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Fundamentals of Aviation Operations.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Aviation Fundamentals SeriesPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (221 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781000163919
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fundamentals of Aviation OperationsDDC classification:
  • 387.70679999999999
LOC classification:
  • HE9780 .M455 2021
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Aviation Sector -- 1 Theoretical Framework -- 1.1 Many Different Parties -- 1.1.1 The Technological Dimension -- 1.1.2 The Economic Dimension -- 1.1.3 The Political Dimension -- 1.2 The Human Factor -- 1.3 Dynamics of Aviation -- 1.4 Managing and Planning Capacities -- 1.5 Working in Aviation -- 1.5.1 International Environment -- 1.5.2 Competitive Environment -- 1.5.3 Professional Competencies -- 1.5.4 Level of Education -- 1.5.5 Engineering versus Operations -- 2 Authorities in Aviation -- 2.1 Nation States -- 2.2 International Cooperation: ICAO -- 2.3 National Aviation Authorities -- 2.3.1 FAA versus EASA -- 2.4 Air Transport Agreements -- 2.4.1 Freedoms of the Air -- 2.5 Liberalization -- 2.5.1 US -- 2.5.2 EU -- 2.5.3 Asia -- 2.5.4 Middle East -- 2.6 Air Navigational Service Providers -- 2.6.1 Air Traffic Management -- 2.6.2 Upper Airspace Control -- 2.6.3 ATM Cooperation -- 2.7 Governments as Accident Investigators -- 3 Structure of Aviation Supply -- 3.1 Ownership of Aviation Suppliers -- 3.2 Margins and Profitability in Aviation -- 3.3 The Need for Economies of Scale -- 3.4 An Oligopolistic Business -- 3.5 Link to the Military and To Space -- 3.6 Business-To-Business Markets -- 4 Structure of Aviation Demand -- 4.1 Passengers -- 4.1.1 The Business Passenger -- 4.1.2 The EVFR Passenger -- 4.1.3 The Leisure Passenger -- 4.1.4 Social Demand -- 4.1.5 Military Demand -- 4.2 Freight -- 4.2.1 Cargo -- 4.2.2 Mail -- 4.2.3 Parcels -- 4.3 Demand Variation -- 4.3.1 Fluctuation of Demand -- 4.3.2 Imbalance of Demand -- 4.3.3 Volatility of Demand -- 5 Sustainability of Aviation -- 5.1 Co[sub(2)] Emissions of Aviation -- 5.2 The Paris Agreement -- 5.3 Technical Solutions -- 5.4 CORISA and Beyond.
5.5 An Inconvenient Truth -- Part II: Airports -- 6 The Legal Framework of Airports -- 6.1 ICAO Regulations -- 6.2 Air Side and Land Side -- 6.3 Nationality and Jurisdiction at Air Side -- 6.4 Rules and Regulations on Security -- 7 Types of Airports -- 7.1 Airport Location -- 7.1.1 Catchment Area -- 7.1.2 Surface Connectivity -- 7.1.3 Surface Transport Alternatives -- 7.1.4 Distance between Airports -- 7.1.5 Hub Location -- 7.2 Different Types of Airports -- 7.2.1 O+D Airports -- 7.2.2 Hub Airports -- 7.2.3 Regional Airports -- 7.2.4 Leisure Airports -- 7.2.5 Cargo Airports -- 7.2.6 Refuelling Airports -- 7.3 The Airport/Airline Relationship -- 7.4 The Local Impact of Airports -- 8 Airport Economic Management -- 8.1 Airport Key Performance Indicators -- 8.2 Airport Economics -- 8.2.1 Airport Cost -- 8.2.2 Airport Income -- 8.2.3 Airport Profitability -- 8.3 Airport Ownership -- 8.4 New Airport Planning -- 8.5 Airport Competition -- 8.6 Airport Council International -- 9 Aeronautical Services at the Airport -- 9.1 ATC at the Airport -- 9.1.1 Ground Control -- 9.1.2 Approach Control -- 9.1.3 Landing Devices -- 9.2 Rescue and Firefighting Services -- 9.3 Fuelling Services -- 9.4 Flight Information Services -- 9.4.1 Flight Plan Services -- 9.4.2 Meteorological Services -- 9.5 Customs and Immigration -- 9.6 Security at the Airport -- 10 Airport Capacity Management -- 10.1 Airside Capacity: Aircraft Movements -- 10.1.1 Terminal Control Area -- 10.1.2 Runway Layout -- 10.1.3 Runway Dimensions -- 10.1.4 Apron Capacity -- 10.1.5 Fuelling Capacity -- 10.1.6 Towing Capacity -- 10.1.7 Slot Assignment -- 10.1.8 Weather Conditions -- 10.2 Landside Capacity: Passenger Movements -- 10.2.1 Airport Access -- 10.2.2 Check-In -- 10.2.3 Security Check -- 10.2.4 Customs and Immigration -- 10.2.5 Gate Planning -- 10.2.6 Luggage Handling -- 10.3 The Cargo Terminal.
10.4 Collaborative Decision Making -- 10.5 Modelling and Simulating -- Part III: Aircraft -- 11 Aircraft Operation -- 11.1 Legal Framework: Aircraft Certification -- 11.1.1 Certification Documents -- 11.2 The Aircraft as Production Unit -- 11.2.1 Manufacturer's Empty Weight -- 11.2.2 Operating Empty Weight -- 11.2.3 Maximum Zero Fuel Weight -- 11.2.4 Maximum Take-Off Weight -- 11.3 Payload-Range Diagram -- 11.4 Aircraft Field Performance -- 11.4.1 Runway Dimensions -- 11.4.2 Outside Air Temperature -- 11.4.3 Airport Elevation -- 11.4.4 Runway Bearing Strength -- 11.5 Turnaround Characteristics -- 11.6 Noise Characteristics -- 11.7 ETOPS -- 12 Aircraft Economics -- 12.1 The Aircraft as Capital Good -- 12.1.1 Aircraft Life Cycle -- 12.1.2 Aircraft Values -- 12.2 Aircraft Financing -- 12.3 Aircraft Types -- 12.3.1 Narrow-Body Aircraft -- 12.3.2 Wide-Body Aircraft -- 12.3.3 Freighter Aircraft -- 12.4 Economic Characteristics -- 12.4.1 Cycle Cost -- 12.5 Fleet Commonality -- 13 Aircraft Supply and MRO -- 13.1 Original Equipment Manufacturers -- 13.1.1 Airframe OEMS -- 13.1.2 Engine OEMS -- 13.1.3 Component OEMS -- 13.2 Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul -- 13.2.1 Legal Framework -- 13.2.2 Maintenance Repair and Overhaul -- 13.2.3 MRO Intervals -- 13.2.4 Three Levels of MRO -- 13.3 Managing MRO -- 13.4 MRO Providers -- Part IV: Airlines -- 14 Airline Management -- 14.1 Legal Framework -- 14.1.1 Rules and Regulations on Flight Crews -- 14.2 Business Models -- 14.2.1 The Full-Service Carrier FSC -- 14.2.2 Low-Cost Carriers -- 14.2.3 Regional Carriers -- 14.2.4 Leisure Carriers -- 14.2.5 Freight Carriers -- 14.3 The Marketing Challenge -- 14.4 Customer Management -- 14.4.1 Digitization and Social Media -- 14.4.2 Frequent Flyer Programmes -- 14.5 People Business -- 14.6 Airline Ownership -- 14.7 Airline Competition -- 14.8 Airline Cooperation.
14.8.1 Code Sharing -- 14.8.2 Alliances -- 14.8.3 Joint Ventures -- 14.8.4 Take-Over -- 14.8.5 Franchising -- 14.9 Volatility of Demand -- 14.10 IATA -- 15 Airline Economics -- 15.1 Key Performance Indicators -- 15.1.1 Available Seat Kilometre -- 15.1.2 Revenue Passenger Kilometre -- 15.1.3 Load Factor -- 15.1.4 Cost Per ASK -- 15.1.5 Revenue Per ASK -- 15.1.6 Aircraft Utilization -- 15.1.7 Margin -- 15.2 Different Types of Costs -- 15.2.1 Fixed Cost -- 15.2.2 Variable Cost -- 15.2.3 Direct Cost -- 15.2.4 Indirect Cost -- 15.2.5 Marginal Cost -- 15.3 Direct Operating Cost -- 15.3.1 Ownership Cost -- 15.3.2 Fixed Crew Cost -- 15.3.3 Maintenance Cost -- 15.3.4 Fuel Cost -- 15.3.5 Ground Handling Cost -- 15.3.6 Airport Charges -- 15.3.7 Landing Fee -- 15.3.8 Navigation Charge -- 15.3.9 Catering Cost -- 15.3.10 Variable Crew Cost -- 15.4 Indirect Operating Cost -- 15.4.1 Overhead -- 15.4.2 Cost of Sales -- 15.4.3 Miscellaneous -- 15.5 Airline Revenues -- 15.5.1 Fares -- 15.5.2 Ancillary Sales -- 15.5.3 Services to Other Airlines -- 15.5.4 Aircraft Trade -- 15.6 Results -- 15.6.1 Operational Result -- 15.6.2 Finance -- 15.6.3 Taxation -- 15.6.4 Net Result -- 16 Airline Planning -- 16.1 Market Research -- 16.2 Network Planning -- 16.2.1 O+D Networks -- 16.2.2 Hub Networks -- 16.3 Schedule Planning -- 16.3.1 Block Times -- 16.3.2 Seasons -- 16.4 Strategic Fleet Planning -- 16.4.1 Aircraft Size -- 16.4.2 Fleet Size -- 16.4.3 Fleet Expansion -- 16.5 Crew Planning -- 16.5.1 Crew Ratio -- 16.5.2 Capacity Flexibility -- 16.5.3 Fleet Expansion -- 16.6 Maintenance Planning -- 16.7 Commercial Planning -- 16.7.1 CRS -- 16.7.2 Fare Levels -- 16.7.3 Revenue Management -- 16.7.4 Ancillary Sales -- 16.8 Modelling and Simulating -- 17 Airline Operations -- 17.1 Tactical Fleet Planning -- 17.2 Crew Pairing -- 17.3 Ground Operations -- 17.3.1 Turnaround Process.
17.3.2 Home-Base Operations -- 17.3.3 Outstation Operations -- 17.4 Disruption Management -- 17.4.1 Schedule Robustness -- 17.4.2 Aircraft Availability -- 17.4.3 Operations Control Centre -- 17.5 Catering Operations -- 17.6 Fuel Preservation -- 17.7 Cargo Operations -- 17.8 Planning It -- Part V: Epilogue -- 18 Into the Future -- 18.1 Demand Growth -- 18.2 Network Development -- 18.3 Capacity Constraints -- 18.4 Fare Levels -- 18.5 Consolidation -- 18.6 Technology Changes -- Index.
Summary: This book provides a general introduction into aviation operations, covering all the relevant elements of this field and the interrelations between them.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Figures -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: The Aviation Sector -- 1 Theoretical Framework -- 1.1 Many Different Parties -- 1.1.1 The Technological Dimension -- 1.1.2 The Economic Dimension -- 1.1.3 The Political Dimension -- 1.2 The Human Factor -- 1.3 Dynamics of Aviation -- 1.4 Managing and Planning Capacities -- 1.5 Working in Aviation -- 1.5.1 International Environment -- 1.5.2 Competitive Environment -- 1.5.3 Professional Competencies -- 1.5.4 Level of Education -- 1.5.5 Engineering versus Operations -- 2 Authorities in Aviation -- 2.1 Nation States -- 2.2 International Cooperation: ICAO -- 2.3 National Aviation Authorities -- 2.3.1 FAA versus EASA -- 2.4 Air Transport Agreements -- 2.4.1 Freedoms of the Air -- 2.5 Liberalization -- 2.5.1 US -- 2.5.2 EU -- 2.5.3 Asia -- 2.5.4 Middle East -- 2.6 Air Navigational Service Providers -- 2.6.1 Air Traffic Management -- 2.6.2 Upper Airspace Control -- 2.6.3 ATM Cooperation -- 2.7 Governments as Accident Investigators -- 3 Structure of Aviation Supply -- 3.1 Ownership of Aviation Suppliers -- 3.2 Margins and Profitability in Aviation -- 3.3 The Need for Economies of Scale -- 3.4 An Oligopolistic Business -- 3.5 Link to the Military and To Space -- 3.6 Business-To-Business Markets -- 4 Structure of Aviation Demand -- 4.1 Passengers -- 4.1.1 The Business Passenger -- 4.1.2 The EVFR Passenger -- 4.1.3 The Leisure Passenger -- 4.1.4 Social Demand -- 4.1.5 Military Demand -- 4.2 Freight -- 4.2.1 Cargo -- 4.2.2 Mail -- 4.2.3 Parcels -- 4.3 Demand Variation -- 4.3.1 Fluctuation of Demand -- 4.3.2 Imbalance of Demand -- 4.3.3 Volatility of Demand -- 5 Sustainability of Aviation -- 5.1 Co[sub(2)] Emissions of Aviation -- 5.2 The Paris Agreement -- 5.3 Technical Solutions -- 5.4 CORISA and Beyond.

5.5 An Inconvenient Truth -- Part II: Airports -- 6 The Legal Framework of Airports -- 6.1 ICAO Regulations -- 6.2 Air Side and Land Side -- 6.3 Nationality and Jurisdiction at Air Side -- 6.4 Rules and Regulations on Security -- 7 Types of Airports -- 7.1 Airport Location -- 7.1.1 Catchment Area -- 7.1.2 Surface Connectivity -- 7.1.3 Surface Transport Alternatives -- 7.1.4 Distance between Airports -- 7.1.5 Hub Location -- 7.2 Different Types of Airports -- 7.2.1 O+D Airports -- 7.2.2 Hub Airports -- 7.2.3 Regional Airports -- 7.2.4 Leisure Airports -- 7.2.5 Cargo Airports -- 7.2.6 Refuelling Airports -- 7.3 The Airport/Airline Relationship -- 7.4 The Local Impact of Airports -- 8 Airport Economic Management -- 8.1 Airport Key Performance Indicators -- 8.2 Airport Economics -- 8.2.1 Airport Cost -- 8.2.2 Airport Income -- 8.2.3 Airport Profitability -- 8.3 Airport Ownership -- 8.4 New Airport Planning -- 8.5 Airport Competition -- 8.6 Airport Council International -- 9 Aeronautical Services at the Airport -- 9.1 ATC at the Airport -- 9.1.1 Ground Control -- 9.1.2 Approach Control -- 9.1.3 Landing Devices -- 9.2 Rescue and Firefighting Services -- 9.3 Fuelling Services -- 9.4 Flight Information Services -- 9.4.1 Flight Plan Services -- 9.4.2 Meteorological Services -- 9.5 Customs and Immigration -- 9.6 Security at the Airport -- 10 Airport Capacity Management -- 10.1 Airside Capacity: Aircraft Movements -- 10.1.1 Terminal Control Area -- 10.1.2 Runway Layout -- 10.1.3 Runway Dimensions -- 10.1.4 Apron Capacity -- 10.1.5 Fuelling Capacity -- 10.1.6 Towing Capacity -- 10.1.7 Slot Assignment -- 10.1.8 Weather Conditions -- 10.2 Landside Capacity: Passenger Movements -- 10.2.1 Airport Access -- 10.2.2 Check-In -- 10.2.3 Security Check -- 10.2.4 Customs and Immigration -- 10.2.5 Gate Planning -- 10.2.6 Luggage Handling -- 10.3 The Cargo Terminal.

10.4 Collaborative Decision Making -- 10.5 Modelling and Simulating -- Part III: Aircraft -- 11 Aircraft Operation -- 11.1 Legal Framework: Aircraft Certification -- 11.1.1 Certification Documents -- 11.2 The Aircraft as Production Unit -- 11.2.1 Manufacturer's Empty Weight -- 11.2.2 Operating Empty Weight -- 11.2.3 Maximum Zero Fuel Weight -- 11.2.4 Maximum Take-Off Weight -- 11.3 Payload-Range Diagram -- 11.4 Aircraft Field Performance -- 11.4.1 Runway Dimensions -- 11.4.2 Outside Air Temperature -- 11.4.3 Airport Elevation -- 11.4.4 Runway Bearing Strength -- 11.5 Turnaround Characteristics -- 11.6 Noise Characteristics -- 11.7 ETOPS -- 12 Aircraft Economics -- 12.1 The Aircraft as Capital Good -- 12.1.1 Aircraft Life Cycle -- 12.1.2 Aircraft Values -- 12.2 Aircraft Financing -- 12.3 Aircraft Types -- 12.3.1 Narrow-Body Aircraft -- 12.3.2 Wide-Body Aircraft -- 12.3.3 Freighter Aircraft -- 12.4 Economic Characteristics -- 12.4.1 Cycle Cost -- 12.5 Fleet Commonality -- 13 Aircraft Supply and MRO -- 13.1 Original Equipment Manufacturers -- 13.1.1 Airframe OEMS -- 13.1.2 Engine OEMS -- 13.1.3 Component OEMS -- 13.2 Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul -- 13.2.1 Legal Framework -- 13.2.2 Maintenance Repair and Overhaul -- 13.2.3 MRO Intervals -- 13.2.4 Three Levels of MRO -- 13.3 Managing MRO -- 13.4 MRO Providers -- Part IV: Airlines -- 14 Airline Management -- 14.1 Legal Framework -- 14.1.1 Rules and Regulations on Flight Crews -- 14.2 Business Models -- 14.2.1 The Full-Service Carrier FSC -- 14.2.2 Low-Cost Carriers -- 14.2.3 Regional Carriers -- 14.2.4 Leisure Carriers -- 14.2.5 Freight Carriers -- 14.3 The Marketing Challenge -- 14.4 Customer Management -- 14.4.1 Digitization and Social Media -- 14.4.2 Frequent Flyer Programmes -- 14.5 People Business -- 14.6 Airline Ownership -- 14.7 Airline Competition -- 14.8 Airline Cooperation.

14.8.1 Code Sharing -- 14.8.2 Alliances -- 14.8.3 Joint Ventures -- 14.8.4 Take-Over -- 14.8.5 Franchising -- 14.9 Volatility of Demand -- 14.10 IATA -- 15 Airline Economics -- 15.1 Key Performance Indicators -- 15.1.1 Available Seat Kilometre -- 15.1.2 Revenue Passenger Kilometre -- 15.1.3 Load Factor -- 15.1.4 Cost Per ASK -- 15.1.5 Revenue Per ASK -- 15.1.6 Aircraft Utilization -- 15.1.7 Margin -- 15.2 Different Types of Costs -- 15.2.1 Fixed Cost -- 15.2.2 Variable Cost -- 15.2.3 Direct Cost -- 15.2.4 Indirect Cost -- 15.2.5 Marginal Cost -- 15.3 Direct Operating Cost -- 15.3.1 Ownership Cost -- 15.3.2 Fixed Crew Cost -- 15.3.3 Maintenance Cost -- 15.3.4 Fuel Cost -- 15.3.5 Ground Handling Cost -- 15.3.6 Airport Charges -- 15.3.7 Landing Fee -- 15.3.8 Navigation Charge -- 15.3.9 Catering Cost -- 15.3.10 Variable Crew Cost -- 15.4 Indirect Operating Cost -- 15.4.1 Overhead -- 15.4.2 Cost of Sales -- 15.4.3 Miscellaneous -- 15.5 Airline Revenues -- 15.5.1 Fares -- 15.5.2 Ancillary Sales -- 15.5.3 Services to Other Airlines -- 15.5.4 Aircraft Trade -- 15.6 Results -- 15.6.1 Operational Result -- 15.6.2 Finance -- 15.6.3 Taxation -- 15.6.4 Net Result -- 16 Airline Planning -- 16.1 Market Research -- 16.2 Network Planning -- 16.2.1 O+D Networks -- 16.2.2 Hub Networks -- 16.3 Schedule Planning -- 16.3.1 Block Times -- 16.3.2 Seasons -- 16.4 Strategic Fleet Planning -- 16.4.1 Aircraft Size -- 16.4.2 Fleet Size -- 16.4.3 Fleet Expansion -- 16.5 Crew Planning -- 16.5.1 Crew Ratio -- 16.5.2 Capacity Flexibility -- 16.5.3 Fleet Expansion -- 16.6 Maintenance Planning -- 16.7 Commercial Planning -- 16.7.1 CRS -- 16.7.2 Fare Levels -- 16.7.3 Revenue Management -- 16.7.4 Ancillary Sales -- 16.8 Modelling and Simulating -- 17 Airline Operations -- 17.1 Tactical Fleet Planning -- 17.2 Crew Pairing -- 17.3 Ground Operations -- 17.3.1 Turnaround Process.

17.3.2 Home-Base Operations -- 17.3.3 Outstation Operations -- 17.4 Disruption Management -- 17.4.1 Schedule Robustness -- 17.4.2 Aircraft Availability -- 17.4.3 Operations Control Centre -- 17.5 Catering Operations -- 17.6 Fuel Preservation -- 17.7 Cargo Operations -- 17.8 Planning It -- Part V: Epilogue -- 18 Into the Future -- 18.1 Demand Growth -- 18.2 Network Development -- 18.3 Capacity Constraints -- 18.4 Fare Levels -- 18.5 Consolidation -- 18.6 Technology Changes -- Index.

This book provides a general introduction into aviation operations, covering all the relevant elements of this field and the interrelations between them.

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