Airline Participation
Participation in a BSP is open to all scheduled Airlines serving the country/ area concerned.
In the past BSP provided Agents with stocks of neutral Standard Traffic Documents (STDs) and Standard Administrative Forms (SAFs) for use on behalf of all BSP Airlines. Today the BSPs are paperless, thus paper tickets are no longer distributed.
Agents report their sales, exchanges, refunds and other accounting transactions via the GDSs to the Processing Centre at prescribed intervals, through a Sales Transmittal.
Upon receipt of the sales Transmittals from Agents, the processing Centre prepares Billings and provides them as download *.pdf in BSPlink. Agents pay (direct debit) their billings into the BSP clearing account by each remittance date. BSP settles with the Airlines. The Processing Centre and the Clearing Bank report all discrepancies to the BSP Manager who, in accordance with the sales Agency Rules, deals with Irregularity and Default Procedures. BSP Airlines continue to monitor their Agents' ticket sales and take any corrective action where deemed necessary.
Interested in joining BSP Germany?
Germany, located in the middle of Europe, today is one of the biggest markets for the travel industry in the world. In the mid-seventies the number of air travellers increased tremendously. To support its Member activities in Germany, IATA set up a feasibility study early in 1981 resulting in the implementation of the BSP System in Germany in 1982. At implementation BSP Germany had already 54 member carriers on board, today in 2011 there are 191! The 2011 clearing volume produced by 3.084 accredited agents was EUR 10,6 Billion!
By using the following download rsp. screen function you will learn more about the joining criteria for Germany. Before you read our information brochure you should know that there are 2 ways of joining:
Either directly or through the IBCS Consolidator Scheme where IATA currently has 4 General Sales Agents under contract.
If you join through IBCS you pay USD 1,000.00 only as joining fee. However you will be charged with high SCU charges.
If you join directly through BSP Germany and you are a IATA Member Airline you will need to pay USD 15.000,00 plus 19% VAT. as joining fee but then you can profit from low SCU charges. So your final decision will be subject to your annual transaction volume and break even point.
Here are your documents:
Airline Information Brochure 2012.pdf
Global Application Form.pdf
Bank Authorisation.pdf
Beneficiary bank account guidelines.pdf
Form of Indemnity
Form of Concurrence
Non-IATA Application Form
Commission Handling.pdf
Open Commission Table.pdf
Statement of Accession.pdf
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