Air Transportation

1. AIRLINES

2.  An airline is a company that provides air transport
services for traveling passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own
their aircraft with which to supply these services and may
form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit.
Generally, airline companies are recognized with an air operating
certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body.
 Airlines vary from those with a single aircraft carrying mail or cargo,
through full-service international airlines operating hundreds of
aircraft. Airline services can be categorized as being
intercontinental, domestic, regional, or international, and may be
operated as scheduled services or charters.

3.  HISTORY
 The first airlines
 DELAG, Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft was the world's
first airline. It was founded on November 16, 1909 with government
assistance, and operated airships manufactured by The Zeppelin
Corporation. Its headquarters were in Frankfurt. The first fixed wing
scheduled air service was started on January 1, 1914 from St.
Petersburg, Florida to Tampa, Florida. The four oldest non-dirigible
airlines that still exist are Netherlands' KLM, Colombia's Avianca,
Australia's Qantas, and the Czech Republic's Czech Airlines. KLM first
flew in May 1920, while Qantas (which stands for Queensland and
Northern Territory Aerial Services Limited) was founded in
Queensland, Australia, in late 1920.

12. SECONDARY AIRLINES

16. REGIONAL AIRLINES

17.  CEB is the first local airline to introduce e-ticketing, prepaid excess
baggage and seat selection in the Philippines. Guests have also learned to
anticipate a uniquely upbeat flying experience with CEB, as this is the only
domestic carrier that offers fun in the skies with its games on board
popularly known as Fun Flights.

18. LOW FARE
 CEBGO, formerly known as SEAir, South East Asian Airlines and Tigerair
Philippines, is a low-cost airline headquartered in Manila, Philippines. It was
acquired by Cebu Pacific last March 2014.
 Cebgo operates flights out of Manila and out of Clark from Clark
International Airport. Always check your ticket/boarding pass for your
updated airport information as airlines do change terminals. Starting August
15 2015, all Cebu Pacific flights that use turbo-prop or ATR aircraft, such as
those from Manila to Caticlan, Busuanga, Laoag and Naga will be
operating out of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal
4.Cebgo (formerly TigerairPhilippines) flights will operate out of NAIA
Terminal 3. Cebgo currently flies to 16 destinations: Bacolod, Butuan,
Cagayan de Oro, Clark, Cebu, Davao, General Santos, Iloilo, Kalibo,
Legazpi, Manila, Roxas, Puerto Princesa, Tacloban, Tagbilaran, and Hong
Kong.

19. Airline personnel
 Flight crew - responsible for the operation of the aircraft. Flight crew members
include:
 Pilots (Captain and First Officer: some older aircraft also required a Flight Engineer and
or a Navigator)
 Flight attendants, (led by a purser on larger aircraft)
 In-flight security personnel on some airlines (most notably El Al)
 Groundcrew,- responsible for operations at airports. Ground crew members
include:
 Aerospace and avionics engineers - responsible for certifying the aircraft for flight and
management of aircraft maintenance
 Aerospace engineers - responsible for airframe, powerplant and electrical systems
maintenance
 Avionics engineers - responsible for avionics and instruments maintenance
 Airframe and powerplant technicians

20.  Call signs (flight identification or flight ID)[edit] Most airlines employ a call
sign that is normally spoken during airband radio transmissions. As by ICAO
Annex 10 chapter 5.2.1.7.2.1 a call sign shall be one of the following types:
 Type A: the characters corresponding to the registration marking of the
aircraft.
 Type B: the telephony designator of the aircraft operating agency, followed
by the last four characters of the registration marking of the aircraft.
 Type C: the telephony designator of the aircraft operating agency, followed
by the flight identification.

21.  Electric System technicians, responsible for maintenance of electrical systems
 Avionics technicians, responsible for maintenance of avionics
 Flight dispatchers - assists in planning flight paths, taking into account wind direction and speed,
weather, storms, aircraft performance and loading, landing conditions at destination or alter airports, and
other conditions.
 Baggage handlers - is a person who loads and unloads baggage (suitcases or luggage), and
other cargo(airfreight, mail, counter-to-counter packages) for transport via aircraft.
 Ramp Agents - Responsible for the safe calculation of aircraft weight and balance, using fuel amounts,
baggage counts, and passenger weights
 Remote centralized weight and balancing[52]
 Gate agents - making boarding announcements, assigning seats, handling standby passengers, monitoring
jet way doors during boarding and disembarkation, and assisting in customer service duties.
 Ticket agents - They assist passengers with tagging luggage and baggage check in, ticketing, makes and/or
changes reservations, seat assignment, answers inquiries about flight schedules and fares, verifies reservations by
phone, figures fares and handles payments. The ticket agent also provides directions to departure gates.

22.  Passenger service agents (such as airline lounge employees)
 Reservation agents, usually (but not always) at facilities outside the airport.
 Crew schedulers Compiles duty rosters of flight crews and maintains records of
crewmembers' flying time for scheduled airline flights: Prepares flight register
which crewmembers sign to indicate their preference and availability for flights
and time they wish to be called prior to each flight.