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Air Transport Operation and Economics

Language of instruction čeština
Code 342-3613
Abbreviation ELD
Course title Air Transport Operation and Economics
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Ivana Olivková, Ph.D.

Summary

Graduates will be able to describe the position and significance of air transport within the transport system and the national economy, and characterize the fundamental economic and operational aspects of its functioning. They will be able to explain the basic principles of the air transport market, the relationship between supply and demand, the main business models of air carriers, and the fundamentals of airline economics, including pricing. They will be able to interpret key operational and economic performance indicators for air carriers and describe the impact of regulation, safety, environmental requirements, and digitalization on air transport operations and economics. Furthermore, they will be able to apply the knowledge gained to solve operational and economic problems in the field of air transport and to prepare a semester project on a selected topic.

Literature

Průša, J. a kol.: Svět letecké dopravy. II. vydání. Galileo Training, s.r.o., 2015. ISBN 978-80-260-8309-2.
Žihla, Z. a kol.: Provozování podniků letecké dopravy a letišť. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o. Brno. 2010. 301 s. ISBN: 978-80-7204-677-5.
Bína L., Bínová H., Ploch J., Žihla Z.: Provozování letecké dopravy a logistika. Brno: Akademické nakladatelství CERM, s.r.o., 2014. ISBN 978-80-7402-855-7.
COOK, Gerald N. a BILLIG, Bruce G. Airline operations and management: a management textbook. Second edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023. ISBN 978-1-03-226872-9.

Advised literature

ČERVINKA, Michal. Provozování letišť. Online. Ostrava: VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2017 dotisk. ISBN 978-80-248-4115-1 . Dostupné z: https://dspace.vsb.cz/handle/10084/151918.
KAZDA, Antonín a CAVES, Robert E. Airport design and operation. Third edition. Bingley: Emerald, 2015. ISBN 978-1-78441-870-0.
BUDD, Lucy a ISON, Stephen (ed.). Air transport management: an international perspective. Second edition. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]. ISBN 978-0-367-28056-7.