Airline Theory and Reservation

Paper Code: 
TAM 132
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Unit I: 

1) Introduction to Air travel and development of Aviation industry over the years.
Linkages between Aviation and Tourism industry.

Unit II: 
International Travel Organizations

• Understand International regulations such as The Chicago convention and ICAO ,
bilateral agreements and the Warsaw Convention.

• International Organizations such as IATA, UFTAA :An Introduction and their
functions.

• Meaning of Traffic rights and differentiate between different types of traffic rights.

Unit III: 
Understanding Travel Terminology

• I Interpret Travel terminologies.

• Code and Decode Travel terminology

• Define travel related terms used in the Airline industy

Unit IV: 
World Geography

Identify the main geographical features of the world.
• Distinguish the main IATA Traffic Conference Area.
• Locate major countries and their capital cities.
• Familiarize with the international timing system

Unit V: 
Introduction to Itinerary designing

• Basics of Itinerary- Design, Prerequisites and Process.

• Planning Itinerary using airways/railways/other modes of transportation.

• Make suitable connections while planning itineraries.

• Calculate Flying time and elapsed time.

• Know how to use minimum connecting time.

Introduction to Airline Ticketing

•    Definition of Reservation- Meaning, Concept & Types.
•    Explanation of various rules pertaining to making reservation via computer.
•    Most widely used Computer Reservation System
•    Introduction to Ticketing(Galileo/Amadeus)
•    Passenger Ticket (E-Ticket and Paper Ticket)

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