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