TRANSPORTATION

MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2:
AIR
TRANSPORTATION
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Describe the characteristics of air transport
• List the advantages of disadvantages of air
transportation
• List and describe the types of air transport
• Differentiate between ICAO and IATA codes
 AIR
TRANSPORTA
• Tourism depends on transportation to bring visitors, while the transportation industry
depends on tourism to generate demand for its service.
TION
• Air transport is the main mode for international tourism. Air transport plays a
dominant role in inter-regional movements of tourists.

• According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), in 2019, airlines

transported 3.5 billion people across a network
of almost 55,000 routes generating 60 million jobs and 2.6 trillion
on business activity.
 WHAT IS
AIR
TRANSPORTATIO
• Air transport is any type of transport that
moves through theN? air.
• Any vehicle that can sustain flight is part of
the air transport industry.
• and there are various different types, from
short domestic flights to long haul
international travel,
• air transport is a big part of the travel and
tourism industry.
HISTORY OF AIR TRAVEL

• The history of air travel began with the flight of the Wright brothers on
December 17, 1903.
• Their plane was a powered and controlled aircraft whereas previous
attempts to fly used gliders that had control and no power or free flight
which had power but no control. By being able to combine both, they
set the standard in aviation.
• Development in aviation since the 1960's have focused not only on
aircraft but on instrumentation and control.
• This caused an increase in travel in developed countries.
• The development of the airplane has been one of the most important
innovations of mankind.
WRIGHT BROTHERS
WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST
FLIGHT INVENTION
ADVANTAGES OF AIR
TRANSPORT
• High speed
• Comfortable and quick services
• No physical barriers
• Easy access
• Emergency services
• Most suitable for carrying light goods of high
volume.
• National defense
• Space Exploration
 disADVANTAGES OF
AIR
• Very costly TRANSPORT
• Small carrying capacity
• Uncertain and unreliable
• Breakdowns and accidents
• Large investment
• Specialized skill
• Legal restrictions
 TYPES
OF AIR
TRANSPORT
• also known as aircraft, airplanes or
simply planes. AEROPLANES
• planes come in a huge variety of shapes
and sizes with different wing
configurations, and are used in many
ways;
⚬ transport people and goods
⚬ for research
⚬ within military
• helicopter is a rotorcraft,
• the first operational helicopter was HELICOPTERS
made in 1936.
• helicopters can be used in congested
areas where a fixed-wing aircraft.
• helicopters are used by search and
rescue groups.