The airline under whose ticket stock an e-ticket is issued and which settles the fare through BSP. On multi-airline itineraries the agency chooses a validating carrier that has the required interline agreements with the other airlines on the ticket.
Also called: plating carrier, ticketing carrier.
Why it matters
The choice of validating carrier affects commission, which airline can raise an ADM, and whether the ticket can be issued at all. See dynamic multi-GDS ticketing.
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