Chapter 2 of the transportation management document focuses on air transportation, outlining its characteristics, advantages, disadvantages, and types, while highlighting its critical role in tourism. The history of air travel is traced back to the Wright brothers' first flight in 1903, leading to significant advancements in aviation. Key organizations such as IATA and ICAO are also mentioned, emphasizing their importance in regulating and supporting the air transport industry.

1. TRANSPORTATION
MANAGEMENT
CHAPTER 2:
AIR
TRANSPORTATION

2. LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Describe the characteristics of air transport
• the advantages and disadvantages of air
transportation
• List and describe the types of air transport
• Differentiate between ICAO and IATA codes

3. AIR
TRANSPORTATI
ON
• Tourism depends on transportation to bring visitors, while the
transportation industry depends on tourism to generate demand for its
service.
• 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.

4. WHAT IS
AIR
TRANSPORTATION
?
• Air transport is any type of transport
that moves through the 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.

5. 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.

6. WRIGHT BROTHERS

7. WRIGHT BROTHERS FIRST
FLIGHT INVENTION

8. 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

9. disADVANTAGES OF AIR
TRANSPORT
• Very costly
• Small carrying capacity
• Uncertain and unreliable
• Breakdowns and accidents
• Large investment
• Specialized skill
• Legal restrictions

10. TYPES
OF AIR
TRANSPORT

11. AEROPLANES
• also known as aircraft, airplanes
or simply planes.
• 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

12. HELICOPTERS
• helicopter is a rotorcraft,
• the first operational helicopter
was made in 1936.
• helicopters can be used in
congested areas where a fixed-
wing aircraft.
• helicopters are used by search
and rescue groups.

13. HOT AIR
BALLOONS
• primarily used in tourism
• hot air balloons were the first
ever successful human-carrying
types of air transport

14. BLIMPS
• These properties make blimps
ideal for such uses as covering
sporting events, advertising and
some research, like scouting for
whales.
• Recently, there has been renewed
interest in using rigid airships for
lifting and/or transporting heavy
cargo loads, like ships, tanks and
oil rigs, for military and civilian
purposes.

15. GLIDERS • is another fixed-wing aircraft.
• motor gliders do have small
engines;
• A glider or sailplane is a type
of glider aircraft used in the
leisure activity and sport of
gliding (also called soaring).

16. TYPES OF
AIRLINES

17. TYPES
OF
AIRLINE
S
• International Airlines
• National Airlines
• Regional Airlines

18. BIGGEST AIRLINE
COMPANIES IN THE
WORLD

26. TYPES OF
FLIGHT

27. • Domestic flight
• International flight
⚬ Non-stop
⚬ Direct
⚬ Connecting flight
TYPES OF
FLIGHT

28. • Non-stop
⚬ Ideal for: Busy
travelers
⚬ Price Range: The
highest or most
expensive flight
TYPES OF
FLIGHT

31. • Direct flight
⚬ Ideal for: travelers
that have more
time.
⚬ Price range:
moderate to high
TYPES OF
FLIGHT

33. • Connecting flights
⚬ ideal for:
international
travelers
⚬ price range: the
lowest
TYPES OF
FLIGHT

34. sample airline
tickets

35. airline ticket
• is a document or electronic record, issued
by an airline or travel agency that confirms
that an individual is entitled to a seat on a
flight on an aircaraft.

36. AIR TRANSPORT
ORGANIZATION

37. AIR TRANSPORT
ORGANIZATION
• Air Transport Association
• Flight Safety Foundation (FSA)
• General Aviation Manufacturing Association (GAMA)
• International Air Transportation Association (IATA)
• International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)
• Society of Experimental Test Pilots (SETP)