PRELIM-Lesson 4: Travel And Tourism Supplier-Airline Industry Flashcards
Encompasses a wide range
of businesses, called airlines, which offer air transport services for paying customers or business partners.
• These air transport services are provided for both human travelers and cargo, and are most commonly offered via jets, although some airlines also use helicopters.
Airline Industry
refers to companies that offer air transport services to paying customers
Airline Industry
includes all aviation-related businesses (like aircraft
manufacturers, companies offering non-commercial flights, aerospace companies, regulation authorities and those involved with research).
Aviation Industry
a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers and
cargos
• is responsible for scheduled passenger and charter traffic as well as cargo sales, customer service and service concepts,
flight operations and activity connected with the procurement and financing of aircraft.
Airline Business
for all its imperfections and peculiarities, represents
perhaps the greatest achievement of technology and organization the twentieth century-a achievement which should inspire admiration
Airport Industry
The world’s first regularly scheduled heavier-than-air airline took off from
The Municipal Pier in St. Petersburg on New Year’s Day 1914.
The airline was known as the
St. Petersburg Tampa Airboat Line
The airline was the brainchild of —-. a Jacksonville-based electrical engineer.
Percival E. Fansler
Fansler enlisted the support of —. an early airplane manufacturer who provided the planes-or, more precisely, the airboats.
Thomas Benoist
The airboat was known as
Benoist Airboat Model XIV no. 43
What are the 5 Types of Airlines?
- National Flag Carriers
- Commercial Airlines
- Low-cost Carrier/Budget Carrier
- Charter Airline
- Cargo Airlines
It is subsidized or operated by the
country in which it is registered and associated with the country’s identity.
National Flag Carrier
is the country’s national carrier with a hub at NAIA and flies to more than 40 international destinations
PAL - Philippine Airlines
A typical flight that transforms passengers from one location to the other using a pre-purchased ticket. These flights are regularly scheduled and groups can purchase seats.
Commercial Airlines
They do not provide conventional services in its fares, allowing it to provide lower fares at the expense of fewer amenities.
Ex Jetstar Air, Jeju Air, Air Busan, Lucky Air
Low-cost Carrier
Low-cost Airlines
Budget Airlines
