Course description
This course will provide you with a solid understanding of the key challenges and issues currently impacting and shaping the international air transport industry, and likely to do so in the foreseeable future.
Led by highly respected senior academics from one of the best aviation management faculties in the world, and supported by senior industry guest lecturers, this course provides an excellent grounding on the key issues facing the air transport industry as it moves beyond the pandemic environment and addresses challenges such as skills shortages, the transition towards sustainability, digital transformation and the strategies that provide profitability for a range of air transport industries.
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Suitability - Who should attend?
This course is suitable for professionals in the air transport industry or those who want to move into this industry.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
What you will learn
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Determine and assess the key contemporary challenges impacting the international air transport industry to establish importance and impact.
- Identify and analyse the key metrics that are related to the air transport industry.
- Assess and evaluate commercial relationship between airlines and airports.
- Develop key recommendations for air transport industry regarding feasible strategies for future sustainable growth and expanded global reach.
- Assess the future of air transport based on the likely future key challenges and issues air transport.
Training Course Content
Core content
- Evolution of airline strategies
- Full Service Network Carriers and Low Cost Carriers
- Air cargo and integration
- Global airport business
- Airport-airline relationship
- Airport commercial revenues
- Performance metrics and success factors
- Global air network competition and development
- The impact of new technologies, products and services
- Air transport and the environment
- Sustainable growth in air transport industry
- Future air transport industry prospects
Course delivery details
Course structure
This five-day course is delivered face-to-face with the option to attend sessions live online (supporting material is provided asynchronously).
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Cranfield University
Cranfield is a specialist postgraduate university that is a global leader for education and transformational research in technology and management. We have many world-class, large-scale facilities, including our own global research airport, which offers a unique environment for transformational education...