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Course Code
AAE1BN01V
Course Name
Introduction to Aviation Industry
Department
aae
School ID
polyu
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering
Credits
3 credits
Level
1 Pre-requisite/ Co-requisite/
课程简介
/ Indicative Syllabus 1. The airline industry today - Social and economic impact of air transport - The role of Air Traffic Control System (ATCS) and, from the practical perspective, the selection and implementation of the ATCS to cope with air traffic expansion as well as all challenges encountered - Hub and spoke concept - Aviation business models: premium/legacy carriers and low-cost carriers (LCC) and the pros and cons of each model - Benefits provided to the consumers by each of the models - Crisis management 2. Airline Fleet Selection/Fleet Planning - Short range - Medium range - Long range - New aircraft vs Used aircraft - Acquisition vs Leasing - Impact to environment 3. Airline economics - Airline costs: directing operating cost (DOC) and indirect operating cost (IOC) - Productivity measurements: Load Factor/Breakeven load factor Available Seat Kilometres (ASK) Yield Revenue Passenger Kilometres (RPK) Cost per Available Seat Kilometres (CASK) Revenue per Available Seat Kilometres (RASK) - Fuel and currency hedging 4. Major stakeholders responsible for air safety - International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) - Authority (including FAA, EASA, Hong Kong Airport Authority, Civil Aviation Department, Hong Kong Flight Information Region (HKFIR) and its relationship with other neighouring FIRs etc.) - International Air Transport Association (IATA) - Airlines - Suppliers/ Maintenance Repair Organisations - Other peripheral aviation organizations: ramp services, etc 5. Basic aerodynamics/fluid mechanics - Fluid statics/dynamics: fluid pressure, pressure-height relation, buoyancy, properties of fluids, streamlines, viscosity, effects of compressibility on fluids, specific gravity and density - Heat transfer: convection, radiation and conduction - Relationship between lift, weight, thrust and drag; - Generation of lift; Bernoulli’s Theorem and venturi effect - Operation and effect of: -- 2 of 6 -- 3 roll control: ailerons and spoilers; pitch control: elevators, stabilators and variable incidence stabilisers; yaw control, rudder limiters; - High lift devices, slots, slats, flaps, flaperons; - Drag inducing devices, spoilers, lift dumpers, speed brakes; 6. Flight Simulator experience or local industrial visits
目标
This subject aims to provide: • a basic understanding of the impact of air transport to global economy and the environment; • a basic understanding of international air laws: • a fundamental concept of airline economics as well as fleet selection criteria; • an opportunity to learn the basic principles of flight, basic fluid statics and dynamics, and their application in actual flying; and • an opportunity to fulfil English Reading and English Writing requirements.
先修要求
/ Co-requisite/ Exclusion Exclusion: AAE1BN01 Introduction to Aviation Industry Notes This is a non-local CAR subject with a compulsory outbound study trip. An outbound activity fee is required to be settled right after the Subject Registration Period. There is no Add/Drop Period for this non-local subject due to study trip arrangements. Upon confirmation of eligibility to graduate or leaving the University, registration on subjects in the following semester/Summer Term will be nullified and removed.
Teaching Pattern
Methodology 1. Lectures This is an introductory course aiming at arousing students’ interest in and awareness of the complex yet challenging aviation industry and the impact the latter may bring to the society at large. Counter-measures adopted by the airlines to minimize the impact will also be discussed. Due to the fact that this is an introductory course, it is therefore not the intention of the subject to set any pre-requisite for this course. In addition to the traditional classroom lectures, mini project and small- group discussions will be used whenever applicable. 2. Guest lectures Guest lecturers who are current practitioners in the aviation industry, e.g. flight dispatchers, engineers, pilots etc., may be invited to give joint lectures/seminars, with the subject teachers. 3. Flight Simulator experience or local industrial visits Depending on the availability, one of the teaching-outside-of- classroom will be arranged. In order to enable the students to appreciate some of the theories learned in class, the students, who will be formed in small groups, will be provided with an opportunity to experience flying in an A320 simulator. A flight simulator demonstration by experienced flight training instructors and/or active/retired commercial jet pilots on Airbus A320 fixed based flight simulator and students can observe and understand the cockpit environments and flight operations in the real-world. The subject lecturers may arrange several industrial visits, including HKCAD visit, training center industrial visit and/or hangar visits, and these visits aim to enhance students’ first-hand information and industrial practices in real-life settings in the aviation industry. 4. Oversea or Mainland educational tours (for non-local CAR subject offering semester only and at least 7 days of non- local learning activities) To enhance students’ learning opportunities outside of Hong Kong SAR, the subject may offer in non-local CAR subject mode and -- 3 of 6 -- 4 oversea (Southeast Asia regions)-/mainland (Greater Bay Area)- educational tours are essential components of the intended learning outcomes. The educational tour takes place in oversea or mainland, and students will have a chance to participate in industrial visits in airlines and maintenance, repair and overhaul companies, aviation related exhibition, air force/aviation museums and laboratories in the top-class Universities. Students participated in non-local CAR subject must attend the educational tours, unless having medical reasons or unforeseeable circumstances, and students must well inform the situation to the subject lecturers before or on the start date of the educational tours. Students may wish to refer to the course arrangement available on eStudent before subject registration. For the guideline of funding and operational model for non-local CAR subjects, students may wish to refer to the website of Office of Undergraduate Studies (OUS).