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Unit 1 The History of Flight 1

Text A The History of Flight 2

Text B The Wright Brothers 7

Unit 2 Air Transportation 13

Text A The Rise of Air Transportation 14

Text B The Basic Features of International Air Transportation 20

Unit 3 Airports 25

Text A Airfreight 26

Text B Airports Making More Money from Non-Aeronautical Sources 32

Unit 4 Ground Service 38

Text A MIA Mover Opens 39

Text B Eco-deco in the Air:Flying"Green" 45

Unit 5 Baggage System 52

Text A Governance Is the Key 53

Text B Better Baggage Performance 60

Unit 6 Aircraft MRO 65

Text A Characteristics of the MRO Market 66

Text B The Engineering Challenge for MRO 72

Unit 7 Air Navigation and Air Traffic Control 78

Text A Highways of the Sky 79

Text B Next Generation Air Transportation System 85

Unit 8 Flight Safety and Security 92

Text A Heightened Airport Insecurity 93

Text B Support Grows for Tiered Risk System at Airports 99

Unit 9 Competition Within and Without the Aviation Industry 104

Text A Flying off the Rail 105

Text B Asia Ambition 111

Unit 10 Future of the Aviation Industry 116

Text A Aviation Industry in the 21st Century 117

Text B Are Electric Planes the Future of Aviation? 123

Key 128

Glossary 146

References 157