where the string of text can be found in the airport’s name, city, country or any of the keywords associated with the airport. The airport information is in English but some keywords have been added to certain airports to enable lookup using native names etc. For example the keyword “москва” is associated with the Moscow airports in Russia and “münchen” is associated with the Munich airports in Germany.
maxDistance	maxDistance The maxDistance parameter is specified in nautical miles (NM) and the latitude and longitude parameters in degrees (°). If this parameter is not specified, the default value of 500 NM will be used.
latitude	latitude Decimal form (e.g. -74.0608).
longitude	longitude Decimal form (e.g. -74.0608).
heli optional	heli optional The heli parameter specifies if the output should contain heliports. If this parameter is not specified, the heliports will be omitted from the output.
military optional	military optional The military parameter specifies if the output should contain airports that are classified as military airports. If this parameter is not specified, the military airports will be included in the output.
page[number] and page[size] optional	page[number] and page[size] optional By default the service returns the first 30 results. This can be changed by specifying the page[number] and page[size] input parameters. The returned pagination object holds some useful information. totalCount – The total number of airports matching the input criteria. pageNumber – The requested page. Use the page[number] input parameter to request a certain page. If no page number is specified the operation returns page 0, which is the first page. batchSize – The requested page[size]. The default value is 30 and the max value is 100.
position optional	position optional Requesting this will add information about the airport’s longitude and latitude.
classification optional	classification optional Requesting this will return information about the airport classification in the airportType output property, and what kind of landing facility it is in the landingFacility output property.

Output

The results are returned in order of popularity. The most popular airport is returned at the top of the response. The popularity is based on usage data from the Avinode Marketplace.

When searching on Geo-location, it’s worth noting that the size of the search area set by the maxDistance parameter, might affect the top results more than just changing the Geo-location parameters.

airportType	airportType This holds information about the airport classification. Valid values for the code property in airportType are CIVIL, MILITARY, JOINT, NON_STANDARD and UNKNOWN.
landingFacility	landingFacility This holds information about what kind of landing facility this is. Valid values for the code property in landingFacility are AIRPORT, HELIPAD, SEAPLANE_BASE and UNKNOWN.

Definition

GET /airports/search

GET /airport/{id}

This operation can be used to get information for an airport. This operation is mostly used when an airport is returned in some other API operation and additional information about the airport needs to be retrieved.

Abuse

Calling the service in any repetitive or automated fashion to collect airport information is not allowed.

Input

id	id The id input parameter accepts both the NumericId format (e.g. “aport-5948”) and the plain number format (e.g. “5948”). The preferred way is to use the NumericId format.
position optional	position optional Requesting this will add information about the airport’s longitude and latitude.

Definition

GET /airport/{id}

Empty legs

GET /emptylegs/{id}

This operation is used to get information about an empty leg that has been published in the Avinode Marketplace.

Input

id	id This is the id of the empty leg that the operation will get information for.
liftaoc optional	liftaoc optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the operator’s AOC.
sellerstats optional	sellerstats optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about the seller’s response statistics.
typedetails optional	typedetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include detailed information about the aircraft type.
categorydetails optional	categorydetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include detailed information about the aircraft category.
typephotos optional	typephotos optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include links to generic photos of the aircraft type.
tailphotos optional	tailphotos optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include links to photos of the actual aircraft.
perfdetails optional	perfdetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the aircraft’s performance details.
taildetails optional	taildetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include additional information about the aircraft.
amenities optional	amenities optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about the aircraft’s amenities.
safety optional	safety optional Requesting this will add information about the operator’s safety ratings.
insurance optional	insurance optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include insurance information for the aircraft.
homebase optional	homebase optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the aircraft’s homebase airport.
flighttime optional	flighttime optional When requesting this, the result will also include information related to the flight time and distance of this empty leg.

Definition

GET /emptylegs/{id}

Output

Here is an example of the response from a successful call to this operation.

lift.aircraftCategory	lift.aircraftCategory This is the category of the aircraft that this empty leg was published for.
lift.aircraftType	lift.aircraftType This is the type of the aircraft that this empty leg was published for.
lift.aircraftTail	lift.aircraftTail This is the tail number of the specific aircraft that this empty leg was published for.
lift.maxPax	lift.maxPax This is the maximum number of passengers for the aircraft that this empty leg was published for.
lift.ownAircraft	lift.ownAircraft This is true if the empty leg was published for an aircraft that is marketed by the company calling this operation.
price.price, price.currency	price.price, price.currency This is the price the seller of this empty leg has entered. It should be considered a preliminary price.
price.convertedPrice, price.conversionCurrency	price.convertedPrice, price.conversionCurrency This is the price converted to the preferred currency of the API connection calling this operation.
startAirport, endAirport	startAirport, endAirport This is the start airport and the end airport for this empty leg.
startDate, endDate	startDate, endDate In some cases the seller of the empty leg provides Avinode with their actual scheduled departure and arrival times of the flight. In other cases they provide a wider period of time that they consider to be the marketing window where this empty leg can be used. The startDate and endDate fields contain the times that the operator has provided. If the time span between startDate and endDate is close to what it would take to fly from startAirport to endAirport, then it is most likely the actual scheduled departure and arrival times. If the time span is significantly longer (e.g. double the flight time or more), then the startDate and endDate are probably the start and end of the empty leg’s marketing window. If the startDate and endDate refers to a marketing window, it is less likely that the empty leg can be utilized for a flight outside these times. If the startDate and endDate refers to actual scheduled departure and arrival times, then it is more likely that the seller can adjust the departure time to accommodate a flight close in time to the provided times.
brokered	brokered This is true if the empty leg isn’t published by the the company marketing the aircraft in the Avinode Marketplace. Only the company that has a valid AOC for the aircraft or a company with a signed marketing agreement with the AOC holder can market the aircraft in the Avinode Marketplace. Buyer’s of brokered empty legs are recommended to preform the necessary steps to verify the validity of the empty leg.
sellerCompany	sellerCompany This is the company that has published the empty leg in the Avinode Marketplace.
sellerVerified	sellerVerified This is true if the seller has verified that this empty leg is available for charter.
ownEmptyLeg	ownEmptyLeg This is true if the empty leg was published by the company calling this operation.

Response

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "el-123456",
    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/emptylegs/el-123456",
    "type": "emptylegs",
    "lift": {
      "id": "91D2C1E0-E8FC-47AB-84C5-9778BDF44CBC",
      "links": {
        "emptylegs": [
          {
            "id": "el-123456",
            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/emptylegs/el-123456",
            "type": "emptylegs"
          }
        ]
      },
      "aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
      "aircraftType": "Global Express",
      "aircraftTail": "SE-123A",
      "maxPax": 12,
      "ownAircraft": true
    },
    "price": {
      "currency": "EUR",
      "price": 40000,
      "conversionCurrency": "USD",
      "convertedPrice": 44128
    },
    "startAirport": {
      "id": "aport-6310",
      "name": "DUBAI INTL",
      "city": "DUBAI",
      "country": {
        "code": "AE",
        "name": "United Arab Emirates"
      },
      "icao": "OMDB",
      "iata": "DXB"
    },
    "endAirport": {
      "id": "aport-3915",
      "name": "INDIRA GANDHI INTL",
      "city": "DELHI (NEW DELHI)",
      "country": {
        "code": "IN",
        "name": "India"
      },
      "icao": "VIDP",
      "iata": "DEL"
    },
    "startDate": {
      "dateTimeUTC": "2016-10-24T06:00:00Z",
      "dateTimeLocal": "2016-10-24T10:00:00+04:00"
    },
    "endDate": {
      "dateTimeUTC": "2016-10-24T15:30:00Z",
      "dateTimeLocal": "2016-10-24T21:00:00+05:30"
    },
    "brokered": false,
    "sellerCompany": {
      "id": "16D90630-7344-4A73-9689-8A10CE5E6ABC",
      "displayName": "Globex Air Charter"
    },
    "sellerVerified": true,
    "ownEmptyLeg": true
  }
}

POST /emptylegs/watches

This operation is used to create empty leg watches. Creating a watch is a way to subscribe to empty legs that meet the criteria set up in the watch.

By default, an empty leg must meet all the criteria defined in the watch properties in order to be a match. However, for some properties, if any of the criteria within that property is met, the criterion for that base property is considered to be met. Properties like this have information about this in the property descriptions below.

Read more about the empty leg notification payload here, and how to setup the webhook settings to receive the notifications here.

Input

uniqueName	uniqueName A name for this watch. All watches set up for one member company must have unique names.
active	active If this watch should trigger notifications, or not.
watchedSegments	watchedSegments A list of segments for this watch. Se Watched segments section below for more information about possible values for this property.
watchedSegments.start, watchedSegments.end	watchedSegments.start, watchedSegments.end The start and end airport or region for this segment.
priced	priced If the watch should only consider empty legs with a price.
verified	verified If the watch should only consider empty legs with that have been verified for charter.
lifts, lifts.aircraftCategory	lifts, lifts.aircraftCategory A list of fixed wing aircraft categories. This criterion is considered met if any of the specified categories is a match to the lift of the empty leg. This property should be omitted if the watch should not filter on aircraft category.
daysOut optional	daysOut optional If this is specified, then the watch will only consider empty legs that are within this number of days into the future. If an empty leg is created and the departure time is 10 days into the future, a watch with daysOut = 7 will not immediately trigger a notification. However, three days later, when the empty leg is within the daysOut span, the notification will be triggered.

Watched segments

This is the list of segments for this watch. At least one segment should be specified. Each segment has a start and an end. Both the start and end can be specified by defining either an airport or a region.

airport	airport Specifying an airport should be done by sending one airport code. The recommended code to send is the ICAO code. If the application calling this operation does not have access to the ICAO code then the IATA or FAA code should be sent.
icaoPrefix	icaoPrefix A region can be specified by a valid ICAO prefix. For example “M” for Central America or “EG” for United Kingdom.
countryCode	countryCode A region can be specified by a country code (2 letter ISO).
provinceCode	provinceCode A region can be specified by a province code. Currently only US states and Canadian provinces are supported.

Definition

POST /emptylegs/watches

Response

The calling application should make sure to store the returned data.id. This id must be used when updating or inactivating this watch.

{
	"uniqueName": "London to Arizona, US or Antartica",
	"active": true,
	"watchedSegments": [{
		"start": {
			"airport": {
				"icao": "EGGW"
			}
		},
		"end": {
			"provinceCode": "AZ",
			"countryCode": "US"
		}
	},
	{
		"start": {
			"airport": {
				"icao": "EGGW"
			}
		},
		"end": {
			"countryCode": "AQ"
		}
	},
	{
		"start": {
			"airport": {
				"icao": "ESGG"
			}
		},
		"end": {
			"icaoPrefix": "M"
		}
	}
	],
	"priced": true,
	"verified": true,
	"lifts": [{
		"aircraftCategory": "Heavy Jet"
	   },
	   {
		"aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range"
	   }
	],
	"daysOut": 7
}

POST /emptylegs/search

This operation can be used to find empty legs that could be of interest given the input parameters sent to the operation. The input can be a start airport and/or an end airport along with a time span. The API algorithm tries to find empty legs available in that time span that can be of interest given the input parameters. So if the entered input is from Paris to Rome the API might return an empty leg from London to Rome since Paris is almost on that route.

The operator can in this case fly empty from London to Paris, pick up the passengers and fly them from Paris to Rome. The operator can then make some money on this otherwise non-profitable flight from London to Rome.

Similar matches are made if only the start airport or only the end airport is specified in the input. For example if the start airport is in San Fransisco and no end airport is specified, then an empty leg from Los Angeles to New York can be returned since it is a relatively short distance between Los Angeles and San Fransisco compared with the total distance of the empty leg.

Input

Optional values

amenities, calculatedprice, categorydetails, flighttime, homebase, insurance, liftaoc, perfdetails, safety, sellercontactinfo, sellerstats, taildetails, tailphotos, typedetails, typephotos

See detailed descriptions at GET /emptylegs/{id}

Payload

startAirport	startAirport The departure airport.
endAirport	endAirport The end airport.
date	date The date in format yyyy-mm-dd.
numberOfDaysFlexibility	numberOfDaysFlexibility The flight date flexibility in number of days.
requiredPartnerships	requiredPartnerships The unique name of any list of operator partnerships setup in Avinode. This will return flights only from these operators.
passengers	passengers The number of passengers.

Definition

POST /emptylegs/search

Input example

Here is an example of a JSON payload.

{
  "startAirport": {
    "icao": "UKBB",
    "iata": "",
    "faa": ""
  },
  "endAirport": {
    "icao": "LEBL",
    "iata": "",
    "faa": ""
  },
  "date": "2018-10-20",
  "numberOfDaysFlexibility": "0",
  "requiredPartnerships": ["My key operators"],
  "passengers": "1"
}

Output

results.id	results.id
results.href	results.href
results.type	results.type
results.startAirport	results.startAirport
results.endAirport	results.endAirport
results.startDate	results.startDate
results.endDate	results.endDate
results.brokered	results.brokered
results.sellerVerified	results.sellerVerified
results.ownEmptyLeg	results.ownEmptyLeg

Response

Here is an example of the response from a successful call to this operation.

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "asearch-27390358",
    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/searches/asearch-27390358",
    "type": "searches",
    "results": [
      {
        "id": "el-123456",
        "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/emptylegs/el-123456",
        "type": "emptylegs",
        "lift": {
          "id": "el-123456",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/emptylegs/el-123456",
          "type": "emptylegs",
          "links": {
            "emptylegs": [
              {
                "id": "el-123456",
                "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/emptylegs/el-123456",
                "type": "emptylegs"
              }
            ]
          },
          "aircraftCategory": "Light jet",
          "aircraftType": "Citation CJ4",
          "aircraftSuperType": "Citation CJ4",
          "maxPax": 9,
          "ownAircraft": false
        },
        "startAirport": {
          "id": "aport-659",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-659",
          "type": "airports",
          "name": "WEVELGEM",
          "city": "KORTRIJK WEVELGEM",
          "country": {
            "code": "BE",
            "name": "Belgium"
          },
          "icao": "EBKT",
          "iata": "KJK"
        },
        "endAirport": {
          "id": "aport-5872",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-5872",
          "type": "airports",
          "name": "MALAGA",
          "city": "MALAGA",
          "country": {
            "code": "ES",
            "name": "Spain"
          },
          "icao": "LEMG",
          "iata": "AGP"
        },
        "startDate": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2018-10-20T06:10:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2018-10-20T07:10:00+01:00"
        },
        "endDate": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2018-10-20T09:00:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2018-10-20T10:00:00+01:00"
        },
        "brokered": false,
        "sellerVerified": true,
        "ownEmptyLeg": false
      }
    ]
  }
}

Leads

POST /leads

This operation can be used to create leads in the Avinode Marketplace. A lead may only be created when an end-user requests to be contacted in regard to an empty leg or one or more of the results returned in an POST /searches operation. The operation returns information about the seller.

Input

searchId	searchId This is the search id and should be populated with the value found in the result from the `POST /searches` operation (e.g. asearch-12345678).
sellerQuoteIds	sellerQuoteIds This OR the inquiryLift property should be specified. This should be used if the end-client requests an aircraft. This is a set of one or more ids, specifying the options selected by the end-client. These ids can be found in the result from the `POST /searches` operation (e.g. asearchhit-912345678).
inquiryLift, inquiryLift.aircraftType, inquiryLift.aircraftCategory, priceExpectation, leadCurrency	inquiryLift, inquiryLift.aircraftType, inquiryLift.aircraftCategory, priceExpectation, leadCurrency This OR the sellerQuoteIds property should be specified. This should be used if the end-client requests an aircraft type or aircraft category. The priceExpectation property should contain the price that was presented to the end-client for this option. This price should be in the currency specified in the leadCurrency property.
leadAddress	leadAddress This is the address information for the end-client.
leadAddress.countrySelection.selectedValue	leadAddress.countrySelection.selectedValue This is the country of the end-clients address and should be specified by sending the two letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2).
leadContactInfo	leadContactInfo This is the contact information for the end-client.
leadMessage	leadMessage This is a text message that the end-client has specified.
leadLocale	leadLocale This is a preferred locale of the end-client.
campaignIdentifier	campaignIdentifier This property can be used for tracking reasons if, for example, the lead was created in relation to a marketing campaign.
clientIdentifier	clientIdentifier This value is created by the application calling the operation and should identify the specific lead. It must be unique for each created lead. If the operation is called multiple times with the same clientIdentifier, only the first call will create a lead. All other calls will simply return the same data that the first call returned.

Output

If the lead was created for one or more aircraft (i.e. not type or category), the details of the sellers marketing the aircraft is returned. Note that this information should not be displayed to the end-client. It is only intended to be stored in the applications back-end, and made available to the users of the company owning the application.

Abuse

Creating leads in any repetitive or automated fashion to collect information is not allowed.

Definition

POST /leads

Input example 1

In the first example, the end-client has selected two aircraft options from the search result returned by the POST /searches operation

{
  "searchId": "asearch-12345678",
  "sellerQuoteIds": [
    "asearchhit-912345678",
    "asearchhit-912345699"
  ],
  "leadAddress": {
    "countrySelection": {
      "searchValue": "US"
    },
    "description": "Work",
    "street": "123 Main Street",
    "street2": "Suite 1234",
    "postCode": "12345",
    "city": "Seattle"
  },
  "leadContactInfo": {
    "name": "John Smith Jr",
    "title": "Dr",
    "url": "http://www.smithandsons.test",
    "emailAddresses": [
      {
        "type": "Work",
        "emailAddress": "john@smithandsons.test"
      }
    ],
    "phoneNumbers": [
      {
        "type": "Work",
        "phoneNumber": "+123456789"
      }
    ]
  },
  "leadCurrency": "USD",
  "leadMessage": "I want to bring my dog.",
  "leadLocale": "en",
  "campaignIdentifier": "Super Bowl",
  "clientIdentifier": "lead83248"
}

Input example 2

In the second example, the end-client was presented with options on a aircraft category level and wants to create a booking request for a light jet.

{
  "searchId": "asearch-12345678",
  "inquiryLift": [
    {
      "aircraftCategory": "Light jet",
      "priceExpectation": 8450
    }
  ],
  "leadAddress": {
    "countrySelection": {
      "searchValue": "US"
    },
    "description": "Work",
    "street": "123 Main Street",
    "street2": "Suite 1234",
    "postCode": "12345",
    "city": "Seattle"
  },
  "leadContactInfo": {
    "name": "John Smith Jr",
    "title": "Dr",
    "url": "http://www.smithandsons.test",
    "emailAddresses": [
      {
        "type": "Work",
        "emailAddress": "john@smithandsons.test"
      }
    ],
    "phoneNumbers": [
      {
        "type": "Work",
        "phoneNumber": "+123456789"
      }
    ]
  },
  "leadCurrency": "USD",
  "leadMessage": "I want to bring my dog.",
  "leadLocale": "en",
  "campaignIdentifier": "Super Bowl",
  "clientIdentifier": "lead83248"
}

Quotes

GET /quotes/{id}

This operation is used to get information about a quote.

Input

id	id This is the id of the quote that the operation will get information for.
liftaoc optional	liftaoc optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the operator’s AOC.
sellerstats optional	sellerstats optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about the seller’s response statistics.
typedetails optional	typedetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include detailed information about the aircraft type.
categorydetails optional	categorydetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include detailed information about the aircraft category.
typephotos optional	typephotos optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include links to generic photos of the aircraft type.
tailphotos optional	tailphotos optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include links to photos of the actual aircraft.
perfdetails optional	perfdetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the aircraft’s performance details.
taildetails optional	taildetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include additional information about the aircraft.
amenities optional	amenities optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about the aircraft’s amenities.
insurance optional	insurance optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include insurance information for the aircraft.

Definition

GET /quotes/{id}

Output

Here is an example of the response from the operation from a successful call. This is an example of a quote created by Avinode, on behalf of Globex Air Charter, for their Gulfstream N12345. The quote was originally presented to a buyer, as a part of a search result, when the buyer was looking for a suitable aircraft for a trip from London to Paris.

Output

createdOn	createdOn The time when this quote was created.
sellerCompany	sellerCompany Information about the company marketing the aircraft this quote was created for.
sellerPrice.price, sellerPrice.currency	sellerPrice.price, sellerPrice.currency The total price for the offer in this quote.
sellerPrice.convertedPrice, sellerPrice.conversionCurrency	sellerPrice.convertedPrice, sellerPrice.conversionCurrency This is the price converted to the preferred currency of the API connection calling this operation.
sellerMessage	sellerMessage Any message the seller has entered for this quote.
avinodeGenerated	avinodeGenerated This is true if this quote was generated by Avinode on behalf of the seller.
reservable	reservable This is true if the seller guarantees that the offer in this quote is available at this price.
lift.aircraftCategory, lift.aircraftType, lift.aircraftTail	lift.aircraftCategory, lift.aircraftType, lift.aircraftTail This is the lift that is offered in this quote. At least one of these properties will be populated. If all three are populated, the offered lift is the aircraft specified in the aircraftTail property. The aircraftType and aircraftCategory properties then contains information about that aircraft’s type and category. If only the aircraftTail property is specified, then this aircraft is the offered lift. If only the aircraftType or aircraftCategory property is specified, then the seller is not offering any specific aircraft. The seller is then offering a not yet specified aircraft of that type or category.
lift.maxPax	lift.maxPax This is the maximum number of passengers for the offered lift.
lift.ownAircraft	lift.ownAircraft This is true if the offered lift is marketed by the company calling this operation.
segments	segments This is the itinerary for the trip offered in this quote. It contains a list of segments (aka legs). It may or may not include information about positioning flights.
segment.startAirport, segment.endAirport	segment.startAirport, segment.endAirport This is the start airport and the end airport for the segment. The available airport codes for the airport is returned. If no airport codes are returned, the searchValue property contains free text information about the segment’s start or end point. This can happen if the offer in the quote is for a helicopter trip.
segment.departureDateTime, segment.arrivalDateTime	segment.departureDateTime, segment.arrivalDateTime This is the departure time from the start airport and the arrival time at the end airport. At least one of these will always be populated. At least one of dateTimeUTC or dateTimeLocal will be populated. If dateTimeLocal is populated, then this it is the local time for the airport in question. If the calculated property is true, this means that this time was calculated based on some other time in the itinerary combined with information about the lift’s performance details (i.e. taxi times, cruise speed etc.).
segment.blockMinutes	segment.blockMinutes This is the number of minutes for this segment, including taxi time.
segment.flightMinutes	segment.flightMinutes This is the number actual in air flight minutes for this segment.
segment.fuelMinutes	segment.fuelMinutes This is the number of minutes the aircraft is not moving during a fuel stop.
segment.paxCount	segment.paxCount The number of passengers for this segment. This can be zero if the quote is for a cargo trip or if it is not yet specified how many passengers there will be on this segment.
segment.paxSegment	segment.paxSegment This is true if the segment is one of the business segments of this trip.
segment.distanceNM	segment.distanceNM The distance between the start airport and the end airport in nautical miles.
segment.fuelStopCount	segment.fuelStopCount This is the number of fuel stops estimated for this segment.

Output example

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "aquote-78978978",
    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/quotes/aquote-78978978",
    "type": "quotes",
    "createdOn": "2016-08-09T11:17:21Z",
    "sellerCompany": {
      "id": "456B0E06-BCDF-4CC0-AFD7-1F3F8ECAABCD",
      "displayName": "Globex Air Charter"
    },
    "sellerPrice": {
      "currency": "EUR",
      "price": 14400,
      "conversionCurrency": "EUR",
      "convertedPrice": 14400
    },
    "sellerMessage": "",
    "avinodeGenerated": true,
    "reservable": false,
    "lift": {
      "id": "FFACED64-ABCD-4292-BCAB-32B102EDD9AB",
      "aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
      "aircraftType": "Gulfstream G-V",
      "aircraftTail": "N12345",
      "maxPax": 9,
      "ownAircraft": true
    },
    "segments": [
      {
        "startAirport": {
          "id": "aport-5955",
          "name": "LANDVETTER",
          "city": "GOTEBORG",
          "country": {
            "code": "SE",
            "name": "Sweden"
          },
          "icao": "ESGG",
          "iata": "GOT"
        },
        "endAirport": {
          "id": "aport-6401",
          "name": "LUTON",
          "city": "LONDON (LUTON)",
          "country": {
            "code": "GB",
            "name": "United Kingdom"
          },
          "icao": "EGGW",
          "iata": "LTN"
        },
        "departureDateTime": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T05:55:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T07:55:00+02:00",
          "calculated": true
        },
        "arrivalDateTime": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T07:30:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T08:30:00+01:00",
          "calculated": true
        },
        "blockMinutes": 95,
        "flightMinutes": 85,
        "fuelMinutes": 0,
        "paxCount": 0,
        "paxSegment": false,
        "distanceNM": 602,
        "fuelStopCount": 0
      },
      {
        "startAirport": {
          "id": "aport-6401",
          "name": "LUTON",
          "city": "LONDON (LUTON)",
          "country": {
            "code": "GB",
            "name": "United Kingdom"
          },
          "icao": "EGGW",
          "iata": "LTN"
        },
        "endAirport": {
          "id": "aport-3378",
          "name": "LE BOURGET",
          "city": "PARIS",
          "country": {
            "code": "FR",
            "name": "France"
          },
          "icao": "LFPB",
          "iata": "LBG"
        },
        "departureDateTime": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T08:00:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T09:00:00+01:00",
          "calculated": false
        },
        "arrivalDateTime": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T08:40:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T10:40:00+02:00",
          "calculated": true
        },
        "blockMinutes": 40,
        "flightMinutes": 30,
        "fuelMinutes": 0,
        "paxCount": 2,
        "paxSegment": true,
        "distanceNM": 207,
        "fuelStopCount": 0
      },
      {
        "startAirport": {
          "id": "aport-3378",
          "name": "LE BOURGET",
          "city": "PARIS",
          "country": {
            "code": "FR",
            "name": "France"
          },
          "icao": "LFPB",
          "iata": "LBG"
        },
        "endAirport": {
          "id": "aport-5955",
          "name": "LANDVETTER",
          "city": "GOTEBORG",
          "country": {
            "code": "SE",
            "name": "Sweden"
          },
          "icao": "ESGG",
          "iata": "GOT"
        },
        "departureDateTime": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T09:10:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T11:10:00+02:00",
          "calculated": true
        },
        "arrivalDateTime": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T10:55:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T12:55:00+02:00",
          "calculated": true
        },
        "blockMinutes": 105,
        "flightMinutes": 95,
        "fuelMinutes": 0,
        "paxCount": 0,
        "paxSegment": false,
        "distanceNM": 679,
        "fuelStopCount": 0
      }
    ]
  }
}

Request For Quotes

GET /rfqs/{id}

This operation is used to get information about an RFQ.

Looking for how to handle canceled RFQs? Scroll down to the Output section to find what to look for in the response.

Input

id	id This is the id of the RFQ that the operation will get information for.
liftaoc optional	liftaoc optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the operator’s AOC.
sellerstats optional	sellerstats optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about the seller’s response statistics.
typedetails optional	typedetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include detailed information about the aircraft type.
categorydetails optional	categorydetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include detailed information about the aircraft category.
typephotos optional	typephotos optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include links to generic photos of the aircraft type.
tailphotos optional	tailphotos optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include links to photos of the actual aircraft.
perfdetails optional	perfdetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the aircraft’s performance details.
taildetails	taildetails When requesting this, the result will also include additional information about the aircraft.
amenities optional	amenities optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about the aircraft’s amenities.
insurance optional	insurance optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include insurance information for the aircraft.
homebase optional	homebase optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the aircraft’s homebase airport.
office optional	office optional Requesting this will add information about the buyer’s primary office to the operation output.
safety optional	safety optional Requesting this will add information about the operator’s safety ratings.
aviquote optional	aviquote optional Requesting this will add information about the quote that Avinode generated on behalf of the seller for this RFQ.
buyermessages optional	buyermessages optional Requesting this will add information on all buyer messages. (see second output example below)

Definition

GET /rfqs/{id}

Output

Here is an example of the response from a successful call to this operation. In this example the broker John Smith at Acme Charter Broker has requested quotes from Globex Air Charter, for a round trip from ESSD to ESGG and back. The buyer has requested a quote for Globex Air Charter’s Gulfstream N12345 and also for an empty leg that Globex Air Charter has posted for their Challenger N54321.

links	links This is a list of links to other resources related to this RFQ.
links.tripmsgs	links.tripmsgs These are messages added by the buyer or seller. The application can download them by calling the `GET /tripmsgs/{id}` operation.
actions	actions This is a list of actions that can be performed on this RFQ by making API calls to the specified actions.
actions.submitQuote	actions.submitQuote This is the action that should be used to upload quotes that aren’t direct replies to any of the lift requested by the buyer.
actions.decline	actions.decline This is the action that should be used to decline the entire RFQ.
actions.searchInAvinode	actions.searchInAvinode This action is used to automatically launch a browser window to rerun the search for this trip in Avinode.
createdOn	createdOn The time when this RFQ was created.
buyerCompany	buyerCompany Information about the company requesting quotes for this trip.
buyerAccount	buyerAccount Information about the person requesting quotes for this trip.
sellerCompany	sellerCompany Information about the company that this RFQ was sent to.
sellerLift	sellerLift The response can contain one or more sellerLift. Each sellerLift represents what lift the buyer has asked to get quotes for.
sellerLift.links	sellerLift.links This is a list of links to other resources related to this sellerLift.
sellerLift.links.quotes	sellerLift.links.quotes Any quotes associated with this sellerLift. The application can download these quotes by calling the `GET /quotes/{id}` operation.
sellerLift.links.emptylegs	sellerLift.links.emptylegs This is a list of empty legs associated with the sellerLift. This exists if the buyer has requested an empty leg. The application can download these empty legs by calling the `GET /emptylegs/{id}` operation.
sellerLift.actions	sellerLift.actions This is a list of actions that can be performed for this specific sellerLift.
sellerLift.actions.submitQuote	sellerLift.actions.submitQuote This is the action that should be used to upload quotes that are direct replies to one of the sellerLift requested by the buyer.
sellerLift.actions.decline	sellerLift.actions.decline This is the action that should be used to decline a specific sellerLift requested by the buyer.
sellerLift.aircraftCategory, sellerLift.aircraftType, sellerLift.aircraftTail	sellerLift.aircraftCategory, sellerLift.aircraftType, sellerLift.aircraftTail This is the lift that the buyer has specifically requested a quote for. At least one of these properties will be populated. If all three are populated, the buyer has requested a quote for the aircraft specified in the aircraftTail property. The aircraftType and aircraftCategory properties then contains information about that aircraft’s type and category. If only the aircraftTail property is specified, then the buyer has requested a quote for that aircraft. If only the aircraftType or aircraftCategory property is specified, then the buyer has not requested any specific aircraft. The buyer is then asking for quotes for any of the seller’s aircraft of that type or category.
sellerLift.avinodeQuote	sellerLift.avinodeQuote If the query parameter aviquote was requested, this property will contain additional information about the quote that Avinode generated on behalf of the seller for this RFQ. For exampel the cost for positioning legs required to do this flight.
sellerLift.avinodeQuote.segments	sellerLift.avinodeQuote.segments This segments section is a more detailed itinerary for the trip the buyer is requesting quotes for. It contains a list of segments (aka legs), including any positioning legs required to do the requested flight.
sellerLift.sourcingDisplayStatus, sellerLift.sourcingStatus	sellerLift.sourcingDisplayStatus, sellerLift.sourcingStatus This will tell the status of the quote request. Declined = 0 Unanswered = 1 Accepted = 2 Canceled = 3
segments	segments This is the itinerary for the trip the buyer is requesting quotes for. It contains a list of segments (aka legs).
segments.startAirport, segments.endAirport	segments.startAirport, segments.endAirport This is the start airport and the end airport for the segment. The available airport codes for the airport is returned. If no airport codes are returned, the searchValue property contains free text information about the segment’s start or end point. This can happen if the RFQ is a request for a helicopter trip.
segments.dateTime	segments.dateTime This is either the departure time from the start airport or the arrival time at the end airport. If the segments.dateTime.local property is false, then the specified time is an UTC time. Otherwise, it is the local time of the airport that the time is specified for.
segments.paxCount	segments.paxCount The number of passengers the buyer has indicated for this segment. This can be zero if the RFQ is for a cargo trip or if the buyer not yet knows how many passengers there will be on this segment.
segments.paxSegment	segments.paxSegment This is true if the segment is one of the business segments of this trip.
buyerMessages optional	buyerMessages optional All messages from the buyer for this trip.
buyerMessages.messageType optional	buyerMessages.messageType optional Message types can be: REQUEST CHAT CANCELED
buyerMessages.cancelReason optional	buyerMessages.cancelReason optional When a buyer cancels a trip they can provide a reason by selecting from the following options: “Canceled by client” “Change in trip details” “Booked with other operator” Other (Free text option)
tripId	tripId This is the id of the requested trip. The same TripID that can be seen in the Marketplace Trips Selling/Buying pages.
canceled	canceled If the trip has been canceled by the requester, this property will be set to true.

Output example

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "arfq-1000000009",
      "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/rfqs/arfq-1000000009",
      "type": "rfqs",
      "links": {
        "tripmsgs": [
          {
            "id": "abuyermsg-1000000010",
            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/abuyermsg-1000000010",
            "type": "tripmsgs"
          }
        ]
      },
      "actions": {
        "searchInAvinode": {
          "type": "searchInAvinode",
          "description": "Start a search in Avinode",
          "httpMethod": "GET",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/marketplace/mvc/search/load/arfq-1000000009?source=api"
        },
        "submitQuote": {
          "type": "submitQuote",
          "description": "Submit a quote",
          "httpMethod": "POST",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/arfq-1000000009/submitQuote"
        },
        "decline": {
          "type": "decline",
          "description": "Decline",
          "httpMethod": "POST",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/arfq-1000000009/decline"
        },
        "viewInAvinode": {
          "type": "viewInAvinode",
          "description": "View in Avinode",
          "httpMethod": "GET",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/marketplace/mvc/trips/selling/rfq?source=api&rfq=arfq-1000000009"
        }
      },
      "createdOn": "2018-10-02T09:54:18Z",
      "buyerCompany": {
        "id": "F2341E00-D226-403C-8805-0A43F18E95F0",
        "displayName": "Acme Charter Broker",
        "contactInfo": {
          "emails": [
            "hq@acb.test"
          ],
          "phone": "+44123456789",
          "mobilePhone": "+44987654321",
          "url": "www.acb.test",
          "office": "Acme Charter Broker",
          "address": "221B Baker Street\n12345 London\nUnited Kingdom",
          "detailedAddress": {
            "street": "221B Baker Street",
            "postBox": "",
            "postCode": "12345",
            "city": "London",
            "country": {
              "code": "UK",
              "name": "United Kingdom"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "buyerAccount": {
        "id": "3F530A28-355F-48E9-854C-F9455C1760DF",
        "displayName": "John Smith",
        "contactInfo": {
          "emails": [
            "john.smith@acb.test"
          ],
          "phone": "+44123456789",
          "mobilePhone": "+44987654321",
        },
        "preferredCurrency": "EUR"
      },
      "sellerCompany": {
        "id": "EBCEE19F-6A31-46FE-9847-4972F57460CE",
        "displayName": "Globex Air Charter",
        "contactInfo": {
          "emails": [
            "info@globex.test"
          ],
          "phone": "+1123123123",
          "mobilePhone": "+1123123123",
          "url": "www.globex.test",
          "office": "Globex Air Charter",
          "address": "Box#1234\n12345 TestCity\nMalta",
          "detailedAddress": {
            "street": "TestStreet 123",
            "postBox": "Box#1234",
            "postCode": "12345",
            "city": "TestCity",
            "country": {
              "code": "MT",
              "name": "Malta"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "sellerLift": [
        {
          "id": "asellerlift-42134678",
          "links": {
            "quotes": [
              {
                "id": "aquote-1000000014",
                "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/quotes/aquote-1000000014",
                "type": "quotes"
              }
            ]
          },
          "actions": {
            "submitQuote": {
              "type": "submitQuote",
              "description": "Submit a quote",
              "httpMethod": "POST",
              "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellerlift-42134678/submitQuote"
            },
            "decline": {
              "type": "decline",
              "description": "Decline",
              "httpMethod": "POST",
              "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellerlift-42134678/decline"
            }
          },
          "aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
          "aircraftType": "Global Express",
          "aircraftSuperType": "Global Express/XRS",
          "aircraftTail": "SBY-658ZK",
          "maxPax": 12,
          "ownAircraft": true,
          "suggestedByAvinode": false,
          "sourcingDisplayStatus": "Unanswered",
          "sourcingStatus": 1
        }
      ],
      "segments": [
        {
          "startAirport": {
            "selectedValue": 5948,
            "searchValue": "ESSD",
            "icao": "ESSD",
            "iata": "BLE"
          },
          "endAirport": {
            "selectedValue": 5955,
            "searchValue": "ESGG",
            "icao": "ESGG",
            "iata": "GOT"
          },
          "dateTime": {
            "date": "2018-10-03",
            "time": "09:00",
            "departure": true,
            "local": true
          },
          "paxCount": "2",
          "paxSegment": true,
          "startAirportDetails": {
            "id": "aport-5948",
            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-5948",
            "type": "airports",
            "name": "BORLANGE",
            "city": "BORLANGE",
            "country": {
              "code": "SE",
              "name": "Sweden"
            },
            "icao": "ESSD",
            "iata": "BLE"
          },
          "endAirportDetails": {
            "id": "aport-5955",
            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-5955",
            "type": "airports",
            "name": "LANDVETTER",
            "city": "GOTEBORG",
            "country": {
              "code": "SE",
              "name": "Sweden"
            },
            "icao": "ESGG",
            "iata": "GOT"
          },
          "departureDateTime": {
            "dateTimeUTC": "2018-10-03T07:00:00Z",
            "dateTimeLocal": "2018-10-03T09:00:00+02:00"
          }
        },
        {
          "startAirport": {
            "selectedValue": 5955,
            "searchValue": "ESGG",
            "icao": "ESGG",
            "iata": "GOT"
          },
          "endAirport": {
            "selectedValue": 5948,
            "searchValue": "ESSD",
            "icao": "ESSD",
            "iata": "BLE"
          },
          "dateTime": {
            "date": "2018-10-03",
            "time": "17:00",
            "departure": true,
            "local": true
          },
          "paxCount": "2",
          "paxSegment": true,
          "startAirportDetails": {
            "id": "aport-5955",
            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-5955",
            "type": "airports",
            "name": "LANDVETTER",
            "city": "GOTEBORG",
            "country": {
              "code": "SE",
              "name": "Sweden"
            },
            "icao": "ESGG",
            "iata": "GOT"
          },
          "endAirportDetails": {
            "id": "aport-5948",
            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-5948",
            "type": "airports",
            "name": "BORLANGE",
            "city": "BORLANGE",
            "country": {
              "code": "SE",
              "name": "Sweden"
            },
            "icao": "ESSD",
            "iata": "BLE"
          },
          "departureDateTime": {
            "dateTimeUTC": "2018-10-03T15:00:00Z",
            "dateTimeLocal": "2018-10-03T17:00:00+02:00"
          }
        }
      ],
      "tripId": "Y2AW5H"
    }
  ]
}

Output example

This output example shows the response when requesting buyermessages of a trip that was eventually canceled by the buyer.

...
],
    "buyerMessages": [
      {
        "id": "abuyermsg-1000000004",
        "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/abuyermsg-1000000004",
        "type": "tripmsgs",
        "liftIds": [
          "asellerlift-43277696",
          "asellerlift-43277697",
          "asellerlift-43277698"
        ],
        "createdOn": "2018-11-26T14:50:16Z",
        "message": "Can you give a quote, please",
        "buyerAccount": {
          "id": "3F530A28-355F-48E9-854C-F9455C1760DF",
          "displayName": "Fervent Almeida",
          "contactInfo": {
            "emails": [
              "Fervent.Almeida@AvinodeGroup.com"
            ],
            "phone": "",
            "mobilePhone": ""
          },
          "preferredCurrency": "EUR"
        },
        "messageType": "REQUEST"
      },
      {
        "id": "abuyermsg-1000000005",
        "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/abuyermsg-1000000005",
        "type": "tripmsgs",
        "liftIds": [],
        "createdOn": "2018-11-26T14:50:52Z",
        "message": "Hi, can they bring five dogs onboard?",
        "buyerAccount": {
          "id": "3F530A28-355F-48E9-854C-F9455C1760DF",
          "displayName": "Fervent Almeida",
          "contactInfo": {
            "emails": [
              "Fervent.Almeida@AvinodeGroup.com"
            ],
            "phone": "",
            "mobilePhone": ""
          },
          "preferredCurrency": "EUR"
        },
        "messageType": "CHAT"
      },
      {
        "id": "abuyermsg-1000000006",
        "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/abuyermsg-1000000006",
        "type": "tripmsgs",
        "liftIds": [],
        "createdOn": "2018-11-26T14:51:56Z",
        "message": "Sorry, my client changed their mind!",
        "buyerAccount": {
          "id": "3F530A28-355F-48E9-854C-F9455C1760DF",
          "displayName": "Fervent Almeida",
          "contactInfo": {
            "emails": [
              "Fervent.Almeida@AvinodeGroup.com"
            ],
            "phone": "",
            "mobilePhone": ""
          },
          "preferredCurrency": "EUR"
        },
        "messageType": "CANCELED",
        "cancelReason": "Canceled by client"
      }
    ],
    "tripId": "BATDYC",
    "canceled": true
  }
}

POST /rfqs

This operation is used to create an RFQ to be sent to operators in Avinode marketplace. It requires a search id returned from the POST /searches operation, and one or more search hit id’s representing the lifts requested OR specific lift and segments criteria.

Only one RFQ can be created per search result, although multiple lifts can be requested in the same RFQ.
Separate calls to this endpoint using the same search id will automatically include the requested lifts under the same RFQ.

Also see the POST /leads operation, to have the RFQ posted to your Avinode account as a client lead instead.

HTTP headers

X-Avinode-ActAsAccount

If the person initiating this action has a personal Avinode Marketplace user account, then the username for that user account should be sent in this HTTP header. The buyer will then see the name of the person that preformed this action.

Payload

searchId	searchId This is the search id and should be populated with the value found in the result from the `POST /searches` operation (e.g. asearch-12345678). Only one RQF per search id can be created, although multiple lifts can be requested in the same RFQ. Requests using the same search id will automatically fall under the same RFQ.
searchResultIds	searchResultIds This is a set of one or more id’s, specifying the options selected by the end-client. These id’s can be found in the result from the `POST /searches` operation (e.g. asearchhit-912345678). Only one RQF per search result can be created, although multiple search hit id’s can be sent at once in this array.
tripId	tripId The ID of an existing trip to associate this RFQ to. If omitted, a new trip will be created as needed. This is the same as TripID in Avinode trips pages.
aircraftTails optional	aircraftTails optional Specify the aircraft tail(s) from the chosen lifts in the search result.
buyerMessage	buyerMessage Text message to the seller company.
buyerNotificationSettings	buyerNotificationSettings
criteria.requiredLift.emptyLegId	criteria.requiredLift.emptyLegId The empty leg id if the requested lift is an empty leg.
criteria.requiredPartnerships	criteria.requiredPartnerships If required partnerships are setup in Avinode, the exact name of this partnership list should be sent here.
segments.startAirport	segments.startAirport
segments.endAirport	segments.endAirport
segments.dateTime	segments.dateTime

Definition

POST /rfqs

Here is an example of a JSON payload.

This one is using a search id and a specific search hit id.

{
  "buyerMessage" : "Hi, I would like to book this flight. /Em",
  "searchId" : "asearch-29403965",
  "searchResultIds" : [ "asearchhit-4544550324", "asearchhit-4544550377" ]
}

Another example of a JSON payload

This one is using criteria and segments.

{
  "buyerMessage": "Hi, I would like to book this flight. /Em",
  "buyerNotificationSettings": "",
  "criteria": {
    "requiredLift": [{
      "aircraftCategory": "Heavy jet",
      "aircraftType": "Falcon 2000",
      "aircraftTail": "N367SM",
      "maxPax": 10,
      "ownAircraft": false
    }],
    "requiredPartnerships": [],
    "maxFuelStopsPerSegment": 0,
    "includeLiftUpgrades": true,
    "maxInitialPositioningTimeMinutes": 0,
    "minimumYearOfMake": 2001
  },
  "segments": [{
    "startAirport": {
      "icao": "KMIA"
    },
    "endAirport": {
      "icao": "KTEB"
    },
    "clientIdentifier": "",
    "dateTime": {
      "date": "2019-05-13",
      "time": "11:00",
      "departure": false,
      "local": true
    },
    "paxCount": "7",
    "paxSegment": true,
    "paxTBD": true,
    "timeTBD": false
  }]
}

Output

Here is an example of the response from a successful call to this operation.

id	id The id for this trip.
actions.cancel	actions.cancel Use this action to cancel the whole trip, including all associated RFQ’s.
rfqs.id	rfqs.id The RFQ id
rfqs.links.tripmsgs	rfqs.links.tripmsgs Any buyer messages associated to this RFQ.
rfqs.actions.cancel	rfqs.actions.cancel Use this action to cancel this specific RFQ.
rfqs.actions.viewInAvinode	rfqs.actions.viewInAvinode Use this action to view this trip in Avinode Trips Buying page.
rfqs.createdOn	rfqs.createdOn The time when this RFQ was created.
rfqs.buyerCompany	rfqs.buyerCompany Information about the company requesting quotes for this trip.
rfqs.buyerAccount	rfqs.buyerAccount Information about the person requesting quotes for this trip.
rfqs.sellerCompany	rfqs.sellerCompany Information about the company that this RFQ was sent to.
rfqs.sellerLift	rfqs.sellerLift The response can contain one or more sellerLift. Each sellerLift represents what lift the buyer has asked to get quotes for.
rfqs.segments	rfqs.segments This is the itinerary for the trip the buyer is requesting quotes for. It contains a list of segments (aka legs).
tripId	tripId The trip id associated with this trip. This is the same id as the TripID visible in Avinode Trips pages.

Output example

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "atrip-1000000091",
    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/trips/atrip-1000000091",
    "type": "trips",
    "actions": {
      "cancel": {
        "type": "cancel",
        "description": "Cancel",
        "httpMethod": "PUT",
        "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/trips/atrip-1000000091/cancel"
      }
    },
    "rfqs": [
      {
        "id": "arfq-1000000097",
        "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/rfqs/arfq-1000000097",
        "type": "rfqs",
        "links": {
          "tripmsgs": [
            {
              "id": "abuyermsg-1000000119",
              "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/abuyermsg-1000000119",
              "type": "tripmsgs"
            }
          ]
        },
        "actions": {
          "cancel": {
            "type": "cancel",
            "description": "Cancel",
            "httpMethod": "PUT",
            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/rfqs/arfq-1000000097/cancel"
          }
        },
        "createdOn": "2019-04-03T12:31:46Z",
        "buyerCompany": {
          "id": "416B11AC-7B76-4354-BA54-EEF2BECAB439",
          "companyId": 11722,
          "displayName": "Emelie-operator",
          "contactInfo": {
            "emails": [
              "hq@Emelieoperator.com"
            ],
            "phone": "+25 79 900 05 57",
            "mobilePhone": "+41 449 159 671",
            "url": "https://www.avinode.com",
            "office": "",
            "address": "Odinsgatan 10\n156 32 Gscvzdceee\nSweden",
            "detailedAddress": {
              "street": "Odinsgatan 10",
              "postBox": "",
              "postCode": "156 32",
              "city": "Gscvzdceee",
              "country": {
                "code": "SE",
                "name": "Sweden"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "buyerAccount": {
          "id": "E5717E4F-C695-4ED8-A20A-18B1B94A1628",
          "accountId": 158102,
          "displayName": "The Connection",
          "contactInfo": {
            "emails": [
              "aiitwu@srwzkza.com"
            ],
            "phone": "",
            "mobilePhone": ""
          },
          "preferredCurrency": "EUR"
        },
        "sellerCompany": {
          "id": "225F7C28-7777-47DB-9D1F-E6254824144B",
          "companyId": 795,
          "displayName": "Air Shotland",
          "contactInfo": {
            "emails": [
              "hq@sdsdsdsd.com"
            ],
            "phone": "+661777671042",
            "mobilePhone": "+613577707164",
            "url": "www.sdsdsdsd.com",
            "office": "",
            "address": "3 Colvilles Place\nP99 5LE Dknljwg\nUnited Kingdom",
            "detailedAddress": {
              "street": "3 Colvilles Place",
              "postBox": "",
              "postCode": "777 5LE",
              "city": "Dknljwg",
              "country": {
                "code": "GB",
                "name": "United Kingdom"
              }
            }
          }
        },
        "sellerLift": [
          {
            "id": "asellerlift-45483145",
            "links": {
              "quotes": [
                {
                  "id": "aquote-1000000112",
                  "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/quotes/aquote-1000000112",
                  "type": "quotes"
                }
              ]
            },
            "aircraftCategory": "Heavy jet",
            "aircraftType": "Legacy 650",
            "aircraftSuperType": "Legacy 600/650",
            "marketedAircraftId": 77777,
            "aircraftTail": "G-SUGR",
            "maxPax": 13,
            "ownAircraft": false,
            "suggestedByAvinode": false,
            "sourcingDisplayStatus": "Unanswered",
            "sourcingStatus": 1,
            "syncState": "asellerlift-45483145"
          }
        ],
        "segments": [
          {
            "startAirport": {
              "selectedValue": 6401,
              "searchValue": "EGGW",
              "icao": "EGGW",
              "iata": "LTN"
            },
            "endAirport": {
              "selectedValue": 14267,
              "searchValue": "KTEB",
              "icao": "KTEB",
              "iata": "TEB",
              "faa": "TEB"
            },
            "dateTime": {
              "date": "2019-05-13",
              "time": "11:00",
              "departure": false,
              "local": false
            },
            "paxCount": "7",
            "paxSegment": true,
            "paxTBD": false,
            "timeTBD": false,
            "startAirportDetails": {
              "id": "aport-6401",
              "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-6401",
              "type": "airports",
              "name": "LUTON",
              "city": "LONDON (LUTON)",
              "country": {
                "code": "GB",
                "name": "United Kingdom"
              },
              "icao": "EGGW",
              "iata": "LTN",
              "airportId": 6401
            },
            "endAirportDetails": {
              "id": "aport-14267",
              "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-14267",
              "type": "airports",
              "name": "TETERBORO",
              "city": "TETERBORO",
              "country": {
                "code": "US",
                "name": "United States"
              },
              "icao": "KTEB",
              "iata": "TEB",
              "faa": "TEB",
              "airportId": 14267,
              "province": {
                "code": "NJ",
                "name": "New Jersey"
              }
            },
            "arrivalDateTime": {
              "dateTimeUTC": "2019-05-13T11:00:00Z",
              "dateTimeLocal": "2019-05-13T07:00:00-04:00"
            }
          }
        ],
        "tripId": "KJRUEZ"
      }
    ],
    "tripId": "KJRUEZ"
  }
}

Cancel Request

This operation is used when a buyer want to cancel an individual quote request, or a whole trip. Cancelling a trip cannot be undone and any further communication on the request is disabled. All sellers involved will be notified the trip/RFQ has been canceled.

Input

id	id This is either: A trip id. Using this will cancel the whole trip, including all RFQ’s associated with it. An RFQ id. Using this will cancel this specific RFQ only.

Definition for cancelling a whole trip

PUT /trips/{id}/cancel

Definition for cancelling a specific RFQ

PUT /rfqs/{id}/cancel

HTTP headers

X-Avinode-ActAsAccount

If the person initiating this action has a personal Avinode Marketplace user account, then the username for that user account should be sent in this HTTP header. The buyer will then see the name of the person that preformed this action.

Payload

id	id This is either: the trip id. Will cancel the whole trip, including all RFQ’s associated with it. the RFQ id. Will cancel the specific RFQ only.
type	type This is either: “trip” (for requests to cancel a whole trip, including all RFQ’s associated with it, using the trip id) “arfq” (for requests to cancel a specific RFQ only, using the RFQ id)
href	href An URL to the resource in Avinode, present in the RFQ data.
messageToSeller	messageToSeller A text message to the seller.
reason	reason Choose one of the reasons for cancellation: “BY_CLIENT” “CHANGED” “BOOKED” “OTHER”

Here is an example of a JSON payload using the trip id.

{
  "id": "atrip-1000000200",
  "type": "trip",
  "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/trips/atrip-1000000200",
  "messageToSeller": "Sorry, itinerary was changed. /Em",
  "reason": "CHANGED"
}

Here is an example of a JSON payload using the RFQ id.

{
  "id": "arfq-1000000064",
  "type": "arfq",
  "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/rfqs/arfq-1000000064",
  "messageToSeller": "Sorry, this was canceled last minute. /Em",
  "reason": "BY_CLIENT"
}

Output

rfqs	rfqs All RFQ’s included in this trip.
rfqs.sellerLift.sourcingDisplayStatus, rfqs.sellerLift.sourcingStatus	rfqs.sellerLift.sourcingDisplayStatus, rfqs.sellerLift.sourcingStatus This will tell the status of the quote request. Declined = 0 Unanswered = 1 Accepted = 2 Canceled = 3
rfqs.tripId	rfqs.tripId This is the id of the requested trip. One trip can contain many RFQ’s. This is the same as Marketplace TripID, visible to users in Avinode Trips Selling/Buying pages.
rfqs.canceled	rfqs.canceled Set to true if the RFQ has been canceled.
tripId	tripId This is the id of the requested trip. One trip can contain many RFQ’s. This is the same as Marketplace TripID, visible to users in Avinode Trips Selling/Buying pages.
canceled	canceled Set to true if the trip has been canceled at trip level.

Example of a response from a successful call to cancel a trip.

This trip, including all RFQ’s associated, was cancelled using the trip id. Note the property canceled == true at the end of the response, in this case at trip level as well as RFQ level .

{
	"meta": {
		"errors": [],
		"warnings": [],
		"infos": []
	},
	"data": {
		"id": "atrip-1000000200",
		"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/trips/atrip-1000000200",
		"type": "trips",
		"links": {
			"tripmsgs": [{
				"id": "asellermsg-1000000012",
				"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellermsg-1000000012",
				"type": "tripmsgs"
			}, {
				"id": "asellermsg-1000000011",
				"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellermsg-1000000011",
				"type": "tripmsgs"
			}]
		},
		"actions": {
			"viewInAvinode": {
				"type": "viewInAvinode",
				"description": "View in Avinode",
				"httpMethod": "GET",
				"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/marketplace/mvc/trips/buying/atrip-1000000200?source=api"
			}
		},
		"rfqs": [{
			"id": "arfq-1000000154",
			"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/rfqs/arfq-1000000154",
			"type": "rfqs",
			"links": {
				"tripmsgs": [{
					"id": "abuyermsg-1000000172",
					"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/abuyermsg-1000000172",
					"type": "tripmsgs"
				}, {
					"id": "abuyermsg-1000000174",
					"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/abuyermsg-1000000174",
					"type": "tripmsgs"
				}]
			},
			"actions": {
				"viewInAvinode": {
					"type": "viewInAvinode",
					"description": "View in Avinode",
					"httpMethod": "GET",
					"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/marketplace/mvc/trips/buying/atrip-1000000200?source=api"
				}
			},
			"createdOn": "2019-05-09T12:05:23Z",
			"buyerCompany": {
				"id": "750ED6BB-2AA7-4C9D-A313-78A9CA125F08",
				"companyId": 11725,
				"displayName": "A-broker",
				"contactInfo": {
					"emails": [
						"hq@broker.com"
					],
					"phone": "+71 48 157 04 36",
					"mobilePhone": "+34 049 121 450",
					"url": "",
					"office": "",
					"address": "Odinsgatan 10\n693 81 Osphbwcwyi\nSweden",
					"detailedAddress": {
						"street": "Odinsgatan 10",
						"postBox": "",
						"postCode": "693 81",
						"city": "Osphbwcwyi",
						"country": {
							"code": "SE",
							"name": "Sweden"
						}
					}
				}
			},
			"buyerAccount": {
				"id": "3F530A28-355F-48E9-854C-F9455C1760DF",
				"accountId": 144052,
				"displayName": "Fervent Almeida",
				"contactInfo": {
					"emails": [
						"Fervent.Almeida@AvinodeGroup.com"
					],
					"phone": "+92 01 030 17 60",
					"mobilePhone": "+88 696 910 739"
				},
				"preferredCurrency": "EUR"
			},
			"sellerCompany": {
				"id": "416B11AC-7B76-4354-BA54-EEF2BECAB439",
				"companyId": 11722,
				"displayName": "An-operator",
				"contactInfo": {
					"emails": [
						"hq@operator.com"
					],
					"phone": "+42 31 449 41 71",
					"mobilePhone": "+30 966 761 366",
					"url": "https://www.avinode.com",
					"office": "",
					"address": "Odinsgatan 10\n435 74 Xnrsinpatl\nSweden",
					"detailedAddress": {
						"street": "Odinsgatan 10",
						"postBox": "",
						"postCode": "435 74",
						"city": "Xnrsinpatl",
						"country": {
							"code": "SE",
							"name": "Sweden"
						}
					}
				}
			},
			"sellerLift": [{
				"id": "asellerlift-46197021",
				"links": {
					"quotes": [{
						"id": "aquote-1000000178",
						"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/quotes/aquote-1000000178",
						"type": "quotes"
					}]
				},
				"aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
				"aircraftType": "Global Express",
				"aircraftSuperType": "Global Express/XRS",
				"marketedAircraftId": 63596,
				"aircraftTail": "T-ESLA",
				"maxPax": 12,
				"ownAircraft": false,
				"suggestedByAvinode": false,
				"sourcingDisplayStatus": "Canceled",
				"sourcingStatus": 3,
				"syncState": "abuyermsg-1000000174"
			}, {
				"id": "asellerlift-46197020",
				"links": {
					"quotes": [{
						"id": "aquote-1000000177",
						"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/quotes/aquote-1000000177",
						"type": "quotes"
					}]
				},
				"aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
				"aircraftType": "Global Express",
				"aircraftSuperType": "Global Express/XRS",
				"marketedAircraftId": 63597,
				"aircraftTail": "T-USLA",
				"maxPax": 12,
				"ownAircraft": false,
				"suggestedByAvinode": false,
				"sourcingDisplayStatus": "Canceled",
				"sourcingStatus": 3,
				"syncState": "abuyermsg-1000000174"
			}],
			"segments": [{
				"startAirport": {
					"selectedValue": 5955,
					"searchValue": "ESGG",
					"icao": "ESGG",
					"iata": "GOT"
				},
				"endAirport": {
					"selectedValue": 5971,
					"searchValue": "ESNQ",
					"icao": "ESNQ",
					"iata": "KRN"
				},
				"dateTime": {
					"date": "2019-05-17",
					"time": "09:00",
					"departure": true,
					"local": true
				},
				"paxCount": "2",
				"paxSegment": true,
				"paxTBD": false,
				"timeTBD": false,
				"startAirportDetails": {
					"id": "aport-5955",
					"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-5955",
					"type": "airports",
					"name": "LANDVETTER",
					"city": "GOTEBORG",
					"country": {
						"code": "SE",
						"name": "Sweden"
					},
					"icao": "ESGG",
					"iata": "GOT",
					"airportId": 5955
				},
				"endAirportDetails": {
					"id": "aport-5971",
					"href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/airports/aport-5971",
					"type": "airports",
					"name": "KIRUNA",
					"city": "KIRUNA",
					"country": {
						"code": "SE",
						"name": "Sweden"
					},
					"icao": "ESNQ",
					"iata": "KRN",
					"airportId": 5971
				},
				"departureDateTime": {
					"dateTimeUTC": "2019-05-17T07:00:00Z",
					"dateTimeLocal": "2019-05-17T09:00:00+02:00"
				}
			}],
			"tripId": "S44VD2",
			"canceled": true
		}],
		"canceled": true,
		"tripId": "S44VD2"
	}
}

Search

POST /searches

This operation is used to find lift available to perform the given itinerary. It calculates and returns preliminary quotes for each of the aircraft. The routes and prices are, in most cases, calculated based on the aircraft pricing information, aircraft performance details, availability information, etc., provided by the companies marketing the aircraft in the Avinode Marketplace. Alternatively, the route and pricing may have been calculated by an external module controlled by the seller.

Search results will be sorted by price in ascending order.

Input

criteria.requiredLift	criteria.requiredLift This is a list of the lift that the search algorithm should consider. It can be a combination of values of one or more of the following properties. aircraftCategory aircraftType aircraftTail
criteria.requiredPartnerships optional	criteria.requiredPartnerships optional The unique name of the list of partnerships setup in Avinode. This will return flights only from those operators.
criteria.maxFuelStopsPerSegment optional	criteria.maxFuelStopsPerSegment optional The max number of fuel stops the search algorithm should allow for any lift.
criteria.maxInitialPositioningTimeMinutes optional	criteria.maxInitialPositioningTimeMinutes optional Maximum time for initial positioning in number of minutes.
criteria.minimumYearOfMake optional	criteria.minimumYearOfMake optional Minimum aircraft year of make (year as a number ex. 2019)
segments	segments This is the itinerary. It should only include passenger or cargo segments.
segment.startAirport, segment.endAirport	segment.startAirport, segment.endAirport This is the start airport and the end airport for the segment.
segment.dateTime	segment.dateTime This is either the departure time from the start airport or the arrival time at the end airport. If the segment.dateTime.local property is set to false, then the specified time will be treated as an UTC time. Otherwise, it will be treated as the local time of the airport that the time is specified for.
segment.paxCount	segment.paxCount The number of passengers for this segment. This should be set to zero for a cargo segments.
outputCurrencies	outputCurrencies This is the list of additional currencies that the prices will be converted to. Quotes for specific aircraft are always returned in the currency the seller has defined for the aircraft. Prices are also always converted to the default currency set for the API connection.
liftaoc optional	liftaoc optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the operator’s AOC.
sellerstats optional	sellerstats optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about the seller’s response statistics.
typedetails optional	typedetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include detailed information about the aircraft type.
categorydetails optional	categorydetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include detailed information about the aircraft category.
typephotos optional	typephotos optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include links to generic photos of the aircraft type.
tailphotos optional	tailphotos optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include links to photos of the actual aircraft.
perfdetails optional	perfdetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include information about the aircraft’s performance details.
taildetails optional	taildetails optional When requesting this, the result will also include additional information about the aircraft.
amenities optional	amenities optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about the aircraft’s amenities.
insurance optional	insurance optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include insurance information for the aircraft.
homebase	homebase When requesting this, the result will also include information about the aircraft’s homebase airport.
startposition	startposition When requesting this, the result will also include information about where the aircraft is positioned from to perform the first passenger segment.
safety optional	safety optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about any safety ratings held by the operator of this aircraft.
schedule optional	schedule optional When requesting this, the result will, if available, also include information about when the seller last updated the availability information for this aircraft.

Definition

POST /searches

Example 1

In the first example the caller is looking for any available aircraft for a one way from ESSA to ESGG, for one passenger, departing from ESSA at 09:00 local time on Nov 30.

{
  "segments": [
    {
      "startAirport": {
        "icao": "ESSA"
      },
      "endAirport": {
        "icao": "ESGG"
      },
      "dateTime": {
        "date": "2017-11-30",
        "time": "09:00",
        "departure": true,
        "local": true
      },
      "paxCount": "1"
    }
  ]
}

Example 2

In the second example the caller is looking for mid-size or heavy jets for a round trip from EGGW to KTEB and back, for 7 passengers, arriving at KTEB at 11:00 UTC on Dec 13 and departing from KTEB the next day at 22:00 UTC. The caller is only looking for aircraft that can make the trip without fuel stops. The caller is requesting that prices are also converted to British Pounds.

{
  "criteria": {
    "requiredLift": [
      {
        "aircraftCategory": "Midsize jet"
      },
      {
        "aircraftCategory": "Heavy jet"
      }
    ],
    "requiredPartnerships": [
      "My partnerships"
    ],
    "maxFuelStopsPerSegment": 0
    "maxInitialPositioningTimeMinutes": 120,
    "minimumYearOfMake": 2001
  },
  "segments": [
    {
      "startAirport": {
        "icao": "EGGW"
      },
      "endAirport": {
        "icao": "KTEB"
      },
      "dateTime": {
        "date": "2017-12-13",
        "time": "11:00",
        "departure": false,
        "local": false
      },
      "paxCount": "7"
    },
    {
      "startAirport": {
        "icao": "KTEB"
      },
      "endAirport": {
        "icao": "EGGW"
      },
      "dateTime": {
        "date": "2017-12-14",
        "time": "22:00",
        "departure": true,
        "local": false
      },
      "paxCount": "7"
    }
  ],
  "outputCurrencies": [
    "GBP"
  ]
}

Output

Here is an example of the response from a successful call to this operation. It is based on the first input example above. This example only includes a small subset of the actual result since it would include hundreds of quotes.

quote.sellerCompany	quote.sellerCompany This is the company marketing the aircraft.
quote.sellerPrice	quote.sellerPrice This is the price including the commission the company calling this operation has configured in their company profile in Avinode.
quote.sellerPriceWithoutCommission	quote.sellerPriceWithoutCommission This is the price offered by the seller.
quote.convertedPrices	quote.convertedPrices This is the quote.sellerPrice converted to the currencies specified in the outputCurrencies input property.
quote.avinodeGenerated	quote.avinodeGenerated This indicates if the quote was generated by Avinode based on the performance and pricing details supplied by the seller. If false, the quote was generated by an external quoting module.
quote.reservable	quote.reservable When this is false, the quote should be considered a preliminary quote.
quote.lift.aircraftCategory	quote.lift.aircraftCategory This is the category the aircraft belongs to.
quote.lift.aircraftType	quote.lift.aircraftType This is the aircraft type.
quote.lift.aircraftTail	quote.lift.aircraftTail This is the tail number of the aircraft. This property will only be included if the API connection calling the operation is configured to include detailed operator information.
quote.lift.aircraftTailDetails	quote.lift.aircraftTailDetails This is detailed aircraft information like year of make, amenities, insurance information, and dates when the aircraft was refurbished.
quote.lift.liftPerformance	quote.lift.liftPerformance This is the performance details for the aircraft.
quote.lift.aircraftCertificate	quote.lift.aircraftCertificate This is information about the Air operator’s certificate (AOC) for this aircraft. This property will only be included if the API connection calling the operation is configured to include detailed operator information.
quote.lift.maxPax	quote.lift.maxPax This is the maximum number of passengers this aircraft can carry.
quote.lift.sellerStatistics	quote.lift.sellerStatistics This is the response statistics for the seller.
quote.lift.tailPhotos	quote.lift.tailPhotos This is a set of photos that the seller has provided for this aircraft.
quote.lift.typePhotos	quote.lift.typePhotos This is a set of photos that the aircraft manufacturer has provided for this aircraft type.
quote.lift.homebase	quote.lift.homebase This is the airport where this aircraft has its homebase.
quote.lift.ownerApprovalRequired	quote.lift.ownerApprovalRequired This indicates if case by case owner approval is required for this aircraft.
quote.lift.safetyRatings	quote.lift.safetyRatings This is information about any safety ratings held by the operator of this aircraft.
quote.segments	quote.segments This is the set of flight segments that this quote is for.
startPosition, startPositionAvailableFrom, startPositionAvailableTo	startPosition, startPositionAvailableFrom, startPositionAvailableTo This is information about where the aircraft is positioned from to perform the first passenger segment, and the times the aircraft is scheduled to be at this airport.
scheduledUpdatedOn	scheduledUpdatedOn This is the time the seller of the aircraft last updated the aircraft’s availability in the Avinode Marketplace.
initialPositioningMinutes	initialPositioningMinutes This is the time it will take for the aircraft to position to the departure airport for the first passenger segment.

Output example

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "asearch-23456789",
    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/searches/asearch-23456789",
    "type": "searches",
    "results": [
      {
        "id": "asearchhit-922300011",
        "quote": {
          "sellerCompany": {
            "id": "ABDC0889-13D6-490E-A830-A93FABCD8433",
            "displayName": "Acme Air",
            "icaoDesignator": "ACA"
          },
          "sellerPrice": {
            "currency": "EUR",
            "price": 7300,
            "conversionCurrency": "EUR",
            "convertedPrice": 7300,
            "priceAsString": "7300"
          },
          "sellerPriceWithoutCommission": {
            "currency": "EUR",
            "price": 7300,
            "conversionCurrency": "EUR",
            "convertedPrice": 7300,
            "priceAsString": "7300"
          },
          "convertedPrices": [
            {
              "currency": "EUR",
              "price": 7300,
              "conversionCurrency": "SEK",
              "convertedPrice": 69307.66,
            }
          ],
          "avinodeGenerated": true,
          "reservable": false,
          "lift": {
            "id": "7947FDC6-3118-4377-A6A1-6BBABCD0B41F",
            "aircraftCategory": "Light jet",
            "aircraftType": "Citation CJ2",
            "aircraftTypeDetails": {
              "id": "F662640A-69DF-41AC-BC22-969ADCD24F96",
              "type": "aircrafttypes"
            },
            "aircraftCategoryDetails": {
              "id": "acat-220"
            },
            "aircraftTail": "SP-KCK",
            "aircraftTailDetails": {
              "yearOfMake": 2003,
              "interiorRefurbished": "2013-04-01",
              "exteriorRefurbished": "2014-02-22",
              "amenities": [
                "110V Outlet",
                "Certified lav seat",
                "Coffee pot",
                "Dishware",
                "Freon air conditioning",
                "Glassware",
                "Ice bin",
                "Lavatory",
                "Leather seats",
                "Partial galley"
              ],
              "insurance": {
                "monetaryAmount": {
                  "currency": "EUR",
                  "price": 50000000,
                  "conversionCurrency": "EUR",
                  "convertedPrice": 50000000,
                  "priceAsString": "50000000"
                }
              }
            },
            "liftPerformance": {
              "maxRangeNM": "1200",
              "cruiseSpeedKnots": "400"
            },
            "aircraftCertificate": {
              "certificateNumber": "A-1234",
              "issuingCountry": {
                "code": "PL",
                "name": "Poland"
              }
            },
            "maxPax": 6,
            "sellerStatistics": {
              "averagePriceDiscrepancyPercent": 5,
              "quoteCount": 3025,
              "underPricedQuoteCount": 1069,
              "underPricedQuoteAveragePercent": 5.29,
              "overPricedQuoteCount": 1593,
              "overPricedQuoteAveragePercent": 8.85
            },
            "tailPhotos": [
              {
                "type": "EXTERIOR",
                "copies": [
                  {
                    "size": "SMALL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/557076_30.jpg",
                    "anonymized": true
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "LARGE",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/557076.jpg",
                    "anonymized": true
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "MEDIUM",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/557076_28.jpg",
                    "anonymized": true
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "THUMBNAIL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/557076_31.jpg",
                    "anonymized": true
                  }
                ]
              },
              {
                "type": "INTERIOR",
                "copies": [
                  {
                    "size": "SMALL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/744622_30.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "MEDIUM",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/744622_28.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "THUMBNAIL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/744622_31.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "LARGE",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/744622_26.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  }
                ]
              },
              {
                "type": "FLOORPLAN",
                "copies": [
                  {
                    "size": "SMALL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/351193_30.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "LARGE",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/351193.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "MEDIUM",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/351193_28.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "THUMBNAIL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/351193_31.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  }
                ]
              },
              {
                "type": "EXTERIOR",
                "copies": [
                  {
                    "size": "LARGE",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/175495.jpg",
                    "anonymized": true
                  }
                ]
              },
              {
                "type": "INTERIOR",
                "copies": [
                  {
                    "size": "MEDIUM",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/5gagw.exc_28.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "SMALL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/5gagw.exc_30.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "THUMBNAIL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/5gagw.exc_31.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "LARGE",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/abcd/5gagw.exc.jpg",
                    "anonymized": false
                  }
                ]
              }
            ],
            "typePhotos": [
              {
                "type": "EXTERIOR",
                "copies": [
                  {
                    "size": "LARGE",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/2582/fdrruh.zjo.jpg",
                    "anonymized": null
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "MEDIUM",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/2582/fdrruh.zjo.jpg",
                    "anonymized": null
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "SMALL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/2582/fdrruh.zjo_30.jpg",
                    "anonymized": null
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "THUMBNAIL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/2582/fdrruh.zjo_31.jpg",
                    "anonymized": null
                  }
                ]
              },
              {
                "type": "INTERIOR",
                "copies": [
                  {
                    "size": "LARGE",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/2582/ac5fvv.ulg.jpg",
                    "anonymized": null
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "MEDIUM",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/2582/ac5fvv.ulg.jpg",
                    "anonymized": null
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "SMALL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/2582/ac5fvv.ulg_30.jpg",
                    "anonymized": null
                  },
                  {
                    "size": "THUMBNAIL",
                    "url": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/mediafiles/store/2582/ac5fvv.ulg_31.jpg",
                    "anonymized": null
                  }
                ]
              }
            ],
            "homebase": {
              "id": "aport-5449",
              "name": "WARSAW FREDERIC CHOPIN",
              "city": "WARSAW",
              "country": {
                "code": "PL",
                "name": "Poland"
              },
              "icao": "EPWA",
              "iata": "WAW"
            },
            "ownerApprovalRequired": false,
            "safetyRatings": [
              {
                "standard": "ARGUS",
                "levelCode": "GOLD",
                "levelDisplayName": "Gold"
              }
            ]
          },
          "segments": [
            {
              "startAirport": {
                "id": "aport-6002",
                "name": "ARLANDA",
                "city": "STOCKHOLM",
                "country": {
                  "code": "SE",
                  "name": "Sweden"
                },
                "icao": "ESSA",
                "iata": "ARN"
              },
              "endAirport": {
                "id": "aport-5955",
                "name": "LANDVETTER",
                "city": "GOTEBORG",
                "country": {
                  "code": "SE",
                  "name": "Sweden"
                },
                "icao": "ESGG",
                "iata": "GOT"
              },
              "departureDateTime": {
                "dateTimeUTC": "2017-11-30T08:00:00Z",
                "dateTimeLocal": "2017-11-30T09:00:00+01:00",
                "calculated": false
              },
              "arrivalDateTime": {
                "dateTimeUTC": "2017-11-30T08:58:00Z",
                "dateTimeLocal": "2017-11-30T09:58:00+01:00",
                "calculated": true
              },
              "timeTBD": false,
              "blockMinutes": 58,
              "flightMinutes": 46,
              "fuelMinutes": 0,
              "paxCount": 1,
              "paxSegment": true,
              "distanceNM": 212,
              "fuelStopCount": 0
            }
          ]
        },
        "startPosition": {
          "id": "aport-5449",
          "name": "WARSAW FREDERIC CHOPIN",
          "city": "WARSAW",
          "country": {
            "code": "PL",
            "name": "Poland"
          },
          "icao": "EPWA",
          "iata": "WAW"
        },
        "startPositionAvailableFrom": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2017-11-23T05:20:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2017-11-23T06:20:00+01:00"
        },
        "startPositionAvailableTo": {
          "dateTimeUTC": "2017-12-07T05:20:00Z",
          "dateTimeLocal": "2017-12-07T06:20:00+01:00"
        },
        "scheduledUpdatedOn": "2017-03-23T03:03:08Z",
        "initialPositioningMinutes": 100
      },
 
... more results ...
 
    ]
  }
}

Schedules

PUT /schedules

This operation is used to upload schedule information for one aircraft.

Input

lift.aircraftTail	lift.aircraftTail The tail number of the aircraft. This must exactly match the tail number specified in the Avinode Marketplace.
activities	activities This is an list of all activities for this aircraft. An activity is a representation of something an aircraft does that affects its availability. It can for example be a passenger flight, ferry flight, scheduled maintenance, hold lines, options etc. Every activity has a start and an end airport, begin and end time and an activity type that indicates what kind of activity it is. Passenger flight activities should also include the number of passengers. For non flight activities, both start and end airport should be set to the same airport.
activity.activityId	activity.activityId This is the id that the application calling this operation has for this activity. It is important that the id for one specific activity is the same in each consecutive call. The id must be unique (i.e. no two activities for one aircraft can have the same id). Sending an activityId is required.
activity.tripId	activity.tripId This is the id of the requested trip, equivalent to the lift id without the prefix [asellerlift-]12345678. It is recommended to save this id from incoming quote requests that become booked trips, and send it in the corresponding activity here. This is done to get valuable statistics on which requests end up as a booked trip.
activity.externalTripId optional	activity.externalTripId optional If this activity is part of a trip (e.g. one of the activities in a round-trip or a positioning flight for a passenger flight), then this is the id that the application calling this operation has for this trip. If this activity is not part of a trip then this id should be omitted.
activity.activityType	activity.activityType Each activity must have an activity type that specifies what kind of activity it is. This will be used to determine how this activity should affect the aircraft’s availability. What values to send is up to the application calling this operation. The value cannot be longer than 20 characters. The sent value will also be shown when the Avinode Member views the schedule data in the Marketplace’s online web interface. Each Avinode member company maintains a mapping table for their activity types where each activity type is mapped to one of the items in the list below. New non-mapped activity types will be automatically created in the mapping table when sent for the first time. They will then by default be mapped to Occupied. The member can at any time log in to the Avinode Marketplace and change their mappings. Here is a list of the available interpretations an activity type can be mapped to. Empty Leg – During an activity of this type the aircraft will be considered available. The activity will also be marketed as an empty leg in the Avinode Marketplace. Ferry – During an activity of this type the aircraft will be considered available. The activity will not be marketed as an empty leg. The search algorithm will look at any following passenger leg to ensure that the aircraft has enough time to position for that. Flight Occupied – During an activity of this type the aircraft will be considered occupied. This option should be used for all flight related occupancy (e.g. 135 trips, 91 trips etc.). Occupied – During an activity of this type the aircraft will be considered occupied. This option should be used for all non-flight occupancy (e.g maintenance). Onground – During an activity of this type the aircraft will be considered available. This option can be used to indicate transient (away from home base) availability. The search algorithm will price the aircraft from the indicated airport, rather than home base. Note that sending activities of this type is not required (see “Time gaps”). Option – This is an “information only” type. Activities mapped to this type will be shown in the Schedule for the aircraft, but does in no way effect the position of the aircraft, nor does it affect the availability of the aircraft. This can be used for non-confirmed trips etc.
activity.startAirport, activity.endAirport	activity.startAirport, activity.endAirport These are the airports where the aircraft is positioned at the start and end of this activity. Specifying airport should be done by sending one airport code. The recommended code to send is the ICAO code. If the application calling this operation does not have access to the ICAO code then the IATA or FAA code should be sent.
activity.startDateTime, activity.endDateTime	activity.startDateTime, activity.endDateTime These are the dates and times when the activity starts and ends. The times should be sent as UTC times.
activity.paxCount	activity.paxCount The number of passengers for this activity. If there are no passengers then 0 should be sent.
activity.note	activity.note A plain text message that is displayed when the Avinode Member views the schedule data in the Marketplace’s online web interface.
activity.price	activity.price If this activity is an empty leg then this should be a target price that uploading company can imagine accepting for this empty leg.
activity.currency	activity.currency The three letter code (ISO 4217) for the currency that the price is specified in.
activity.flightRegulations	activity.flightRegulations For each Avinode member company a regulation code mapping table exist similar to the one used for activity types. What values to send is up to the application calling this operation. The code sent in flightRegulations will be mapped to one of the following. PART 91 PART 135 PART 121 PART 91K OTHER
activity.flightRegulationsDescription	activity.flightRegulationsDescription A plain text description of the regulation code sent in flightRegulations. Max 255 characters.
activity.marketingStartDateTime, activity.marketingEndDateTime	activity.marketingStartDateTime, activity.marketingEndDateTime These are the marketing start and end times for an empty leg activity. These define when the aircraft is available to fly this empty leg. The maximum allowed time span is five days. A longer span than five days will result in the empty leg not being available to the market. If two empty legs with overlapping marketing time spans are uploaded for the same aircraft then only one of the empty legs will available to the market. Uploading consecutive empty legs from and to the same airports to circumvent the five day span limit is not allowed. The times should be sent as UTC times.
activity.marketingVerified	activity.marketingVerified This should be set to true for all empty leg activities that the Avinode member company has actively verified as marketable. Actively verified means that someone has manually marked this activity as a sell-able empty leg. Verified empty legs will be treated with a higher priority in the Avinode Marketplace and are more likely to attract business than non verified empty legs. Operators that markets empty legs where it turns out the empty leg is not really available to the market will get a bad reputation and buyers will eventually be less likely to show interest in that operator’s real empty legs. Automatically marking all empty legs as verified is not allowed.
activity.marketingMessage	activity.marketingMessage A plain text message that will be displayed to buyers interested in this empty leg. Some characters must to be escaped or sent as their HTML character entity name or number (same rules as for the note field above).
activity.Services	activity.Services This is a list of services that is connected to this activity. It could be FBOs, catering, handling, fuel etc.
activity.service.serviceProviderId	activity.service.serviceProviderId This is the id that the application calling this operation has for this service provider.
activity.service.serviceProviderName	activity.service.serviceProviderName This is the name that the application calling this operation has for this service provider.
activity.service.airport	activity.service.airport This is the airport where this service will be consumed.
activity.service.serviceType	activity.service.serviceType This is the type of service. One of these must be sent. FBO FUEL CATERING LIMO HOTEL HANDLING CUSTOM
activity.service.serviceFor	activity.service.serviceFor This is for who this service is offered. One of these must be sent. ALL CREW PASSENGERS OTHER
activity.service.note	activity.service.note A plain text message with additional information about this service. Some characters must to be escaped or sent as their HTML character entity name or number (same rules as for the note field above).
activity.service.dataSource	activity.service.dataSource This is the data source from which the application calling this operation gets this information. One of these must be sent. UNIVERSAL ACUKWIK PROPRIETARY OTHER

Definition

PUT /schedules

Input example

Here is an example of a JSON payload. Normally a schedule will contain a lot more activities but in this example a schedule containing four activities for aircraft N12345 is uploaded. The first three belongs to the same trip. The trip starts with an empty leg from KMIA to KLAX followed by a passenger flight to KSFO. The trip is then ends after the aircraft returns to KMIA the day after. The last activity in the input data is a multi day maintenance at KMIA.

{
  "lift": {
    "aircraftTail": "N12345"
  },
  "activities": [
    {
      "activityId": "a-10001",
      "externalTripId": "t-1001",
      "tripId": "12345678",
      "activityType": "EmptyLeg",
      "startAirport": {
        "icao": "KMIA"
      },
      "endAirport": {
        "icao": "KLAX"
      },
      "startDateTime": "2016-03-05T15:00Z",
      "endDateTime": "2016-03-05T20:12Z",
      "paxCount": 0,
      "note": "Positioning to pick up customer",
      "price": 10000,
      "currency": "USD",
      "flightRegulations": "135",
      "flightRegulationsDescription": "Charter flight",
      "marketingStartDateTime": "2016-03-04T18:00Z",
      "marketingEndDateTime": "2016-03-05T20:12Z",
      "marketingVerified": true,
      "marketingMessage": "Good deal!",
      "services": [
        {
          "serviceProviderId": "81766",
          "serviceProviderName": "GROUND ACE",
          "airport": {
            "icao": "KLAX"
          },
          "serviceType": "FBO",
          "serviceFor": "ALL",
          "note": "Our special rates apply",
          "dataSource": "UNIVERSAL"
        },
        {
          "serviceProviderId": "SP8345",
          "serviceProviderName": "Mega Fuel",
          "airport": {
            "icao": "KLAX"
          },
          "serviceType": "FUEL",
          "serviceFor": "OTHER",
          "dataSource": "PROPRIETARY"
        }
 
      ]
    },
    {
      "activityId": "a-10002",
      "externalTripId": "t-1001",
      "tripId": "12345678",
      "activityType": "PassengerFlight",
      "startAirport": {
        "icao": "KLAX"
      },
      "endAirport": {
        "icao": "KSFO"
      },
      "startDateTime": "2016-03-05T21:00Z",
      "endDateTime": "2016-03-05T22:02Z",
      "paxCount": 1,
      "note": "Customer will bring two dogs.",
      "flightRegulations": "135",
      "flightRegulationsDescription": "Charter flight"
    },
    {
      "activityId": "a-10003",
      "externalTripId": "t-1001",
      "activityType": "Positioning",
      "startAirport": {
        "icao": "KSFO"
      },
      "endAirport": {
        "icao": "KMIA"
      },
      "startDateTime": "2016-03-06T17:00Z",
      "endDateTime": "2016-03-06T22:43Z",
      "paxCount": 0,
      "flightRegulations": "135",
      "flightRegulationsDescription": "Charter flight"
    },
    {
      "activityId": "a-10004",
      "activityType": "Maintenance",
      "startAirport": {
        "icao": "KMIA"
      },
      "endAirport": {
        "icao": "KMIA"
      },
      "startDateTime": "2016-03-07T16:00Z",
      "endDateTime": "2016-03-18T02:00Z",
      "paxCount": 0
    }
  ]
}

Output

The JSON returned by the operation can contain errors and warnings. If it contains errors then the entire call failed and the existing schedule data in the Avinode Marketplace was not updated. If it contains only warnings then the schedule data in the Avinode Marketplace was updated. Only the data for the activity generating the warning will be affected, so any activities not generating any warnings will always be successfully uploaded. Depending on the severity of the warning the activity might still be included but for some warnings the activity will be omitted.

The status and output from the last call for each aircraft should be made available to the users of the application calling this operation. This to facilitate that the necessary corrections can be made as quickly as possible.

Example of the response from a successful call to this operation

If a call to this operation fails, no retries should be done. The application should just wait until it is time for the the next periodic call.

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "type": "schedules"
  }
}

Retry policy

If a call to this operation fails, no retries should be done. The application should just wait until it is time for the the next periodic call.

Trip messages

GET /tripmsgs/{id}

This operation is used to get information about a trip message.

Input

id	id This is the id of the trip message that the operation will get information for.

Definition

GET /tripmsgs/{id}

Output

lift	lift If this message is related to a requested lift in the RFQ, then this property will have information about which requested lift this message is for.
lift.id	lift.id This is the id of the requested lift.
lift.aircraftCategory	lift.aircraftCategory This is the category of the lift.
lift.aircraftType	lift.aircraftType This is the type of the lift.
lift.maxPax	lift.maxPax This is the maximum number of passengers for the lift.
lift.sourcingDisplayStatus, lift.sourcingStatus	lift.sourcingDisplayStatus, lift.sourcingStatus This will tell the status of the quote request. Declined = 0 Unanswered = 1 Accepted = 2 Canceled = 3
createdOn	createdOn The time when this message was created.
message	message This is the actual text message.
sellerCompany	sellerCompany Information about the company that received the RFQ that this message is associated with.
buyerCompany	buyerCompany Information about the company that sent the RFQ that this message is associated with.
buyerAccount, sellerAccount	buyerAccount, sellerAccount Information about the person that wrote this message.
tripId	tripId This is the id of the requested trip. One trip can contain many lifts. This is the same as Marketplace TripID, visible to users in Avinode Trips Selling/Buying pages.
messageType optional	messageType optional Message types can be: REQUEST CHAT CANCELED

Example of the response when fetching a new seller message

{
    "meta": {
        "errors": [],
        "warnings": [],
        "infos": []
    },
    "data": {
        "id": "asellermsg-1000000015",
        "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellermsg-1000000015",
        "type": "tripmsgs",
        "links": {
            "rfqs": [
                {
                    "id": "arfq-1000000072",
                    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/rfqs/arfq-1000000072",
                    "type": "rfqs"
                }
            ],
            "trips": [
                {
                    "id": "atrip-1000000082",
                    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/trips/atrip-1000000082",
                    "type": "trips"
                }
            ]
        },
        "lift": [
            {
                "id": "asellerlift-46338026",
                "links": {
                    "quotes": [
                        {
                            "id": "aquote-1000000079",
                            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/quotes/aquote-1000000079",
                            "type": "quotes"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                "aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
                "aircraftType": "Global Express",
                "aircraftSuperType": "Global Express/XRS",
                "marketedAircraftId": 63596,
                "aircraftTail": "T-ESLA",
                "maxPax": 12,
                "ownAircraft": false,
                "suggestedByAvinode": false,
                "sourcingDisplayStatus": "Unanswered",
                "sourcingStatus": 1,
                "syncState": "asellerlift-46338026"
            }
        ],
        "createdOn": "2019-05-16T14:44:59Z",
        "message": "Seller is writing a message to the buyer here...",
        "sellerCompany": {
            "id": "416B11AC-7B76-4354-BA54-EEF2BECAB439",
            "companyId": 11722,
            "displayName": "An-operator"
        },
        "sellerAccount": {
            "id": "3610246F-E69D-40CA-BBA1-A854B57D6989",
            "accountId": 158103,
            "displayName": "Kindhearted Tesla"
        },
        "buyerCompany": {
            "id": "750ED6BB-2AA7-4C9D-A313-78A9CA125F08",
            "companyId": 11725,
            "displayName": "A-broker"
        },
        "buyerAccount": {
            "id": "3F530A28-355F-48E9-854C-F9455C1760DF",
            "accountId": 144052,
            "displayName": "Fervent Almeida"
        },
        "tripId": "Q9L73U"
    }
}

Example of the response when fetching a new buyer message

{
    "meta": {
        "errors": [],
        "warnings": [],
        "infos": []
    },
    "data": {
        "id": "abuyermsg-1000000083",
        "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/abuyermsg-1000000083",
        "type": "tripmsgs",
        "links": {
            "rfqs": [
                {
                    "id": "arfq-1000000072",
                    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/rfqs/arfq-1000000072",
                    "type": "rfqs"
                }
            ],
            "trips": [
                {
                    "id": "atrip-1000000082",
                    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/trips/atrip-1000000082",
                    "type": "trips"
                }
            ]
        },
        "lift": [],
        "createdOn": "2019-05-16T14:33:23Z",
        "message": "Hey, we really appreciate your quick response on our request!",
        "sellerCompany": {
            "id": "416B11AC-7B76-4354-BA54-EEF2BECAB439",
            "companyId": 11722,
            "displayName": "An-operator"
        },
        "buyerCompany": {
            "id": "750ED6BB-2AA7-4C9D-A313-78A9CA125F08",
            "companyId": 11725,
            "displayName": "A-broker"
        },
        "buyerAccount": {
            "id": "3340C34B-92BA-452F-8BB9-F6C774D934A5",
            "accountId": 161678,
            "displayName": "Emmy Lou"
        },
        "tripId": "Q9L73U",
        "messageType": "CHAT"
    }
}

POST /tripmsgs/{requestId}/chat

This operation is used to send a chat message associated with an RFQ. It can be sent by either a seller or a buyer. This message will be displayed on the Trip pages in Avinode and be highlighted to users as an unread message.

If the message recipient has an active webhook setting in Avinode subscribed to trip messages, this operation will also trigger a notification message. Read more about webhooks and notifications here.

Input

id	id This is either: A lift id. An RFQ id. All chat messages will be associated with their RFQ id.

HTTP headers

X-Avinode-ActAsAccount

If the person initiating this action has a personal Avinode Marketplace user account, then the username for that user account should be sent in this HTTP header. The buyer will then see the name of the person that preformed this action.

Definition

POST /tripmsgs/{requestId}/chat

Payload

message	message The actual text message.
suppressNotification	suppressNotification If this is true the API servers will not send an email to the buyer informing about this update to the RFQ.

Example of the response from a successful call to this operation

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "asellermsg-1000000009",
    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellermsg-1000000009",
    "type": "tripmsgs",
    "links": {
      "rfqs": [
        {
          "id": "arfq-1000000034",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/rfqs/arfq-1000000034",
          "type": "rfqs"
        }
      ]
    },
    "lift": [
      {
        "id": "asellerlift-45483075",
        "links": {
          "quotes": [
            {
              "id": "aquote-1000000041",
              "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/quotes/aquote-1000000041",
              "type": "quotes"
            }
          ]
        },
        "actions": {
          "submitQuote": {
            "type": "submitQuote",
            "description": "Submit a quote",
            "httpMethod": "POST",
            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellerlift-45483075/submitQuote"
          },
          "decline": {
            "type": "decline",
            "description": "Decline",
            "httpMethod": "POST",
            "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellerlift-45483075/decline"
          }
        },
        "aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
        "aircraftType": "Global Express",
        "aircraftSuperType": "Global Express/XRS",
        "marketedAircraftId": 63596,
        "aircraftTail": "T-ESLA",
        "maxPax": 12,
        "ownAircraft": true,
        "suggestedByAvinode": false,
        "sourcingDisplayStatus": "Unanswered",
        "sourcingStatus": 1,
        "syncState": "asellerlift-45483075"
      }
    ],
    "createdOn": "2019-04-01T14:04:11Z",
    "message": "Hey we can fly..",
    "sellerCompany": {
      "id": "416B11AC-7B76-4354-BA54-EEF2BECAB439",
      "companyId": 11722,
      "displayName": "Emelie-operator"
    },
    "sellerAccount": {
      "id": "E5717E4F-C695-4ED8-A20A-18B1B94A1628",
      "accountId": 158102,
      "displayName": "Nikola Tesla"
    },
    "buyerCompany": {
      "id": "750ED6BB-2AA7-4C9D-A313-78A9CA125F08",
      "companyId": 11725,
      "displayName": "Emelie-broker"
    },
    "buyerAccount": {
      "id": "3F530A28-355F-48E9-854C-F9455C1760DF",
      "accountId": 144052,
      "displayName": "Fervent Almeida"
    },
    "tripId": "5VCLUW"
  }
}

POST /tripmsgs/{requestId}/submitQuote

This operation is used to either:

submit a quote as direct reply to a requested lift in an RFQ
submit an additional quote to an RFQ

Input

id	id This is either: A lift id. Using this will make the quote a reply to requested lift in the RFQ. An RFQ id. Using this will add an additional quote to the RFQ.

HTTP headers

X-Avinode-ActAsAccount

If the person initiating this action has a personal Avinode Marketplace user account, then the username for that user account should be sent in this HTTP header. The buyer will then see the name of the person that preformed this action.

Definition

POST /tripmsgs/{requestId}/submitQuote

Payload

message	message A text message to accompany the quote.
suppressNotification	suppressNotification If this is true the API servers will not send an email to the buyer informing about this quote.
quote.segments	quote.segments This is the itinerary for the trip offered in this quote. It contains a list of segments (aka legs). It may or may not include information about positioning flights. It may be different from the itinerary requested in the RFQ.
quote.segment.startAirport, quote.segment.endAirport	quote.segment.startAirport, quote.segment.endAirport This is the start airport and the end airport for the segment.
quote.segment.dateTime	quote.segment.dateTime This is either the departure time from the start airport or the arrival time at the end airport. If the quote.segment.dateTime.local property is false, then the specified time is an UTC time. Otherwise, it is the local time of the airport that the time is specified for.
quote.segment.paxCount	quote.segment.paxCount The number of passengers for this segment. This can be zero if the quote is for a cargo trip or if it is not yet specified how many passengers there will be on this segment.
quote.segment.paxSegment	quote.segment.paxSegment This should be set to true for all passenger segments.
quote.segment.showToBuyer	quote.segment.showToBuyer If this segment should be presented to the buyer or not. Passenger segments will always be presented to the buyer, regardless of this setting.
quote.segment.distanceNM	quote.segment.distanceNM The distance between the start airport and the end airport in nautical miles.
quote.segment.blockTimeMinutes	quote.segment.blockTimeMinutes This is the number of minutes for this segment, including taxi time.
quote.segment.flightMinutes	quote.segment.flightMinutes This is the number actual in air flight minutes for this segment.
quote.lift.aircraftCategory, quote.lift.aircraftType, quote.lift.aircraftTail	quote.lift.aircraftCategory, quote.lift.aircraftType, quote.lift.aircraftTail This is the lift that is offered in this quote. At least one of these properties should be populated. If all three are populated, the offered lift will be the aircraft specified in the aircraftTail property. The aircraftType and aircraftCategory properties should then contain information about that aircraft’s type and category. If only the aircraftTail property is specified, then this aircraft is the offered lift. If only the aircraftType or aircraftCategory property is specified, then offer in this quote is not for a specific aircraft. The seller is then offering a not yet specified aircraft of that type or category. Only aircraft marketed in the Avinode Marketplace by the company calling this operation can be specified in quote.lift.aircraftTail and this must exactly match the tail number specified for this aircraft in the Avinode Marketplace.
quote.messageForBuyer	quote.messageForBuyer A text message with additional information about the price, availability conditions, etc.
quote.totalPrice, quote.currencyCode	quote.totalPrice, quote.currencyCode This is the total price for the offer in this quote.
quote.sellerUniqueQuoteIdentifier	quote.sellerUniqueQuoteIdentifier This is the quote identifier that the calling application has for this quote. It must be unique for the calling company.
quote.lineItems optional	quote.lineItems optional This is the line items used by the operator to calculate the price for this quote. They will be listed in the price details as “Quoted price breakdown”, underneath the original “Avinode price breakdown” on the Trips Selling page. Note! It’s optional to make this information visible to the buyer, by setting “visibleToBuyer” to true for each line item.
quote.lineItems.visibleToBuyer	quote.lineItems.visibleToBuyer If set to true this item will be visible to the buyer in Avinode.
quote.lineItems.displayName	quote.lineItems.displayName The name of the line item.
quote.lineItems.description	quote.lineItems.description A description of the line item.
quote.lineItems.type	quote.lineItems.type The type of the line item.
quote.lineItems.price	quote.lineItems.price The total price of this line item.
quote.lineItems.formattedUnitPrice	quote.lineItems.formattedUnitPrice The unit price of the line item.
quote.lineItems.formattedQuantity	quote.lineItems.formattedQuantity The quantity of this type of line item.
quote.attachments	quote.attachments mimeType (“application/pdf”) name (“Quote123.pdf”) type (“Quote”) uri data (Base64 encoded representation) temporaryAttachmentId

Here is an example of a JSON payload

{
  "message": "We are pleased to give you the following offer. /Maria",
  "suppressNotification": false,
  "quote": {
    "segments": [
      {
        "startAirport": {
          "icao": "ESGG"
        },
        "endAirport": {
          "icao": "EGGW"
        },
        "dateTime": {
          "date": "2016-08-17",
          "time": "05:30",
          "departure": true,
          "local": false
        },
        "paxCount": "0",
        "paxSegment": false,
        "showToBuyer": false,
        "distanceNM": 602,
        "blockTimeMinutes": 100,
        "flightMinutes": 90
      },
      {
        "startAirport": {
          "icao": "EGGW"
        },
        "endAirport": {
          "icao": "LFPB"
        },
        "dateTime": {
          "date": "2016-08-17",
          "time": "08:00",
          "departure": true,
          "local": false
        },
        "paxCount": "2",
        "paxSegment": true,
        "showToBuyer": true,
        "distanceNM": 207,
        "blockTimeMinutes": 53,
        "flightMinutes": 43
      },
      {
        "startAirport": {
          "icao": "LFPB"
        },
        "endAirport": {
          "icao": "ESGG"
        },
        "dateTime": {
          "date": "2016-08-17",
          "time": "11:00",
          "departure": true,
          "local": false
        },
        "paxCount": "0",
        "paxSegment": false,
        "showToBuyer": false,
        "distanceNM": 679,
        "blockTimeMinutes": 118,
        "flightMinutes": 108
      }
    ],
    "lift": {
      "aircraftTail": "N12345"
    },
    "messageForBuyer" : "Price does not include de-icing.",
    "currencyCode": "EUR",
    "sellerUniqueQuoteIdentifier": "Q#18272",
    "totalPrice": 15100,
    "lineItems": [{
      "visibleToBuyer": false,
      "displayName": "My own line item",
      "description": "",
      "type": "My type",
      "price": 5000,
      "formattedUnitPrice": "5,000.00",
      "formattedQuantity": "1"
    }, {
      "visibleToBuyer": false,
      "displayName": "Another line item",
      "description": "",
      "type": "My type",
      "price": 4700,
      "formattedUnitPrice": "4,700.00",
      "formattedQuantity": "1"
    }],
    "attachments": [{
        "mimeType": "application/pdf",
        "name": "Quote123.pdf",
        "type": "Quote",
        "uri": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/marketplace/mvc/resource/quote/attachment/Quote123.pdf",
        "data": "abc123!?$*&()'-=@~.......",
        "temporaryAttachmentId": "string"
    }]
  }
}

Output

The calling application should:

Make sure the returned tripmsgs.id is associated with the sent message stored in the application’s data model.
Make sure the returned sellerQuote.id is associated with the quote stored in the application’s data model.
Make sure the lift.id is associated with the booked flight activity in your availability upload (activity.tripId).

Example of the response from a successful call to this operation

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "asellermsg-20202020",
    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellermsg-20202020",
    "type": "tripmsgs",
    "links": {
      "trips": [
        {
          "id": "atrip-21212121",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/trips/atrip-21212121",
          "type": "trips"
        }
      ]
    },
    "lift": [
      {
        "id": "3F05702B-9331-4FED-A18A-0BEB11067A8E",
        "aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
        "aircraftType": "Global Express",
        "aircraftTail": "SBQ-166BZ",
        "maxPax": 12,
        "ownAircraft": true
      }
    ],
    "createdOn": "2016-10-21T21:43:00Z",
    "message": "We are pleased to give you the following offer. /Maria",
    "rfqAccepted": true,
    "sellerQuote": {
      "id": "aquote-97979797",
      "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/quotes/aquote-97979797",
      "type": "quotes",
      "createdOn": "2016-10-21T21:43:00Z",
      "sellerCompany": {
        "id": "16D90630-7344-4A73-9689-8A10CE5EABCD",
        "displayName": "Globex Air Charter"
      },
      "sellerAccount": {
        "id": "A34AB9F4-316B-4702-A6AF-EEF0F5909876",
        "displayName": "Maria Martinez"
      },
      "sellerPrice": {
        "currency": "EUR",
        "price": 15100,
        "conversionCurrency": null,
        "convertedPrice": null
      },
      "sellerMessage": "We are pleased to give you the following offer. /Maria",
      "avinodeGenerated": false,
      "reservable": false,
      "lift": {
        "id": "3F05702B-9331-4FED-A18A-0BEB110AABB",
        "aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
        "aircraftType": "Global Express",
        "aircraftTail": "N98765",
        "maxPax": 12,
        "ownAircraft": true
      },
      "segments": [
        {
          "startAirport": {
            "id": "aport-5955",
            "name": "LANDVETTER",
            "city": "GOTEBORG",
            "country": {
              "code": "SE",
              "name": "Sweden"
            },
            "icao": "ESGG",
            "iata": "GOT"
          },
          "endAirport": {
            "id": "aport-6401",
            "name": "LUTON",
            "city": "LONDON (LUTON)",
            "country": {
              "code": "GB",
              "name": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "icao": "EGGW",
            "iata": "LTN"
          },
          "departureDateTime": {
            "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T05:30:00Z",
            "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T07:30:00+02:00",
            "calculated": true
          },
          "arrivalDateTime": {
            "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T07:10:00Z",
            "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T08:10:00+01:00",
            "calculated": true
          },
          "blockMinutes": 100,
          "flightMinutes": 90,
          "paxCount": 0,
          "paxSegment": false,
          "distanceNM": 602
        },
        {
          "startAirport": {
            "id": "aport-6401",
            "name": "LUTON",
            "city": "LONDON (LUTON)",
            "country": {
              "code": "GB",
              "name": "United Kingdom"
            },
            "icao": "EGGW",
            "iata": "LTN"
          },
          "endAirport": {
            "id": "aport-3378",
            "name": "LE BOURGET",
            "city": "PARIS",
            "country": {
              "code": "FR",
              "name": "France"
            },
            "icao": "LFPB",
            "iata": "LBG"
          },
          "departureDateTime": {
            "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T08:00:00Z",
            "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T09:00:00+01:00",
            "calculated": false
          },
          "arrivalDateTime": {
            "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T08:53:00Z",
            "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T10:53:00+02:00",
            "calculated": true
          },
          "blockMinutes": 53,
          "flightMinutes": 43,
          "paxCount": 2,
          "paxSegment": true,
          "distanceNM": 207
        },
        {
          "startAirport": {
            "id": "aport-3378",
            "name": "LE BOURGET",
            "city": "PARIS",
            "country": {
              "code": "FR",
              "name": "France"
            },
            "icao": "LFPB",
            "iata": "LBG"
          },
          "endAirport": {
            "id": "aport-5955",
            "name": "LANDVETTER",
            "city": "GOTEBORG",
            "country": {
              "code": "SE",
              "name": "Sweden"
            },
            "icao": "ESGG",
            "iata": "GOT"
          },
          "departureDateTime": {
            "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T11:00:00Z",
            "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T13:00:00+02:00",
            "calculated": true
          },
          "arrivalDateTime": {
            "dateTimeUTC": "2016-08-17T12:58:00Z",
            "dateTimeLocal": "2016-08-17T14:58:00+02:00",
            "calculated": true
          },
          "blockMinutes": 118,
          "flightMinutes": 108,
          "paxCount": 0,
          "paxSegment": false,
          "distanceNM": 679
        }
      ]
    },
    "sellerCompany": {
      "id": "16D90630-7344-4A73-9689-8A10CE5EABCD",
      "displayName": "Globex Air Charter"
    },
    "sellerAccount": {
      "id": "A34AB9F4-316B-4702-A6AF-EEF0F5909876",
      "displayName": "Maria Martinez"
    },
    "buyerCompany": {
      "id": "7145AD1A-9A56-49C2-8F27-E8546A551234",
      "displayName": "Acme Charter Broker"
    },
    "buyerAccount": {
      "id": "FDF25615-13A7-4A12-9465-4DCBCE5A5678",
      "displayName": "John Smith"
    },
    "tripId": "2MZH9W"
  }
}

POST /tripmsgs/{requestId}/decline

This operation is used to decline an entire RFQ or a requested lift in an RFQ.

Input

id	id This is either: A lift id. Using this will decline a specific requested lift in the RFQ. If the RFQ contains other requested lift, not yet declined or quoted, then these will still be considered unanswered. An RFQ id. Using this will decline the entire RFQ, including any requested lift.

HTTP headers

X-Avinode-ActAsAccount

If the person initiating this action has a personal Avinode Marketplace user account, then the username for that user account should be sent in this HTTP header. The buyer will then see the name of the person that preformed this action.

Definition

POST /tripmsgs/{requestId}/decline

Payload

message	message A text message explaining the reason for declining.
suppressNotification	suppressNotification If this is true the API servers will not send an email to the buyer informing about this update to the RFQ.

Here is an example of a JSON payload.

{
  "message": "Sorry, we have no available aircraft for this trip.",
  "suppressNotification": false
}

Output

The calling application should make sure the returned tripmsgs.id is associated with the sent message stored in the application’s data model.

Here is an example of the response from a successful call to this operation.

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "asellermsg-19191919",
    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/tripmsgs/asellermsg-19191919",
    "type": "tripmsgs",
    "links": {
      "trips": [
        {
          "id": "atrip-21212121",
          "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/trips/atrip-21212121",
          "type": "trips"
        }
      ]
    },
    "lift": [
      {
        "id": "asellerlift-36363636",
        "aircraftCategory": "Ultra long range",
        "aircraftType": "Global Express",
        "aircraftTail": "N98765",
        "maxPax": 12,
        "ownAircraft": true
      }
    ],
    "createdOn": "2016-10-21T21:11:08Z",
    "message": "Sorry, we have no available aircraft for this trip.",
    "rfqAccepted": false,
    "sellerCompany": {
      "id": "16D90630-7344-4A73-9689-8A10CE5EABCD",
      "displayName": "Globex Air Charter"
    },
    "sellerAccount": {
      "id": "A34AB9F4-316B-4702-A6AF-EEF0F5909876",
      "displayName": "Maria Martinez"
    },
    "buyerCompany": {
      "id": "7145AD1A-9A56-49C2-8F27-E8546A551234",
      "displayName": "Acme Charter Broker"
    },
    "buyerAccount": {
      "id": "FDF25615-13A7-4A12-9465-4DCBCE5A5678",
      "displayName": "John Smith"
    }
  }
}

Webhooks

POST /webhooks/settings

This operation is used to create a new webhook.

Input

targetURI	targetURI This is the address of the service that the application has set up to handle notifications. The service consuming the call must support SSL (https) and use a trusted (i.e. not self-signed) SSL certificate. One company cannot create multiple webhooks with the same targetURI.
displayName	displayName This is a name for this webhook. The recommended naming convention is “[application name] – [notification category]”.
active	active This is the status of the webhook. Active webhooks will generate notifications, inactive will not.
clientIdentifier	clientIdentifier This is either: The username if Basic HTTP Authentication is used The OAuth key of OAuth Authentication is used
clientSecret	clientSecret This is either: The password if Basic HTTP Authentication is used The OAuth secret of OAuth Authentication is used
clientAuthenticationType	clientAuthenticationType This sets the type of authentication that will be used when notifications are delivered. These are the valid values. NONE BASIC OAUTH
eventTypes	eventTypes This specifies which categories of notifications that this webhook subscribes to. These are the valid values. EmptyLegs TripMessagesSeller TripMessagesBuyer TripMessagesMine ScheduledTrips ClientLeads

Definition

POST /webhooks/settings

Here is an example of a JSON payload.

In this example an application called GoldFMS creates a webhook to subscribe to all notifications in the Buyer Message category. All webhooks are created for the company associated with the API connection that is used to make this API call. This means that Buyer Message notifications for this company will be delivered by this webhook.

{
  "targetURI": "https://notifications.goldfms.com/notifications",
  "displayName": "GoldFMS - Buyer messages",
  "active": true,
  "clientIdentifier": "acmejet",
  "clientSecret": "ks7U5twP",
  "clientAuthenticationType": "BASIC",
  "eventTypes": [
    "TripMessagesBuyer"
  ]
}

Output

The application creating the webhook should always store and keep track of all ids of any created webhooks. The id will be used when the application updates a webhook. For example for inactivating or reactivating or changing any of the other settings. The PUT /webhooks/settings/{id} operation is used for updating a webhook.

Here is an example of the response from a successful call to this operation:

{
  "meta": {
    "errors": [],
    "warnings": [],
    "infos": []
  },
  "data": {
    "id": "whs-123456",
    "href": "https://sandbox.avinode.com/api/webhooks/settings/whs-123456",
    "type": "settings",
    "targetURI": "https://notifications.goldfms.com/notifications",
    "displayName": "GoldFMS - Buyer messages",
    "active": "true"
  }
}

PUT /webhooks/settings/{id}

This operation is used to update an existing webhook.

Input

id	id This is the id of the existing webhook that the operation will update.

Definition

PUT /webhooks/settings/{id}

Payload

This operation uses the same payload as the POST /webhooks/settings operation.

Web Apps

The Avinode Web Apps are widget type apps that can be installed by Avinode members on an existing web page. There a two types of web apps: Search web apps, and Empty leg web apps.

Search Web App
This web app is designed to add a lead generator to a company’s web site. Visitors are presented with a search form where they can submit their desired itinerary. The web app then displays available aircraft categories and/or aircraft types with aircraft details, pictures and information about estimated flight times and prices. The visitor can then proceed to request a more detailed quote for one or more of these options. These requests end up as leads and are available to the Avinode member in the Trips pages in the Avinode Marketplace. This web app can be powered by all the aircraft in the Avinode Marketplace or a subset of these, for example only the fleet of one operator.

Empty Leg Web App
Visitors can search for empty legs published in the Avinode Marketplace. The visitor can also submit a request for one or more of these empty legs. These requests end up as leads and are available to the Avinode member in the Trips pages in the Avinode Marketplace. This web app can be powered by all the empty legs in the Avinode Marketplace or a subset of these, for example only the empty legs published by one operator.

Branding and settings
In most cases some additional styling will be required to make the web app match the Avinode member’s brand. This styling is done inside the Avinode system when setting up the web app, and can be changed by the owner of the app at any time. Find all settings for your web app by clicking on the web app in the web app listing.

Creating a web app

In the Avinode system, go to the Company menu to find the Apps page. On this page you will see all your web apps. Note, you can create as many web apps as you like.
Select the “New” button. Fill in a name for your new web app and hit “Save”. You will now see the created web app in the list.

Preview
Want to see how the web app looks? It is simple, click the Preview in “Avinode CharterNode” button and a new page will open showing the looks of your web app. You will also have a smaller preview inside the app settings under the Web UI tab.

UI settings
The looks of the web app can be customized. Select the Web UI tab in the configuration pages for you web app. Here you can select colors and which search features that you like to have enabled in the web app. Changing the colors will update the preview, but the appearance for the web app will first be updated after you hit “Save”.

Settings configurable by Avinode member

Commission
This is the commission, in percent, that will be added to the prices displayed to the visitor. This is by default set to 10 %.

Send confirmation to end client
By default, a confirmation email is sent to the visitor after the visitor has requested a more detailed quote. With this setting, the Avinode member can decide if such a confirmation email should be sent or not.

Privacy Policy link
Setting this will enforce the user to accept your privacy policy, to be provided via a link.

Languages
The Avinode member can configure the languages to be available in the web app. Names and descriptions of the different aircraft categories can be translated.

If your website uses multiple domains for different languages, then you should setup one web app for each domain and keep only this specific language in the settings. If you choose to have multiple languages in the same web app, the default language will always be English (the default language cannot be changed).

These are the supported languages:

• English – Great Britain
• English – United States
• Russian
• German
• French
• Spanish
• Italian
• Dutch
• Portuguese – Brazil
• Chinese

Categories
The Avinode member can configure the aircraft categories available in the web app.

Safety rating filter
With this setting only aircraft with a certain safety rating will be included in search results.

Contact Info
This is the contact information to the Avinode member that will be displayed in the web app.

Show price in search results
This setting can exclude all prices from the web apps, instead allowing the end client to inquire for price.

Settings configurable by Avinode staff

Exclude category results
This setting can be used to omit the aircraft category result page. The visitor will then only see the aircraft model results.

Fleet filter
This setting decides which aircraft in the Avinode Marketplace that will be considered when compiling the results. The default fleet filter includes all aircraft in the Avinode Marketplace.

Embedding the web app

Embedding a web app to your own page is as simple as inserting a code fragment. The code fragment you should use is available in the “Embed” tab under the web app settings.
On this page you will find a grey box with a code to be inserted on your page.

The first “div” element is the element where the web app will be injected. Place this element on the page where you like the web app to be. The second part with the script should be placed in the end of your “body”. This is all you have to do to get the web app included in your page.

Event tracking with Google Analytics

By providing your Google Analytics ID under the Embed tab you will be able to track the following events from inside the web app:

“Show category description“ – Clicking on a category description. (We can not send the category type since they are not final. They can be whatever)
“Change currency to: <currency_code>” – Changing currency
“Sending inquire“ – Clicking the “Sending” button to send an inquiry
“Change language to: <language_code>“ – Changing language
“Change <date field>“ – Changing date fields, where date field is the date depending on the search. (fromDate, endDate, date)
“Change <time field>” – Changing time fields, where date field is the time depending on the search. (fromTime, endTime, time)
“Decrement pax“ or “Increment pax” – Changing PAX
“Change trip type to: <trip_type>” – Changing trip type
“Open inquiry form” – Clicking inquiry button in search result
“Close inquiry form“ – Clicking cancel or X in inquiry form
“Search, <search_type>“ – Searching
“Change startAirport” – Changing start airport
“Change endAirport” – Changing end airport

No further configuration is needed. See the example below on what it should look like in your Google Analytics account once a few different events are being tracked.

White-label iPhone app

Introduction

The following manual will guide you through the step-by-step process of taking your new iOS mobile app from setup to distribution.

We recommend that you read through each section of the guide before beginning work on the process described in that chapter. This may take a few extra minutes, but we assure you that it will save you some headaches in the long run.

Setup Overview

This section of the manual will quickly explain how the iOS mobile app setup works, what you will need to do at each stage of the process and what you can expect. Please note: This chapter is not intended to function as a guide. We recommend you use this overview for planning only and advise that you read each section of the manual thoroughly before proceeding.

Setup Walk through

Step 1: Setup iOS Developer Account

The first thing you will need to do once you have purchased a white-label mobile app from Avinode is to setup an iOS Developer Account with Apple.

Why is this first?

Getting an iOS Developer Account account can be a time consuming process requiring corporate verification, submission of documentation and Apple review and approval. This process, while not terribly complicated, can take up to three weeks so, in order to expedite the setup process, we require that you begin your iOS Developer Account setup before moving on to step two.

Can I work on step 2 before getting my account approval?

Yes, in fact, we recommend that you proceed to step 2 as soon as you have submitted your account application to Apple.

How does the account approval process work?

The processing of your App Store account application can be a rather long process. When you apply to Apple they will ask you for very specific information about your company. It is important that info you provide is completely accurate. This will save you a lot of time and frustration in the long run. There are several steps in the application process. Once you have finished the initial online form you will be instructed to wait while Apple reviews your application. Apple will then request documents from your provided contact people. After which you will again be instructed to wait. If all goes well you will eventually receive an email directing you to a link where you can finally complete your account setup and purchase your membership in App Store. This marks the completion of the account setup process; at this point your account is nearly ready to host your new iOS mobile app.

Step 2: Setup your App with Avinode

In the second stage of setup we will need you to provide us with information in order to set up your app. As previously mentioned, this information falls into three distinct categories, technical information, design specifications, and written documentation

What are the required design specifications?

In order to personalize your app we will need you to provide your logo, specified app color, a landing page image, and an icon for both the App Store and the iPhone. Detailed information about these graphical elements can be found in chapter 2.1 of this manual.

What written documentation is required?

At the time of submission App Store requires that you include your app’s name, a description of the application, keywords, copyright information, contact information, a support URL, and your developer name. This cannot be edited once it has been submitted so it is important that you submit this information exactly as you wish to see it displayed. Specific information about this documentation can be found in chapter 2.2 of this manual.

What technical information does Avinode need?

In addition, to adding your Avinode contact as a team member on your App Store account and as a user in App Store Connect, you will also need to provide Avinode with some technical documentation including your iOS distribution certificate, and your App Store distribution provisioning profile. Step-by-step instructions for how to obtain these documents is provided in chapter 2.3.

Step 3: What happens next?

Once you have finalized your App Store setup and submitted the required information to Avinode you can sit back and relax. Your Avinode contact will continue the process of setting up and submitting your app to App Store. The setup, submission and approval process can take up to five weeks, based on app approval time estimates from App Store.

Setup iOS Developer Account

1. Become an iOS Developer

The first step in the process of getting your new iPhone application ready for its public debut is to sign up for an App Store account. Important! You need to enrolling as an organisation. This is a straight forward process and you can follow the steps in this process provided by Apple. If you already have an iOS Developer account you can continue to the next part of this manual.

Start here:

https://developer.apple.com/programs/enroll

Setting up your app with Avinode

If you have reached the midway point in your App Store Account Application process then you are now ready to complete sections 2.1 and 2.2 of this chapter. Once you have completed your App Store enrollment as described in the section Setup iOS Developer Account then you can proceed to section 2.3 Technical Requirements.

2.1 App Specifications

In order to customize your iPhone App we will need the following design elements from you.

2.1.1 Tint Color

Please provide a RGB color that you wish to use for your app. The tint color will affect buttons, titles, link color and highlighted colors.

2.1.2 Branding

Please provide a logo for placement in Search view and About us page. When considering your logo choice please keep in mind that this will be placed on a white background.
The logo should be in the PNG image format and have a transparent background. Following sizes are required:

Device or context	Icon size
iPhone 6, 7, 8 (Plus), XS Max	870 x 204 px
iPhone 5, 6, 7, 8, X, XR, XS	580 x 136 px

2.1.3 Landing image

Please provide a landing image in PNG image format, to be displayed when the app starts up. The image cannot contain any transparency. Following sizes are required:

Device	Portrait size
iPhone XS Max	1242 x 2688 px
iPhone XR	828 x 1792 px
iPhone X, XS	1125 x 2436 px
iPhone 6, 7, 8 (Plus)	1242 x 2208 px
iPhone 6, 7, 8	750 x 1334 px
iPhone 5s	640 x 1136 px

2.1.4 Icons

We will need you to provide your app icon in three sizes to fit the current Apple formatting scheme. The icons should be in PNG image format, flattened with no transparency. Square with no rounded corners. Following sizes are required:

Device or context	Icon size
App Store	1024 x 1024 px
iPhone 6, 7, 8 (Plus), XS Max	180 x 180 px
iPhone 5s, 6, 7, 8, X, XS, XR	120 x 120 px

2.1.5 Default Currency Preference

Please indicate which currency you would like to appear as the default setting in your app. Supported currencies:

AUD Australian Dollar	HRK Croatian Kuna	NZD New Zealand Dollar
BGN Bulgarian Lev	IDR Indonesian Rupiah	PHP Philippine Peso
BRL Brazilian Real	ILS Israeli New Shekel	PLN Polish Zloty
CAD Canadian Dollar	INR Indian Rupee	RON Romanian New Leu
CHF Swiss Franc	ISK Iceland Krona	RUB Russian Rouble
CNY Chinese Yuan Renminbi	JPY Japanese Yen	SEK Swedish Krona
CZK Czech Koruna	KRW Korean Won	SGD Singapore Dollar
DKK Danish Krone	LTL Lithuanian Litas	SKK Slovak Koruna
EUR Euro	LVL Latvian Lats	THB Thai Baht
GBP British Pound Sterling	MXN Mexican Peso	TRY Turkish Lira
HKD Hong Kong Dollar	MYR Malaysian Ringgit	USD US Dollar
HUF Hungarian Forint	NOK Norwegian Kroner	ZAR South African Rand

2.1.6 Supported language

Please indicate which languages you would like to support. The language is automatically detected by the system. If the application detect a language which you do not support, your application will fall back on the English language. * Supported languages: English (default) German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, French, Italian, Dutch.

2.1.7 Terms and Conditions

Please provide your terms and conditions to use in your app. This document must be in the PDF format.

2.1.8 Safety Text Preference

Please indicate whether or not you would like to include a brief description of aviation safety procedures and how safety auditing works, along with information about what this means for the end user. This text is provided by Avinode.

2.1.9 Include categories

Please indicate whether or not you would like to include an option which will let your users choose from your custom categories in search form.

2.1.10 Include Empty legs

Please indicate whether or not your would like to include an option which will let your users search empty legs.

2.1.11 Company Description

Please indicate whether or not you would like to have a description of your company in the app. If so, please provide us with the text you want to present. You will also need to translate this text to the different languages you support (see 2.1.6).

2.2 Written documentation

This section will describe the various written components we need from you for use in App Store.

2.2.1 Company/Developer Name

This name will be displayed in App Store for this app and all future apps you develop and post with this account.

2.2.2 App name on App store

Please indicate the name you wish your app to have in App Store.

2.2.3 App name on iOS Device

Due to space limitations within the iPhone interface, if your app name exceeds 13 characters then you will need to provide an alternate to the app name from 2.2.2 to be used in the iPhone

2.2.4 Description

We will need a description of the app to be shown in App Store. Keep in mind that this text should have a light sales tone, but still detail the features and functionality of your app. Please see the attached example below:

* Example:

[App Name] by [Company Name]
Description
Empty Legs anytime, anywhere at the tap of your fingers. [App Name] for iPhone makes it possible for you to search, view and request empty legs from wherever
you are, whenever you want. Keen to try private charter, but not sure about the price? Empty Legs can provide you with a cost effective alternative to traditional air charter. Because they are pre-scheduled, unoccupied flights, Empty Legs can be booked for a greatly reduced rate, giving you the opportunity to fly to your destination in comfort and style.

Features:

GPS based search

Favorite airports function

Tailored Empty Leg Highlights scroll

Real-time availability data

Map view

Send requests from the App

View aircraft images

2.2.5 Price

If you wish to charge users to download your app you will need to stipulate a price. * Keep in mind that you will need to upgrade your App Store account to an “iOS Paid Applications Account” in order to charge for your app.

2.2.6 Keywords

You will need to provide a list of keywords for your app. When choosing your keywords please keep in mind that they will be used for searches within App Store, so they should be as accurate and succinct as possible. * Please separate the keywords with commas. Keywords cannot exceed 100 characters, including commas.

2.2.7 Copyright

Copyright information should include the name of the person or entity that owns the exclusive rights to the app, along with the year the rights were obtained. e.g. Company Name 2014

2.2.8 Contact Information for App Store

Contact information should be comprised of those emails that app users can use to contact your company through App Store regarding the app. * This may differ from the contact information shown within the app

2.2.9 Support URL

You will need to provide us with a URL address to a webpage where app users can go to receive support for their app. This will be visible to all App Store users. e.g. your company’s webpage, or the “about us” page of your company website.

2.3 Technical Requirements

The following section describes the technical adjustments that you must make to your App Store account and the technical documentation you must submit to Avinode in order for us to be able to submit the app to App Store. * Begin this section once your iOS Developer Account has been approved.

2.3.1 Inviting Avinode to join your development team

Once your iOS Developer account enrollment is complete you will need to invite Avinode to join your team.

Step 1
Sign in with your developer account at https://developer.apple.com/membercenter/index.action

Step 2
Navigation to “Invitation”-page https://developer.apple.com/membercenter/index.action#invitations

Step 3
The “Invite Person” or “Bulk Invite” links should take you to a page requesting you to fill in the details of the person or people you wish to invite. Fill in the form with the following:

First name: Avinode
Last name: Developer
Email address: itunes@avinode.com

Step 4
Tick the radio dial indication under iOS Developer Program that you would like them to be an Admin and then press Send.

2.3.2 Inviting Avinode to join your App Store Connect team

After inviting Avinode to join your team you will also need to add us as a user in App Store Connect at https://itunesconnect.apple.com
* We should have already provided you with the contact information needed to complete this step. If you have not received these contact details please email your sales representative to request this information.

Step 1
Sign in to App Store Connect with your iOS Developer Account at https://itunesconnect.apple.com

Step 2
Navigate to Users and Roles

Step 3
Under the section App Store Connect Users , press the “+” button to add a new user.

Step 4
Enter user information as follows:

First name: Avinode
Last name: Developer
Email address: itunes@avinode.com

Click Next in the top right corner.

Step 5
You should now find yourself on a page asking you to Select Roles. Tick the boxes marked Admin, and then press the Next button. On the next page (Notification) just press Save in the top right corner.

What happens next?

Congratulations you have completed the transfer of technical information to Avinode!

We will now complete the setup of your Mobile Application and submit it to the App Store for review and approval. Please note the Apple review process can take between one and ﬁve weeks. You will be able to follow this from your App Store account. We will notify you as soon as your app has been approved.

Marketing your new iPhone app

With your iPhone app approved and listed in App Store it is now time to begin your marketing rollout.The following text will give you some ideas for how you can spread the word about your new app.

Use your current communication channels

Your business is likely already using a number of different communication channels to get messages out to your clients, i.e. your company’s website, email signatures, Twitter, Facebook and blogs. These are also an effective way to spread the word about your new app.Think about putting a link to your app’s page on App Store in your email signatures, or on the main page of your company’s website. Use social media, like Twitter, Facebook and your company’s blog(s), to advertise or discuss your new app. Keep this information refreshed and current, and update as you feel it is necessary.

Direct distribution

Distribute your app directly to clients. This is the easiest way to get downloads right away and begin the word-of-mouth advertising on your app.

Demo your app

Carry your app with you wherever you go. You never know when you’ll have the opportunity to show your app to clients, potential clients, or other interested parties, so one of the simplest things you can do is to always carry your app with you. This is a very direct and simple form of marketing that allows you to show potential users the app while at the same time giving them a verbal overview of all its best features. This plants the seeds for instant word-of-mouth advertising in which your app begins to market itself through your clients.

Handouts & promotions

Think about using giveaways and gifts as a way of promoting your new app. Giving away an iPhone or iPod touch loaded with your app, for example, is a great way of promoting your app to clients, or potential clients. Giveaways can take the form of direct gifts to clients, drawings, or lotteries among other things.

Terminology

All developers should have a good understanding of the concepts explained on this page, as this terminology is widely used in the documentation.

Aircraft

An aircraft refers to a specific physical aircraft identified by its tail number. An aircraft is of a specific aircraft type.

Air operator’s certificate (AOC)

A certificate issued by a country’s national aviation authority, allowing the operator to use the aircraft for the specified commercial purposes.

Aircraft Category

Each aircraft type belongs to a category. These are the fixed wing categories available to all companies in the Avinode Marketplace.

Piston – Small piston-powered aircraft.
Turbo prop – Turbo prop-powered aircraft that seat up to 19 passengers.
Entry level jet (VLJ) – Jet aircraft with a MTOW of up to 12 000 lbs.
Light jet – Jet aircraft with a MTOW between 12 000 and 18 000 lbs.
Super light jet – Jet aircraft with a MTOW between 18 000 and 22 000 lbs.
Midsize jet – Jet aircraft with a MTOW between 22 000 and 30 000 lbs.
Super midsize jet – Jet aircraft with a MTOW between 30 000 and 40 000 lbs.
Heavy jet – Jet aircraft with a MTOW of more than 41 000 lbs.
Ultra long range – Heavy jets with a range of more than 5 000 NM.
VIP airliner – VIP-configured airliners.
Airliner – Non-VIP airliners that seat 20 passengers or more.

These are the two available categories for helicopters.

Helicopter single engine
Helicopter twin engine

Aircraft search
This is a search feature offered to Avinode members. For a given itinerary, the search feature returns the available aircraft. The search result includes routes and prices calculated from information provided by the companies marketing the aircraft.

Aircraft Type

An aircraft type contains information about a group of aircraft with the same or very similar specifications. Each aircraft is connected to one aircraft type. Examples of aircraft types are:

Falcon 7X
Boeing 727-200C
Challenger 604
Bell 205
Eurocopter AS355F2

API

A programmable interface that can be used to access data and services. This can be used to power different applications.

API Subscription

Some applications will require an active API Subscription to be allowed to call the APIs.

Application

In this documentation, application refers to the software implementing and calling the APIs.

Avinode Marketplace

An international online marketplace used by the majority of professional buyers and sellers of private air charter flights.

Avinode member

A company with an Avinode Marketplace membership. Avinode is a B2B marketplace so end-clients cannot be Avinode members.

Avinode or SchedAero partner

A company with a professional relationship with Avinode or SchedAero. This can be companies providing tools and services for the private air charter business. Some examples are providers of fleet management systems, fuel providers etc.

Avinode TripManager

An online tool used by brokers to handle quoting, manage trip workflow, and more.

Avinode Web Apps

The Avinode Web Apps are widget like apps that can be installed by Avinode members on their company web pages.

Broker

A company that arranges transactions between the end-client and the seller. The broker often also arranges other trip related services for the end-client. This can be, for example, ground transportation, hotel accommodation etc.

Company account

An account set up for a specific company. A company account has a number of user accounts. A company account can have a list of aircraft that the company operates or markets.

Empty leg

Empty legs are flights that the operator needs to do to position an aircraft. These flights can be marketed in the Avinode Marketplace in an attempt to find business for them.

Empty leg search

This is a search feature offered to Avinode members. For a given departure and arrival airport, the search feature returns matching empty legs. The empty legs does not necessarily have to be an exact match to the given airports. The search feature can also return matching empty legs given only a departure or arrival airport.

End-client

The consumer buying a trip. In many cases, the end-client will be one of the passengers in the trip. The end-client is usually a customer of the broker.

Itinerary

An itinerary holds information about one of more flight legs.

Lead

A lead represents some kind of need an end-client has communicated to a buyer or potentially directly to an operator. A lead holds information about the end-client. It also has information about what the end-client is looking for. This can specify an itinerary and one or more lift.

Leg (aka segment)

A leg represents a flight movement between locations. This is normally between two airports but the location can be, for example, a city or an address. The leg also has information about departure time and/or arrival time. It can also hold information about the number of passengers, flight times, distance etc.

Lift

A lift can be specified on different levels. It can be specified as an aircraft, or more generally as an aircraft type or even as an aircraft category.

Marketed aircraft

This is an aircraft that is marketed in the Avinode Marketplace. Each aircraft can only be marketed by one Avinode member company. This company must be the operator holding the AOC for the aircraft or an marketing company holding a valid marketing agreement with the operator.

Marketing agent

A company that holds a marketing agreement with an operator, allowing them to sell flights for the specified aircraft.

Operator

A company that holds one or more air operator’s certificates and operates the aircraft listed on these.

Quote

A quote is an offer that a seller sends to a buyer as a reply to an RFQ. A quote contains information about what lift the quote is for, the itinerary and the price offered to the buyer. The quote itinerary may differ from the itinerary the buyer requested in the RFQ. This can happen if, for example, the quote is only for parts of the requested itinerary or if the seller wants to offer an alternative departure airport.

The seller can reply to an RFQ with any number of quotes.

A quote may be “Avinode Generated”. This means that Avinode has used the aircraft performance and pricing information, provided by the seller, to generate a quote on behalf of the seller.

Request for quote (RFQ)

For any given trip, the buyer can send RFQs to sellers to request quotes for the whole trip or parts of it. An RFQ has information about the itinerary the buyer is requesting quotes for. It may also include information about what lift the buyer is looking for.

SchedAero

An online tool used by operators to handle scheduling, quoting, flight & duty logging, invoicing, and more.

SchedAero member

A company using SchedAero.

Seller

A company marketing aircraft in the Avinode Marketplace. It can be the operator or a marketing agent.

Trip

A trip is something a buyer arranges for an end-client. It has an itinerary describing where and when the end-client wants to fly. It can also be connected to information about the end-client, RFQs sent to sellers, quotes received from sellers etc.

User account

A separate user account exist for each person at the company that has access to the company account. Each user account has a set of permissions defining which features and what data the person can access.

Change log

This change log contains information about additions and updates made to the APIs as well as information about updates done to the documentation on the Developer Portal.

2019-05-09

Added documentation for the buyer on how to cancel a trip, see page Cancel trip for details on this operation.

2019-04-01

Added possibility to send a separate chat message associated with an RFQ, see POST /tripmsgs/{requestId}/chat

2019-03-29

Added possibility to filter on aircraft year of make in aircraft search, see criteria.minimumYearOfMake in POST /searches
Added possibility to filter on initial positioning time in aircraft search, see criteria.maxInitialPositioningTimeMinutes in POST /searches

2018-11-30

New security protocol requirements: TLS 1.2.

2018-11-01

The GET /rfqs/{id} operation now returns the property canceled, if the buyer has canceled the trip.
Added documentation related to a trip being canceled.

2018-10-16

Added documentation for White-label phone app development process.

2017-01-25

The GET /rfqs/{id} operation now also returns the buyer’s preferred currency in the buyerAccount.preferredCurrency property.

2016-11-14

A new HTTP response code can be returned when calling API operations. HTTP 501 Not Implemented will be returned when calling operations that are disabled, or not yet implemented.

2016-10-18

A new sparse field office is now available in the GET /rfqs/{id} operation.

Contact us

Developers

If you, as a developer, have technical questions related to the APIs, Sandbox access, etc., please contact our API support at techsupport@avinode.com.

Avinode members

If you, as an Avinode member, have questions about your API subscriptions or application’s business cases, then please contact your Avinode sales representative.

SchedAero members

If you, as a SchedAero member, have questions about your API subscriptions or application’s business cases, then please contact your SchedAero sales representative.

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