Course Name | Air Transportation |
Code | Semester | Theory (hour/week) | Application/Lab (hour/week) | Local Credits | ECTS |
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LOG 490 | Fall/Spring | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Prerequisites | None | |||||
Course Language | English | |||||
Course Type | Elective | |||||
Course Level | First Cycle | |||||
Mode of Delivery | face to face | |||||
Teaching Methods and Techniques of the Course | Lecturing / Presentation | |||||
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Course Objectives | The course is intended to provide students with an advanced, theory based understanding of the structure and processes of global aviation industry and its role in the context of global logistics and supply chain management. This course also provides an overview of airline management decision processes with a focus on economic issues and their relationship to operations planning models and decision support tools. |
Learning Outcomes | The students who succeeded in this course;
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Course Description | This course provides an overview of airline management decision processes with a focus on economic issues and their relationship to operations planning models and decision support tools. Several topics that will be emphasized in this course include the following: application of economic models of demand, pricing, costs, and supply to airline markets and networks, and it examines industry practice and emerging methods for fleet planning, route network design, scheduling, pricing and revenue management. |
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Major Area Courses | X | |
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Transferable Skill Courses |
Week | Subjects | Required Materials |
1 | Course Overview | |
2 | Introduction to International Logistics | Textbook |
3 | Modes of Transportation and Air Transportation | Reading 1,2 |
4 | The Aviation, Air Transportation Industry and Future Trends | Reading 3,4 |
5 | Airplanes and Aviation Equipment | Reading 1 |
6 | Air Cargo Process and Air Waybill | Reading 5 |
7 | Aviation Safety and Aviation Security | Reading 6 |
8 | Midterm | |
9 | Airline Strategies and Business Models | Reading 1,7 |
10 | Site Visit of Izmir Adnan Menderes Airport | |
11 | Economic Characteristics of the Airlines and Load Factor Analysis | Reading 8 |
12 | Operations Research for Airlines and Airline Scheduling | Reading 9-11 |
13 | Operations Research for Airlines and Airline Scheduling | Reading 9-11 |
14 | The Airport and Airport Logistics | Reading 12-14 |
15 | Review of the Semester | |
16 | Review of the Semester |
Course Notes/Textbooks | Lecture notes based on the above subjects and related presentation material |
Suggested Readings/Materials | Textbook: Wensveen, John G. Air Transportation: A Management Perspective, Ashgate, 2015; Long, Douglas C. International Logistics: Global Supply Chain Management, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2003; Kane, Robert M. Air Transportation, Hunt Pub., 2007; IATA (International Air Transport Association), Annual Review, 2018-2022; Belobaba, Peter, The Global Airline Industry, Wiley, 2015; Airport Systems: Planning, Design and Management – Richard deNeufville, Amadeo Odoni (2003) ISBN 100071384774. Reading list: 1. Air Transportation Systems Engineering (Progress in Astronautics and Aeronautics, 193). George L.Donohue and Andres G. Zellweger (Editors), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, AIAA, 2001. 2. Keith Debbage, "The International Airline Industry: Globalization, Regulation, and Strategic Alliances", Journal of Transport Geography. Vol.2, No.3 (September, 1994), pp.190203.(Online Science Direct). 3. Thomas R Leinbach and John Bowen. “Air Cargo Services and the Electronics Industry in Southeast Asia”, Journal of Economic Geography, Vol. 4, No. 2 (April, 2004), 124. 4. John Bowen and Thomas R Leinbach. "The State and Liberalization: The Airline Industry in the East Asian NICs", Annals, Association of American Geographers, Vol.85, No.3 (September, 1995), 468493. 5. Rigas Doganis, Flying Off Course: The Economics of International Airlines. Allen and Unwin, 2e, 1990. 6. Securing the Future of U.S. Air Transportation: A System in Peril, Committee on Aeronautics Research and Technology for Vision 2050, Studies and Information Services, National Research Council (NRC). 7. Rigas Doganis, The Airline Business in the 21st Century. Routledge, 2001. 8. James P Hanlon. Global Airlines : competition in a transnational industry. Boston : ButterworthHeinemann, 1999. 9. Airline Operations Research, by Dusan Teodorovic. Gordon Breach Publishers, 1991. 10. Air Transport Systems Analysis and Modelling (Transportation Studies), by Milan Janic, Gordon Breach Inc., 2001. 11. Transportation Demand Analysis. Adib Kanafani. McGrawHill, 1983. 12. Airport Operations – Norman Ashford, H.P. Martin Stanton. 13. FAA Airport Capacity Benchmark Report 2004. Federal Aviation Administation, 2004. 14. Flight to the future : Human Factors of Air Traffic Control. Christopher D. Wickens, Anne S. Mavor, and James, P. McGee, editors ; Panel on Human Factors in Air Traffic Control Automation, National Academy Press, 1997. |
Semester Activities | Number | Weigthing |
Participation | ||
Laboratory / Application | ||
Field Work | ||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | ||
Portfolio | ||
Homework / Assignments | 4 | 20 |
Presentation / Jury | ||
Project | 1 | 30 |
Seminar / Workshop | ||
Oral Exam | ||
Midterm | 1 | 20 |
Final Exam | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Weighting of Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 6 | 70 |
Weighting of End-of-Semester Activities on the Final Grade | 1 | 30 |
Total |
Semester Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
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Course Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
Laboratory / Application Hours (Including exam week: 16 x total hours) | 16 | ||
Study Hours Out of Class | 10 | 2 | 20 |
Field Work | |||
Quizzes / Studio Critiques | |||
Portfolio | |||
Homework / Assignments | 4 | 7 | |
Presentation / Jury | |||
Project | 1 | 32 | |
Seminar / Workshop | |||
Oral Exam | |||
Midterms | 1 | 17 | |
Final Exams | 1 | 20 | |
Total | 165 |
# | Program Competencies/Outcomes | * Contribution Level | ||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
1 | To be able to analyze complex problems in the field of logistics and supply chains | X | ||||
2 | To be able to have good knowledge of sector related market leaders, professional organizations, and contemporary developments in the logistics sector and supply chains | X | ||||
3 | To be able to participate in the sector-related communication networks and improve professional competencies within the business sector | X | ||||
4 | To be able to use necessary software, information and communication technologies in the fields of logistics management and supply chain | X | ||||
5 | To be able to understand and utilize the coordination mechanisms and supply chain integration | X | ||||
6 | To be able to analyze the logistics and supply chain processes using the management science perspective and analytical approaches | X | ||||
7 | To be able to design, plan and model in order to contribute to decision making within the scope of logistics and supply chains | X | ||||
8 | To be able to interpret and evaluate the classical and contemporary theories in the field of logistics and supply chains | X | ||||
9 | To be able to conduct projects and participate in teamwork in the field of logistics and supply chains | X | ||||
10 | To be able to have an ethical perspective and social responsiveness when making and evaluating decisions. | X | ||||
11 | To be able to collect data in the area of logistics and communicate with colleagues in a foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level B1). | X | ||||
12 | To be able to speak a second foreign at a medium level of fluency efficiently. | X | ||||
13 | To be able to relate the knowledge accumulated throughout human history to their field of expertise. | X |
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