Unit2. Airport design

B. IATA APPROVED INSTRUCTOR PROGRAMME

A. INTERNATIONAL AIR LAW

TEXT 9.

The Chicago Convention and its annexes are but one aspect of a pyramid of international air law which will affect your airline.

This course provides an opportunity to become familiar with the system of international air law and the implications it has for the various facets of international airline operations.

CONTENT

- How the system of International Air Law has developed and how it applies to international airline operations.

- The significance of the Chicago Convention and its annexes for airline operations. Bilateral Air Transport Agreements and modem regulatory trends.

- Airline liability arising from the Warsaw Convention of 1929 and related

instruments. How the liability system has been modernized and the impact of national legislation on Air Transport liability.

- How IATA's conditions of carriage for passengers and cargo evolved and how they have been modernized. The influence of IATA Multilateral Traffic Interline Agreements.

- An overview of Airline Contract Law as it relates to aircraft purchase, aircraft finance and various aircraft lease arrangements.

- The legal framework governing aircraft security, interception of aircraft andair piracy.

- How arbitration is used to settle aviation disputes.

The IATA Approved Instructor Programme provides airlines with an opportunity to have their instructors trained to an industry standard, so that they can train people in their own airline.

Airlines can use this programme to become self-sufficient in the provision of training courses in Airport Passenger Services, Cargo Skills and Procedu­ res, Advanced Cargo, Cargo Proration, Dangerous Goods Regulations, InterlineAccounting and Control, Passenger Fares and Ticketing, Advanced Passe nger Fares and Ticketing, Passenger Proration, Ramp Safety, Sales Accounti ng and Control, Cargo Interline Accounting and Control and Customer Services.

UNDERSTANDING CHECK

Answer: What are the activities of international organizations of civil aviation in: a) the field of international air law; b) specialists training programmers.

SUBTOPICS FOR REVISION

1. The role of air transport in general economic and social development.

2. The structure and objectives of ICAO.

3. The organization and objectives of IATA.

PRE-TEXT ASSIGNMENT

Try to speak on an airport design using the schemes below.

The airport consists of the landing area and the terminal area. The landing area may also be called «the flying field». These are the main elements of airport design:

AIRPORT

LANDING AREA OR FLYING FIELD TERMINAL AREA

(figure 1)

The terminal building is a part of the terminal area Examine the scheme showing principal installations of the terminal area of any airport:

TERMINAL AREA

Passenger	Cargo	Fuel & Oil	Apron	Maintenan-	Airport	Vehicle
Terminal	Building	Supply		ce Hanger	Control	parking
Building	or Terminal	Department		(Docks or	Tower	area
		(or Tank Farm)		Shop)

(figure 2)

When you arrive at any airport first of all you enter the terminal building as it provides space for airlines operation, for passengers, for airport authorities, etc. for the conveniences.

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