Airline Scheduling Software
Plan the timetable. Preview the changes. Publish with control.
Manage routes, seasonal schedules, recurring flight series and dated exceptions in Fx Airline Ops. Work in draft, inspect the operating flights a schedule will create or change, and publish the approved version when ready.
A recurring service should not be copied flight by flight
Small airline teams still need formal schedule control. Changes to a series should not quietly rewrite operated flights or leave incompatible versions across departments.
Built around the way you work
Each capability is part of the connected FlightStratix workspace.
Route and season setup
Maintain routes with airport and timezone information, define seasons and create recurring series with local departure times and aircraft context.
Draft, preview and publish
Version edits in draft, preview the effect on eligible flights and publish only after review. Publication settings include a configurable freeze window.
Flight-date exceptions
Add or remove individual operating-date exceptions. Withdraw a series with a recorded reason when needed.
Supported SSIM import
Import SSIM type-3 flight-leg records, map IATA station codes to ICAO where required, review line findings and create draft series for later publication.
From start to finish
Airline timetables, recurring series and controlled publication
Manage a repeated flying programme as a versioned schedule, not hundreds of individual edits.
Routes and seasons provide the structure
Maintain scheduled route definitions using airport/timezone information and operating parameters. Put recurring flight series inside dated seasons so a schedule planner can distinguish the summer operating pattern from a temporary change or one-off flight.
Preview a draft before it affects operations
Create flight series using recurrence, local departure time and an aircraft or virtual-tail reference. When the series changes, a draft version is prepared, and the preview shows which eligible future instances will be created, retimed or cancelled.
Handle date-specific exceptions deliberately
Add or remove exceptions for selected dates, withdraw a series with a reason and respect a publication freeze window. This keeps day-specific changes explicit, rather than rewriting every recurrence when a bank holiday or operational exception arises.
Import supported SSIM flight-leg data
Import SSIM type-3 flight-leg records from a text file, map relevant IATA codes to ICAO and link records to existing routes and a season. Inspect created/skipped/error findings before publishing each draft series; this is a deliberately bounded import capability.
Plan a timetable that becomes controlled operating flights
Routes, seasons and flight series have different roles
Start with a route, airport/timezone settings and the operating parameters relevant to the carrier. Create a dated season and a recurring flight series with local departure times and an aircraft or virtual-tail field. Each layer answers a different question: where does the service operate, during which season and on which dates should individual departures exist? Keeping them separate avoids treating a repeating calendar event as an already operated flight.
Preview and publish amendments deliberately
Editing a series creates a new draft version rather than silently rewriting every flight. The preview shows which eligible unoperated flights would be created, retimed or cancelled. Publication then applies the selected schedule change according to configured publication limits, including a freeze window. Date-specific exceptions can be added, removed or withdrawn with a reason. This is particularly helpful when a seasonal schedule is mostly stable but selected services have different days or times.
Support the documented SSIM input, no more and no less
Fx Airline Ops supports importing SSIM flight-leg type-3 records from text or a file. Airport codes are mapped to ICAO, an existing season must be selected and imported legs need matching routes. The preview reports created, skipped or errored items with line-level findings. Successful import creates draft series; it is not the same as publishing flights. IATA's SSIM standard covers considerably more message types and exchange scenarios, so the page must not advertise a universal SSIM integration or SSIM export that the current reference doesn't establish.
Coordinate the schedule with real operational ownership
Once flight instances are published, the OCC manages their aircraft, crew, dispatch checks, timing changes and actuals. The scheduling page should explain this handoff without trying to rank for generic aircraft-scheduling searches already served by aircraft scheduling. Airline timetable planning concerns repeated flight numbers, seasons and published instances; aircraft scheduling concerns asset availability and clashes. Link to the OCC for day-of-operation decisions.
Explain the difference between a draft and an operated sector
A schedule series can be amended as planning changes. The system's publication path is designed for eligible unoperated flights; historical flights already operated should not be represented as endlessly replaceable calendar entries. This distinction is commercially important because punctuality and delay reporting need to compare a planned departure with what actually happened, even after the next timetable revision is prepared.
Publish the timetable with the rotation in view.
Review the series before creating operating flights
Build the proposed route pattern and review dates, times and exceptions before publication. Separating the draft timetable from the operating day gives the planning team a clear point at which to check the proposed change.
Review aircraft rotationsKeep the OCC connected after publication
Once flights are published, the operating team needs access to the resulting sector records. Keep subsequent changes visible in the OCC so schedule planning and day-of-operations control remain part of the same workflow.
Explore operations control- Create routesDefine airports and seasonsComplete
- Build seriesSet recurring flight patternsComplete
- 03Preview changesInspect affected flightsIn review
- 04Resolve exceptionsHandle individual datesPending
- 05PublishCreate operating flightsPending
See it in context
A summer schedule changes on Fridays only
The planner modifies a seasonal flight series and adds Friday-specific exceptions. They preview the resulting dated flights, review skips or conflicts and publish the eligible changes. Controllers then see the new operational flight instances in the OCC. If a later departure becomes delayed, that change is recorded against the flight, not against the entire seasonal pattern.
An operational example
A regional airline plans a five-day-per-week summer route. The schedule planner creates a season, configures the series and previews generated flights. One departure receives a date exception and a late change triggers another preview. Only eligible unoperated flights are affected when the new version is published.
Where it fits in FlightStratix
Frequently Asked Questions
Will this replace the existing aircraft-scheduling feature?
No. The airline timetable creates repeated operating flights. Aircraft Scheduling manages availability and conflicting use of individual aircraft.
Does import mean full SSIM compatibility?
No. The verified implementation is type-3 flight-leg import with mapping and draft publication, not a complete SSIM suite.
Is this different from aircraft scheduling software?
Yes. This page covers airline routes, seasons and published flight series. The existing aircraft-scheduling page covers aircraft availability and schedule conflicts.
Is SSIM fully supported?
The documented import supports type-3 flight-leg records; do not present it as full SSIM messaging interoperability.
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