Airport Customers

Hello,
Here is the topic for this week:

Who are the main customers of an airport and what facilities and services does an airport provide to meet their needs?

Don't forget to:

Write your answer in paragraphs.
Choose suitable vocabulary.
Give examples to support your main ideas.

Regards,
RV

Revision Week 2

Hello,
Thanks to all the students who prepared their presentations. It was very important that you got over any nervousness you might have had and I am confident that your next presentations will be even better. I am looking forward to seeing the other students' presentations on Sunday.

In the meantime, we have to get ready for the mini-quiz as well.
And these are the revision questions:

1. What is an airport?
2. In your opinion, what is the main role of an airport? Provide supporting information.
3. Name some of the facilities of an airport and provide a short definition for each one.
4. List some of the support services for the passengers and the airlines.
5. Define an airline, an-air-freight company, a low-cost carrier (LCC), a national flag carrier.
6. What is a hub airport?
7. Give some examples and write the IATA codes of:

• airlines in the Middle East and their primary hubs


• airlines in Europe and their primary hubs


• airlines in Asia and their primary hubs


• airlines in North America and their primary hubs

8. What organisations are ICAO and IATA?
Post your answers.
Enjoy your weekend!
Regards,
RV

The Busiest Passenger Airport In The World

Hello,

Today's lesson is about the busiest airport in the world - Hartsfield-Jackson Airport ATL.

The airport is located in the city of Atlanta, which is the capital city of a state in the US.

Q1. Which state is Atlanta located and can you find it on the map?

Q2. Check out the official website of the airport:

http://www.atlanta-airport.com/

what is their mission?

Q3. Look in ATL FactSheet and find the answers to:

a) How many runways does the airport have?

b) How many concourse buildings are there? Which ones are for domestic flights and which ones are for international flights?

c)How many gates in total are there?

d)How are passengers transported between concourses and gates?

e) What is the Sky Train?

f) How do you understand the word concessions? Give examples of different concessions.

g) How many parking positions for cargo aircraft are there?

h) How many people work at the airport?

i)How many consecutive years has Atlanta airport been announced the busiest passenger airport in the world?

j) How many international destinations does it serve?

k) How many domestic destinations does it serve?

l) How many passengers are processed every day?

m) What information is given about the control tower?

n) Look at the list of airlines. How many airlines are customers of this airport?

o) Can you find which airlines (United Airlines UA, American Airlines AA, Delta DL) use the airport as their main hub?

p) What kind of airline is UPS?

Q4. Would you like to work in an airport like Atlanta airport? Why/ Why not?

Write a short summary of the airport to support your choice.

Regards,

RV

Doha Airport Customer Satisfaction Survey

Hello,

Go to the link on this page and complete the survey about what you think of the services and facilities at Doha International Airport.
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/8G5F56F

Kind regards,
RV

Revision Week 1

Hello,

These are the questions that are important for you to be able to discuss. Write your answer for each one. Try to give good definitions, examples and expand on the topic with supporting information.

1. What is an airport?
2. What is a hub airport?
3. Kinds of airports.
4. Codes for airports and airlines.
5. What is an airline? Discuss also types of airlines.
6. What organisation is IATA?
7. What organisation is ICAO?
8. What is ICAO alphabet? Why is this kind of alphabet necessary? Give examples.

Thank you for your work this week. Have a nice weekend!

Regards,
RV

Airline Hubs

Hello,

Today we are going to research our first topic and discuss some key vocabulary.

Vocabulary Task

1. We start with the word airline HUB. Look at the image of Cathay Pacific route map.


Cathay Pacific CX uses Hong Kong airport HKG as its main hub. How do you understand the word hub?

2. Check the meaning of airline hub to clarify your ideas. You can use an online dictionary on the web.

3. This is a list of the first 11 words that you need to define. Write a short definition for each one.

Key words:

an airport
a hub
a passenger
international passengers
domestic passengers
a destination
an aircraft
a cargo plane
a low-cost carrier
a long-haul flight
a short-haul flight

Research Task

4. Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline_hubb
Find out which airports are used as main hubs for the airlines below. You need to find the airline code as well.

Airline Airline Code Main / Primary Hub

Qatar Airways
Emirates
Bahrain Air
Etihad

Royal Jordanian
Air India
KLM

Air France

American Airlines

Jazeera Airways

British Airways

Cathay Pacific

Air Arabia

Kingfisher Airlines

Asiana Airlines

Qantas

Enjoy the tasks.

Regards,
RV

Important Organisations

Hello,

These are the logos of the three organisations that are involved with civil aviation.







What are these organisations and what are they responsible for?

Check their websites and write a short answer about who they represent and what they are in charge of.
http://www.icao.int/icao/en/m_about.html
http://www.caa.gov.qa/english/index1.aspx
http://www.iata.org/Pages/default.aspx

Regards,
RV

Airport Codes

Hello,

Today we look at airport codes. Write a paragraph that answers the following questions:

What are airport codes?

Which organisation gives codes to airports?

Why are airport codes necessary?

Look at some examples of codes from the Emirates website.
http://www.emirates.com/qa/English/plan_book/essential_information/airports_worldwide/airports_listing.aspx
Give some examples of airports and their codes from each region, too.

Regards,
RV

Terms of Use

Dear Students,

Before we start taking an active part in our blog I’d like to ask you to consider the following rules of use of the blog. This will ensure the educational benefits of the blog and we’ll help us become better writers and bloggers.

1. Always treat people on the blog with respect. If you want to disagree with someone’s opinion, you can do that in a polite way and still state what you think. Never be offensive or disrespectful.

2. Don’t use Arabic on the blog. This blog is designed to help students improve their writing in English.

3. Never copy somebody else's answer and NEVER NEVER copy paste answers from the internet. You only sign under what is your work.

4. Check your post for spelling and grammar errors. Consider carefully the choice of words you use. If you need help, consult your teacher, a dictionary or the spell check on the computer.

5. Don’t be afraid of making mistakes. This is a learning process, we learn from mistakes, we can learn from other students on the blog, we can learn from each other.

6. Keep your posts related to the subjects we discuss in class. This means you shouldn’t discuss your plans for the weekend or any personal issues unrelated to the course or its objectives.

7. When you finish using the computers in the language lab at the end of the day, make sure that you have signed out, turn off the computers, leave your chair and the room in a tidy manner.

Please post a comment if you’d like to add any other ideas or comments on this post and state whether you agree with the terms of use.

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Welcoming Message

Dear students,

Welcome to AOM!

I am pleased to welcome you to our class blog - the online platform for exchanging ideas and gaining knowledge about the exciting world of aviation and airports.


I hope you enjoy the blog and find the blogging experience useful for your studies and for your job in the future.


Send a short post introducing yourself and tell us about your expectations from this course. Use the comment option below.

Regards,
RV