Air Transport in Tourism

  • Credits: 3
  • Ending: Examination
  • Range: 2C
  • Semester: summer
  • Year: 2
  • Faculty of Commerce

Teachers

Included in study programs

Business Activities in Tourism and Services

Teaching results

Knowledge
After completing the course Air Transport in Tourism, students will acquire an extensive set of knowledge needed to understand the importance of international passenger air transport in tourism with a focus on the synergy of key players in the industry.
Skills
Their skills will be reflected in the comprehensive ability to prepare an air transport product for the needs of tourism participants. By completing the course, students will also improve their skills in teamwork, critical thinking, creativity and problem solving in the field of air transport in tourism.
Competences
Based on the acquired knowledge, they will be competent to create air transport products, in terms of preparing charter flights for the needs of travel agencies, including the basic principles of creating flight schedules for air carriers. At the same time, students will be able to create individual tariff classes for both traditional and low-cost airlines.

Indicative content

The subject of air transport in tourism will deal with the participation of individual key entities necessary for the smooth provision of air transport in tourism. Emphasis will be placed on individual models of airlines, their different approach to the range of services provided to passengers included in the flight ticket price. It will also deal with the cooperation of travel agencies and airlines in order to carry out charter flights. In a broader context, the course will address the economic importance of international passenger air transport and will examine the various risks that affect international passenger air transport in the context of tourism. Emphasis will also be placed on various safety attributes in international passenger air transport.

Support literature

1. Butler, E. Extreme Air Sports. London: Capstone Global Library Limited, 2018, 32 p. ISBN 979-1-4747-4792-9
2. Frasch, A., 2020. Economic Impacts of Boeing Aircraft Groundings on Selected Subjects in Avation Industry. EDAMBA 2019: International Scientific Conference for Doctoral Students and Post-Doctoral Scholars, pp.101-111
3. Frasch, A., 2019. Low-Cost Airlines Versus Legacy Carriers. International Case Studies for Hospitality, Tourism and Event Management Students and Trainees, pp.74-79
4. Frasch, A. - Čukanová, M., 2021. Dôsledky pandémie COVID-19 na medzinárodnú osobnú leteckú dopravu v podmienkach Slovenskej republiky s dôrazom na aktuálne trendy. Aktuální trendy lázeňství, hotelnictví a turismu, pp.58-67
5. Frasch, A. - Kupčíková, M.. 2020. Komparácia ekonomických a prevádzkových ukazovateľov medzinárodných osobných leteckých dopravcov v rámci klasického a nízkonákladového obchodného modelu. Ekonomika cestovného ruchu a podnikanie: vedecký časopis Obchodnej fakulty Ekonomickej univerzity v Bratislave, 12(1), pp.23-38
6. Frasch, A. - Vagač, J., 2022. Vplyv pandémie COVID-19 na výkony v medzinárodnej osobnej leteckej doprave. Ekonomika cestovného ruchu a podnikanie: vedecký časopis Obchodnej fakulty Ekonomickej univerzity v Bratislave, 14(2), pp.27-37
7. Frasch, A. & Vagač, J., 2022. Zmeny spotrebiteľského správania cestujúcich v leteckej doprave ako dôsledok pôsobenia účinkov krízy pandémie COVID-19: Changes in the Consumer Behavior of Passengers in Air Transport as a Result of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic Crisis. Ekonomika cestovného ruchu a podnikanie: vedecký časopis Obchodnej fakulty Ekonomickej univerzity v Bratislave, 14(2), pp.38-45
8. Pruša, J. a kol. Svět letecké dopravy. Praha: Galileo Training, 2016, 650 s. ISBN 978-80-260-8309-2
9. Novacká, Ľ. & Frasch, A., 2019. Key Changes in Charter Air Transport on Slovak Market. Trends and Challenges in the European Business Environment: Trade, International Business and Tourism: Proceedings of the 6th International Scientific Conference, October 17 - 18, 2019 (Mojmírovce, Slovak Republic), pp.332-340
10. Novacká, Ľ. - Frasch, A., 2020. Krízy v cestovnom ruchu a ich konsekvencie v osobnej leteckej doprave. Súčasnosť cestovného ruchu v trajektórii budúcnosti, pp.57-89

Syllabus

1) The importance and position of international passenger air transport in the world 2) Importance and position of international passenger air transport in the conditions of the Slovak market 3) Risks and effect in international passenger air transport 4) Actors in international passenger air transport (airlines and their suppliers, airports and their suppliers, air traffic services, passengers) 5) Safety of passengers in air transport 6) Differentiation of air transport types (classic, low-cost, charter) 7) Classes of carriage of air carriers with a focus on a different air fares 8) The most important airlines on the international market 9) Additional services before boarding the aircraft, during the flight and after the landing 10) Transport valuables in air transport 11) Air transport in tourism. Cooperation between airlines and travel agencies 12) Cooperation of travel agencies and event agencies, airlines and airports. 13) Alternative forms of air transport in tourism.

Requirements to complete the course

70% oral exam, which will consist of the defense of a semester project
30% student activity during the semester (fulfillment of partial tasks, active participation of students in seminars)

Language whose command is required to complete the course

Knowledge of Slovak as well as English is required, as students will work with foreign web portals of air carriers during the semester.

Date of approval: 09.02.2023

Date of the latest change: 20.02.2024