University of New South Wales - UNSW

To develop an appreciation of the main drivers in the management of an airline. This will be done through:

A study of the organisational aspect of airlines.
The study of the development of the airline business planning process
The study of an airline schedule planning process
The study of the fleet planning process
Study of airline financial aspects and review of statistics and economics in airlines

The course is for four hours per week and run over the fourteen weeks of SESSION ONE. The four hours is divided into 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of open discussion. Guest speakers from the airline industry will form a significant part of the course.
Lectures are held in: Central Lecture Block 2 from 1200 - 1400 and Biomed E from 1500 -1700 on Thursdays.

Recommended Texts

Doganis, R (2002) Flying Off Course: the Economics of International Airlines, 3rd edn. New York : Routledge, 2002.
Wells, A (2004) Air Transportation: a Management Perspective 5th edn. Belmont, CA : Thomson/Brooks/Cole, c2004.
Morrell, P (2002) Airline Finance, 2nd edn. Aldershot, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, [2002].
Holloway, S (2003) Straight and Level : Practical Airline Economics, 2nd edn. Aldershot, Hampshire, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2003.

These texts are available from the UNSW Library & University Bookshop.

Learning Resources

The University of New South Wales provides a range of resources to help students develop their skills and to realise their full potential. The Learning Centre, located at the entrance to the Library provides guidance material, which is also available on-line.

In particular, students may wish to access the following:

Note-Taking Skills
The Basics of Essay Writing
Answering Assignment Questions
Report Writing FAQs
The Basics of Studying for Exams
Surviving Exams
Exam Skills
Plagiarism
The American Psychological Association (APA) Referencing System