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Introduction To Air Transport

This document discusses the introduction and development of air transport. It outlines key characteristics and advantages of air transport including accessibility, connectivity, emergency use, and time savings. Limitations include high costs, safety challenges due to weather dependence, and reliance on sophisticated machinery. Milestones in the development of air transport include early flights in the 1900s-1910s and the formation of organizations like ICAO, IATA, AAI to coordinate international aviation. Airports are classified based on runway length requirements for different types of aircraft.

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Introduction To Air Transport

This document discusses the introduction and development of air transport. It outlines key characteristics and advantages of air transport including accessibility, connectivity, emergency use, and time savings. Limitations include high costs, safety challenges due to weather dependence, and reliance on sophisticated machinery. Milestones in the development of air transport include early flights in the 1900s-1910s and the formation of organizations like ICAO, IATA, AAI to coordinate international aviation. Airports are classified based on runway length requirements for different types of aircraft.

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Introduction to Air Transport

Characteristics/Advantages of Air Transport


• Accessibility: Improves accessibility in areas where rail or road cannot get
connected to
• Continuos Journey/Connectivity:It gives a continuos connectivity over land
and water ( no need to change the mode from road transport to water
transport) within the country/cities as well as in an intercontinental system
• Emergency use:In emergency conditions(floods…rescue operations), an
effective relief
• Demand for technical use:Increase the demand for technical skilled work
force.
• Improves tourism ,
• Engineering survey: Air service is helpful in engineering surveys like aerial
surveys, preparation of maps by aerial photography
• Time saving; Tremendous saving in travel time because of high speed of
aeroplanes
Limitations
• Heavy fund requirement
for setting up as well as during operations and maintenance
• Safety provision
is very difficult as there is no supporting system while
aircraft is in air, so the flight path and territories should have
clear demarcation or else a big safety hazard
• Highly dependent upon weather conditions
(flight delay, flight cancelled during winter)
• Highly dependent upon sophiscated machineries for
efficient operation
• and thereby huge outward flow of foreign exchange to purchase it
Development of Air Transport
• 1903-first successful flight
• 1909-From English channel to England by pilot
Louis
• 1911- First aircraft operation in India between
Allahabad and Naini by carrying postage
• 1912- operation between Delhi and Karachi
• 1918- First international service between
France &Spain
• 1919-London Paris
• 27th July 1949 - the world’s first jet airline, the
de Havilland DH 106 Comet 1, made its first
flight
• Boeing - 80 prototype B707 , the first Boeing
manufactured by Boeing company
Devt of Air Transport-Organizations
As air transport evolved and progressed in different parts of the
world , there was a need for an organisation to sort out the
issues in international aviation
• ICAN- International commision on Air Navigation, in 1919, to
control and look after the movt of air transport vehicles
• European airlines formed IATA-International Air Traffic
Association
• By 1930, there was round the world flight
• In 1944, an international conference was held at Chicago and
ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) was formed
control the overall movt of civil aviation and to have a
coordinated effort between all
ICAO
• Set up in 1944 and later became an integral part of UN
• To develop all aspects of international civil aeronautics
• develop the principles and techniques of the
international air navigation
• Encourage aircraft design,encourage devt of airways,
airports and navigation facilities
• Promote safety of flight in international air navigation
• Ensure that the rights of contracting states are respected
and unnecessary competitions and there by huge
economic wastes are avoided
Airport Authority of India
• 1st April,1995 by merging two agencies(NAA
&IAAI)
• Works in coordination with ICAO , controls and
manages the overall air space provided to
India
AIRPORT CLASSIFICATION
The classification system is given by agencies.
• On the basis of distances provided for take-off
and landing on the runway strip.
CTOL CONVENTIONAL TAKE- RUN WAY LENGTH MORE
OFF AND LANDING THAN 1500 METRES
RTOL REDUCED TAKE-OFF BETWEEN 1000 AND 1500
AND LANDING METRES
STOL SHORT TAKE-OFF AND BETWEEN 500 METRES AND
LANDING 1000
VTOL VERTICAL TAKE-OFF IN TERMS OF SQUARE
AND LANDING, METRES, 25 TO 50 M2, FOR
THE OPERATION OF
HELICOPTERS

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