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Feb 22, 2018 | 5:07 am

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Originally Posted by Cyba

1. Some legal connections don't seem to show up. I've come across this a few times E.g. LAD-DXB-LIS on EK, DLA-ADD-FRA on ET, MAO-PTY-POS on CM etc.
Could it be that these are all connections that significantly exceed the direct routing mileage and are therefore edited out of the results? Even if the airlines themselves publish and sell fares on these markets?

2. Some airports seem to not be available at all. DSS for instance, the new airport in Dakar yields a "the requested origin is invalid" result even if most (all?) airlines have moved operations from DKR

1. KVS doesn't edit the results you see what the tool manages to scrape. Proper GDS access shows your 3 examples without issues:

Code:

tnladlis/aek

TNLADLIS/AEK
** AMADEUS TIMETABLE - TN ** LIS LISBON.PT                     22FEB18 01MAR18
 1   EK 794  247  LAD   DXB 3  1755    0435+1 0 CONNECT DXB     77L 
     EK 191  247  DXB 3 LIS 1  0725+1  1200+1 0 22FEB18 01MAR18 77W 19:05
NO MORE FLIGHTS  22FEB18  TO  01MAR18

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tndlafra/aet

TNDLAFRA/AET
** AMADEUS TIMETABLE - TN ** FRA FRANKFURT.DE                  22FEB18 01MAR18
 1   ET 915  135  DLA   ADD    1440    2055   0 CONNECT ADD     788 
     ET 706  135  ADD 2 FRA 1  2340    0510+1 0 23FEB18 28FEB18 350 14:30
 2   ET 915  7    DLA   ADD    1440    2055   0 CONNECT ADD     789 
     ET 706  7    ADD 2 FRA 1  2340    0510+1 0 25FEB18 25FEB18 350 14:30
 3   ET 915  5    DLA   ADD    1440    2055   0 CONNECT ADD     788 
  LH:ET1577  5    ADD 2 FRA 1  2250    0630+1 1 23FEB18 23FEB18 330 15:50
 4   ET 915  7    DLA   ADD    1440    2055   0 CONNECT ADD     789 
  LH:ET1577  7    ADD 2 FRA 1  2250    0630+1 1 25FEB18 25FEB18 330 15:50
 5   ET 905  246  DLA   ADD    1235    2045   1 CONNECT ADD     788 
     ET 706  246  ADD 2 FRA 1  2340    0510+1 0 15FEB18 22MAR18 350 16:35
 6   ET 905  246  DLA   ADD    1235    2045   1 CONNECT ADD     788 
  LH:ET1577  246  ADD 2 FRA 1  2250    0630+1 1 22FEB18 01MAR18 330 17:55

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tnmaopos/acm

TNMAOPOS/ACM                                                                    
** AMADEUS TIMETABLE - TN ** POS PORT OF SPAIN.TT              22FEB18 01MAR18  
** HY HYATT REGENCY TRINIDAD*NEWLY RENOVATED*FREE WIFI                          
** NEW ROOMS*DINING*SPA*PUBLIC SPACES*>HAHYPOSHRTDDMMM-1                        
 1   CM 140  17   MAO   PTY    0339    0619   0 CONNECT PTY     E90             
     CM 366  17   PTY   POS    1226    1626   0 25FEB18 26FEB18 E90 12:47       
 2G3:CM3684  4    MAO   GRU 2  0412    0910   0 CONNECT GRU     738             
     CM 700  4    GRU 2 PTY    1200    1705   0 CONNECT PTY     738             
     CM 314  4    PTY   POS    1914    2323   0 01MAR18 01MAR18 E90 19:11       
 3G3:CM3684  24   MAO   GRU 2  0412    0910   0 CONNECT GRU     738             
     CM 700  24   GRU 2 PTY    1200    1658   0 CONNECT PTY     738             
     CM 314  24   PTY   POS    1914    2323   0 20FEB18 27FEB18 E90 19:11

2. That needs to be updated in the 'tool' tables....

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