Airline Operation and Procedures

1. AIRLINE OPERATIONS AND
PROCEDURES

2. Flight Itinerary Planning
 Is the process by which cities to be
visited are arranged in the desired
sequence to conform with the
passengers’ desired travel plans,
starting from the point of origin to the
destination or destinations to be visited
in the desired sequence.
Three basic rules:
1. Avoid crisscrossing
2. Avoid backtracking
3. Less carriers used, the better

3. TYPES OF FLIGHT
 Non-stop – a flight that operates
between two cities and does not make
any stops
 Direct – an flight that operates between
two cities and make a stop in one or
more cities.
 Connecting- a flight that operates
between two cities and makes a change
online or interline in one or more cities.
 Change of equipment/Gauge- a flight
that operates between two cities with a

4. Non-stop:
MNL HKG
Direct:
MNL HKG USA
(no change of plane)
Connecting:
MNL HKG USA
(change of plane)

5. ITINERARY ROUTE
 One-way flight itinerary – traveller goes
from Point A to Point B
 Round-trip flight – itinerary which is most
common, traveller flights from Point A to
Point B
 Open-jaw flight – itinerary where one flies
from Point A to Point B, then travels by
grounds or water transportation from B to C,
then returns by air from C to A (Multi-city)
 Circle flight – traveller has two or more
extended stop-over and return to the
originating city.

6. One-way : MNL SING
Round-trip: MNL SING
MNL
Open-jaw: INA
MSA
MNL
Circle: INA
MSA

7. 24-HOUR TIME AND TIME
ZONES
 24-HOUR SYSTEM
- Wherein hours are expressed in four
digits.
- Example:
1. 6:00 am is 0600H
2. 11:30am is 1130H
3. 1:00pm is 1300H
4. 6:30pm is 1830H

8. INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
ASSOCIATION (IATA)
 Composed of airline operators
attached to the national delegations of
the ICAO conference in Chicago,
established in 1945.
 Their objectives are to promote safe,
regular, and economical air transport,
faster air commerce, and study
problems connected with the industry.

9. INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT
ASSOCIATION (IATA)
 IATA serves as the agency through
which airlines seek jointly to solve
problems that cannot be solved
individually.
 It is involved in standardizing tickets,
prices, weight bills, baggage checks,
and other documents.
 Every member airline holds a single
vote and veto power.

10. INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION
ORGANIZATION (ICAO)
 An organization of around 134
governments established for the
purpose of promoting civil aviation on
a world-wide scale.