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0.1 LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES REV 00 / Effective Jan 21, 2013
Part Title Effective
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0 The Manual 0-24 00 Jan 21, 2013
1 Part 1: Regional Management Procedures 0-16 00 Jan 21, 2013
2 Part 2: Marketing Support Procedures 0-7 00 Jan 21, 2013
3 Part 3: District Office Management Procedures 0-37 00 Jan 21, 2013
4 Appendices 0-08 00 Jan 21, 2013
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P AS S E N G ER S A LE S M A N UA L
C O R P O R A T E S E R V I C E S D E P A R T M E N T
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0.2 RECORD OF EDITIONS
Edition
Number
Revision
Number
Issue
Date
Effective
Date Inserted By
1st Edition Revision
No. 0
March 01,
2010
March 01,
2010
DGM QA
Marketing
1st Edit ion Revision
No. 01 July 01, 2010 July 01, 2010
DGM Audit
Compliance
Marketing
1st Edit ion Revision
No. 02 July 01 ,2011 July 01 ,2011
DGM Audit
Compliance
Marketing
2nd Edit ion Revision
No. 00 Jan 21 ,2013 Jan 21 ,2013 DQC- CSD
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0.3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The production of the Passenger Sales Chapter has been the result of strong teamwork of the following personnel of Corporate Services Department & Quality Assurance Department who have worked selflessly in bringing this chapter into existence. Mr. Asim Baber (Manager-Marketing Department) Mr. Muhammad Ateeq (Assistant Manager- Market Planning) Mr. Jaffer Khan (Assistant Manager-Corporate sales) Mr. Muhammad Usman (Senior audit Compliance Officer) Mr. Tariq Ahmed Ghouri (Senior audit Compliance Officer) I appreciate the enthusiasm and effort that was extended towards the preparation of this chapter. Efforts of all managers, officers and staff who contributed by providing the required information and assistance to achieve the completion of this project, are also appreciated. I am pleased to place on record my special appreciation DQC team who shepherded this chapter into existence with enthusiasm and pride. They orchestrated helpful briefing sessions with all the concerned people that paved the way for this chapter. I expect effective implementation of this chapter and look forward to furthering the cause of quality through such initiatives.
Director Corporate Services .
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0.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART 0 THE MANUAL 0.0 TITLE PAGE
0.1 LIST OF EFFECTIVE PAGES 0.2 RECORD OF EDITIONS 0.3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
0.4 TABLE OF CONTENTS 0.5 DOCUMENT’S AVAILABILITY 0.6 INCORPORATION OF REVISIONS
GENERAL 0.7 INTRODUCTION 0.8 ABBREVIATIONS 0.9 AIRLINE TERMINOLOGIES
THE ORGANIZATION
0.10 PASSENGER SALES ORGANOGRAM 0.11 PASSENGER SALES PROFILE
0.12 SERVICE DELIVERY PROCEDURE – PASSENGER SALES
PART 1
REGIONAL MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES 1.1 SOP for planning promotional activities/Product Offerings at various stations 1.2 SOP for offering/deciding sales incentives for travel Agents at (DOM/INT’L) station 1.3 SOP for planning training needs at various stations
1.4 SOP for planning additional facilities at stations. 1.5 SOP for providing Office Equipment/Support to Dom/Int’l stations
1.6 SOP for approval and Support to stations for holding Special Events. 1.7 SOP for handling stations’ queries / problems 1.8 SOP for processing of stations’ request for sales incentives to the Agents
1.9 SOP for communication with District offices 1.10 SOP for monitoring visits at stations. 1.11 SOP for preparation monitoring reports for the Management
PART 2 MARKETING SUPPORT
2.1 SOP for PIA Task Force 2.2 SOP for Inadmissible Passengers
2.3 SOP for Compliant Management System in Head Office
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PART 3 DISTRICT OFFICE MANAGEMENT PROCEDURES
3.1 SOP for making an annual sales plan for district offices in terms of Pax sales. 3.2 SOP for allocation of sales targets among sales promotional officers/ Selling Outlets 3.3 SOP for Verifying Sales Calls. 3.4 SOP for making Corporate Accounts. 3.5 SOP for resource planning (Infrastructure, equipment, HR) 3.6 SOP for determining training requirement for district office personnel 3.7 SOP for planning the group handling requests/ discounts 3.8 SOP for provisioning of various revenue documents based on periodic requirement. 3.9 SOP for Handling Customer Complaints / Suggestions.
3.10 SOP for executing the sales plan (territory wise) through the sales force. 3.11 SOP for sales Calls Patterns/Call Reports 3.12 SOP for reporting sales performance to regional managers/GM Pax. Sales 3.13 SOP for Passenger Handling at Booking Offices 3.14 SOP for handling PTA 3.15 SOP for handling re-routing / change of class requests 3.16 SOP for ticket delivery at passenger doorstep 3.17 SOP for handling visa requests 3.18 SOP for dissemination of timely information at Station level
3.19 SOP for Reporting Sales Proceeds 3.20 SOP for monitoring sales performance with assigned targets. 3.21 SOP for monitoring the queue timings of the passengers at the district office. 3.22 SOP for monitoring the staff appearance. 3.23 SOP for monitoring the shift performance. 3.24 SOP for reviewing training effectiveness of District Office personnel. 3.25 SOP for fori (فوری) ticket
PART 3 APPENDICES
I. Process Map for Passenger Sales II. Customer Handling Process (Dist. Office) III. Call Report IV. Call Pattern V Travel Agent Feedback Analysis Form VI Log of ticket delivery at door step
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0.5 Document’s Availability Note: The following positions are mainly concerned with this document. This document is accessible to all Corporate Services Department employees through the PIAC Corporate Website for ready reference; however, viewing is restricted to PIA employees only. The following positions are mainly concerned with this document:
S # POSITION
1. Director Corporate Services
2. General Manager Pax Sales
3. General Manager Revenue Management
4. General Manager Industry Affairs
5. GM Marketing Planning
6. District Manager Karachi
7. General Manager Network Planning
8. DGM Regional
9. District Manager Islamabad
10. District Manager Lahore
11. District Manager Rawalpindi
12. District Manager N.W.F.P
13. District Manager Quetta
14. District Manager Faisalabad
15. Manager Americas
16. Manager Chicago
17. Manager Houston
18. Manager Canada
19. Manager UK South
20. Manager UK North
21. Manager Birmingham
22. Manager Glasgow
S # POSITION
23. Manager Germany
24. Manager Italy
25. Manager Turkey
26. Manager Spain
27. Manager France
28. Manager Norway
29. Manager Scandinavia
30. Manager Benelux
31. Manager Malaysia
32. Manager Thailand
33. Manager Singapore
34. Manager Hong Kong
35. Manager Japan
36. Manager China
37. Manager Bombay
38. Manager Delhi
39. Manager Nepal
40. Manager Bangladesh
41. Manager Sri lanka
42. Manager Afghanistan
43. Manager Riyadh
44. Manager Dubai
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45. Manager Bahrain
46. Manager Abu Dhabi
47. Manager Doha
48. Manager Al Ain
49. Manager Muscat
50. Manager Jeddah
51. Manager Dammam
52. Manager Madina
53. Manager Makkah
54. Manager Multan
55. Manager Bahawalpur
56. Manager Rahim Yar Khan
57. Manager Sukkur
58. Manager Nawabshah
59. Manager Hyderabad
60. Manager Sialkot
61. Manager Bradford
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0.6 INCORPORATION OF REVISIONS
General Amendments to the Passenger Sales Chapter shall be issued from time to time with a list of effective pages. Amendments shall be done when required by law, to keep abreast of all regulatory requirements and in case
of change of airline policies and procedures and also in case of periodic management reviews. Amendments are covered by a Letter of Revision. All amendments to the Passenger Sales Chapter shall be made to the copy available on the PIAC Corporate
Website (for employees’ area) and will be communicated across the network through e-mail notifications. All amendments to the Passenger Sales Chapter will become effective from the dates of revisions, unless a
different date has been specified in the respective Letter of Revision. Record of Revisions A revision record for the Passenger Sales Chapter is shown on the following page in the List of Effective
Pages. This is numbered and dated. Passenger Sales Chapter shall be kept current on PIAC Corporate Website with latest revisions. When an amendment is received the number and date shall be entered in the Amendment Sheet to reflect
the currency of the individual copy. List of Effective Pages These are shown part by part wise in the Table of Contents. Each part is listed in serial order with the total
number of effective pages in it clearly indicated.
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GENERAL
0.7 INTRODUCTION
This document specifies the Operational Manual of Passenger Sales (Corporate Services Department). The systems requirements of this Chapter are aimed at defining the Procedures in the Passenger Sales division in order to streamline the functions as well as to facilitate the employees to better achieve customer satisfaction by consistently providing conforming services and meeting or exceeding customer and applicable regulatory requirements through application of the system, continuous improvement and prevention of nonconformities. This document ensures that Corporate Services Department adequately identifies continuous improvement of the system and employees’ needs and expectations throughout all the Quality Management System processes and achieves customer satisfaction with distinctive services using a closed-loop Process Model methodology. Control of this Chapter is with DQMR Corporate Services. This document is accessible to all Corporate Services Department employees through the PIAC Corporate Website (www.piac.com.pk) for ready reference; however, viewing is restricted to PIA employees only. The list of positions mainly concerned with the usage of this document is given on section 0.5 “Document Availability” of this Chapter.
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0.8 ABBREVIATIONS
A/C : Air craft
APRT : Airport
APSM Assistant Passenger Sales Manager
CA : Competitive Analysis
CRC : Central Reservation Control
DM : District Manager
DQC : Departmental Quality Control
GDS : Global Distribution system
ISO : International Standards Organization.
OAG : Official Airline Guide
PSM : Passenger Sales Manager
SOP : Standard Operating Procedure
QSP : Quality System Procedure
WI : Work Instructions
ML : Master List
KPI : Key Performance Indicator
TNA : Training Need Analysis
MIS : Management Information System
JDs : Job Descriptions
PMP : Passenger Market Planning
DSA : District Sales Agent
PSA : Passenger Sales Agent
GSA : General sales Agent
JD : Journalist discount
TOM : DGM Marketing Support
PRL : Passenger Reconcile List
ACSI : Airport Check-in System International
PDI : Post Departure Information
MCO : Misc. Charges Order
PNR : Passenger Name Record
RTE : Route
TAT : Turn Around Time
RBD : Reservation Booking Designator
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0.9 AIRLINE TERMINOLOGY
Available Seat Kilometer (ASK)
A definition of capacity, which is calculated by multiplying the number of available
seats with distance flown (in km).
Bermuda Agreement
A bilateral air service agreement made in 1946 between UK and USA regarding air
services between the two countries. It is a model for other similar bilateral
agreements.
Benelux
An economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg, originally
established as a customs union in 1948.
Chicago Convention
An International agreement made in 1944 which, interalia confirms the doctrine
that airspace above sovereign territory was within the jurisdiction of sovereign
country and defined the so-called Freedoms of Air. Code-share
An agreement between airlines to sell space on each other’s flights. The flights will
have both the operating carrier’s flight number (the airline that is using its aircraft
for the flight), and the code-sharing flight number (the partner airline in the
agreement sells space on the flight as if it were its own, and has its own flight
number).
Connection
The subsequent flight that will continue the passenger’s journey to the next
destination. Pax may need to check-in again before joining a connecting flight.
E-ticket
A ticket that is not physically printed on ticket stock, and is instead stored in the
computer reservation system of an airline. E-ticket holders are issued a receipt;
contract of carriage, and flight itinerary as proof of travel documents.
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Excursion Fare
Round-trip fare with restrictions such as minimum and maximum stays or advance-
purchase requirements.
Flag Carrier
A state run, state-owned or state-designated transport company or organization,
specifically showing the state flag apparent for public view
GMT
Greenwich mean time or Greenwich meridian time is the time at Greenwich,
England, which is used as the basis for standard time throughout the world Hub
Airport at which an airline has major operations and connecting flights to smaller
destinations. JET LAG
Jet lag is a condition marked by fatigue, insomnia, and irritability that is caused by
air travel through changing time zones
Layover
A short stop or break in a journey, usually imposed by scheduling requirements
No SHOW
A passenger who reserves a place on an airplane but neither uses his/her booking
nor cancels his/her travel itinerary
Open Jaw
This is a return ticket that allows you to return from a point different from the
outbound destination. The distance between the two points is a surface sector, and
must be arranged by the passenger at his/her own expense.
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Revenue passenger-km (RPK)
The way traffic is measured, which is calculated by multiplying the number of passengers carried with the distance flown (in km).
Revenue Per Available Seat Kilometer (RASK)
A measure of airline revenue derived by dividing passenger revenue by seat
kilometers. It is expressed in cents per kilometer.
Utilization
Number hours a day that the airplane operates.
Freedoms of Air:
Six basic freedoms recognized by almost all countries, two others less widely
accepted. Each is subject to specific conditions, which are determined through
bilateral agreements between any two of the countries.
First Freedom:
The right to fly and carry traffic over the territory of another partner to the
agreement without landing.
Second Freedom
The right to land in those countries for technical reasons such as refueling without
boarding or deplaning passengers.
Third Freedom
The right to land in those countries and de-plane passengers coming from the
airline’s own country.
Fourth Freedom
The right to land in those countries and board passengers going to the airline’s own
country.
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Fifth Freedom
Disembarking and embarking Passengers in the territory of third Country without
touching the home country. For instance, PIA picking up passengers from London
destined for New York
Sixth Freedom
The right to carry traffic from one state through the home country to a third state. Seventh Freedom
A right to operate stand-alone services entirely outside the territory of the Airline’s
home country to carry traffic between two foreign countries.
Eight Freedom
To carry traffic between two points within the territory of a foreign country,
commonly known as Cabotage rights. Shoulder Season
The travel season that falls between low and high seasons, offering fares that also
fall somewhere between low and high seasons.
Stand-by
A passenger is put on standby when he or she arrives at an airport without a
confirmed reservation and is prepared to fly should a seat become available at the
last moment. Transit:
Transit – passing through one country for the sole purpose of traveling to another
country. Transit may be by ground, air, sea, or rail transport.
Yield
A measure of airline revenue derived by dividing passenger revenue by passenger
Kilometers. It is expressed in cents per Km.
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0.10 PASSENGER SALES ORGANOGRAM
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0.11 PASSENGER SALES PROFILE
Passenger Sales Division: Passenger Sales Division is an important part of Corporate Services Department which deals with passenger related sales issues / activities including analysis of market trends, pricing strategies, clearance of rates, monitoring / evaluation of sales promotion activities, maintenance of service standard, co-ordination with stations to resolve their problems and extend full support / guidance to the stations in achieving assigned passenger sales targets.
Passenger Sales Division is headed by a General Manager and following sections / stations report to him:
Regional Management (International)
Regional Management (Pakistan & Corporate Sales)
District Sales Offices ( International )
District Sales Offices ( Domestic )
Marketing Support
Regional Management: Passenger revenue is the major contributor to the total revenue (around 95%) of the airline with the result that the function is divided into six key territories. i.e. Americas, UK, Europe, Gulf and Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, South Asia and Far East & Australia. Each territory is being looked after by a Deputy General Manager (DGM) Regional who is responsible for this function has been transferred to RM), productivity incentive schemes (Travel Agents), trend analysis, sales performance, flight monitoring and product awareness. DGM Regional also coordinates with the scheduling section to effectively maximize aircraft utilization and to attain capacity loads as per the required seat factor for the territory through scheduling section. They are also responsible to provide convenient connections to their target market keeping in view competitors services. (SPA function has transferred to Industry Affairs). DGM Regional is also responsible for providing support to their area District Managers in achieving their sales targets. They also liaise with Brand Management for the supply of the required promotional material at their area district offices.
Corporate Sales: PIA Corporate is a section which caters to the needs of the corporate customers. We have an aggressive corporate sales team that has established a strong presence in the market, with Corporate Accounts, as part of its ambitious growth plan. Corporate Sales is also playing an important role to further improve the image of the Airlines through various Brand Activities. The following facilities which are provided to Corporate Houses to make sure PIA have the maximum share of the Corporate Market.
• PIA Franchise Travel Desk. • Special Handling of Groups. • Priority Reservation.
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• Target Marketing. Marketing Support:
Marketing Support (CMS area) is responsible to go through all the complaints related to reservations & ticketing received
through different sources like MOD/DM Secretariat /Website/ E-mail/Postal Mail. Marketing Support is also responsible to
ensure appropriate/corrective action taken and subsequently conveyed to the complainant.
Under Marketing Support, the INAD cell is performing duties on concerned stations and responsible to liaise with
concerned stations on PIA’s network for the smooth handling of inadmissible passengers. The cell also supervises and
ensures/handling of Inadmissible Passengers, effective functioning of sub-cells as per SOP.
Monitoring of Task Force also comes under Marketing support functions. Task Force deployed at different international airports comprises of senior reservations & ticketing officers and PHS officers are responsible to scrutinize the travel documents of passengers in terms of fraudulent photo change, false visa endorsement and expiry date of passport/visa and any other information that may be required for verification
District Office Management: A district office is responsible for managing sales for a particular region. A District Manager is responsible for the overall working of this office and is responsible for achieving passenger and cargo revenue targets assigned by the Head Office. He/She is usually supported by the Passenger Sales Manager and Cargo Sales Manager for achieving passenger and cargo sales targets respectively. District Manager is responsible for providing customer service and sales support to Travel Agents and Commercial Houses through the sales team. He also compiles sales reports for the HO and monitors the sales team. DM is also responsible to manage facilities at the District Office and keeps an active liaison with travel agents of his/her region. District Manager is usually supported by a PSM who is supported by a team of Sales Promotion Officers. He/She manages his sales team to generate optimum sales by assigning individual sales targets to SPOs in fulfilling their duties are responsible for the following:
To make sales call to travel agents/corporate houses
PNR confirmation to assist travel agents and corporate houses
To compile call reports at the end of the day to give marketing intelligence
To keep track on flight profiling and exert extra efforts to fill in the weak flights
Recommends change in fares/scheduled base on the market input A District Office also has a ticketing office catering to the incoming passengers, travel agents, & groups etc. The DGM Marketing Support responsible for the overall working of office heads the ticketing office. The ticketing Office caters to domestic/International ticketing requirements. The Office usually has separate counters for Business Class passengers, Travel Agents, senior citizens, PTA, and a fare desk.
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A District Office usually has a pricing cell. The pricing cell provides airfares and circulars to agents and corporate houses. This cell also assists inquiries from agents and corporate houses regarding PK fares and those of other airlines in case of conjunction PK ticketing. Compiles SPA’s as add on’s to PK fare structure for easy use of PK offices and agents. Where the pricing cell does not exist, the District Manager or his nominee is responsible for circulating fares
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0.12 SERVICE DELIVERY PROCEDURE – PASSENGER SALES
PASSENGER SALES SERVICES
Passenger Sales services are a set of services provided by the Corporate Services Department to its customers on international and domestic network which includes flight reservation, convenient schedules, ticketing, special handling, group tours, charter services, flight excursions and customer loyalty program. These services are executed in four phases:
PLANNING
Director Corporate Services provides policy guidelines and sets the strategic direction for the planning function. PMP Section of Market Planning Division develops sales target plan, covering the passenger and revenue targets for the year, based on inputs from GM Passenger Sales, GM Revenue Management and GM Industry Affairs. GM Passenger Sales provides data on stations performance, feasible routes, (this function has transferred to RM) competitive data on different flights and routes. GM Network Planning provides flight schedules across the network. GM Industry Affairs selects and approves PSA/DSA/GSA to enhance sales performance.
EXECUTION
Execution is carried mainly through GM Passenger Sales, and GM Revenue Management GM Pax Sales receives sales targets and allocates among District Managers across the network. He / She also provide support to stations to achieve targets through DGM Regional and ensure proper application of appropriate mechanism to maximize sales. GM Network Planning and GM Revenue Management activates flight schedule through CRC and coordinates with sales teams/travel agents to assist in meeting the sales targets. RM provides system support and contact center facility for on-line reservation to maximize sales. GM Passenger Sales Corporate Services Department provides support to stations in terms of Group inbound/outbound tours in active participation with tour operators and other stakeholders i.e. PTDC, hotels, transporters and civic agencies etc.
MONITORING OF SALES TARGET
Monitoring of sales is primarily carried out through GM Passenger Sales GM Passenger Market Planning. PMP division compiles sales data against sales targets from all domestic and International Stations, analyzes it and then submits a report to the Top Management at the end of each month with their recommendations and suggestions. GM Passenger Sales develops and forwards sales reports through DGM Regional covering status of all District Offices to Director Corporate Services. GM Revenue Management monitors the performance of PIA exclusive/IATA agents and if necessary penalizes them for any violation.
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MANAGEMENT REVIEWS
Director Corporate Services reviews performance targets and set directions for the next year in consultation with senior management. DGM Passenger Market planning with active coordination and guidance from GM Market Planning reviews actual targets with the planned sales targets and utilization of available cargo space on passenger aircrafts in consultation with GM Passenger Sales & District Managers.
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PROCEDURES
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Regional Management International:
DGM
Pax Sales
(International)
RGM
EUROPE
RGM
AMERICAS
RGM
GULF
RGM
KSA
RGM
S.ASIA
RGM
F.EAST
RGM
UK
ASST.MGR
ASST.MGR
ASST.MGR
ASST.MGR
ASST.MGR
ASST.MGR
ASST.MGR
SR.OFFICER
PG-VI
SR.OFFICER
PG-VI
SR.OFFICER
PG-VI
SR.OFFICER
PG-VI
SR.OFFICER
PG-VI
SR.OFFICER
PG-VI
SR.OFFICER
PG-VI
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Regional Management Pakistan:
RGM-PAKISTAN
SOUTH
KPK
PUNJAB
GILGIT
BULTISTAN
SINDH
DGM
PAKISTAN
BALOCHISTAN
RGM-PAKISTAN
NORTH
ASST. MANAGER
SOUTH
ASST.MANAGER
NORTH
SR.OFFICER
PG- VI
SR.OFFICER
PG- VI
RGM
CORPORATE SALES
ASST.
MANQAGER
SR. CORPORATE
SALES
OFFICERS
GENERAL MANAGER
PAX SALES
ONLINE STATIONS (NORTH) ONLINE STATIONS (SOUTH) OFFLINE STATIONS (NORTH) OFFLINE STATIONS (SOUTH)
PESHAWAR QUETTA SAIDU SHARIF PASNI
CHITRAL TURBAT ABBOTTABAD SHIKARPUR
SKARDU ZHOB BANNU JACOBABAD
LAHORE DALBANDIN KHARIAN
FAISLABAD PANJGUR MIRPUR
RAWALPINDI DERA ISMAIL KHAN MUZZAFFARABAD
MULTAN KARACHI
BAHAWALPUR DERA GHAZI KHAN
ISLAMABAD MOENJODARO
HYDERABAD
SUKKUR
NAWABSHAH
GWADAR
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1.1 SOP for Planning Promotional Activities/Product Offerings at various Stations
I. Purpose
To enable domestic and International stations to augment the sales by arranging the promotional schemes as well as customer awareness.
II. Scope
District Office (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
General Manager Passenger Sales General Manager Marketing Planning (Addition) DGM Regional concerned DGM Brand Regional Manager Competitive Analysis
IV. Procedure
Stations send requests for any promotional activity/product offering for their territory to the concerned DGM Regional.
DGM Regional Manager concerned forwards the request (in minute form) to the DGM Brand through the General Manager Pax Sales.
Brand Management evaluates the proposal for its viability and forwards the proposal for the top management’s approval.
Once approved, DGM Brand will inform the concerned DGM Regional who will inform the stations accordingly. However, authorization for rebated travel, if involved, will be communicated through Regional Manager Competitive Analysis.
V. Reference Document:
N/A
VI. Related Records:
Stations’ proposal Approval’s file/ Brand Management. Intimation emails to the Station
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1.2 SOP for Offering/Deciding Sales Incentives for the Travel Agents at Domestic/ International PIA Stations.
I. Purpose
To encourage PIA travel agents in augmenting Passenger sales revenue.
II. Scope
Domestic Office (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager
Passenger Sales Manager
Finance Manager
IV. Procedure:
a) Corporate Services will inform Finance Manager of agents XO sale of previous month latest by 10th of each month.
b) Finance Manager will compile incentive period data, calculate Incentive earned by each agent and
communicate it to Marketing Manager latest by 50 days from expiry of scheme.
c) Marketing Manager will double check and discuss discrepancies if any with Finance Manager and the Final Agreed Incentive for each agent will be signed by Marketing Manager and Finance Manager latest by 60 days from expiry of scheme.
d) Finance Manager will issue Credit Note against Productivity Incentive Commission to all the agents of
his territory.
e) Credit Notes will be issued to agents after adjusting outstanding amounts.
f) The Agent incentive issued in form of credit note will not be deducted from Agent’s sale figure of the next incentive period.
g) Credit Notes issued against productivity incentive commission shall be debited to Account 60370
(Productivity Incentive Commission) through “Other Account”, “Other Amount” options available in R-10 module of COSSAP.
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h) Agents will be issued credit notes and simultaneously informed of their earned incentive on format given on Annex B, latest by 67 days from expiry of scheme.
V. Reference Document:
N/A
VI. Related Records:
DM/PSM Approvals. Sales Reports from the Agents.
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1.3 SOP for Planning Training needs at various Stations
I. Purpose
To coordinate with Manager Training & Development (Marketing) in order to arrange Trainings as per Station’s requirement.
II. Scope
District office (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager
Passenger Sales Manager
Manager Training & Development.
IV. Procedure
On receipt of training request from the Station(s), respective District Manager coordinates with Manager Training & Development (Corporate Services Department)/ PIA Training center for arrangement of desired training and station concerned is conveyed training program accordingly.
In case training request is for Institution other than PIA Training Center (PTC), case is processed for Management approval.
Management’s clearance or otherwise is conveyed to the station accordingly.
V. Reference Document:
Training & Development Chapter
VI. Related Records
Station file. Concerned Subject file.
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1.4 SOP for Planning Additional Facilities at Stations.
I. Purpose
To facilitate the passengers in terms of check-ins, as well as to the Stations’ personnel in proper handling the passengers.
II. Scope
District offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
GM Passenger Sales
GM Market Planning
District Manager
DGM Regional
Brand Management.
Manager IT
Manager Purchase P&L
Manager Maintenance
Works officer (at station)
Manager Finance
IV. Procedure
Station Head forwards the request for any additional facility / re-structuring of the Office premises to the concerned DGM Regional.
If the request pertains to such items as: Promotional items, fascias, logo placements, giveaways, any specific events or any campaigns then these to be forwarded to the Brand Management.
Requests other than the above are to forwarded to the concerned department by the respective DGM Regional after seeking its approvals from the Management.
If the required commodities do not fall under the pre-allocated budget, the case is to be forwarded to the Management for approval by the concerned DGM Regional.
Once approved, the Brand Management forwards the case to the works department for their processing.
Station’s Head is to be informed simultaneously.
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V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Station emails. Approval
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1.5 SOP for Providing Office Equipment/ Support to Domestic/International Stations
I. Purpose
To give station support for provision of required items in order to ensure smooth functioning of PIA offices.
II. Scope
District offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
Director Corporate Services
Director Finance
General Manager Passenger Sales
DGM Regional Manager
IV. Procedure
Station will initiate the case for provision of required item/equipment along with mandatory supporting documents i.e. C/S and three quotations etc and will forward the request to General Manager Passenger Sales.
Request to be evaluated at Passenger Sales Division and forwarded with specific recommendations to Director Corporate Services/ Director Finance by Regional Manager through General Manager Passenger Sales.
Follow-up by Regional Manager with respective channel / department to expedite approval.
After approval of competent authority and necessary endorsement/budgeting by the budget section, approved case file to be forwarded by Regional Manager to concerned station for purchase of required item(s).
V. Reference Document:
N/A
VI. Related Records:
Diary / Dispatch Register. Station’s file.
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1.6 SOP for Approval and Support to Stations for Holding Special Events
I. Purpose
To support District Manager (Domestic/International) in organizing special events at their respective stations for improving sales.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
GM Passenger Sales (Addition)
GM Market Planning (Addition)
Concerned Station Head
DGM Regional
Brand Management
IV. Procedure
The District Manager/Country Manager forwards the request/proposal to the DGM Regional concerned for holding any special event for promoting sales in his/her region.
The concerned District/Country Manager also sends their requirement of promotional material to the Brand Manager for the event.
DGM Regional concerned evaluates the overall proposal, makes a summary and forwards it to the department’s top management for approval.
The DGM Regional checks with the Finance Department for the available budget of the concerned District Office.
If the required proposal does not fall under the limits of pre-allocated budget, the case is forwarded to the top management, for approval.
Communicates with the concerned station for any additional requirements to organize the event.
Once approved, Brand Management has to arrange the commodities and send those to the concerned Station’s Head.
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DGM Regional concerned keeps active liaison with the Brand Management section and the
concerned District Manager Station’s Head for timely accomplishment of all tasks and provides necessary facilitation from time to time till the holding of the actual event.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Stations’ email Approval files.
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1.7 SOP for handling Stations’ Queries/ Problems
I. Purpose
To guide Stations in order to resolve day-to-day issues/ problems.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
Respective DGM Regional Respective Sections of Corporate Services Department
IV. Procedure
As and when stations face some problem, a query is raised through e-mail addressed to respective DGM Regional or relevant section with a copy to General Manager Passenger Sales for guidance.
The query/ problem is discussed at respective DGM Regional / relevant section level and responded to the stations with proper solution.
In case receiving section/ respective DGM Regional needs some guidance/clarification, matter is discussed with concerned General Manager Director Corporate Services before responding to the stations.
The best possible solution is communicated to the respective Station by the concerned Manager DGM Regional.
V. Reference Document:
N/A
VI. Related Records:
Concerned Subject file Station file.
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1.8 SOP for Processing of Stations’ Request for Sales Incentives to Agents
I. Purpose
To facilitate the Sales agents in order to augment the Sales.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
DGM Regional DGM Regional Competitive Analysis.
IV. Procedure
Stations send request / Proposal to their respective DGMs Regional.
DGM Regional in turn evaluates the proposal and if they find it feasible they will develop an incentive scheme for sales Agents.
Competitive Analysis Section advises the stations of the approved incentive scheme Via Email.
V. Reference Documents
N/A
VI. Related Records
E-mails. Stations correspondence.
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1.9 SOP for Communication with District Offices (Domestic/International)
I. Purpose
To provide information/ up-date, get inputs/ feedback or ensure actions/ compliance on sales issue / management’s instructions.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
Respective Regional manager Relevant Sections of Sales.
IV. Procedure:
As and when the need arises to communicate with the stations on Passenger Sales related issues/ Management’s instructions, an e-mail addressed to concerned station(s) Domestic/ Int’l is sent by the respective Regional manager/ relevant Section or General Manager Passenger Sales or Director Corporate Services.
In case some feedback is required from Domestic/ Int’l Stations, on receipt of inputs from the stations, information is consolidated and put up to the Management for perusal/ action.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Station file. Concerned Subject file.
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1.10 SOP for Monitoring Visits at the Stations.
I. Purpose
To monitor / ensure implementation of service standards at Station(s).
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
Respective Regional Managers Passenger Sales Division
IV. Procedure
Monitoring visits are scheduled as per Corporation requirement and sometimes on Stations’ requests.
According to Program, officers from Corporate Services Department are deputed to visit station(s) for monitoring the performance / service standards.
The Visiting officer(s) analyze /evaluate service standard/performance of PIA Office as per prescribed parameters and discuss his observations with the Station Head and submit a report to the Management for remedial actions.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Station file. Monitoring file.
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1.11 SOP for Preparing Monitoring Reports for the Management.
I. Purpose
To highlight shortcomings of PIA Sales Offices in order to improve the services as per Corporate Standards.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
Respective Regional Managers Passenger Sales Division
IV. Procedure
Monitoring Reports are based on certain parameters like: ambience of sales outlets/locations, Reception Areas, staff courtesy, attitude/dealings, product knowledge of staff and average handling time of passengers etc.
Visiting officer(s) gauge the performance / service standards on above parameters and also discuss the observations with the Station Head to improve the services.
After the visit, a report is submitted to Management for the information / actions.
Station is also communicated observations / weak areas to improve the same.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Station file. Station’s monitoring file.
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MARKETING SUPPORT SECTION
DGM MARKETING
SUPPORT
GRP IX
Manager
GRP VIII
Asst
Manager
GRP VII
Asst
Manager
GRP VII
Sr. Officer
GRP VI
Sr. Officer
GRP VI
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MARKETING SUPPORT PROFILE
Complaint Management System (CMS): Marketing Support (CMS area) is responsible to go through all the complaints related to reservations & ticketing received through different sources like MOD/DM Secretariat /Website/ E-mail/Postal Mail. Marketing support is also responsible to monitor the resolution of the complaints within the shortest possible time period. Marketing Support is also responsible to ensure appropriate/corrective action taken and subsequently conveyed to the complainant. Task Force:
Task Force deployed at different international airports comprises of senior reservations & ticketing officers and PHS
officers are responsible to scrutinize the travel documents of passengers in terms of fraudulent photo change, false visa
endorsement and expiry date of passport/visa and any other information that may be required for verification.
Task Force is responsible to obtain 03 sets of photo copies of travel documents e.g. first 3 pages of passport, visa page,
green card, letter of parole or other document that is required prior to issuance tickets/reconfirmation.
Task Force is also responsible to scrutinize the documents of passengers meticulously in case of holding one way ticket
and to pinpoint the responsibility. This Force also takes appropriate action to curb travel of inadmissible passengers,
informs Central Cell at the Head Office about the preventive and post facto action taken.
If passenger is off loaded following steps are to be taken into account:
1- Checking of validity of travel documents.
2- After obtaining the pax contact number an alternate flight is offered to the passenger.
As and when any information is received by the member of task force from the ALO`s are supposed to update all
information /trainings which ultimately imparted/communicated accordingly to the marketing support head office and
subsequently arranged.
In-Ad Cell:
This cell is performing duties on concerned stations and it is responsible to liaise with concerned stations on PIA’s
network for the smooth handling of inadmissible passengers. The cell also supervises and ensures/handling of
Inadmissible Passengers, effective functioning of sub-cells as per SOP.
Central cell is responsible to coordinate with respective In Ad Cell to recover COD and fines imposed on Inadmissible
passengers.
This cell is responsible to investigate each case of inadmissible/deported passenger, to dig out ticketing sources and to establish the responsibility of individuals and sales outlets.
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This cell is responsible to prescribe measures/punishments to sub cell that commensurate to the type and extent of
violation of the existing policy and procedure on the subject. This cell also co-ordinates with ALO`s, government agencies
e.g. FIA, Ministry of Home Affairs etc to energize co-ordinate effort to reduce travel of inadmissible passengers to the
minimum level. If inadmissible passenger is deported and not holding the return ticket that passenger should be returned
back by first available flight to their original station at lowest RBD class if available for early recovery of deportation
charges/fine. If passenger is deported by any other reason must be asked to pay all the dues including Air Fare
/Hotel/Meal or any other applicable charges.
If the return ticket of the passenger is refunded by the travel agent, for this act the agent must be penalized by imposing
PKR100.000 along with return fair and other charges involved. If agent fails to submit all such dues within the
stipulated time period the concerned agent would be delinked till the recovery of all dues.
Sub cells are responsible to maintain liaison with the ALO`s of foreign embassies to get the updated information’s and
forward them to Marketing Support Head Office. All sub cells are responsible to maintain station wise statistics of
inadmissible/deported passenger, fines/COD recovered and COD/fines could not be realized.
All sub cells are responsible to ensure write-off action and to obtain Management’s approval by the respective area’s
station head in the event of non-recovery of COD/fines on account of inadmissible/deported passengers. To measure the
performance of Task Force activities, spot check on different stations is done by DGM Marketing support Head Office with
close coordination of PHS and to ensure that Station Managers have a close liaison with local immigration agencies to
pursue. All possible waivers in favor of PIAC.
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2.1 SOP for PIA Task Force
I. Purpose Formation / Training of Task Force members in coordination with PHS for all major Domestic / International stations from where flights are operated to Europe, UK, USA, Canada to control the increased number of inadmissible passengers.
II. Scope
TOM Offices of KHI, ISB, LHE, MUX, PEW stations.
All major International Departure areas of PHS.
III. Key Responsibilities
General Manager- Passenger Sales
District Manager/UUs
Passenger Sales Manager
Assistant Manager Passenger Sales
TOM
IV. Procedure
Scrutinizes travel documents in terms of visas, fraudulent photo change, false visa endorsement and expiry date of passport/visa and any other information that may be required for verification.
Obtains 03 sets of photo copies of travel documents e.g. first 3 pages of passport, visa page, green card, letter of parole, or any other document that may be required prior to issuance of tickets/reconfirmation and advise the passengers to carry two sets of same documents to be given at the check-in counter and immigration counter
Scrutinizes the documents meticulously in case where only one way tickets are issued. Carries out in-depth investigations to pinpoint the responsibility. Takes appropriate action to
curb travel of inadmissible passengers. Informs Central Cell at the Head Office about the preventive and post facto action taken.
If passenger is off loaded validity of documents is checked and contact number is obtained for alternate booking.
As and when any information is received the member of task force from the ALO`s updated information’s/trainings are to be impart and communicated accordingly to the marketing
support head office.
V. Reference Document N/A
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2.2 SOP for Inadmissible Passengers
I. Purpose Take corrective/preventive actions against the In-Ad Pax. Continuous monitoring for the unrecovered amount from the Pax / agents .
II. Scope
TOM Offices of KHI, ISB, LHE, MUX, PEW stations.
All major International Departure areas of PHS.
III. Key Responsibilities
General Manager- Passenger Sales
District Manager/UUs
Passenger Sales Manager
Assistant Manager Passenger Sales
TOM IV. Procedure
Liaises with various stations on PIA network on handling of inadmissible passengers.
Supervises and ensures/handling of Inadmissible Passengers as per procedure and effective functioning of sub-cells at KHI,ISB,RWP,LHE,PEW,,MUX,DEA,SKT.
Coordinates with respective In Ad Cell to recover COD and fines imposed on Inadmissible Passengers.
Investigates each case of inadmissible/deported passenger, ascertains ticketing sources and establishes responsibility of individuals and sales outlets instrumental in facilitating inadmissible travel.
Prescribes measures/punishments commensurate with the type and extent of violations of the existing policies and procedures on the subject.
Develops standard operating procedure of sub-cells working at various locations and updates its SOP from time to time.
Co-ordinates with ALO`s, government agencies e.g. FIA, Ministry of Home Affairs etc to energize co-ordinate effort to reduce travel of inadmissible passengers to the barest minimum.
If deported passenger not holding return ticket that passenger should be returned back by first available flight to their original station at lowest RBD class.
If the return ticket is refunded by the travel agent, for this act the agent is penalized by imposing PKR100.000 along with return fair and other charges involved. If agent fails to submit all such dues within the stipulated time period the same agent will be delinked till the recovery of all dues.
Maintains liaison with foreign embassies ALO`s to get the updated information’s and forward to Marketing Support Head Office.
Maintains station wise statistics of inadmissible/deported passenger, fines/COD recovered and COD/fines could not be realized.
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Ensures that write-off action is initiated and Management’s approval is obtained by the respective area/station heads in the event of non-recovery of COD/fines on account of inadmissible/deported passengers.
To measure the performance of Task Force activities, spot check on different stations is done by Marketing Support Head Office.
With the close coordination with PHS to ensure that Station Managers should have a close liaison with local immigration agencies to pursue for all possible waivers in favor of PIAC.
V. Reference Document N/A
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2.3 SOP for Compliant Management System in Head Office
I. Purpose of CMS:
To effectively handle customer complaints / suggestions received from the network which relates to Corporate Services Department.
II. Scope
District Office (Domestic/International)
Service counters of all airports (Domestic/International) III. Key Responsibilities
General Manager- Passenger Sales
District Manager/UUs
Passenger Sales Manager
Assistant Manager Passenger Sales
TOM
IV. Procedure
Marketing Support (CMS area) is responsible to go through all the complaints related to reservations & ticketing received through different sources like MOD/DM Secretariat /Website/ E-mail/Postal Mail.
Marketing support is also responsible to monitor the resolution of the complaints within the shortest possible time period.
Marketing Support is also responsible to ensure appropriate/corrective action taken and subsequently conveyed to the complainant.
V. Reference Document N/A
VI. Related Records CMS WEB
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ORGANOGRAM OF DISTRICT OFFICE
MANAGEMENT
* This is a generalized organogram of a District Office. The District Office positions at each respective station (Domestic/Int’l) will depend on
the size of the market, flight frequency & positions approved by the management. Approved District Office organograms are maintained at the respective District Manager’s Secretariat and also approved by local station head
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3.1 SOP for making an Annual Sales Plan for District Offices in terms of Pax Sales.
I. Purpose
To achieve the Sales Targets given by the Head Office in a systematic manner.
II. Scope
District Managers (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Passenger Sales Manager Assistant Pax Sales Manager Sales Promotional Officer.
IV. Procedure
Head office assigns the targets to all the District Offices.
The targets are then classified in terms of seasonality, Agents’ profile and booking office’s targets.
DM, PSM/PSM (CS) and APSM make the sales target’s allocation to the SPOs.
SPOs make their workings in getting the targets achieved.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
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3.2 SOP for Allocation of Sales Targets among Sales Promotional Officers / Selling
Outlets
I. Purpose
To ensure proper monitoring of the Station’s sales and targets given to the Sale Promotion Offices.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Passenger Sales Manager Assistant Manager Passenger Sales Sales Promotion Officers
IV. Procedure
DM forwards the yearly sales targets to the PSM.
PSM in consultation with APSM allocates it among all the SPOs in terms of their territory.
PSM Corporate Sales allocates/communicates the targets for the commercial houses to the SPOs who look after the Corporate sales activities along with PSM Corporate sales himself.
SPOs are to further communicate with their Sales agents/ selling outlets (PSA / GSA) in order to
achieve the targets.
PSM/SPOs of corporate sales follow up on corporate accounts business potential.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Targets allocation figures. Related files.
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3.3 SOP for Verifying the Sales Calls of Selling Outlets & Business gains Quantification
(Validity Of Service)
I. Purpose
To ensure the proper monitoring of the Station’s sales Sale activities & Revenue performance.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International) / Regional Management (Corporate Sales)
III. Key Responsibilities
General Manager- Passenger Sales Regional Manager – Corporate Sales District Manager/UUs Passenger Sales Manager Passenger Sales Manager -Corporate Sales. Assistant Manager Passenger Sales Sales Promotion Officers/SPOs (CS)
IV. Procedure
Regional Manager Corporate Sales gets approval of targets frorm G.M Passenger Sales.
The targets are then further classified in terms of Corporate Houses visits, New Accounts, channelized & revenue generated by field offices.
DM, PSMs (CS) and APSM (CS) along with SPOs (CS) make calls to corporate houses and record activities and revenue gains in Sales Call and Station Revenue records.
Stations activities and revenue gains are conveyed to Regional Manager Corporate Sales/G.M Passenger Sales at least on monthly basis.
From Head office Regional Management visits stations at least on quarterly basis to verify documents and records of activities and revenue gains.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Targets allocation figures/Call Pattern / Reports
Related files.
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3.4 SOP for making Corporate Accounts Members of PIA A+ Executive Virtual Program.
I. Purpose
Incorporating listed Companies to PIA Corporate Loyalty Program ‘A+ Executive’.
II. Scope
District offices/Regional Management Corporate Sales
III. Key Responsibilities
General Manager Passenger Sales
Regional Manager Corporate Sales
Districts’ Managers
Passenger Sales Manager Corporate Sales
Sr./Sales Promotional Officer Corporate Sales
IV. Procedure
PSM (CS)/APSM (CS)/Sr./SPO (CS) Select the listed Corporate Account and present the
product proposition become Member.
On acceptance of Loyalty Program, formal invitation is forwarded to willing Corporate
Accounts.
On acceptance of formal invitations, Corporate Accounts nominate their Company Travel
Coordinators (CTC) as their Program Coordinator.
PSM (CS) forwards details of CTC’s along with nomination of PIA Key Account Manager
(KAM) to Regional Manager Corporate Sales Head Office.
Regional Manager Corporate Sales through the system assigns company to nominated
KAM simultaneously incorporating system inputs regarding CTC’s.
On assignment; system flashes email to respective KAM for their further inputs regarding the
assigned Corporate House and submit such information through the systems.
On submission of KAM’s information our system intimates to CTC temporary login &
password for filling out the Membership Virtual form.
On submission of virtual form; system assigns New Enrollment Number (NE#) to the
Company as applicant.
On data verification of filled forms Company is made member of A+ Executive Program and
assigned membership number and necessary guidelines for managing the program through
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3.5 SOP for Resource Planning (Infrastructure, Equipment, Human Resources).
I. Purpose
To facilitate the better functioning of the District Offices.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
GM Passenger Sales District Manager Regional manager Procurement & Logistics Department.
IV. Procedure
Area head initiate the resource requirement.
District Manager is to be requested for the required resources.
DM then forwards the request to the GM Pax Sales if that resource allocation exceeds his/her
domain.
GM Pax Sale’s office forwards the request for the Management’s approval.
P&L then acquires the resources on their behalf and send the same to the offices.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Minutes. Capital Sanctioning Receipts. Vouchers.
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3.6 SOP for Determining Training Requirement for District Office Personnel
I. Purpose
To keep acquainted the district office personnel with the latest developments in the aviation world.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager All Managers at District level. Manager Training & Development (Sales)
IV. Procedure
Area Head initiates the training requirements for the Sales force and forwards it to the DM.
District Manager forwards it to the Manager Training & Development for planning a suitable training to the sales force.
District Office is to be intimated by the Manager Training & Development for the course initiation.
DM is to arrange desired number of personnel on rotation basis in order to get them the trainings.
Area Head is to evaluate their post training performance and coordinate with the DM and Manager Training & Development for a re-training if desires so.
V. Reference Document
Training & Development Chapter
VI. Related Records
Training records.
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3.7 SOP for Planning the Group Handling Request/Discounts.
I. Purpose
To increase the group traveling and to meet the market competition for augmenting the revenue.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Passenger Sales Manager Asst. Passenger Sales Manager Sales Promotion Officer
IV. Procedure
Request is received by Station and retrieved by SPO from the Travel Agents / Commercial houses.
PSM / APSM evaluate the request and allow any standing discount permissible to the Stations.
Any discount beyond standing approvals is sent by PSM / APSM to respective route managers for Management’s approval.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Agents’ requests. Approval files.
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3.8 SOP for Provisioning of Revenue Documents/ Ticket Documents based on Periodic
Requirements.
I. Purpose
To ensure the availability as well as the timely provisioning of the revenue documents.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Pax Sales Manager Asst. Passenger Sales Manager
IV. Procedure
BSP agents/PSA/GSAs will send their ticket stock requisition either in form of letter or electronic mail to marketing managers specified at III above.
Concerned SPO will recommend TOP UP/SUPLY/ REVOLVING capping limit of e-tickets.
An e-mail will be flashed to ABACUS to update capping in accordance to final assessment of
superior officer.
V. Reference Document
A: PSA/GSA Domestic and international bank guarantee -Daily sales summary (Source IATA BSP and ABACUS) A: IATA/BSP Agents
Domestic bank guarantee and last year average 05 week sale to ascertain international bank guarantee
-Daily sales summary (Source IATA BSP and ABACUS)
VI. Related Records
Agents e-ticket requisition letter/email
Email notification for updating for e-ticket capping
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3.9 SOP for Handling Customer Complaints / Suggestions
I. Purpose
To effectively and timely handling of all the complaints/suggestions received from the Network which relate to Corporate Services Department Department.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International) Service Counters at the airports (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
Concerned District Manager / Ticket Office Managers Dy. General Manager Marketing Support. Manager Customer Relations Manager PIA Contact Center
IV. Procedure
All the complaints are forwarded to the Customer Relations through Secretariat/Website/Email/Postal Mail/Call Center/Chairman Office/Comment Cards which are placed in the aircrafts /passenger feed back form available on the counters at Booking Offices / Service Counters at the airports (Domestic / International)/PIA Website.
Manager Customer Relations is responsible to collect the Comment cards//passenger feed back form and register the same in the Complain Management System.
Complains are then automatically forwarded to the concerned station for their necessary processing by Manager Customer Relations received from either source with a copy to Marketing Support .
After investigation appropriate corrective/preventive measures are taken and then same are entered into the CMS by concerned station/department.
The Dy. General Manager Marketing Support will monitor all the station’s complains related to Marketing in order to ensure the timely resolution and ensuring that appropriate actions are taken by all stations.
According to SOP interterm / final reply will be sent through Customer Services with a copy to Marketing Support.
V. Reference Document
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VI. Related Records
Complaint Management System database Complaint’sRecords.
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3.10 SOP for Executing the Sales Plan (territory wise) through Sales force.
I. Purpose
To facilitate the Sales force by disseminating the sales targets and its timely acquisition
II. Scope
District Office (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Passenger Sales Manager Sales Promotion Officer
IV. Procedure
All Sales force ensures periodic visits to assigned / any potential sales outlets.
All promotions / special offers, deals, are communicated to all selling outlets.
Timely responses to any queries from any selling outlets are to be ascertained.
Mandatory regular sales calls are to be made by SPOs and accordingly recorded through call reports.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Sales targets. Call patterns.
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3.11 SOP for Sales “calls patterns”/ “call reports” and Agent’s feedback on PIA services
I. Purpose
To assist the SPOs in making their calls to the Sales agents/ Commercial houses.
II. Scope
District Office (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Passenger Sales Manager Sales Promotion Officers.
IV. Procedure
SPOs fill the call pattern at the beginning of the day.
PSM keeps the call pattern to determine SPOs daily movement.
Before the end of the day SPO writes / provides “Sales call reports”.
Both “Call pattern” and “Call reports” are discussed at the end of the day / subsequent morning in daily briefing meetings with DM / PSM.
Agent’s Forms are distributed to agents at least once in a year and inputs are taken from them with respect to services provided by PIA to the agents. Based on the feedback, concerned District Manager or his nominee take corrective actions to address agent’s issues.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
SPOs’ Call Patterns SPOs’ Call Reports. Agent’s feedback form.
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3.12 SOP for Reporting Sales Performance to Regional Managers/GM Pax. Sales
I. Purpose
To convey the district offices’ proceedings in terms of sales performance and any other reservation to the Head Office.
II. Scope
District Office (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Passenger Sales Manager Asst. Passenger Sales Manager Regional Manager (Pakistan)
IV. Procedure
DM along with PSM and APSM communicates the sales performances to the Regional manager Pakistan /GM Passenger Sales on regular basis or as per Head office requirements.
Regional manager (Pakistan) reviews the Station’s performance / proposals and prepares a summary with his feedback and submits it to the GM Passenger Sales.
GM Passenger Sales reviews and then submits them to the Management for their perusal / required adjustments.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Sales performance reports. Concerned Regional manager’s reports.
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3.13 SOP for Passenger Handling at Booking Offices
I. Purpose
To ensure that, maximum facilitation is provided to the in-coming passengers within minimum time limit.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International) Service Counters at the airports(Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
Ticket Office Manager Shift In-charge/Duty Officers
IV. Procedure.
Customer gets a Que-Matic ticket and wait for his turn.
Upon his turn he interacts with the counter staff.
Counter staff facilitates him completely up to the ticket handling.
Cash handling (E-ticketing) and refund process (PRT) are handled by the counter staff. (He / she should be furnished with enough petty cash to exercise the cash functions properly).
The cashier refunds the ticket amount/collect cash/sale amount from the staff.
If requested, Passenger Feedback form should be provided by concerned staff to the customer.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Que-Matic Reports
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3.14 SOP for Handling Prepaid Ticket Advice. (PTA)
I. Purpose
To handle PTA requests effectively.
II. Scope
District Office (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
DGM Marketing Support Shift In-charge Reservation & Ticketing Officer
IV. Procedure
Passenger asks for the rates / procedures for PTA.
A PTA is to be sent to the respective office after the required payment.
The station where the PTA is sent contacts the person to get a ticket against the authority / PTA.
Stations send a confirmation to the issuing office after a ticket has been collected.
V. Reference Document
Passenger Services Conference Resolution Manual
VI. Related Records
PTA records
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3.15 SOP for Handling Re-routing / Change of Class Request.
I. Purpose
To facilitate the passenger in terms of re-routing / change of class arrangements.
II. Scope
District Office (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager DGM Marketing Support Counter Staff Cashier
IV. Procedure
Passenger requests for a re-routing/ change of class facility on his/her turn at the booking/reservation counter.
Dealing RTO will suggest re-routing or change of class of class to passenger in case of non
availability of seats or any other operational reason.
The RTO (counter staff) will request a copy of the issued ticket and passport from the passenger for processing the re-routing request / change of class.
At acceptance, RTO processes re-routing / change of class.
Passenger preferring refund will acquire the due refunds from concerned Travel Agents / PIA booking offices.
V. Reference Document
Passenger Services Conference Resolution Manual
VI. Related Records
Ticket documents. Cash receipts.
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3.16 SOP for Ticket Delivery at Passenger’s doorstep.
I. Purpose
To properly implement the ticket delivery at the Customer’s doorstep.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic)
III. Key Responsibilities
Contact Center
Booking Offices
Speedex
Finance.
IV. Procedure
The following conditions apply with reference to the application of this SOP:
Delivery of E- tickets for pure domestic/designated sectors only. Available for all classes of travel up to six hours of flight departure. This service would not cover tickets with open / request reservation status. Tickets to be issued/ delivered by/at designated domestic stations only. ID/AD tickets are not covered under this service.
CONTACT CENTER:
Customer wishing to avail the service may select the option at IVR (Interactive Voice Responder) level. Call will be connected to Call Center agent who will create reservations with following details: Name, Sectors/Segment, Contact numbers, Delivery address (home/office), relevant remarks where necessary about mode of payment.
In case where seats are not available in desired date and class, first available alternate will be offered to customers.
Once reservation is created by Call Center agent, PNR will be placed on Reservation Queue to outbound team. Call Centre will call back the customer and verify/incorporate the missing details, if any.
The said PNR will then be placed on to Q- 499 with Pic Code 14 of concerned PIA booking office. Same PNR will also be printed at concerned PIA booking office remotely.
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Call Center will convey delivery time i.e. two hours and other conditions of cancellation and
changes in PNR as per PIA reservation policy.
The service is applicable for confirmed segments only. For tickets with open/ waitlisted status; the customer will be diverted to booking offices.
For Awards Plus reward tickets, the customers’ request will be processed according to laid down procedure.
Awards Plus agent will print authority and PNR on concerned booking office printer and will also quip the PNR in Q-499 with Pic Code 14 relevant Queue.
BOOKING OFFICES:
Dedicated staff and fully equipped desk will be maintained during booking office timings.
Once PNR is received in Q-499 and printed on the hard copy printer, the ticketing staff will issue the ticket.
The Ticketing Staff will hand over the ticket to Speedex Point Man along with the following details as per attached Performa:
Address and telephone number of the customer to whom the ticket has to be delivered to.
Total amount to be collected, Mode of payment, cash or credit card.
SPEEDEX:
Speedex will provide list of the contact persons in its network as the Point Men in booking offices for the project of delivery of tickets to the customers.
Speedex “Point Man” on receipt of information after due documented acknowledgement will execute Speedex booking by generating a Consignment Note.
A copy of the consignment note will be handed over to Ticketing Staff.
Speedex Point Man will then generate a delivery/run sheet, whereby in the consignee name column, amount to be collected at the time of delivery with mode of payment, will also be marked.
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Speedex Point Man will then hand over the ticket and the delivery/run sheet to the Speedex courier, after taking acknowledgment from the courier on the duplicate copy of the delivery/run sheet.
Speedex couriers delivering the ticket will carry hand-held device for credit card acceptance with printer option.
Speedex couriers will deliver the ticket within three hour of taking over of the tickets from Speedex “Point Man”.
At the time of delivering the tickets, Speedex couriers will;
i. Collect cash or accept credit card and after due clearance of the credit card, deliver the ticket to the customer
ii. Obtain customer’s acknowledgement for receipt as per Speedex procedures.
Speedex couriers will then hand over the run sheets along with cash or credit card receipts to the Speedex Point Man.
Speedex Point Man will hand over the cash/credit card receipt to the designated staff at the booking offices and record this delivery on Performa.
Speedex will ensure placement of staff at these booking offices and the details thereof would be
provided to all concerned: Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi / Islamabad, Quetta, Peshawar, Sukkur, Faisalabad, & Multan.
Ticket Office Manager will monitor and evaluate these sheets/receipts on weekly basis to ensure
effective delivery of tickets to customers at door steps.
FINANCE:
ASRs Closures/Cash Counter Functions:
i. Daily ASR along with cash/Credit Card Charge Form would be submitted to the Counter Cashiers before the closure of shift.
ii. In cases where the couriers are not able to return to the Booking Offices before the
closure of shifts, the following would be followed:
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iii. The sales staff will close their ASRs and hand over the sales proceeds to the Counter Cashiers along with copies of consignments notes against which the payment has not been received.
iv. In such cases the payment will be made by the “Point Man” directly to the Cashiers after receiving their acknowledgment as per above-mentioned procedure.
v. After receipt of Cash/Credit Card charge forms from the “Point Man”, the Cashier would settle the outstanding ASRs.
V. Reference Documents
PIA Queues Manual
VI. Related Records
Ticket delivery record LOG MKT/LOG/001
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3.17 SOP for Handling Visa Requests.
I. Purpose
To effectively manage and process visa requests for Umra, Malaysia, and few other countries. .
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic)
III. Key Responsibilities
DM PSM In charge Visa Cell
IV. Procedure
Agents forward the visa requests for individuals / groups and submit it to the Visa cell through the PSM.
After checking of the documents as per the requirement of concerned Consulate / Embassy, these are submitted to the respective countries Visa office.
SPO follows-up with the visa cell for the visa information to the concerned Agent.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
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3.18 SOP for Dissemination of Timely Information at Station level.
Purpose
Timely information to all selling outlets till filling of information in the systems. .
Scope
District Offices (Domestic/ International)
Key Responsibilities
General Manager Pax Sales
DM
Regional Manager( Concerned territory)
t Manager ( Competitive Analysis)
PSM
APSM
SPOs.
Procedure
Concerned Management / Regional Manager advise the change in fares, policies or selling mechanisms etc.
P Manager Competitive Analysis processes filling of above systems through ATPCO, “Airprice” etc.
Till reflection of this information in systems, Manager Competitive Analysis informs the changes to the concerned offices of the network.
PSM / APSM disseminate information sent by Manager Competitive Analysis in the form of station circular or volume to all selling outlets electronically.
SPOs confirm the receipt of such electronic communication and further ensure through distributing hard copies of such circulars / volumes.
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Reference Document
SABRE Air Price Manual
Related Records
Volumes Circulars
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3.19 SOP for Reporting Sales Proceeds.
I. Purpose
Reporting and settlement of PIA sales proceeds by all selling outlets. (Booking offices, PIA Satellite Offices, IATA Agents, PSAs, GSAs, DSAs)
II. Scope
PIA District Offices (Domestic / International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Finance Manager Passenger Sales Manager
IV. Procedure
All Selling outlets shall report Sale proceeds on periodic basis and shall make settlement on fortnightly basis to local finance.
Finance Manager shall process / report instruments of settlements for payment / clearance.
Sale reports shall be verified / checked by finance Manager.
Finance Manager shall report any anomalies in Sales Report to PSM.
PSM shall refer these anomalies back to selling outlets for rectification.
Invariably, Finance Manager shall report Sales to Pax revenue department.
PSM shall report Sales figures to Pax Market Planning section.
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V. Reference Documents
N/A
VI. Related Records SAR Sales Reports ( R1, R2, R10, R11)
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3.20 SOP for Monitoring Sales Performance with Assigned Targets
I. Purpose
To monitor the performance of Stations in line with the targets assigned to them.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Passenger Sales Manager Asst. Passenger Sales Manager Sales Promotion Officer(s)
IV. Procedure
DM determines the schedule for monitoring the station’s sales performance.
Sales performance is maintained by APSM in a database in the form of local MIS.
PSM / APSM monitors body vise / revenue vise performance of SPOs and their respective accounts as per schedule determined by Station Head.
SPOs are required to monitor the selling activities of the agents through the sales targets by making maximum number of marketing calls.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Call reports Call patterns
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3.21 SOP for Monitoring the Queue Timings of the Passengers at the District Office.
I. Purpose
To better assist the passengers in getting their job done without getting delayed.
II. Scope
District offices (Domestic/International).
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager DGM Marketing Support TOM / Shift-In charge
IV. Procedure
Duty Officer is to monitor the waiting area of the customers.
Duty Officer is to monitor the average customer handling time by reservation staff.
Duty Officer is to monitor the information counter that all the relevant information is given to the passengers.
TOM is to visit all the counters from time to time to get acquainted with the workings of the counters.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
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3.22 SOP for Monitoring the Staff Appearance.
I. Purpose
To monitor the staff appearance as per the given rules and regulations.
II. Scope
District offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
DGM Marketing Support In-charge Uniform Cell.
IV. Procedure
TOM is to monitor the staff appearance / uniform where it is applicable to the counter staff.
In case if the staff is not provided with the new uniform, the TOM has to contact with the Manager Uniform cell in coordination with the Manager Ticket Offices (System).
TOM has to make sure that all the staff follows the dress code.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
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3.23 SOP for Monitoring the Shift Performance.
I. Purpose
To monitor the regularity of the staff shifts in the district offices.
II. Scope
District Offices (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
DGM Marketing Support Duty Officer / Shift-In charge
IV. Procedure
Duty Officer is to monitor the staff performance through frequent visits as well as number of complaints raised against each and every employee.
Duty Officer monitors the performance through the Quematic system by analyzing the average time spent on each passenger.
Ticket Office Manager is to monitor staffs’ performance by checking their training records.
V. Reference Document
N/A
VI. Related Records
Training Records. Number of Complaints.
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3.24 SOP for Reviewing Training Effectiveness of District Office Personnel.
I. Purpose
To facilitate Manager Training & Development (Sales) in evaluating training effectiveness of district office personnel.
II. Scope
District Office (Domestic/International)
III. Key Responsibilities
District Manager Passenger Sales Manager Asst. Passenger Sales Manager DGM Marketing Support Manager Training & Development.
IV. Procedure
Manager Training & Development will send a Performa to the District Manager to access the effectiveness of the training arranged by Manager T&D.
DM or his/her area head will complete the Performa and send the signed copy to manager T&D with 15 days of receipt of such Performa.
DM may also arrange interview with the staff under review with Manager T&D if he/she may desire.
DM is to release all staff for subsequent training(s) which are adjudged below par in post training performance review conducted by the Manager T&D.
DM is to assess the training requirements of the district office’s personnel through close monitoring of their performances by their respective heads.
DM is to coordinate with the Manager Training & Development (Sales) to arrange the required training(s) program accordingly.
If the training request is for the Institution other than the PIA Training Center (PTC), the case is processed for Management approval.
Manager T&D is to process all the cases for Management approval in terms of trainings.
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V. Reference Document
Training & Development Chapter
VI. Related Records
Training records at the district offices.
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3.25 SOP FOR FORI (فوری) TICKET
Fori (فوری) ticket is a new form of ticketing payment that would be done through the extensive
network of Easypaisa outlets and Telenor Franchise throughout the country on 24/7 basis.
In order to avail the Fori (فوری) ticket facility the customer has to follow the below mentioned seven
steps process.
Note: All other policies and procedures will be same as for E-ticket issued from any other
office/outlet etc.
STEP1: The customer will contact PIA Call Centre for desired booking.
STEP2: Call Centre will collect all relevant data insisting on customer cell number
STEP3: System will generate SMS conveying PNR to customer
STEP4: Payment will be made by showing PNR at any Easypaisa outlet or Telenor Franchise
STEP 5: Customer will receive payment acknowledgement in form of SMS from Tameer Bank.
STEP6: Customer will receive VCR number through an SMS from PIA.
STEP7: Customer can take print of ticket from any one of the following
points (PIA WEB: WWW.PIAC.COM.PK Home Printer/ Cyber Café, PIA Sales office/ PIA Service Counters at the Airports by showing PNR
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INTERNAL WORK FLOW FOR FORI فوری TICKET
PIA Fori Ticket Server
PIA CustomerTelenor Agent
Telenor/TameerEasyPaisa Network
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Makes Reservation &Give Option for Payment
Shows SMS Received from PIA
Give Receipt/SMS of Payment Received
1.Confirm Fare2.Request to Generate VCR
1.Give Fare Detail2. Generate VCR
PIA WebService forFori Ticket
1.Request for Fare2. Request to generate VCR
(transaction Detail)
PIA Call Center
Sabre Reservation
System
SMS service
1.Code+Fare+Sector2. On VCR Generation PNR + FARE
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SOP for PIA in-house operations for the Fori (فوری) ticket will be as follows:-
1. CALL CENTRE
Call Centre will collect all relevant data insisting the customer on providing cell number.
PIA system will generate PNR, which will be conveyed to customer on phone while holding
the call and later through SMS.
All complaints/queries will come to Call Centre; those complaints that cannot be resolved by
the call center agent shall be directed to Duty Supervisor Call center, who will use IT
generated application to solve issue and release VCR.
Transactions logs will be maintained by IT and will be available to Competent Authority
where required.
2. FINANCE
Tameer Bank will submit daily sales & collection report at [email protected] on the
below format by 1000 hrs. daily:-
TRANSACTI
ON ID
TRANSACTI
ON DATE
TRANSACTI
ON TYPE
PN
R
TICKE
T NO.
AMOUNT
CREDITED TO
PIAC
CURRENC
Y
11212121 21-05-2012 SALES AB
CD
EF
214XX
X
XXXX PKR
In addition thereto, a confirmation e-mail regarding credit of amount after deduction of
permissible commission in PIAC account will also be sent to [email protected] on daily
frequency.
All Fori (فوری) ticket sales will be booked under head of account 21088- Easypaisa Pakistan
Receivable.
IT Department will ensure ASR closing of Fori ticket transaction till 23:50 pm daily through
system.
By the 5th
of each month, Tameer Bank will submit a consolidated sales report along with
ticket wise breakup of fare & taxes and commission deducted thereon, whereby PIAC will
recall the commission paid on refunded tickets.
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4. FARE FILLING
Approved fares with applicable taxes inclusive passenger service fee (YR) shall be updated in the
system/PCC (KQC) for smooth operation of ticketing service by designated RM fare filling team.
Note: All other policies and procedures will be same as for E-ticket issued from any other
office/outlet etc.
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TOM Signature with stamp:________________________________
T. Average/month =Average Time
Log of Ticket Delivery at Door Step for the Month _________,_____ Station:______________
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