ABSTRACT

Commercial air transport is a global multimillion dollar industry that underpins the world economy and facilitates the movement of over 3 billion passengers and 50 million tonnes of air freight worldwide each year.

With a clearly structured topic-based approach, this textbook presents readers with the key issues in air transport management, including: aviation law and regulation, economics, finance, airport and airline management, environmental considerations, human resource management and marketing. The book comprises carefully selected contributions from leading aviation scholars and industry professionals worldwide. To help students in their studies the book includes case studies, examples, learning objectives, keyword definitions and ‘stop and think’ boxes to prompt reflection and to aid understanding.

Air Transport Management provides in-depth instruction for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying aviation and business management-related degrees. It also offers support to industry practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge base.

chapter 2|18 pages

Aviation economics and forecasting

chapter 5|16 pages

Airport management and performance

chapter 7|16 pages

Airline business models

chapter 8|16 pages

Airline pricing strategies

chapter 9|12 pages

Airline passengers

chapter 11|22 pages

Airline finance

chapter 12|24 pages

Aviation safety and security

chapter 13|18 pages

Airspace and air traffic management

chapter 15|18 pages

Air cargo and logistics

chapter 17|24 pages

Environmental impacts and mitigation

chapter 19|18 pages

Air transport marketing

chapter 20|18 pages

Air transport in remote regions