Is a location where aircraft such as fixed-

wing aircraft, helicopters, and blimps take

off and land.

Is a company that provides air transport

services for traveling passengers and freight.

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.

A national carrier links with certain

destinations w/c other airlines due to

political reasons.

Airlines generate foreign exchange.

Airlines develop national tourism.

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.

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.

TRUNK AIRLINES

Provide services to larger areas primarily the

principal cities of the country.

INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES

Connect the country to foreign countries.

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

Control Tower

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

Runways

Hangars for repair and maintenance of aircraft.

Hangars

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

Taxi ways are the internal lanes connecting to the runways.

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

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

Baggage counter

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

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

Cargo terminal

Cargo terminal

Bonded areas for accompanied baggage to be collected.

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