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Air Cargo Operations and Management | Tourism and Aviation

Air Cargo Operations and Management

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Paper Code: 
MTM 424
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  1. To impart knowledge on basic cargo handling.

 

Course Outcomes:

Course

Course outcome (at course level)

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment Strategies

Paper Code

Paper Title

MTM 424

 

 

Air Cargo Operation and Management

CO 171 To Classify the international organization and their roles in air cargo management & operation

CO 172  understand World geographical location, their area, sub- areas, IATA  designated Airports  & their codes

CO 173 To understand Aircraft cargo configuration, used for transportation of goods and animals.

CO 174 To analyze the cargo Packaging, marking and labeling.

CO 175 To evaluate various rate structure applicable for transportation of goods and animals.

CO 176 To evaluate Cargo booking procedures, Cargo scanning, Document automation.

 

 

Approach in teaching:

Discussion, Demonstration, Action Research, Project, Field Trip

 

Learning activities for the students:

Field activities, Simulation, Presentation, Giving tasks Field practical

 

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Solving problems in tutorials, Assignments, Presentation, Individual and group projects

 

 

10.00
Unit I: 

Growth and development of air transport industry and freight industry. Relevance and importance of cargo industry.
Freedoms of air, Bermuda convention, Chicago convention, Warsaw Convention
Roles and functions of DGCA, IATA, and ICAO

14.00
Unit II: 

World Geography, IATA3 letter codes, time differences, calculations of transportation time/flying time. IATA airline codes, country codes, city codes, currency codes etc.
OAG Air cargo guides, TACT rates and rules.

12.00
Unit III: 

Air craft cargo configuration, capacity familiarization, limitations of weight and special loads.

11.00
Unit IV: 

Packaging, marking and labeling of consignment, acceptance of cargo, introduction of airway bill.

13.00
Unit V: 

Introduction to G.C.R, S.C.R, C.C.R, ADD ON and LCP rate structures. Dangerous Goods and Animals

Essential Readings: 

• Travel Industry- Chunk, James and Dexter.
• TACT Rule Book
• OAG and the Air Cargo Tariff both Red and Green
• Travel Information Manual

Academic Year: