Purpose

Strategic Partners involved in the Common Use area will be invited to attend meetings to collaborate in the development of industry standards in three specific areas pertaining to: self-service standards, overall common use passenger processing systems standards and standardized data exchange.

Common Use Strategic Partnerships Summary

Common Use is the key foundation of any passenger experience as it provides a seamless and secure way of handling functions like check-in, bag-drop, identity management security access and boarding process.

Benefits

  • Liaise with other industry groups as appropriate, including Airport Council International (ACI)
  • Develop processes and technical standards
  • Develop implementation guides that reflect best practices
  • Drive technical and process innovation in the common use systems
  • Recommend all such standards to the industry via the IATA/A4A Joint Passenger Services Conference

Activities

Common Use Group(CUG)
The Common Use Group has been created to develop industry standards in five specific areas pertaining to common use.
The objectives of the group are to:

  • Develop processes and technical standards
  • Develop implementation guides that reflect best practices
  • Drive technical and process innovation in the area of common use systems
  • Recommend all such standards to the industry via the IATA Passenger Services Conference

Common Use Self-Services Technical Solution Group (CUSS-TSG)
The CUSS-TSG is responsible for RP1706c and also for the maintenance of its Technical Specifications
publication. This Technical Solution Group reports into the CUG. The CUSS 1.5.1 is the latest supported version and the CUSS 2.0 is under development.

Common Use Passenger Processing Systems Technical Solution Group (CUPPS-TSG)
The CUPPS-TSG is responsible for RP1797 and for the maintenance of its Technical Specifications publication. The CUPPS describes the range of services, specifications, and standards enacted to enable multiple airlines, service providers to share physical check-in or gate podium positions (either simultaneously or consecutively). The CUPPS 1.04 is the latest version supported within the IATA standard.

Common Use Web Services Technical Solution Group (CUWS)
The purpose of this Technical Solution Group is to standardize data exchange through the use of web services technology. With the evolution of biometrics, the CUWS team is currently working on delivering a new set of Passenger Access Management Services throughout touchpoints, supporting standardized data exchange between each touch point and the host system.

IATA Technical Peripheral Specifications Technical Solution Group (ITPS-TSG)
The ITPS-TSG is responsible for the maintenance of the specification that describes all exchanges of Departure Control Systems (DCS) to device communications and all device responses supporting Boarding Pass Printer (ATB), Baggage Tag Printers (BTP), Boarding Gate Readers and Self-Boarding Gates (BGR and E-Gates), SBD (SelfBaggage Drop) and SD (Scale Device). IATA Strategic Partners may purchase the ITPS publication at a preferential rate.

Focus Areas

  • Common Use
  • Self-Service
  • Technology
  • Data exchange

Designed for

  • Airports
  • CUPPS solutions providers
  • CUSS solutions providers
  • E-Gates providers
  • Self-service providers
  • Web Services Providers

Please view the full list of Strategic Partnerships Program benefits (pdf).

Contact

Strategic Partnerships Program

partnership@iata.org