TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION

- The act of being transported from one place to the other.

- It is very much part of a tourist’s experience.

Four modes of transportation:

RoadRailWaterAir

Road Transport

Cars and Coaches dominate this mode of transportation. Cars provide tourists with door-to-door flexibility, views of landscape and an easier means of transporting recreational equipment.

Car

The car rental industry has also emerged over the years because of the advantages of travelling by car.

Coaches

Coaches usually used or group tours, transport tourist from the airport and for their tour of the city.

Rail Transport

Trains provide people with a more

leisurely sightseeing of the

landscape as they are brought

from one destination to another.

Orient Express Trans-Siberian Railway

Water Transport

Line voyage services, cruise ships, ferries and inland water transport make up the range of water transportation that tourists can choose from.

Line Voyages

Line voyage services offer passenger transport on a port-to-port basis.

Cruise

Cruising has been seen as a leisure activity than a mode of sea transportation. Tourists were attracted by its leisure and entertainment facilities as well as the excursion at the ports.

Residensea's The World

The only condo cruise ship in operation today

Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' Freedom of the Seas

Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Splendor

Ferries

Ferries are used to transport passengers to a destination, between destinations, or as a means of sightseeing within a destination.

Air Transport

Among the modes of transportation, air transport has contributed greatly to the growth and development of the tourism industry worldwide.

Air Transport

Schedules airlines, also referred to as commercial airlines, operate on agreed and published schedules between two city destinations. These airlines fly passengers to defined domestic or international routes where they are given license by government and other authorities involved.

Top 10 airlines worldwide, 2006

1. British Airways

2. Qantas Airways

3. Cathay Pacific

4. Thai Airways

5. Emirates

6. Qatar Airways

Top 10 airlines worldwide, 2006

7. Singapore Airways

8. AnA

9. Malaysia Airlines

10. China Airlines

British Airways

Qantas Airways

Cathay Pacific

Aviation

Aviation is the broad term used to describe the industry that builds and flies aircraft.

It is usually subdivided into :• Military Aviation• Civil Aviation

Military Aviation

Aircraft flown by a nation’s air force and other branches of its military.

Civil Aviation

The industry that flies the public from place to place.

Domestic Service

A flight must start and end within the borders of the same country.

International Service

The flight starts in one country and ends in another.

Abbreviations use in ticketing:

FAA- The Federal Aviation AdministrationATA- the Air Transport AssociationARC- The Airlines Reporting CorporationIATA- The International Air Transport

AssociationIATAN- The International Airlines Travel

Agent NetworkTSA- The Transportation Security

Administration

Flight types:

Nonstop FlightDirect FlightConnecting Flight

Itinerary route:

• One-way flight itinerary- means that the traveler just goes from Point A to Point B.

• Round-trip flight itinerary- The traveler flies from Point A to Point B, stays awhile, and then returns from B to A.

Itinerary route:

Open-jaw flight itinerary- is one where the traveler flies from Point A to Point B, then travels by ground transportation (e.g. car rental or rail) from B to C, then returns by air from C to A.

Itinerary route:

Circle flight itinerary- is one where the traveler has two or more extended stopovers and returns to the originating city.

Classes of Service

First class – is located in the compartment at the front of the plane and is a luxury travel class. It refers to a limited number

(rarely more than 16) of seats or cabins located in the front of the aircraft which are notable for their comfort, service and privacy.

Coach class – also called as economy class. It is the lowest class of seating. Although it can have limited legroom and amenities, it is favored by many travelers as it offers the cheapest seats.

Business class – also known as executive class or upper class. Its level of accommodation is higher than economy

class and domestic first class but lower than international first class.

First Class

Business Class

Economy Class

Narrow vs. Wide

List of some of the most common models of jets in use today.

Wide-Body Jets Narrow-Body Jets

Boeing 747 Boeing Super 80

Boeing 767 Boeing 717

Boeing 777 Boeing 727

Airbus A300 Boeing 757

Airbus A330 McDonnell-Douglas DC-9

Airbus A340 McDonnell-Douglas MD-80

McDonnell-Douglas Airbus A320

Seating chart for Boeing 747 Seating chart for airbus A318

Boeing 747 Airbus A319