Principles and Models in Air Transport Economics

Course guarantor:

Lecturer:

Peter Vittek

Tutor:

Peter Vittek

Supervisor:

Department of Air Transport

Synopsis:

The course contains the most important and typical models on which the economics of air transport is based. It covers the principles of regulation, airline infrastructure models, market structure, analyses airline costs, and looks in detail at the low-cost and charter airline model. It also focuses on airline alliances, air cargo, airline strategies and the economic principles of safety and security.

Requirements:

none

Syllabus of lectures:

Syllabus of tutorials:

Study Objective:

The aim is to provide a good analysis and understanding of the most important principles and model of air transport economics on which the operation of business entities in air transport is based. Students will understand these principles and be able to apply them in practice.

Study materials:

Doganis, R. Flying off Course: Airline Economics and Marketing. Routledge, 2019

Vasigh, et. al. Introduction To Air Transport Economics: From Theory To Applications. Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2013

Holloway, S. Straight and Level: Practical Airline Economics. Ashgate Publishing Limited, 2008

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2024/2025:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	roomHO:B-102 Vittek P. 11:30–13:00 (parallel nr.185) Horská 3 (nová budova)
Tue	roomHO:B-303 Vittek P. 09:45–13:00 (lecture parallel185) Horská 3 (nová budova)
Wed
Thu
Fri	roomHO:B-116 Vittek P. 08:00–09:30 (parallel nr.192) Horská 3 (nová budova) roomHO:B-116 Vittek P. 11:30–13:00 (parallel nr.192) Horská 3 (nová budova) roomHO:B-116 Vittek P. 13:15–14:45 (parallel nr.192) Horská 3 (nová budova) roomHO:B-116 Vittek P. 09:45–11:15 (parallel nr.192) Horská 3 (nová budova) roomHO:B-116 Vittek P. 11:30–13:00 (parallel nr.192) Horská 3 (nová budova) roomHO:B-116 Vittek P. 13:15–14:45 (parallel nr.192) Horská 3 (nová budova) roomHO:B-116 Vittek P. 11:30–13:00 (parallel nr.192) Horská 3 (nová budova) roomHO:B-116 Vittek P. 13:15–14:45 (parallel nr.192) Horská 3 (nová budova)

Time-table for summer semester 2024/2025:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• PL nav.prez.22/23 (pro program PL) (compulsory course)
• PL nav.kombi 22/23 (pro program PL) (compulsory course)
• PL nav.prez.23/24 (pro program PL) (compulsory course)
• PL nav.kombi 23/24 (pro program PL) (compulsory course)
• PL nav.prez.24/25 (pro program PL) (compulsory course)
• PL nav.kombi 24/25 (pro program PL) (compulsory course)