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The {{Infobox airline}}
template is designed for articles about airlines, and is used to summarize an airline's key points.
Usage
Some of the parameters below have guidelines that one should follow to achieve a consistent appearance and/or to allow other computers to parse the data. Please see the descriptions of each field and the example below.
- Blank template
{{Infobox airline | airline = | image = | image_size = | alt = | IATA = | ICAO = | callsign = | founded = | commenced = | ceased = | aoc = | bases = | hubs = | secondary_hubs = | focus_cities = | frequent_flyer = | lounge = | alliance = | subsidiaries = | fleet_size = | destinations = | company_slogan = | parent = | headquarters = | key_people = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | profit = | assets = | equity = | num_employees = | website = }}
- Template with comment guidance
X=alpha entry N=numeric entry
Please remove the comment marks <!--
and -->
in the populated fields before publishing
{{Infobox airline | airline = <!-- BrandName Airlines --> | image = <!-- airline_logo.svg --> | image_size = <!-- NNN --> | alt = <!-- Describe the logo to a sight impared user --> | IATA = <!-- XX -or- XN -or- NX --> | ICAO = <!-- XXX --> | callsign = <!-- XXXXXXXX --> | founded = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}<br />[[City]], [[State/Province]], [[Country]] --> | commenced = <!-- {{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | ceased = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | aoc = <!-- XNXN --> <!-- Alpha numeric pattern varies --> | bases = <!-- {{plainlist| *[[Airport Name1]] *[[Airport Name2]] }} --> | hubs = <!-- {{plainlist| *[[Airport Name1]] *[[Airport Name2]] }} --> | secondary_hubs = <!-- {{plainlist| *[[Airport Name1]] *[[Airport Name2]] }} --> | focus_cities = <!-- {{plainlist| *[[Airport Name1]] *[[Airport Name2]] }} --> | frequent_flyer = <!-- Name of frequent flyer program --> | lounge = <!-- Name of airport lounge or member's club --> | alliance = <!-- Name of multi-airline alliance --> | subsidiaries = <!-- {{plainlist| *[[Subsidiary1]] *[[Subsidiary2]] }} --> | fleet_size = <!-- NNN --> | destinations = <!-- NNN --> | company_slogan = <!-- Insert company marketing slogan --> | parent = <!-- Parent company's legal name, if applicable --> | headquarters = <!-- [[City]], [[State/Province]], [[Country]] --> | key_people = <!-- {{plainlist| *FirstName1 LastName1 <small>(JobTitle1)</small> *FirstName2 LastName2 <small>(JobTitle2)</small> }} --> | revenue = <!-- {{Increase/decrease/steady compared to previous year}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small> --> | operating_income = <!-- {{Increase/decrease/steady compared to previous year}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small> --> | net_income = <!-- {{Increase/decrease/steady compared to previous year}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small> --> | profit = <!-- see [[profit (accounting)]] --> | assets = <!-- {{Increase/decrease/steady compared to previous year}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small> --> | equity = <!-- {{Increase/decrease/steady compared to previous year}} [[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small> --> | num_employees = <!-- NNN --> | website = <!-- {{URL|example.com}} --> }}
Parameters
- airline
- The full brand name of the airline
Examples:
| airline = Southwest Airlines
(Not Southwest, not Southwest Airlines Co.)
| airline = JetBlue Airways
(Not JetBlue, not JetBlue Airways Corporation)
When an airline typically uses both an English and a non-English name, the airline field should read [Name of airline]<br />[Name of airline in native language(s)]
Examples:
| airline = El Al Israel Airlines<br />אל על
| airline = China Southern Airlines<br />中国南方航空公司<br />''Zhōngguó Nánfāng Hángkōng Gōngsī
- image
- An image file depicting the airline's current logo
- image_size
- numbers inserted here control the image width in pixels (default=250px)
- alt
- A prose description of the image to aid sight impared readers using electronic text readers
- IATA
- The two character, alpha numeric International Air Transport Association airline designator in capital letters. See Airline codes
- ICAO
- The three letter International Civil Aviation Organization airline designator in numerals and capital letters. See Airline codes
- callsign
- The airline's radio call sign in capital letters. See Airline codes
- founded
- The date and place the airline was founded in the form
{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}<br />[[City]], [[State/Province]], [[Country]]
Month and day can be omitted if unknown.
The founding date is typically the date upon which an airline becomes a legal entity, but not necessarily the date that the airline first offers revenue service to customers.
See Microformat below for information about the importance of using the{{Start date}}
template in this field. - commenced
- The date the airline commenced operations in the form
{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
Month and day can be omitted if unknown.
This date may or may not be the same as the founding date.
See Microformat below for information about the importance of using the{{Start date}}
template in this field. - ceased
- The date the airline ceased to exist in the form
{{End date|YYYY|MM|DD}}
Month and day can be omitted if unknown.
This date is typically the date an airline ceases to exist as a legal entity due to a business failure (including bankruptcy that halts revenue generating operations) OR the date an airline brand first ceases use due to activities associated with a purchase by or merger with another airline.
See Microformat below for information about the importance of using the{{End date}}
template in this field. - aoc
- United States 14 CFR Part 121 Air carrier Operator's Certificate number. See FAA Air carrier Operator's Certificate number search
- bases
- See notes below Operating bases used by the airline, listed alphabetically by airport name, in the form
{{unbulleted list|[[Airport Name1]]|[[Airport Name2]]}}
or using {{plainlist}}. This term is primarily used by airlines based in the United Kingdom and is approximately equivalent to "focus city". - hubs
- See notes below Major hub airports used by the airline, listed alphabetically by airport name, in the form
{{unbulleted list|[[Airport Name1]]|[[Airport Name2]]}}
or using {{plainlist}}, if applicable. - secondary_hubs
- See notes below Secondary hub airports used by the airline, listed alphabetically by airport name, in the form
{{unbulleted list|[[Airport Name1]]|[[Airport Name2]]}}
or using {{plainlist}}, if applicable. - focus_cities
- See notes below Focus city airports used by the airline, listed alphabetically by airport name, in the form
{{unbulleted list|[[Airport Name1]]|[[Airport Name2]]}}
or using {{plainlist}}, if applicable. - frequent_flyer
- The name of the airline's frequent flyer program, if applicable
- lounge
- The name of the airline's airport lounge or member's club, if applicable
- alliance
- The name of the multi-airline alliance to which the airline belongs, if applicable
- subsidiaries
- Legal names of the airline's major subsidiaries in the form
{{unbulleted list|[[Subsidiary1]]|[[Subsidiary2]]}}
or using {{plainlist}}, if applicable - fleet_size
- The number of aircraft currently in service. Only aircraft in service should be listed here—that means no orders, options or aircraft in storage should be listed in the infobox.
- destinations
- The number of airport destinations served by the airline
- company_slogan
- The airline's current marketing slogan
- parent
- The full legal name of the airline's parent company, if applicable
- headquarters
- The city, state and country of the airline's headquarters location in the form
[[City]], [[State/Province]], [[Country]]
- key_people
- A selection of key executives or airline founders in the form
{{unbulleted list|FirstName1 LastName1 {{small|(JobTitle1)}}|FirstName2 LastName2 {{small|(JobTitle2)}}}}
or using {{plainlist}}. For defunct airlines, use key leaders at the time the airline became defunct. - revenue
- See notes below The airline's total income in its most recent fiscal year before any deductions in the form
[[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small>
where XXX is the revenue in millions and YYYY is the fiscal year from which the data is taken - operating_income
- See notes below The airline's operating income in its most recent fiscal year determined by subtracting operating expenses from revenue in the form
[[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small>
where XXX is the revenue in millions and YYYY is the fiscal year from which the data is taken - net_income
- See notes below Profit (or loss) recognized by the airline in the most recent fiscal year in the form
[[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small>
where XXX is the revenue in millions and YYYY is the fiscal year from which the data is taken - profit
- See profit (accounting)
- assets
- See notes below Total monetary value of the airline's assets in the form
[[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small>
where XXX is the revenue in millions and YYYY is the fiscal year from which the data is taken - equity
- See notes below Total equity held in the company in the form
[[United States Dollar|US$]]XXX million <small>(''FY YYYY'')</small>
where XXX is the revenue in millions and YYYY is the fiscal year from which the data is taken - num_employees
- The number of company employees
- website
- The URL of the airline's primary web site in the form
{{URL|example.com}}
See Microformat below for information about the importance of using the{{URL}}
template in this field.
Notes
- Revenue, operating income, net income, assets and equity
- You may include an indicator icon to indicate the direction of change compared to the previous fiscal year; to avoid confusion, place the indicator before the number. If no citable information is available for previous fiscal year data, please do not use an icon.
- Losses
- A loss is expressed as a negative number in the form
[[United States dollar|US$]]-128 million <small>(''FY 2011'')</small>
which displays as US$-128 million (FY 2011)
- Foreign currency earnings reports
- If the airline reports financial data in currency other than United States dollars, please substitute the appropriate currency indicator in place of
[[United States Dollar|US$]]
Use[[Canadian Dollar|C$]]
,[[Euro|€]]
,[[Pound sterling|£]]
, etc.
- Please report dollar figures in the infobox consistently
- Use rounded millions or exact figures. Please avoid mixing styles.
- Examples of rounded millions:
[[United States dollar|US$]]11,276 million <small>(''FY 2011'')</small>
[[United States dollar|US$]]324 million <small>(''FY 2011'')</small>
[[United States dollar|US$]].870 million <small>(''FY 2011'')</small>
- Examples of exact figures:
[[United States dollar|US$]]11,276,367,880 <small>(''FY 2011'')</small>
[[United States dollar|US$]]324,008,131 <small>(''FY 2011'')</small>
[[United States dollar|US$]]870,218 <small>(''FY 2011'')</small>
- Examples of rounded millions:
- Bases, hubs, secondary hubs and focus cities
- Where the total number of bases, hubs, secondary hubs and/ or focus cities for an airline is 10 or greater and listing all of them results in an excessively long infobox which disrupts the formatting of the rest of the article, consideration should be given to using collapsible lists for this section, for example at EasyJet and Ryanair.
Example
The data in the example below is not necessarily factually accurate and is for demonstration purposes only. Due to fair use restrictions, an image of an Air Canada airliner is substituted for the Air Canada logo.
250px | ||||
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Founded |
11 April 1936 (as Trans-Canada Air Lines) | |||
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Commenced operations | 1 January 1965 (as Air Canada) | |||
Hubs | ||||
Focus cities | ||||
Frequent-flyer program | Aeroplan | |||
Airport lounge | Maple Leaf Lounge | |||
Alliance | Star Alliance | |||
Subsidiaries |
| |||
Fleet size | 192 | |||
Destinations | 178 (excl. subsidiaries) | |||
Company slogan | GO FAR | |||
Headquarters | Montréal, Quebec, Canada | |||
Key people | ||||
Revenue | 11px CAN$ 12.12 billion (2012) | |||
Operating income | 11px CAN$437 million (2012) | |||
Net income | 11px CAN$131 million (2012) | |||
Total assets | 11px CAN$9.060 billion (2012) | |||
Total equity | 11px CAN$ -3.406 billion (2012) | |||
Employees | 27,000 (2012) | |||
Website | aircanada.com |
{{Infobox airline |airline = Air Canada |image = Air Canada Logo.svg |image_size = 250px |IATA = AC |ICAO = ACA |callsign = AIR CANADA |founded = {{start date|df=yes|1936|4|11}}<br />(as ''[[Trans-Canada Air Lines]]'') |commenced = 1 January 1965 (as Air Canada) |hubs = <!--- Hubs should be listed alphabetically, not by size ---> {{plainlist| *[[Calgary International Airport]] *[[Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport]] *[[Toronto Pearson International Airport]] *[[Vancouver International Airport]] }} |focus_cities = {{plainlist| *[[Edmonton International Airport]] *[[Halifax Stanfield International Airport]] *[[London Heathrow Airport]] *{{nowrap|[[Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport]]}} *[[Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport]] }} |frequent_flyer = [[Aeroplan]] |lounge = Maple Leaf Lounge |alliance = [[Star Alliance]] |subsidiaries = {{plainlist| *[[Air Canada Cargo]] (operating division) *[[Air Canada Express]] (operating division) *[[Air Canada Jetz]] (operating division) *[[Air Canada rouge]] (operating division, starting on 1 July 2013) }} |fleet_size = 192 |destinations = 178 <small>(excl. subsidiaries)</small> |major shareholder = [[ACE Aviation Holdings]] |company_slogan = ''GO FAR'' |headquarters = [[Montréal]], [[Quebec]], [[Canada]] |key_people = {{plainlist| *David I. Richardson ([[Chairman]]) *Calin Rovinescu ([[President]] & [[CEO]]) }} |revenue = {{increase}} [[Canadian dollar|CAN$]] 12.12 billion (2012) |operating_income = {{increase}} CAN$437 million (2012) |net_income = {{increase}} CAN$131 million (2012) |assets = {{decrease}} CAN$9.060 billion (2012) |equity = {{increase}} CAN$ -3.406 billion (2012) |num_employees = 27,000 (2012) |website = {{URL|1=http://www.aircanada.com/en/|2=aircanada.com}} }}
Microformat
The HTML mark up produced by this template includes an hCard microformat, which makes the organisation's details parsable by computers, either acting automatically to catalogue article across Wikipedia, or via a browser tool operated by a reader, to (for example) add the subject to an address book. For more information about the use of microformats on Wikipedia, please see the microformat project.
Sub-templates
- If the organisation has an "established", "founded", "opened" or similar date, use {{start date}} (unless the date is before 1583 CE).
- If the organisation has a URL, use {{URL}}.
- If the organisation has a "coordinates" field, use {{coord}} to include a Geo microformat, which additionally makes the coordinates (latitude & longitude) parsable, so that they can be, say, looked up on a map, or downloaded to a GPS unit.
Please do not remove instances of these sub-templates.
Classes
hCard uses HTML classes including:
- adr
- agent
- category
- country-name
- extended-address
- fn
- geo
- label
- latitude
- locality
- longitude
- nickname
- note
- org
- region
- street-address
- url
- vcard
Please do not rename or remove these classes; nor collapse nested elements which use them.