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Flight Connections

Synonyms / Other Terms Used

Connecting Flights, Transfer, Transit

Category

Transportation, Transport Facilities, Travel, Tourism

Message / Function

To indicate route and locations for persons making connections between flights

 

Source Description
Modley & Myers page 84, ICAO: Pictogram Connecting Flights ICAO Side view of human figure with case walking between aircraft in plan view
ISO 7001 Public Information Symbol PI TF 017: Flight Connections ISO 7001 Side view of human figure with case walking between aircraft in plan view
Experience Japan Pictograms: Transit (Toranjitto) EJP Side view of human figure with case walking between aircraft in plan view
London Heathrow Airport Pictogram Flight Connections by No-Nonsense Design LHR Side view of human figure with case walking between arriving and departing aircraft
Hora page 159: CNIS Pictogram Connecting Flights CNIS Side view of human figure with case between two aircrafts connected by arrow
Hora page 118, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey: Pictogram Connecting Flights PANYNJ Two aircrafts, bent arrow indicating route of human figure walking
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Pictogram: Connecting Flights CDG Side view of human figure walking between two aircrafts connected by dotted line
Hora page 110: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport Pictogram Transfer Schiphol Two aircrafts connected by two bent arrows in circular arrangement, horizontal bar at bottom
Athens International Airport Pictogram: Transfer Desk ATH Arriving and departing aircrafts connected by two bent arrows in circular arrangement
St. Petersburg Pulkovo Airport Pictogram: Connecting Flights LED Two aircrafts, connected by two bent arrows in circular arrangement
Eco-Mo Foundation Pictogram B14: Connecting Flights Eco-Mo
Foundation
Two aircrafts in plan view connected by dotted lines as arcs
AJATA Pictogram No 4: Connecting Passengers AJATA Two aircrafts in plan view connected by dotted line
Modley page 97: Pictogram Transfer Point of the Olympic Games in Munich 1972 O'72 Two aircrafts in plan view connected by dashed line
Vienna International Airport Pictogram: Connecting Flights by Simlinger Informations-Design SID Two aircrafts, arrow pointing from upper aircraft to the one below

Discussion

Concepts differ quite a bit, indicating there is no specific visual stereotype concerning the messages Flight Connections, Transfer, Transit.

There is only limited test data available:

While the pictogram from the Chinese standard GB/T 10001.1-2012, Public Information Graphical Symbols, labeled CNIS in the table above, was understood well with about 86 % correct responses among Chinese respondents (An & Chan, 2017), the pictogram variant labeled as Eco-Mo Foundation seems to be not well comprehensible with a comprehension score of 21.9 in a Japanese study to propose domestically unified graphical symbols based on scientific methods (Eco-Mo Foundation, 2001).

Recommendation

Vienna International Airport Pictogram: Connecting Flights by Simlinger Informations-Design

We recommend to conduct a study including a Comprehension Test comparing all the concepts above to determine the image content working best. Until then we suggest using a simple and informative design like the Connecting Flights pictogram by Simlinger Informations-Design for Vienna International Airport.

Tests of pictograms of referent Flight Connections, Transfer

An, D. & Chan, E.H.W. (2017): Investigating the Comprehension of Public Symbols for Wayfinding in Transit Hubs in China. In: Rau, PL. (eds) Cross-Cultural Design. CCD 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 10281. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57931-3_24

Eco-Mo Foundation (2001): Test data of public information symbols in Japan - Procedure for the testing of public information symbols by the Study Committee. ISO: ISO/TC 145/SC 1 N 329.

See also

Airport, Heliport, Arrivals / Arriving Flights, Departures / Departing Flights

 

Updated 2024-12-17 by Ch.Brugger