NP-PF-08 · ATPCO Filing & Maintenance

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Process Flow Diagram (BPMN)

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L4 Process Steps

Step	Step Name	Role / Swim Lane	System	Input	Output	KPI	Dec?	Exc?
Phase 1 1.1	Monitor competitive fare environment	Pricing Analyst	ATPCO Insights	Competitor fare publications, market intelligence alerts	Competitive fare landscape report by market and direction	Monitoring cycle ≤24 hrs for all revenue-managed markets	N	N
1.2	Identify and classify fare change trigger	Pricing Analyst	ATPCO Insights	Competitive fare report, revenue performance dashboard	Fare change brief (market, direction, trigger type: reactive vs strategic)	Trigger-to-brief turnaround ≤4 hrs for urgent competitive matches	Y	N
1.3	Align fare strategy with revenue management	Senior Pricing Analyst	Amadeus Revenue Management (NRM)	Fare change brief, NRM O&D inventory availability data	Approved fare strategy memo with booking class allocations and effective date window	RM alignment sign-off within 2 business hours of trigger brief submission	Y	N
Phase 2 2.1	Define fare amounts, OD pairs, and basis codes	Tariff Specialist	ATPCO Fares Portal	Approved fare strategy memo, existing tariff record extract	Fare amount table with FARE BASIS CODE, OD routing, currency, and cabin applicability	Fare basis code uniqueness validation pass rate 100% prior to rule coding	N	N
2.2	Code ATPCO rule categories (Cat 3/5/6/7/14/15/25)	Tariff Specialist	ATPCO Fares Portal	Fare amount table, booking conditions brief from commercial team	Coded ATPCO rule records for Categories 3 (Seasonality), 5 (Advance Purchase), 6 (Min Stay), 7 (Max Stay), 14 (Travel Restrictions), 15 (Sales Restrictions), 25 (Fare by Rule)	Rule coding accuracy ≥99.5% (errors per 1,000 rule records filed)	N	Y
2.3	Build routing data and footnote records	Tariff Specialist	ATPCO Fares Portal	Routing validation dataset, geographic applicability requirements, blackout date schedule	Filed routing record, footnote record with blackout dates and geographic exclusions	Routing validation pass rate ≥99% on first submission to ATPCO	N	Y
2.4	Validate rule completeness and conflict check	Senior Pricing Analyst	ATPCO Fares Portal	Complete fare record set (amounts, rules, routing, footnotes)	Pre-submission validation report — pass/fail with conflict flags and resolution notes	Pre-submission conflict rate ≤2%; zero records submitted with open blocking flags	Y	N
Phase 3 3.1	Submit fare transactions via ATPCO Fares Portal	Tariff Specialist	ATPCO Fares Portal	Validated fare record package, effective date window, filing priority (standard T+2 or urgent T+0)	ATPCO submission receipt with transaction batch ID and filing timestamp	Same-day filing completion for urgent competitive matches ≥95%	N	Y
3.2	Process ATPCO validation error report	Tariff Specialist	ATPCO Fares Portal	ATPCO post-submission error and warning report	Corrected record set or documented error resolution log	Blocking error resolution turnaround ≤1 business hour; warning resolution ≤4 hrs	Y	Y
3.3	Confirm effective date sequencing and filing receipt	Pricing Analyst	ATPCO Fares Portal	ATPCO submission receipt, intended sale open and travel date window	Confirmed effective date log; filing receipt stored in pricing operations tracker	Effective date accuracy 100% — zero same-day date conflicts or timezone mismatches	N	Y
Phase 4 4.1	Verify fare distribution across GDS channels	GDS Distribution Analyst	Sabre GDS	ATPCO filing receipt, expected distribution timeline per GDS SLA	GDS distribution verification report across Sabre, Amadeus, and Travelport channels	GDS distribution lag ≤2 hrs post-ATPCO effective time; 100% coverage across all three major GDS channels	N	Y
4.2	Perform live GDS pricing audit	GDS Distribution Analyst	Amadeus GDS	Filed fare parameters, expected pricing rules, sample itinerary set	Pricing audit pass/fail report with 20+ sample itineraries per market and half-RT combinations	Pricing accuracy ≥99.8% across audit sample of ≥20 itineraries per market	Y	Y
4.3	Activate NDC and direct channel fare distribution	Pricing Manager	NDC API Gateway	GDS audit pass confirmation, NDC channel routing configuration	Activated fare set across all distribution channels including NDC and direct web	NDC channel parity with GDS fares ≤15 min lag; NDC fare availability ≥98% of filed itineraries	N	Y
Phase 5 5.1	Monitor competitive matching and over-filing activity	Pricing Analyst	ATPCO Insights	Post-filing competitive feed, alert thresholds configured by market	Competitive response report with escalation flags for over-filed or under-cut markets	Competitor over-filing detection within 4 hrs; monitoring coverage ≥95% of revenue-significant markets	N	N
5.2	Execute periodic ATPCO tariff rule audit	Senior Pricing Analyst	ATPCO Fares Portal	Full tariff record export, quarterly audit schedule	Audit findings report with stale, expired, or conflicting rule flags and remediation plan	Stale rule ratio (>180 days since last review) ≤5% of active tariff records	N	Y
5.3	File fare retraction or amendment as required	Tariff Specialist	ATPCO Fares Portal	Audit findings report or RM/commercial retraction request	Filed retraction notice or amended tariff record; GDS depublication confirmation across all channels	Retraction-to-GDS-depublication lag ≤2 hrs via urgent ATPCO channel; zero open retraction requests >4 hrs	Y	Y

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Process Attributes

Identification

Process IDNP-PF-08

L1 DomainNetwork Planning & Scheduling

L2 ProcessPricing & Fare Management

L3 NameATPCO Filing & Maintenance

L4 Steps16 across 5 phases

Decision Gates6 (all with iteration loops)

Exceptions10 documented

Swim Lanes (Roles)

Pricing Analyst

Senior Pricing Analyst

Tariff Specialist

GDS Distribution Analyst

Pricing Manager

Systems & Tools

ATPCO InsightsAmadeus Revenue Management (NRM)ATPCO Fares PortalSabre GDSAmadeus GDSNDC API Gateway

Key Performance Indicators

Monitor competitive fare environmentMonitoring cycle ≤24 hrs for all revenue-managed markets

Identify and classify fare change triggerTrigger-to-brief turnaround ≤4 hrs for urgent competitive matches

Align fare strategy with revenue managementRM alignment sign-off within 2 business hours of trigger brief submission

Define fare amounts, OD pairs, and basis codesFare basis code uniqueness validation pass rate 100% prior to rule coding

Code ATPCO rule categories (Cat 3/5/6/7/14/15/25)Rule coding accuracy ≥99.5% (errors per 1,000 rule records filed)

Build routing data and footnote recordsRouting validation pass rate ≥99% on first submission to ATPCO

Validate rule completeness and conflict checkPre-submission conflict rate ≤2%; zero records submitted with open blocking flags

Submit fare transactions via ATPCO Fares PortalSame-day filing completion for urgent competitive matches ≥95%

Airline-Specific Risks & Pain Points

ATPCO Insights carries a 24-hr lag vs real-time competitor GDS filings; analysts must cross-check Sabre FareManager for same-day changes, adding manual effort

Differentiating reactive (competitor match) vs strategic (sale/promo) triggers requires manual cross-referencing of RM inventory alerts and market briefs — no integrated triage workflow exists

Disconnect between NRM O&D inventory state and ATPCO-filed availability can cause short-lived promotional fares to sell out before retraction is processed, creating revenue leakage

ATPCO 8-character fare basis code limit constrains structured naming conventions for complex promotional fares with multiple conditions, forcing non-intuitive abbreviations that increase audit risk

Cat 25 (Fare by Rule) inheritance logic silently breaks when a parent tariff record is updated without cascading to child rules — causes undetected pricing errors across hundreds of derived markets

IATA Routing Validator rejects non-IATA city pair combinations — LCC point-to-point networks with thin interline coverage frequently trigger routing exceptions requiring manual override justification

Inputs / Outputs

Primary InputCompetitor fare publications, market intelligence alerts

Primary OutputFiled retraction notice or amended tariff record; GDS depublication confirmation across all channels

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