Airline Theory and Reservation

1. Introduction to Air travel and development of Aviation industry over the years.

Linkages between Aviation and Tourism industry.

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.

Understanding Travel Terminology:

• Interpret Travel terminologies.
• Code and Decode Travel terminology.
• Define travel related terms used in the Airline industry.

            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

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)