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Aviation Management. Flight Operations. INTRODUCTION. The provision of aircraft and/or personnel for flight services . Monitoring those services. Doing it for profit. Types of Flight. Charter Air Taxi Aircraft Rental Aircraft Leasing Aircrew and Ferry Services Air Cargo Air ambulance.
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Aviation Management Flight Operations
INTRODUCTION • The provision of aircraft and/or personnel for flight services . • Monitoring those services. • Doing it for profit.
Types of Flight • Charter • Air Taxi • Aircraft Rental • Aircraft Leasing • Aircrew and Ferry Services • Air Cargo • Air ambulance
Uses of Aircraft While Airborne • Flight Instruction • Aerial Patrol • Banner Towing • Crop Dusting • Sightseeing • Helicopter Operations • Glider Operations • Ballooning • Parachuting • Ultralights • Aircraft Demonstrations • Medical Evacuations • Search and Rescue • Fish Spotting • Aerial Photography
Market Trends • Flight Operations are generally the key profit center for an FBO • Aircraft deliveries declined after 9/11 • Market Conditions still very volatile • Looking for new ways to make money
Issues affecting Flight Operations • Loss of access to certain airports, airspace and facilities. • Change in airspace usage. • Lack of understanding of economic benefits of aviation. • Increasing complaints of aircraft noise levels. • Volatile customers.
Effects of Terrorism • The changing alert system. • Effect of each level of the alert system. • Shutting down access to DCA for business aviation.
Access to Major Airports • Congestion at major airports. • Ground traffic. • Air Traffic. • Increases in Business Aviation Traffic. • The “Slot” system. • Attempts at local regulation and imposition of local charges. • Difficulties associated with airport expansion.
Changes in Airspace Usage • RSVM (Reduced Vertical Separation Minima). • Already implemented in international flights. • Causes equipment and certification upgrades, training – cost to airlines. • Proposed to take effect in US shortly.
Noise Abatement Issues • Changes to Aircraft to met Stage III requirements. • Attempts to control noise by limiting times of aircraft operations. • Expansion of residential housing near airports. • NIMBYs
Choosing the Services to Offer • Character of Demography. • Competition. • Niche. • Airport restrictions or requirements. • Regulatory issues.