JNTUK B.Tech Air Line Management gives you detail information of Air Line Management R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
Course Objective
The main objective of the subject is to introduce the range of aircraft industry along with its levels operational management. The technical aspect on the airline planning fleet planning and route evaluation will be thoroughly dealt. Aircraft mission scheduling, crew scheduling passenger and cargo charges estimating processes will be learnt.
UNIT-I : Airline Industry: Structure of Airline Industry (Domestic & International)-Growth and Regulation-Deregulation-Major and National Carriers-Regional Carriers-Economic characteristics of the Airlines.
Airline Management and Organization: Levels of Management-Decision Making-Functions of Management-Staff Departments-Line Departments.
UNIT-II : Introduction to Airline Planning: Airline Planning Process-Airline Terminology and Measures: airline demand, airline supply, average load factor, unit revenue, Airline Planning Decisions: Fleet Planning, Route Evaluation, Schedule Development, Pricing, and Revenue Management.
UNIT-III : Fleet Planning and Route Evaluation: Factors in Fleet Planning-Hub-and-Spoke System-Technical Aspects-Fleet Rationalization-Fleet Commonality-Long Range Aircraft-Noise Restrictions-Factors in Design and Development-Fleet Planning Process; Route Evaluation in Hub Networks-Route profitability estimation issues-Demand Driven Dispatch
UNIT-IV : Airline Scheduling: The Mission of Scheduling-Equipment Maintenance-Flight Operations and Crew Scheduling—Ground Operations and Facility Limitations-Schedule Planning and Coordination-Equipment Assignment and Types of Schedules-Hub- and- Spoke Scheduling-Data Limitations in Airline Scheduling.
Airline Pricing, Demand and Output: Airline pricing and demand-Determinants of demand-changes in demand-Elasticity of demand-determinants of elasticity; Types of passenger fares-Pricing process-Airline costs-Pricing and output determination.
UNIT-V : Air Cargo: Introduction-Market for Airfreight-Types of Airfreight rates: General Commodity rates, Specific commodity rates, Exception rates, joint rates, Priority reserves air freight, speed package service, container rates-Specific Air freight services: assembly service, distribution service, pickup and delivery service-Factors affecting air freight rates:costs of service, volume of traffic, directionality, characteristics of traffic, value of service, competition.
UNIT-VI : Revenue Management: Revenue Management Objectives-Airline revenue maximization-Differential Pricing –Yield Management-Revenue Management Techniques-Flight Overbooking-Flight Leg Revenue Management-Origin-Destination Control.
TEXT BOOK
- Alexander T.Wells and John G.Wensveen,”Air Transportation:A Management Perspective”, (Fifth Edition),Brooks Cole,2003.
REFERENCE BOOKS
- Charles Banfe, “Airline Management”, Prentice-Hall, 1991,
- Rigas Doganis, “The Airline business”, Routledge, 2005
- John .Wensveen, “Wheels Up:Airlines Business Plan Development”, Brooks Cole,2003
- Stephen Holloway, “Straight and Level:Practical Airline Economics”,Ashgate Publishing, 2003
- Stephen Shaw, “Airline Marketing and Management”, Ashgate Publishing, 2004
- William O’ Connor, “An Introduction to Airline Economics” , (Sixth Edition), Praeger Publishers,2000
- Peter P Belobaba,”Airline Management”, MIT Open Courseware Lecture Notes, 2006
- Massoud Bazargan, “Airline Operations and Scheduling”, Ashgate Publishing, 2004
Course outcome
Upon successful completion of this course the student shall be able to:
- Know the range of aircraft industry along with its levels operational management.
- Understand technical aspect on the airline planning fleet planning and route evaluation will be thoroughly dealt.
- Conceptualize Aircraft mission scheduling, crew scheduling passenger and cargo charges estimating processes will be learnt.
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