This course will provide you with a solid understanding of the key challenges and issues currently impacting and shaping the international air transport industry, and likely to do so in the foreseeable future.
Led by highly respected senior academics from one of the best aviation management faculties in the world, and supported by senior industry guest lecturers, this course provides an excellent grounding on the key issues facing the air transport industry as it moves beyond the pandemic environment and addresses challenges such as skills shortages, the transition towards sustainability, digital transformation and the strategies that provide profitability for a range of air transport industries.
At a glance
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- Dates
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- 24 - 28 Jun 2024
- DurationFive days
- LocationCranfield campus/Online
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Cost£2,050
Pg Award: £3,000 (UK students)/ £3,250 (overseas students)
The course fee includes refreshments and lunch during the day. Accommodation is not included and must be booked separately. Concessions available
Course structure
This five-day course is delivered face-to-face with the option to attend sessions live online (supporting material is provided asynchronously).What you will learn
On successful completion of this course you will be able to:
- Determine and assess the key contemporary challenges impacting the international air transport industry to establish importance and impact.
- Identify and analyse the key metrics that are related to the air transport industry.
- Assess and evaluate commercial relationship between airlines and airports.
- Develop key recommendations for air transport industry regarding feasible strategies for future sustainable growth and expanded global reach.
- Assess the future of air transport based on the likely future key challenges and issues air transport.
Core content
- Evolution of airline strategies
- Full Service Network Carriers and Low Cost Carriers
- Air cargo and integration
- Global airport business
- Airport-airline relationship
- Airport commercial revenues
- Performance metrics and success factors
- Global air network competition and development
- The impact of new technologies, products and services
- Air transport and the environment
- Sustainable growth in air transport industry
- Future air transport industry prospects
Upgrade to a professional qualification
This course can be taken as a Postgraduate (Pg) Award. To receive a Pg Award, you will need to complete an assessment at the end of the course.
This course is also a module on the Air Transport Management MSc (Executive).
Who should attend
This course is suitable for professionals in the air transport industry or those who want to move into this industry.Concessions
Group discount. Where three delegates or more are booking from within one site or one organisation, a discount of 10% will apply to the invoice for the course tuition fee. Accommodation fees are not included in the discount scheme. Please ask about our discount scheme at time of booking.
Accommodation options and prices
This is a non-residential course. If you would like to book accommodation on campus, please contact Mitchell Hall or Cranfield Management Development Centre directly. Further information regarding our accommodation on campus can be found here.
Alternatively you may wish to make your own arrangements at a nearby hotel.
Location and travel
Cranfield University is situated in Bedfordshire close to the border with Buckinghamshire. The University is located almost midway between the towns of Bedford and Milton Keynes and is conveniently situated between junctions 13 and 14 of the M1.
London Luton, Stansted and Heathrow airports are 30, 90 and 90 minutes respectively by car, offering superb connections to and from just about anywhere in the world.
For further location and travel detailsLocation address
Cranfield University
College Road
Cranfield
Bedford
MK43 0AL
How to apply
To apply for this course please use the online application form.
Read our Professional development (CPD) booking conditions.
