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- 1 TRAVEL WITH CONFIDENCEABACUS INTERNATIONAL Abacus has been established in Pakistan since 1997 and to date, hasoffices across 8 cities Faisalabad, Islamabad, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar,Karachi, kharian and Sialkot. On 23 October 2004, abacus signed a jointventure distribution agreement with Pakistan International Airline (PIA),since October last year abacus distribution system has established a HeadOffice in Karachi.Travel booking in the Asia-Pacific comes with its own unique set ofchallenges, these challenges are which abacus has met since 1988 byproviding fully integrated services for all travel booking needs, including 450Airline, 550 Hotel chain, Car rental, Ferry and cruise. Abacus solutions areputting control, efficiency and content in the hands of travel agents.Abacus has reaffirmed its position as the largest Global Distribution System(GDS) and computerized Reservation system in the Asia-pacific. A part ofAbacus success is a result of its commitments to strong partnerships.Abacus is backed by US-owned Sabre Inc, the largest and mostcomprehensive GDS in the world. Abacus partners include a consortium ofthe world-leading Airline in the Asia-Pacific All Nippon Airways, CathyPacific Airways, China Airline Dragon Air, EVA Airways, Garuda Indonesia,Malaysia Airline, Philippine Airline Royal Brunei Airlines, Silk Air andSingapore Airline.We ll endeavour to enable you, in the best possible way, to meet yourneeds; constantly updating our solutions and keeping you linked to the latesttechnologies and thinking from around the world

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ABACUS Basic Functionalities - -5 D C * A U S T R I A C o n v e r s i o n b y c o u n t r y n a m e DCCAD200/USD Conversion between countries WEATHER INFORMATION W E A / E F * L O N E x t e n d e d W e a t h e r W E A / F * L A X C i t y F o r e c a s t WEA/HELP Weather help ENCODING FUNCTION W / C C P A R I S S h o w c i t y c o d e s W / A L E M I R A T E S S h o w t h e A i r l i n e c o d e W / E Q B O E I N G S h o w t h e a i r c r a f t c o d e W / C Y K U A L A L U M P U R N e a r e s t a i r p o r t f r o m s p e c i f i c c i t y W/-ATLHRATLGW Distance between two airport in same cityH C C C / E N G L A N D S h o w c o u n t r y c o d e H C C C A S h o w s t a t e s c o d e DECODE FUNCTIONS W/*MAA (C HENN AI ,I ND IA)W/*LHR (AIRPORT CODE)W/*ICW/PK*737 TAX TXHELPTX*PAKISTANTX*N (N is line number) MINIMUM CONNECTION TIME (MCT ) TO DISPLAY THE MINIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME REQUIREDBETWEEN CONNECTING FLIGHTS. ISB-KHIKHI-KULT*CT-KHI/PKMH Connecting Point T*CP-ISBNYC

ABACUS Basic Functionalities - -6 CARRIER AGREEMENT W / * E K * C X E K W I T H C X A I R L I N E W / * P K A L P I A W I T H A L L A I R L I N E TICKETING & BAGGAGE AGREEMENT CHECK W/*MHALL TIMATIC TIMTIRA/NAKHI/EMDXB/DELHR/TRMCT N A N a t i o n a l i t y o f p a s s e n g e r E M E m b a r k a t i o n p o i n t o f p a s s e n g e r DE Destination point of passengerTR Transit point of passenger OTHER FUNCTION

TINEWSTIRULESTIRATIRH PAGE MOVEMENT TIRCC Countries listT I P N N E X T P A G E T I P B P R E V I O U S P A G E T I P L L A S T P A G E T I P F F I R S T P A G E TILCC/PAKISTAN (AVAILABLE AIRPORT CITIES)TIRCC/PKTIRGL (ALL country group names and codes)T I R G L / S C H S S c h e n g e n Q UI T( CO ME O UT F RO M TI M) SCHEDULE S K H I L H R C U R R E N T D A T E S 2 3 M A Y K H I L R S P E C I F I C D A T E