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AIRCRAFTJet engines or propeller driven vehicles that

fly through the air.Divided into two types:

Carrier: commercial, carrying people or goods for profit

General Aviation: Non commercial, Recreational, private aircraft. 50% of all aircraft movement, though much less $$$

AIRCRAFTAirlines plan their routes for maximum

efficiency in two ways:Linear: Straight back and forth flightsHub-and-spoke: Home base airport

with many smaller airports around.

AIRCRAFTInternational aviation is more

complicated than domestic aviation because governments must negotiate the use of other country’s airspace.

Airlines need permission to fly over other countries, and if they don’t get it before they fly international arguments could arise, or they could get shot down.

AIRCRAFTLuckily, Air travel is so important to

everyone that international agreements have been worked out to give everyone certain rights.

We call these Freedoms of the Air (p132-133)

AIRCRAFTThese include ways in which people

are allowed to pass through another nation, land in another nation, and depart from another nation.

These don’t give you the right to do whatever you want. Instead, they are a frame-work that clearly lays out what is acceptable and what is not.

AIRCRAFTFreedom of the air recent example:Canada V. United Arab Emirates from

“It was only last October that Baird, as transport minister, advised Harper not to concede any additional Canadian landing rights to the United Arab Emirates’ two national air carriers. This had long been the offset that the UAE sought as compensation for the Canadian Forces using Camp Mirage in Dubai as the major logistic staging base for our operations in Afghanistan.

AIRCRAFTTo his credit, Defence Minister Peter MacKay

understood how vital Camp Mirage was to our military and he argued in favour of conceding the landing rights. Harper listened to Baird instead, and the rest is history.

After 10 years of rent-free lodging, the UAE gave us 30 days to pack up Mirage and vacate Dubai. As a war of words heated up in the Canadian media, the UAE also invoked a visa requirement on all Canadian visitors.

AIRCRAFTWhile the Canadian Forces have managed to

work miracles in order to relocate to temporary regional facilities and to maintain the mission support in Kandahar, the Mirage debacle has cost Canada untold millions of dollars in additional costs and lost trade.”

“Then there’s the one about Baird’s new job” The Chronicle Herald, 23 May, 2011: Scott Taylor.

AIRCRAFTThe air travel industry in Canada

has operated for a long time under a large crown corporation (Air Canada).

The mid 90s were rough on air travel and most of Air Canada has been sold to private investors.

AIRCRAFTOther smaller carriers, discount

carriers, and regional carriers have been able to break into the market to provide competition.

The industry is still highly regulated to ensure competition, as well as safety and efficiency.

AIRCRAFTAir travelers can often buy reduced

priced tickets if they are willing to accept various restrictions (lousy seats, must fly on a certain date, etc.)

Many career opportunities exist from flight crew (flight deck crew, cabin crew) as well as ground crew (reservations, passenger services, maintenance) and satellite industries (public shuttles, management positions, air traffic controllers, engineers, etc.)

SURFACE TRAVELConsists of anything that travels on

the ground. (railway industry, motorcoach industry, rental car industry, taxi cabs, limos, etc.)

Is not concerned with private transportation, like the cars we all own.

SURFACE TRAVELRailways used to be the biggest deal,

but were challenged by air-travel, private cars and busses in the first part of the 20th century.

For a long time after that, Railways were mostly a novelty, or a method of transporting goods and freight.

Currently staging a bit of a comeback.

SURFACE TRAVELRailways are much more important

and widely used outside of North America.

The Motor-coach (bus) industry first appeared in the early 20th century, and by the 1950s they were a common sight on highways all across North America

SURFACE TRAVELMotor Coach travel declined after

WWII because of the wide-spread, private ownership of cars.

Charters (trips hired by a group of travelers) and tours have become a major market for the Motor Coach industry.

SURFACE TRAVELRental car businesses boomed after

WWII and continues to be very important to the tourism industry today.

Rental car industry is closely related to the rise in air travel, as air passengers need to drive around once they reach their destination.

SURFACE TRAVELThis industry also includes mass

transit like busses and commuter trains that transport locals about their lives and provide a cheap and reliable form of transportation for tourists.

SURFACE TRAVELRailway Industry: Engineers and

conductors, dispatchers. Career opportunities are limited.

Motorcoach Industry: Bus drivers (intercity and local transit) dispatchers, sales and marketing, tour guides/planners and management positions al throughout.

SURFACE TRAVELRental Car Industry: Sales,

marketing, public relations, advertising, management, mechanics, detailing, customer service, etc

Mass Transit Industry: Taxis, Limos, busses, subways, monorails, dispatchers, clerical office work.

MARINE TRAVELScheduled passenger service by ship was

introduced in the early 19th century (1800-1899).

A major steamship line was founded by Sir Samuel Cunard of Halifax.

MARINE TRAVELMechanical improvements made

larger more luxurious ships possible by the early 20th Century (1900-1999)

The first half of the 20th century was a great age for ocean liners, despite high profile tragedies like the Titanic…

The Titanic sunk due to incompetence

…and the Lucitania

MARINE TRAVELThe jet age signaled a decline in

Ocean travel as it was no longer convenient; jets could get you across the ocean much faster.

The modern Cruise industry was then born in the early 1960s when the ship itself became the destination.

MARINE TRAVELA new generation of larger and more

fabulously ridiculous cruise ships began to appear in the late 1990s.

The industry could now provide a wider range of services, long or short cruises (a couple of days to a couple of months), special interest cruises (Disney), cruise/fly packages deals, etc.

MARINE TRAVELLarge luxurious cruise lines travel

through the Caribbean, Mediterranean, Mexican Riviera, Alaskan and Hawaiian areas to name a few.

MARINE TRAVELA cruise ship is basically a floating hotel

offering passengers all the same services a hotel would, with even more in the way of activities and entertainment.

The most desirable accommodations are on the outside with a view. Cheaper rooms are on the interior or lower to the water where the view is poor, or absent.

MARINE TRAVELCareer opportunities:On board: Ship’s crew (responsible

for the mechanical operation of the ship) and Hotel staff (responsible for attending to the guests)

Ashore: As always- sales and marketing, reservations, ticketing, accounting management, and every other office job you can think of.