As every one knows, there are airlines, and airlines. The worst of them offer cramped seats with virtually no leg room, poor service and really bad food that can be compared to plastic, while the best airlines offer excellent seats even in the economy classes, cheerful and accommodating hosts, and delicious hot meals. Even though individual fights have differing comfort levels and services, there are several airline companies, which have the stamp of quality in their in-flight experiences and do provide comfortable seating and impeccable service. Asiana Airlines (www. flyasiana. com) Asiana Airlines have won numerous accolades in the recent years. The Seoul based Airlines have been voted by passengers and experts alike for their excellent quality flight experience and faultless service. In  [...] 

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San Francisco International Airport is a key international airport in the city of San Francisco, California. Many people use the abbreviation S F O while referring to the airport. San Francisco International Airport hosts flights to destinations all over North America, Europe, Asia and Australasia. It is the second busiest airport in California after Los Angeles International Airport. SFO is the tenth busiest in the United states, and is the twelfth largest airport in the world. San Francisco International Airport is used as a chief hub, or transfer point for passengers by United Airlines and is its only maintenance hub. Virgin America uses the airport as its main center of operations. SFO is also a transfer point (focus city) for Alaska Airlines. LOCATION San Francisco International Airport  [...] 

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Bengaluru (previously known as Bangalore) is known as the Silicon Valley of India. The city is home base to a large number of I T companies. The developed infrastructure and good facilities have made Bengaluru a top favorite. Bengaluru International Airport serves the city of Bengaluru. The Airport started handling passengers on 23 May 2008, and replaced the old HAL Bangalore International Airport. Expected to be handling upto 17 million passengers by 2015, Bengaluru International Airport is the fourth busiest airport in India. In the year 2009, the airport handled about 9.3 million passengers. 10 domestic airlines and 19 international airlines ply in the Bengaluru International Airport. In 2007, a World Airport Traffic report placed Bengaluru Airport in the fourth position in a list of fastest  [...] 

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The Haneda Airport is located in Ota, Tokyo. This along with Narita Airport, serves the area around Greater Tokyo. The official name of Haneda Airport is Tokyo International Airport. At first, Haneda was the only airport for the region. Due to over crowding of passengers the Narita International Airport was established. With the introduction of Narita International airport, the heavy traffic was distributed more evenly. Nearly all of the domestic traffic to and from Tokyo is handled by Haneda along with some amount of international traffic. The authorities in Japan have a plan to increase Haneda’s international air traffic with the introduction of more regional flights and of peak charter services. Already scheduled charter flights are operating to Seoul (S. Korea, Shanghai (P. R. C.) and  [...] 

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Kochi is a city located in the south western coast line of India in the state of Kerala. The colonial name of Kochi was Cochin, and this name is still in use by a majority of the people. The city has a significant place in terms of strategic importance and is referred to as ‘Queen of the Arabian Sea’ Cochin International Airport Also known as Nedumbassery Airport, Cochin International Airport is located at Nedumbassery, near Kochi. It is the fourth busiest airport in India in number of international passengers and the busiest airport in Kerala for both domestic and international flights. The Airport is the first international Airport in India which is incorporated as a public limited company. It has been a joint venture and people from various walks of life have helped in the establishment.  [...] 

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The 9/11 events have been a wake up call to governments all around the world. Till then, security measures at airports were seen as adequate. But reality has proven them wrong, and airports all over the world have been beefing up their security measures. Airports have always been a target for terrorists and other criminals. Due to the sheer large number of people that go through airports everyday, coupled with the possibilities with a hijacked air craft, terrorists are attracted to use airports as their home base. What is Airport security? The procedures used to prevent crime in airports and airplanes are collectively known as airport security. The main aims of airport security are prevention of attacks on airports and airplanes, prevention of dangerous materials being carried into airports  [...] 

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Airports have been in the recent news for the wrong reasons. Many runway accidents have occurred, the Mangalore airport one most recent. How safe are our runways? What makes airports potentially unsafe? The Main issue connected with airport safety is the runway length. Many airports in India and other parts of Asia do not meet the required runway length of 9000 feet, which is the safety norm. Infrastructure has not developed in comparison to air traffic in most airports. In addition to this, experienced pilots are considerably less in number, considering the number of “tricky” airports. There are many airports that are in the special criteria as many difficulties are encountered in landing and taking off from these airports due to geographical situations. Let us have a look at five Asian  [...] 

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Gradually over the years, “the changes in ownership of Australian airports have been very significant. In the first instance, the Australian government developed responsibility of aerodromes and civil airports through the Aerodrome Local Ownership Plan. In the last few years , the aviation industry has witnessed an “unprecendented growth, and the key driver for this has been the strong global and local economies”. It is not known if the industry would continue to grow in the same pace during the time of “anticipated financial and oil crisis and the most recent the influenza outbreaks”. Out of all these, the only factor which is certain is that the airport operators and owners will be continue to face the “ever demanding environments in which they are doing their business”. In  [...] 

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Flight timings aren’t the only thing which is padded by the airline industry. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) said that the global airline industry would not be able to make enough profits following the financial crisis. But the crisis did not make any difference to the profits made by the airline industry. According to a recent announcement made by the IATA, the airline industry made an aggregate profit of $2.5 billion. The demand for seats is on the rise and people are traveling a lot these days. According to a report by the USA Today, Giovanni Bisignani, “The global economy is recovering from the depths of the financial crisis much more quickly than could have been anticipated”. In the year 2009, marked the downfall of the global airline industry and suffered an  [...] 

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It is believed that the aviation industry has been extremely slow when risks related to ground operations had to be realized. “While most occurrences on airport aprons and taxiways do not have consequences in terms of loss of life, they are often associated with aircarft damage, delays to passengers and avoidable financial costs to industry”. The main focus of this report is to analyse and examine the ground occurrences which involve high capacity aircraft operations. There have been many incidences when because of a failure in proper ground operation duty an entire lapse has taken place. The results are at times absolutely not known. The Australian Transport Safety Bureau have taken several measures to take control and find out about the occurrences. But unfortunately, they have not been  [...] 

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