diff --git a/app/Services/ImporterService.php b/app/Services/ImporterService.php
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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Services;
+
+use App\Repositories\FlightRepository;
+
+/**
+ * Class ImporterService
+ * @package App\Services
+ */
+class ImporterService extends BaseService
+{
+    protected $flightRepo;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        FlightRepository $flightRepo
+    ) {
+        $this->flightRepo = $flightRepo;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set a key-value pair to an array
+     * @param $kvp_str
+     * @param array $arr
+     */
+    protected function setKvp($kvp_str, array &$arr)
+    {
+        $item = explode('=', $kvp_str);
+        if(\count($item) === 1) {  # just a list?
+            $arr[] = trim($item[0]);
+        } else {  # actually a key-value pair
+            $k = trim($item[0]);
+            $v = trim($item[1]);
+            $arr[$k] = $v;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse a multi column values field. E.g:
+     * Y?price=200&cost=100; F?price=1200
+     *    or
+     * gate=B32;cost index=100
+     *
+     * Converted into a multi-dimensional array
+     *
+     * @param $field
+     * @return array
+     */
+    public function parseMultiColumnValues($field): array
+    {
+        $ret = [];
+        $split_values = explode(';', $field);
+        foreach($split_values as $value) {
+
+            # This isn't in the query string format, so it's
+            # just a straight key-value pair set
+            if(strpos($value, '?') === false) {
+                $this->setKvp($value, $ret);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            # This contains the query string, which turns it
+            # into the multi-level array
+
+            $query_str = explode('?', $value);
+            $parent = trim($query_str[0]);
+
+            $children = [];
+            $kvp = explode('&', trim($query_str[1]));
+            foreach($kvp as $items) {
+                $this->setKvp($items, $children);
+            }
+
+            $ret[$parent] = $children;
+        }
+
+        return $ret;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Import flights
+     * @param $csv_str
+     */
+    public function importFlights($csv_str)
+    {
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/ImporterTest.php b/tests/ImporterTest.php
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+<?php
+
+
+/**
+ * Class ImporterTest
+ */
+class ImporterTest extends TestCase
+{
+    protected $importerSvc;
+
+    public function setUp()
+    {
+        $this->importerSvc = app(\App\Services\ImporterService::class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test the parsing of different field/column which can be used
+     * for specifying different field values
+     */
+    public function testMultiFieldValues()
+    {
+        $tests = [
+            [
+                'input' => 'gate;cost index',
+                'expected' => [
+                    'gate',
+                    'cost index',
+                ]
+            ],
+            [
+                'input' => 'gate=B32;cost index=100',
+                'expected' => [
+                    'gate' => 'B32',
+                    'cost index' => '100'
+                ]
+            ],
+            [
+                'input' => 'Y?price=200&cost=100; F?price=1200',
+                'expected' => [
+                    'Y' => [
+                        'price' => 200,
+                        'cost' => 100,
+                    ],
+                    'F' => [
+                        'price' => 1200
+                    ]
+                ]
+            ],
+            [
+                'input' => 'Y?price&cost; F?price=1200',
+                'expected' => [
+                    'Y' => [
+                        'price',
+                        'cost',
+                    ],
+                    'F' => [
+                        'price' => 1200
+                    ]
+                ]
+            ]
+        ];
+
+        foreach($tests as $test) {
+            $parsed = $this->importerSvc->parseMultiColumnValues($test['input']);
+            $this->assertEquals($parsed, $test['expected']);
+        }
+    }
+}