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Old Apr 17, 2013 | 10:43 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
The list includes a few I didn't know. I had reason to look at various TIMATIC links recently because DL staff, now on two continents, are trying to tell me that DL's version isn't the same as the SkyTeam version. Assuming that both sides have been paying their TIMATIC bills and hence aren't working from some old version that they may have downloaded, I don't see how this can be possible. AFAIK when one inputs information about citizenship, destination, duration of stay, etc., TIMATIC queries its master database in real time, so that everything should automatically be up to date. More specifically, I cannot believe that DL is using a version of TIMATIC that's three months out of date and using that to decide whether to deny boarding or not.
Oh, but now that would explain a lot. E.g. why DL staff at HKG are unaware of PVG TWOV. Seems that more like 3+ years out of date...
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