Ops Initial Training | Dispatch: Add Flight

00:00: Learn how to create a new flight in Dispatch efficiently with this guide.

00:03: If you do not need to quote a trip or flight, you can add bookings and flights directly in

00:07: dispatch.

00:08: To add a new flight in dispatch, click on the Green Plus Add new flight button.

00:13: Select the workflow from the drop-down list. Selecting a commercial versus private workflow

00:18: will determine the aircraft available private only aircraft will not be selectable

00:22: for a commercial. IE Charter workflow.

00:25: In this example, we are going to use the Owner Private workflow.

00:30: Select the aircraft from the drop down

00:32: list. We will use N12345.

00:37: Select the account for the flight. We will use “Smithsonian National

00:41: Air and Space Museum”.

00:43: Next we enter the itinerary.

00:46: Let’s build Charles Lindbergh’s first solo nonstop transatlantic flight,

00:50: so we will use the flight number 1927 to represent the

00:54: year it took place.

00:56: You can type the date or open the calendar. Lindbergh’s flight departed on

01:00: 20 May.

01:01: Enter your scheduled departure time.

01:04: Enter the departure airport. In 1927, Lindbergh departed

01:08: from Roosevelt Field, New York. For our training,

01:11: we will simulate the flight from Republic Airport in Farmingdale or KFRG.

01:16: Enter the arrival airport. We will use Lindbergh’s destination of Le

01:21: Bourget Field, Paris. We can type the name, the IATA code of LBG or

01:25: the ICAO code of LFPB

01:28: Once the arrival destination is entered, the block time will be calculated automatically based

01:33: on aircraft performance.

01:35: Adjust the number of passengers. This is was a solo flight, so we will change the

01:39: max number of pax (9) to 0.

01:42: From the screen. You can also toggle on a crew swap fee.

01:45: Toggle if the flight will show on customer facing templates view, distance

01:49: View, and refresh warnings, show flight time, and 24 hours, and daily

01:53: Duty period. Delete the leg, split the leg and add more legs.

01:59: When you are satisfied with the information, click save.

02:03: The flight strip can now be worked to prepare for release, release, flight follow, and

02:07: record post flight information.

02:10: This guide showed you how to add a flight in Dispatch.

02:12: Remember, flights created in Dispatch are booked. To quote a

02:16: trip, please use the Sales module. To dispatch a flight, see additional training

02:20: videos and the knowledge base.