The Settlement and Accounting Standards Board manages the development of standards concerning any interaction between airlines and any other parties for the purpose of managing financial processes supporting the delivery of passenger services to the extent these are developed under the Passenger Services Conference.
This includes but is not limited to payment, settlement data exchange standards, and other related financial data exchange standards.
Groups under the Settlement and Accounting Board
- BSP Data Interchange Specifications Group (BDISG)
- Order Accounting Working Group (OAWG)
- Airline Billing and Settlement Working Group (ABS WG)
- Offer and Order Technology Standards Support Working Group (OOTSS WG)
The BSP Data Interchange Specifications Working Group
- Deals with matters concerning the development and maintaining data interchange specifications for the exchange of passenger ticketing and related data between Billing and Settlement Plan (BSP) business partners.
- Reviews and endorses proposals to create or amend standards to develop and document suitable technical solutions for the provision of BSP related data, for publication in the BSP Data Interchange Specifications Handbook (DISH) and ensure that those technical solutions align with existing standards.
- Develops and documents suitable technical solutions for the provision of BSP related data, for publication in the DISH.
- Proposes realistic implementation schedules for changes to the DISH standards, for review by SASB.
- Where practical, BDISG will take into account business requirements of BSP business partners.
- Reviews and endorses proposals to amend PSC Resolution 750 Attachment A - BSP Data Interchange Specifications Handbook.
- Liaises with other process owning groups under the PSC, and advisory groups under Industry Committees as required.
- Maintains a work plan and reports regularly to SASB.
- Develops and endorses other standards as directed by the SASB.
BSP Data Interchange Specifications Handbook
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Membership of the Settlement and Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
The following representatives have been elected to serve on the Pay-Account Standards Board for a two year period:
| AIrline | NAME | TITLE |
|---|---|---|
| Aerolineas Argentinas | Mariano Creo | Revenue Accounting Manager |
| Air China | He Jing | Director of Corporate Settlement |
| Air France | Jerome Boyer (Vice-Chair) | VP, Revenue Accounting |
| American Airlines | Mary Beth Macdonald | Managing Director of Revenue Accounting |
| British Airways | Charles Wadsworth | Head of Finance Services |
| Cathay Pacific | Terence Wong | Head of Finance - Customer Finance |
| China Eastern* | Cui Min | General Manager of Revenue Accounting |
| China Southern Airlines* | Liang Zhaozheng | Sales Income Risk Management Manager |
| Delta Air Lines | Mark Manhan | Director - Revenue Accounting |
| Emirates | Rukhsana Pawane | Senior Manager, EK Revenue Services |
| Indigo Airlines | Pramod Kumar Srivastava | Director - Revenue Accounting |
| KLM | Rob Kies | Manager, Business Support |
| Lufthansa | Elke Disselhoff | Project Manager Order Transformation Finance |
| Pegasus Airlines* | Ferhat Obenik | Head of Revenue Control |
| Qantas Airways Limited | Konda Reddy | Manager, Finance |
| Qatar Airways | Kalyana Sundaram | Manager Finance - Revenue Protection |
| SAS | Signe Messeter | Business Support Manager, Revenue Information & Integrity |
| Shenzhen Airlines* | Zhennian Wu | Deputy General Manager of Settlement Department |
| Singapore Airlines | Shirley Xue Zheng | Manager, Passenger Sales Accounting |
| Swiss International Air Lines | Myriam Burget (Chair) | Head of Revenue Accounting and Control |
| Turkish Airlines | Kadir Coskun | Vice President, Revenue Accounting |
| United Airlines | Susan Wade | Managing Director, Passenger Revenue Accounting |
| Xiamen Airlnes* | Xuemei Zhang | VP of Finance and Accounting Dept, Head of Revenue Accounting |
| IATA Secretary | Altug Meydanli | Senior Manager Airline Distribution Standards (Pay-Accounts) |
The Order Accounting Working Group
- Review and endorse proposals to create or amend standards governing these processes. Ensure that proposals align with existing standards.
- While reviewing and endorsing proposals, liaise with other Governance Groups as required.
- Maintain a work plan and report regularly to SASB
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The Airline Billing and Settlement Working Group:
- Develops billing and settlement business requirements documentation and procedural standards that facilitates the exchange of information necessary for billing and settlement between airlines and any 3rd party transportation provider using Enhanced and Simplified Distribution based on the passenger offer and orders standards (NDC and One Order).
- Reviews and endorses proposals to amend IATA RAM (Revenue Accounting Manual) rules (Passenger & Cargo).
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The Offer and Order Technology Standards Support Working Group
- Develops data exchange standards meeting the Business requirements established by the following Working Groups:
- Offer and Order Distribution Working Group under SOPSB
- Order Payment Working Group under SOPSB
- Order Accounting Group under SASB ; and
- Airline Billing and Settlement Working Group under SASB (limited to Offer and Order-related billing and settlement requirements);
- Develops an implementation guide describing the use of the above data exchange standards.
- Ensures the integrity of proposed Offer and Order data exchange standards with respect to all (already known) business requirements;
- Ensures that the development of data exchange standards follows all applicable ATSB methodologies; collaborate with CMIG to integrate all relevant artifacts in the AIDM.
- Liaises with groups defining business requirements and with ATSB CMIG
- Maintains a work plan and report regularly to the above Boards.
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