Zusammenfassung der Ressource
The Aviation Industry
- Airport
- Regional
- Regional airports are found
outside the capital city. They
have seen a large increase in
recent years with budget airlines
setting up base there.
- Local
- Local airports are found in small
towns and cities in a country.
They don't handle many
international flights so there is
room for more general aviation
like flying schools and private
jets to go there. For example
Inverness is a local airport.
- Major
- Major airports are found in
the capital cities of a
countries. They handle
international flights from all
over the world. This means
that the airport doesn't have
much capacity for general
aviation.
- Airline
- Scheduled
- Scheduled airlines operate on
a fixed timetable and offer
international and domestic flights.
These airlines have a range of
different classes and services.
Everything on the flight such as
food, drinks and entertainment is
included in the ticket price.
- Cargo
- Cargo airlines just transport
cargo and not passengers.
Scheduled cargo is when a
company decides when the cargo
is going to be sent and charter
cargo is when a company hire an
aircraft and deliver its cargo to
specific locations.
- Low Cost
- Low cost airlines run to a
timetable similar to scheduled
airlines, but they only do point to
point flights as they are just going
to cities outside the capital. These
airlines only offer one class which
is economy and the ticket price
paid doesn't come with any
add-ons.
- Charter
- Charter airlines are when a
holiday company hire an aircraft
to transport its passengers to
their destination.
- Ancillary organisations
- Handling Agents
- They are responsible for transporting the
baggage from the terminal to the specific
aircraft and then unloading it at the
destination.
- Car Parks
- They provide car parking for
passenger on site and away from
the airport. They provide short stay
and long stay depending on how
long the passengers are going away
for.
- Fuel Suppliers
- They provide fuel and oil for all
aircraft. The products must be high
quality for the aircraft to perform to its
best standards.
- Cleaning
- They are responsible for
cleaning the aircraft to a high
standard in preparation for the
next flight. This includes cleaning
toilets, cleaning external
windows and removing headrest
covers.
- Onward travel
- They provide transport for passengers
to and from the airport. For example
car rental, underground trains, shuttle
bus companies.
- Tour Operations
- They provide package holidays to
passengers which includes flights,
hotels and airports transfers. .
Different types of package
holidays are room only,
self-catering, half board, full
board and all-inclusive.
- Retailers
- They provide services in the airports
such as restaurants, currency
exchange, bars and cafés.
- Freight forwarding companies
- They are responsible for
organising the shipment of
goods to be transported from
one country to another. They
also transport the goods from
the airport to the warehouses
to be stored.
- Aircraft manufacturers
- They design and sell aircraft for both
commercial and private use. When the
manufacturers design the aircraft
they have to make sure it is light,
streamlined and able to fly in all
weather conditions.
- Engine manufacturers
- They design and sell aircraft
engines to aircraft
manufacturers. They also look
for the best ways to make the
engines more sustainable and
produce more thrust to get the
aircraft off the ground.
- Trade Associations
- IATA
- They are a global airline trade
association for the airline
industry. They have regular
conferences with airlines to
discuss where they shall be
going. They also make all the 3
letter codes for airports all over
the world.
- BATA
- They are the trade body for UK
registered airlines. They work with its
members to deal with issues that may
have been caused. They work with
customers and local residents to
help solve these issues.
- ACI
- They represent the interests of
the world's airports. They are
involved in issues such as
airport safety, ground handling
and the environment.
- ERA
- They are a trade association
representing the aviation industry
in Europe. They work with its
members to represent their
interests, bring them together and
exchange information.
- BBGA
- They are the UK national trade
association which represents
companies and businesses that
work in the aviation industry. They
provide advice to their members on
areas which affect them all.
- Regulatory Bodies
- HSE
- This organisation is
responsible for workplace
health and safety. They work
with the CAA to check safety
records at airports and see that
every worker has the correct
equipment and has been
through the correct training.
- CAA
- They are responsible for
making all the regulations in
the aviation industry and
make sure everyone is
complying with them.
- ICAO
- They are responsible for
developing all policies and
standards in the industry
and make sure that all
flights that go out everyday
are safe, efficient and
secure.
- FSA
- They are responsible for the
food safety and hygiene in the
UK. They make sure that food
going on to the aircraft has
been cooked properly and
packaged efficiently.
- NATS
- They are responsible for providing Air
Traffic Control services to aircraft on the
ground and in the sky. They communicate
with the pilot and tell him when it is clear to
take off and land, check that the pilot is still
in control and suggest quicker routes for
the pilot to take.
- EASA
- They make sure that
everything in the aviation
industry is safe and that it
operates to the highest
standards. They carry out
inspections to check up on the
workers and make sure they are
doing them correctly and
safely.
- Transec
- They are responsible for the transport
network in the UK. the role of them is
to protect travellers, transport facilities
and people working in the transport
industry from terrorist attack.
- Port Health
- They are responsible for
preventing the introduction of
any infectious diseases and
control the import of food.
- Local Planning
- They are responsible for giving permission to
increase the size of an airport e.g. a new runway
or terminal building. They also work with local
residents to discuss the control of airport noise
and other issues that may affect them.
- Police
- The role of the police is to provide security
to passengers and crew in the airport.
They also deal with terrorism,
immigration and major events. They
provide sniffer dogs to track drugs or any explosives.
- UK Border Agency
- They are responsible for
deciding who is entitled to
visit or stay in the UK. They
run the UK visa service and
handle applications from
people living abroad who
want to move to the UK.