AVIATION HISTORY

AVIATION HISTORY
THE BEGINNING
California , USA
Wright Brothers
Gilder Aircraft
Kitty Hawk, NC
1920
US Flying Boat Ne-4
1st Atlantic flight
Newfoundland to
Lisbon

FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS
1930
Invention of the Jet Engine by Frank Wittle
Network of global airlines

INDIAN AVIATION
1932
Mail carried from Karachi to Chennai
Foundation of Tata Airlines in BOM by JRD
Tata
8 June 1948
Tata Airlines flies BOM-CAI-GVA-LON

1953
Air Corporations Act passed
Indian Airlines formed
Dakotas & Vikings replaced by Turbo Props & Jets
1962 Air India (former Tata Airlines)

 1971 First Boeing flight

1980 Bombays - 1st International Airport

Terminal
1989 Open Sky Policy in India
Modiluft, NEPC, East West, Damania etc.
Today 1 of the fastest growing passenger &
cargo traffic markets

INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
ORGANISATIONS

Increase benefits for

the travel industry
Foster international
cooperation
Common platform for
topics of mutual
interest
Negotiations for mutual
benefit
Solutions for the
industrys benefit
Research / Marketing
Services / Training
Schemes

WORLD TOURISM ORGANISATION

(WTO)
1975
HQ - Madrid, Spain
Participating & Executing Agency of
the UN development program.

WORLD TOURISM ORGANISATION

(WTO)
Activities:
Monitoring international trends in tourism
Assistance to national governments in
tourism planning & management.
Collection & Dissemination of tourism info.
Publish reports on tourism.
Examining vocational training programs &
conducting research studies.
Organizing international conferences,
seminars, workshops etc.
Fostering cooperation among countries to
remove barriers to tourism

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT

ASSOCIATION (IATA)

1945
HQ - Montreal, Canada
More than 275 scheduled domestic &
international airlines are members
International airlines =
active members
Domestic airlines =
associate members

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT

ASSOCIATION (IATA)

Objectives
Efficient movement of people, freight
& mail globally.
Safe & efficient operation of airlines
as per clearly set rules.
Licensing regulations for IATA Agents.
Regulation of on board service.

INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT

ASSOCIATION (IATA)
Services Provided:
Global planning of international timetables.
Standardization of documents + coordination of
Interline Traffic Agreements.
Training for Travel Agents & Freight Agents.
Enhancement of security measures.
International coordination of
telecommunications & networks (CRS).
Smooth functioning of the
tourism industry.
IATA Clearing House standardized
interline accounting system