Airlines and the Environment
Fuel Efficiency
Fuel is the airline industry's second largest expense, exceeded only by labor. The major U.S.
Airline Revenue and Costs
On average, more than 90 percent of a U.S. passenger airline's revenue comes from the sale of tickets to passengers for scheduled air travel.
Airline Terms
Aviation Glossary Terms & Definitions in the "Airline" Category
FOD - Foreign Object Damage - Foreign Object Debris ...
Feeder Airline: An air carrier that services a local market and "feeds" traffic to the national and international carriers.
Filter: A device used to alter a signal.
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Air Consultants for Business Class
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Airline Terminology
Advanced Purchase Excursion (APEX) Fare: An airfare published by the airlines. It is restricted by availability, advance purchase, and minimum and maximum stay requirements.
AIRLINE
The operator (but often not the owner) of commercial passenger or freight aircraft.
AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE
A regulation issued by an aviation authority, usually to correct a fault on aircraft.
Airline Transport Pilot
The Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) is tested to the highest level of piloting ability. The ATP certificate is a prerequisite for acting as a pilot in command (PIC) of scheduled airline operation.
Airline. A concern operating transport aircraft over an air route.
Airliner. A slang term for a transport aeroplane.
Airplane. Americans derivative of 'aeroplane'.
airliner - A passenger-carrying aircraft operated by an airline.
AIRMET (AIRman's METeorological information) - Inflight weather advisory concerning moderate icing, moderate turbulence, ...
Airline Transport Pilots
This is the doctorate degree of piloting — and 143,504 pilots were in this distinguished category in 2003.
airline transport pilot FAR'sAirline Transport Pilot Eligibility Requirements
61.153 Eligibility requirements: General.
To be eligible for an airline transport pilot certificate, a person must: ...
ATP (Airline Transport Pilot) The most advanced of all pilot certificates, requiring the highest skill and experience levels. Required: a minimum of 1,500 hours flight experience, ATP written exam and flight test.
Airline facilities for flying with children
Airline Food - In-Flight Meals Information
Backpacking - Planning your Trip
Before you Go - Travel Checklist
Disabled Travel
Fear of Flying
Flying with Pets
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Airline-owned corporation which accredits travel agents and sets regulation governing airline-agency relations.
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Airline Operators
Designees & Delegations
International Aviation
Congress ...
Airliners all have electronic traffic-detection / collision-avoidance systems. Probably the day will come when even the simplest light aircraft will have them too. In the meantime, your eyes are your primary defense. You must use them wisely.
Airline revenue per unit of traffic. Passenger yield is airline revenue per passenger kilometre.
Yield management ...
'I airlined to Miami,' says Thalheimer, 'and Arthur had his Citation II pick me up and fly me to his ranch in Ocala. He had his own 10,000-foot strip there, and I was extremely impressed.
The Airline Pilots Association International, which represents 60,000 pilots who fly for 40 U.S. and Canadian airlines had been fighting the change since the early 1980s, but reversed course earlier this year.
AOC
Airline Operations Centre
AOPA
Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association ...
Shows airlines that submitted reports for current month and their airline code.
Total International Freight (in metric tons) ...
Larger airliner aircraft are de-iced on the airport during winter time just before the flight commences, from that point on the aircrafts de-icing equipment can keep the aircraft clean. Until the ice accretion is higher than the system can handle.
ATP: Airline Transport Pilot - Those guy (and gals) in the front of 747s.
Base:The part of a landing when the airplane is at right angles to the runway. It will turn once and then be lined up for landing.
MATRON: Airline employee, often middle-aged woman, who polices access to business and first class lounges.
Occupied - An airline term for lavatory.
Oshkosh - A town in Wisconsin that is the site of the annual Experimental Aircraft Association fly-in. It is believed to have been named after the sound that most experimental aircraft engines make.
Airport codes
Airline codes
Q&A: General - Princess Fly/Cruise, Gatwick to Barbados
Flight search ...
Aileron - A hinged control surface on the wing that scares the hell out of airline passengers when it moves. Airfoils - Swords used for dueling in flight. Often used to settle disputes between crew members and passengers.
Hall and the Ryan Airlines staff worked closely with Lindbergh to design and build the single-seat, single-engine monoplane in just sixty days, for a cost of just over $10,000 (though the actual cost isn't clear, ...
GROUND STAFF - Airline staff working on ground viz. Ticketing staff, customer relation staff, gate staff etc.
JUMP SEAT - A retractable seat where the flight attendants sit for take-off and landing.
Some aircraft, like airliners and cargo planes, spend most of their life in a cruise condition. For these airplanes, excess thrust is not as important as high engine efficiency and low fuel usage.
BALPA - British Airline Pilots Association.
BAUA - Business Aircraft Users Association.
BCAR - British Civil Air Requirements. Airworthiness standards laid down by the CAA for certification of aircraft on the UK Civil Aircraft Register.
"Homebound Airlines".
Ground loop: Loss of lateral control or purposefully braking one wheel to turn sharply while on the ground.
Ground pounder: Ground Crewman
Group: Three or four Squadrons, usually 48 aircraft.
Pilots, Ratings, and other basic stuff ATP Airline Transport Pilot (the "highest" grade of pilot certificate) AME Aviation Medical Examiner (U.S.) FAR Federal Aviation Regulations (U.S.) CFI Certificated Flight Instructor (see suffixes, below) COM ...
ACARS - Airline communications and reporting system.
AD - Airworthiness Dirctive. Maintenance or modification ordered by FAA.
ADC - Air Data Computer
ADF - Automatic Direction Finder ...
Former government agency of the United States responsible, among other things, of investigating air accidents (duties taken over by the NTSB) and controlling which routes the airlines could fly and what fares they could charge (prior to the Airline ...
There are many major airlines around the world that reportedly incurred net
losses already in the first quarter of the year 2008 compared to their
previous revenues last year.
The use of alternative sources of energy may be the answer. Different ...
On October 14, 1965, AW S/N 6659 (N601Z) flying for Zantop Airlines ran out of fuel over Piqua, Ohio on the way to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and landed on the northbound side of the I-75 freeway, ...
"I got my private pilot's license on my 19th birthday and then quit flying for two-and-a-half years because I didn't think the lifestyle of an airline pilot was going to be right for me," Alaine said.
related projects that preserve or enhance safety, capacity, or security of the national air transportation system, reduce noise from an airport that is part of such system, or furnish opportunities for enhanced competition between or among airlines.
The US Air Force and many commercial airlines have programs of training pilots with normal vision to super normal sight. Olympic athletes including the US volleyball and field hockey teams frequently work to improve their sight to beyond normal.
There were many elements of the design of the Ariel (as Henson called it) that proved to be prophetic of later aircraft, and a simple glance at the design makes one feel as if one is looking at a cartoon prototype of the modern airliner.
It attests to an airline’s competence as to safe operation and it determines who is responsible for an airline’s safety oversight. In the US it is issued by the FAA. In the UK it is the Safety Regulation Group of the CAA.
Hubbing - A method of airline scheduling that times the arrival and departure of several aircraft in a close period of time in order to allow the transfer of passengers between different flights of the same airline in order to reach their ...
Renowned as an airliner, general transport and perhaps most significantly for the vital part it played in the Normandy landings and the Berlin airlift. Still in service as a passenger aircraft, general transport and in maritime pollution control.
Part 121 -- the section of the FAR's that govern major airline operations.
Fuel Surcharge -- a charge for the increased price of fuel to cover temporary fuel price increases. The average cost of fuel is included in the hourly rates.
Heathrow is the airport of arrival for most visitors to London. Besides airline buses and taxicabs, a station of the Underground, or Tube, connects the airport with the center of the city.
The Deicing Operator may be a qualified third party, another airline, or the Air Operator. The Deicing Operator must provide a service in accordance with the air operator’s approved ground icing program, where such a program exists.
flight hours flown by other than major and regional airlines or the military. Often misunderstood as only small, propeller-driven aircraft. Even a large corporate jet or cargo plane operated under FAR Part 91 can be a general aviation aircraft.
FBO (Fixed Base Operator) A business operating an airport terminal for non-airline, general aviation aircraft.
In the United States and Canada, general aviation aircraft annually log nearly twice the number of hours flown by commercial airliners and carry over 200 million passengers a year.
Just on the far side of the pass, we flew past Palm Springs. It's hard to see in this picture, but Palm Springs International Airport is right there, and they were departing airliners as we flew past, so we didn't get too close.
COCKPIT - Compartment, originally open to the air, for accommodation of pilot'and crew/passengers. Nowadays used informally by laymen to describe the forward part of the cabin, especially of an airliner, which is off-limits to passengers, ...
They are not part of the wing structure, but are usually mounted on the fuselage. Military jets most often have speed brakes, which fold out of the fuselage. Some airliners use spoilers as speed brakes when at altitude.
Of all the myriad planforms used, they can typically be grouped into those used for low-speed flight, found on general aviation aircraft, and those used for high-speed flight, found on many military aircraft and airliners.
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