This document discusses air transport and airports. It describes how airports allow aircraft like planes and helicopters to take off and land. It also describes different types of air carriers, including national carriers that connect countries, regional airlines that serve regions within a country, and international airlines that connect countries. The document notes that governments work to establish national carriers and negotiate international flight agreements between countries. It also provides an overview of key airport infrastructure like runways, control towers, hangars, and facilities for passengers and cargo.

2.  Is a location where aircraft such as fixed-
wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take
off and land.

3.  Is a company that provides air transport
services for traveling passengers and freight.

4.  Today most countries have both Domestic
and International carriers. Governments
indulge in having their national carrier to
fly international routes even if they are
unprofitable. There are many reasons for
this strategy:
 Each Government sees the potential of
world tourism and wishes to have a slice of
it. Airlines bring inbound tourists into the
country.
 A national carrier is a source of pride.

5.  A national carrier links with certain
destinations w/c other airlines due to
political reasons.
 Airlines generate foreign exchange.
 Airlines develop national tourism.

6.  Airports
are controlled by each country’s
National Airports Authority. They govern the
standards of airports and their use.
Governments negotiate w/ one another to
grant certain freedoms of the air carriers of
other country such as:
• The right to overfly.
• The right to make a technical landing.
• The right to carry passengers and freight
from one’s territory to another.
• The right to carry passengers and freight
from another country to one’s own.

7. COMMUTER TRAFFIC
 Connect small communities. They have commuter
planes including helicopters and seaplanes to
keep small towns connected to larger cities.
REGIONAL AIRLINES
 Serve certain regions within a country. They have
territorial license to provide passenger and cargo
services within well-defined areas.

8. TRUNK AIRLINES
 Provide services to larger areas primarily the
principal cities of the country.
INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES
 Connect the country to foreign countries.

31. Control towers that oversee the
movement of aircraft in the air
and on the ground.

32. Control Tower

33. Runways that range from strips of
grass for light commuter planes to
sophisticated tarmacs for heavier jets.

34. Runways

35. Hangars for repair and
maintenance of aircraft.

36. Hangars

37. Loading aprons where planes are parked
and accessed by passengers and cargo.
Modern airports have overhead bridges to
unload passengers directly into airports.

38. Taxi ways are the internal
lanes connecting to the
runways.

39. Surface transportation parking lots
for cargo trucks, private cars and
coaches to transfer passengers.

40. Baggage claim areas where
passengers retrieve their
baggage after a flight.

41. Baggage counter

42. Ticketing counters where
tickets may be bought and
flights and seats assigned.

43. Cargo terminals where tons of
mail and freight are unloaded
for onward movement.

44. Cargo terminal

45. Cargo terminal

46. Bonded areas for
accompanied baggage
to be collected.

48. JOANA DELA CRUZ
MARIE ELAINE CASTRO