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Airline Theory and Reservation [1]

Paper Code: 
TAM 132
Contact Hours: 
3.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Unit I: 
UNIT I
  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.

 

 

Unit II: 
UNIT II

 

Understanding Travel Terminology:

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

            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 IV: 
UNIT IV

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.

 

Unit V: 
UNIT V

           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)

 

References: 

BOOKS AND REFERENCES

 

  • Tourism Development –Principles & Practices           : A.K Bhatia
  • International Tourism                                                  : A.K Bhatia
  • Dynamics of Tourism                                                  : Pushpinder S Gill
  • International Encyclopedia of Tourism Management : P.C Sinha
  • Civil Aviation & Tourism administration in India     : Ram Acharya
  • Air Travel Ticketing & Fare Construction                 : Jagmohan Negi
  • ABC Manual
  • IATA Manual

 

Academic Year: 
2020-2021 [2]

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