1. Ribbons in the Sky The Airline Transportation Industry
Chapter 2

2. The Aviation System
Aviation = the industry that builds and flies aircrafts
Military aviation = aircraft flown by a nation’s air force and military
Civil aviation = industry that flies the public from place to place
Domestic service
International service

3. Aviation Regulatory Agencies
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
The Air Transport Association (ATA)
The Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC)
The Department of Transportation (DOT)
The International Air Transport Association (IATA)
The International Airlines Travel Agent Network (IATAN)
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

4. Airline Service and Routes
Scheduled service
Charter flights
Privately owned jets
Fractional ownership in an aircraft

5. Flight Types and Routes
Nonstop flights
Direct flights
Connecting flights
One-way flight itineraries
Round-trip flight itineraries
Open-jaw flight itineraries
Circle-flight itineraries

6. Hubs and Spokes Hubs = airports that link a system of “spoke” flights
Domestic hubs
International hubs

10. Airport
Country
IATA
Passengers 2012
Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International
United States
ATL
95,462,867
Beijing Capital International
China
PEK
81,929,359
London Heathrow
United Kingdom
LHR
70,037,417
Tokyo International
Japan
HND
66,795,178
Chicago O’Hare International
ORD
66,633,503
Los Angeles International
LAX
63,688,121
Charles de Gaulle International
France
CDG
61,611,934
Dallas Fort Worth International
DFW
58,591,842
Soekarno-Hatta International
Indonesia
CGK
57,772,762
Dubai International
United Arab Emirates
DXB
57,684,550

11. Categories of Aircraft
Powered by jet engines
Narrow-body jet
Wide-body jet
Driven by propellers

13. Classes of Service
First class
Coach class
Business class

14. The Major North American Airlines
Aeromexico (AM)
Air Canada (AC)
American Airlines (AA)
Delta Air Lines (DL)
United Airlines (UA)
US Airways (US)

15. Rank
Airline
Country
2015
2014
2013
Fleet
Destinations
Daily Departures2
Source 1
American Airlines1
United States
201,249,127
197,340,801
193,739,825
964
339
6,500
[1] 2
Delta Air Lines
179,382,874
171,350,030
164,659,644
801
322
5,400
[2] 3
Southwest Airlines
144,574,882
135,767,188
133,155,030
709 97
3,800
[3] 4
United Airlines
140,369,000
138,029,000
139,209,000
714
374
4,935
[4] 5
Air Canada
Canada
n/a
38,526,000
35,761,000
171
182
1,500
[5] 6
JetBlue Airways
35,100,986
32,078,316
30,463,226
213
825
[6] 7
Alaska Airlines
31,883,000
29,278,000
27,414,000
147
104
880
[7] 8
WestJet
20,281,376
19,651,977
18,485,144
139 91
420
[8] 9
Aeroméxico
Mexico
18,769,000
17,190,000
15,488,000
124 84
600
[9] 10
Spirit Airlines
17,921,419
14,293,703
12,413,812 79 57
250
[10] 11
Frontier Airlines
10,700,000 60 55
[11] 12
Volaris
11,983,000
9,809,000
8,900,000 54
[12] 13
Hawaiian Airlines
10,672,667
10,195,145
9,935,743 52 28
212
[13] 14
Allegiant Air
9,355,097
8,017,442
7,103,366 74
109
[14] 15
Virgin America
7,036,000
6,508,000
6,329,000 23
[15] 16
Interjet 47 17
Porter Airlines 26 20 18
Sun Country 21 31
[16] 19
Air Transat 25 82
[17]
Vivaaerobus.com 27

16. Low-fare Airlines Target leisure travelers
Establish hubs at secondary airports
Fewer nonstop long flights
Many offer no meals or movies
Tend to use fewer aircraft models
Fares have fewer rules and restrictions