The document discusses the airline industry and provides information about major commercial airlines, aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus, airline codes, and classes of service. It lists the top 10 airlines in the world according to Skytrax rankings and provides tables of airline codes organized by region. Details are given about Boeing and Airbus aircraft models including capacity and year introduced. Business class and first class seating arrangements as well as fare basis codes indicating class of service are also outlined.

1. AIR INDUSTRY II
Airline Business
Prepared by: Arthur Digman II

2. OBJECTIVES
 Identify the airlines of the world.
 Identify types of the aircraft, aircraft manufacturing
companies.
 Identify the corresponding classes of service
available depending on capacity.

3. COMMERCIAL AIRLINES
 SKYTRAX - is a United Kingdom-based
consultancy (originally known as Inflight Research
Services), which runs an airline and airport review
and ranking site.

4. TOP 10 BEST AIRLINES IN THE WORLD (2013)
10. 5.
9. 4.
8. 3.
7. 2.
6. 1.

5. LIST OF AIRLINE IATA CODES
(CURRENT MEMBERS)
ASIA PACIFIC
AIR INDIA – AI JET AIRWAYS – 9W
AIR NEW ZEALAND –NZ KOREAN AIR - KE
AIR NIUGINI – PX MALAYSIA AIRLINES - MH
ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS – NH PAL – PR
ASIANA – OZ PIA - PK
BANGKOK AIR –PG QANTAS - QF
BIMAN – BG ROYAL BRUNEI -BI
GARUDA – GA SIA - SQ
FIJI AIRWAYS – FJ SILK AIR - MI
JAPAN AIRLINES – JL THAI AIRWAYS - TG
VIETNAM AIRLINES – VN SRILANKAN - UL

6. LIST OF AIRLINE IATA CODES
(CURRENT MEMBERS)
CHINA AND NORTH ASIA
AIR CHINA – CA AIR MACAU – NX
CATHAY PACIFIC – CX CHINA AIRLINES – CI
CHINA EASTERN – MU CHINA SOUTHERN – CZ
DRAGONAIR –KA EVA AIR –BR
HONG KONG AIRLINES –HX

7. LIST OF AIRLINE IATA CODES
(CURRENT MEMBERS)
RUSSIA
AEROFLOT –SU AIR ASTANA –KC
AIR MOLDOVA -9U AZERBAIJAN -J2
GEORGIAN AIRWAYS –A9 SIBERIA AIRLINES –S7
UKRAINE AIRWAYS -PS

8. LIST OF AIRLINE IATA CODES
(CURRENT MEMBERS)
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
AIR ARABIA –G9 EGYPTAIR –MS
EMIRATES –EK ETIHAD – EY
GULF AIR –GF IRAN AIR –IR
KISH AIR –Y9 KUWAIT AIRWAYS –KU
LIBYAN AIRLINES –LN MEA –ME
OMAN AIR –WY QATAR AIRWAYS –QR
ROYAL JORDANIAN –AT SAFI AIRWAYS -4Q
SAUDIA –SV SUDAN AIRWAYS –SD
SYRIANAIR- RB TUNISAIR- TU

9. LIST OF AIRLINE IATA CODES
(CURRENT MEMBERS)
AFRICA
AIR BOTSWANA –BP AIR MADAGASCAR –MD
AIR MAURITIUS –MK AIR NAMIBIA –SW
AIR SEYCHELLES –HM COMAIR- MN
ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES –ET KENYA AIRWAYS –KQ
SOUTH AFRICAN EXPRESS -XZ

10. LIST OF AIRLINE IATA CODES
(CURRENT MEMBERS)
EUROPE
ADRIA AIRWAYS –JP AEGEAN AIRLINES –A3
AER LINGUS –EI AIR BERLIN –AB
AIR CORSICA –XK AIR EUROPA –UX
AIR FRANCE – AF AIR MALTA –KM
ALITALIA – AZ AUSTRIAN –OS
BLUE1 –KF BM1 –BM
BRITISH AIRWAYS –BA BRUSSELS AIR –SN
BULGARIA AIR –FB CONDOR – DE
CROATIA AIRLINES –OU CYPRUS AIRWAYS –CY
CZECH AIRLINES –OK ESTONIAN AIR –OV
FINNAIR –AY IBERIA –IB
ICELANDAIR –FI KLM –KL
LUFTHANSA –LH SWISS –LX
TAP PORTUGAL –TP TAROM – RO
TURKISH AIRLINES –TK VIRGIN ATLANTIC -VS

11. LIST OF AIRLINE IATA CODES
(CURRENT MEMBERS)
NORTH AMERICA
AIR CANADA –AC ALASKA AIRLINES –AS
AMERICAN AIRLINES –AA DELTA AIRLINES –DL
FEDERAL EXPRESS –FX HAWAIIAN AIRLINES –HA
JETBLUE –B6 US AIRWAYS –US
UNITED AIRLINES –UA UPS AIRLINES -5X

12. LIST OF AIRLINE IATA CODES
(CURRENT MEMBERS)
SOUTH AMERICA
AERO REPUBLICA –P5 AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS –AR
AEROMEXICO –AM AVIANCA –AV
COPA AIRLINES –CM CUBANA –CU
LACSA –LR LAN AIRLINES –LA
TACA PERU –T0 TAM –PZ

13. MAJOR AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURERS
-Founded in 1916 by William E. Boeing.
-An American multinational aerospace and defense corporation.
-Merged with McDonnell Douglas in 1997.
- With a revenue of $81.70 billion (2012).
-Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, US.
- Delivered 601 commercial jets in 2012.

14. RECENT PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

15. COMMERCIAL PLANES
Aircraft Model Description Capacity Released
787 Twin-engine, twin aisle, wide body 210-330 DEC 2009
777 Twin-engine, twin aisle, medium to 301-550 JUN 1994
long rage, ultra long-range, large
wide body
767 Twin-engine, twin aisle, medium to 180-375 SEP 1981
long-range wide body
747 Four-engine, partial double deck, 467-605 FEB 1969
twin aisle main deck,medium to
long range wide body.
737 Twin-engine, single aisle, short to 85-215 APR 1967
medium range narrow-body

17. • An aircraft manufacturing and subsidiary of EADS; European
aerospace company.
• Headquartered in Toulouse, France.
• It began as consortium of aerospace manufacturers, Airbus Industrie.
• Has 63,000 employees at 16 sites in 4 European Union countries:
France, Germany, UK and Spain.
• Fabrice Bregier as the Chief Executive Officer, Gunter Butschek as the
Chief Operating Officer.
• Producer of the first viable commercial aircraft, A320; and the world’s
largest passenger airliner, A380.
• Has a revenue of 33.10 Billion Euro in 2011.

18. PRODUCT LIST AND DETAILS
AIRCRAFT DESCRIPTION CAPACITY RELEASED
A300 2 engines, twin aisle 361 1972
A310 2 engines, twin aisle,
modified A300
279 1982
A318 2 engines, twin aisle,
shortened 6.17 m from A320 117 2002
A319 2 engines, twin aisle,
shortened 3.77 m from A320 156 1995
A320 2 engines, twin aisle 180 1987
A321 2 engines, single aisle,
lengthened 6.94 m from A320 220 1993

19. PRODUCT LIST AND DETAILS
AIRCRAFT DESCRIPTION CAPACITY RELEASED
A330 2 engines, twin aisle 440 1992
A340 4 engines, twin aisle,
modified A300
440 1991
A350 2 engines, twin aisle 550 2013
A380 4 engines, twin aisle, double
deck 853 2005

21. CLASSES OF SERVICE

22. CLASSES OF SERVICE
A Travel Class is a quality of accommodation on public transport.
The accommodation could be a seat or a cabin for example.
Higher travel classes are designed to be more comfortable and are
typically more expensive.
• The business class and the first class are sure to get
executive lounges and mileage bonuses.
• The seats would be wide and flat bed type and would be within
plastic shells. This would ensure more space and privacy.
• The quality of the food had been improved with celebrity chefs
creating the menu.

23. CLASSES OF SERVICE
SQ BUSINESS CLASS SQ FIRST CLASS

24. CLASSES OF SERVICE CODES
• A fare basis code or FBC specifies the rules of an airline's fare.
• Fare codes starts with a single letter, called a booking code, representing
the type of ticket and fare, followed by optional letters and digits,
representing a specific set of fare rules, for instance how many days in
advance the ticket needs to be booked, corporate discounts, or other
special promotional elements.
• F for first class
• J for business class
• Y for economy class
• R, A, D, I, Z usually refer to special types of premium class tickets
• W, T usually refer for premium economy class
• B, H, K, L, M, N, Q, T, V, X generally to various types of discounted or
restricted economy class tickets.

25. CLASSES OF SERVICE CODES

26. CLASSES OF SERVICE CODES