Air traffic management

Air traffic management (also: Aviation Management) refers to the management tasks in business, association and local authority organizations that market services for potential customers of air traffic services or general products in connection with air traffic .

definition

According to Hans Ulrich's definition , management is understood to be the design and control of purpose-oriented social systems. Air transport can also be understood as such a system that is in close mutual exchange relationships with the market and social sub-publics. The air traffic management is concerned with a. With

• the improvement of concepts and business models
• the development of new earnings models and earnings management
• the inclusion of new means / channels of communication in the company
• the development of new products / product differentiation
• Strategies for developing new markets

Air traffic management is mainly used in four areas:

• In the economic and operational management of commercial airlines ( Deutsche Lufthansa AG , Emirates , Qatar Airways , Etihad Airways , Singapore Airlines , German Wings , Air Berlin , etc.)
• In the economic and operational steering of commercial airports ( Cologne / Bonn airport , Frankfurt Airport , Dusseldorf Airport , Munich Airport , etc.)
• In the economic and operational management of commercial handling companies and ground service providers in the aviation sector ( AHS Aviation Handling Services GmbH , Swissport International AG , Fraport AG , LSG Sky Chefs , Gategroup Holding AG , etc.)
• In advisory and regulatory functions of public institutions ( Lufthansa Consulting , IATA Aviation Consulting , P3 Group , M2P Consulting GmbH etc.)

Air traffic management combines three different "lessons" in a special way: general business administration , general management theory and industry-specific know-how on the subject of air traffic. Numerous concepts of general management theory are transferred to aviation. Air traffic management is a special management theory that deals with the particularities of the individual companies participating and practicing in and in air traffic as well as the management of these operations.

Colleges

In Germany there are only five universities that offer courses in air traffic management. Mostly these are business studies with the aim of placing the later graduates in specialist and management positions with air transport service providers.

When the IUBH - School of Business and Management began operating in March 2001, it was the first German university to offer courses in this specific management orientation.

• International Bad Honnef University • Bonn - School of Business and Management
• University of Worms
• Danube University Krems
• FH Frankfurt am Main (dual study)
• EBS University of Economics and Law - Oestrich-Winkel

Web links

• Studying Aviation Management

literature

• A. Wald, C. Fay, R. Gleich (Ed.): Aviation management - current challenges and trends. Volume 1, LIT-Verlag, Münster 2007, ISBN 978-3-8258-0887-7 .
• Andreas Wald, Christoph Fay, Ronald Gleich (Eds.): Introduction to Aviation Management. Vol. 3, LIT-Verlag, Münster 2010, ISBN 978-3-643-10626-1 .
• Triant G. Flouris, Saron L. Oswald: Designing and Executing Strategy in Aviation Management. Ashgate Pub Co, England 2006, ISBN 0-7546-3618-6 .
• Hans Ulrich: System-oriented management: the work of Hans Ulrich. Edition for students. Haupt, Bern 2001, ISBN 3-258-06359-1 .