Timatic
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Timatic is the database containing cross border passenger documentation requirements. It is used by airlines to determine whether a passenger can be carried, as well as by airlines and travel agents to provide this information to travellers at the time of booking. This is critical for airlines due to fines levied by immigration authorities every time a passenger is carried who does not have the correct travel documentation.

The information contained in Timatic covers:
  1. Passport requirements and recommendations
  2. Visa requirements and recommendations
  3. Health requirements and recommendations
  4. Airport Tax to be paid by the traveller at either departure or arrival airport
  5. Customs regulations relating to import/export of goods and small pets by a passenger
  6. Currency regulations relating to import and export by a passenger


Timatic was first established in 1963 and is managed by International Air Transport Association
International Air Transport Association
The International Air Transport Association is an international industry trade group of airlines headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, where the International Civil Aviation Organization is also headquartered. The executive offices are at the Geneva Airport in SwitzerlandIATA's mission is to...

 (IATA). Over 60M travellers have their documentation requirements checked against the Timatic database every year.

It is available in a number of forms including:
  1. Timatic – Available over the SITA
    SITA
    SITA is a multinational information technology company specialising in providing IT and telecommunication services to the air transport industry...

     network
  2. TIM – Hard Copy Book
  3. TimaticWeb – Web based
  4. Timatic XML
  5. IATA Travel Centre, Consumer web portal

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