AIR TRANSPORTATION AND AIRCRAFT L T P C

15AS212E
MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT 3 0 0 3
Co-requisite: NIL
Prerequisite: NIL
Data Book /
NIL
Codes/Standards
Course Category P Professional Elective
Course designed by Department of Aerospace Engineering
Approval 31st Academic Council Meeting -2016

PURPOSE To familiarize the students with the knowledge about air transportation, its economic
principles and scheduling and monitoring of aircraft maintenance.
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES STUDENT
OUTCOMES
At the end of the course, student will be able to
1. To understand the organization details in air-transportation c f h
2. To study the principles of airline scheduling c f h
3. To understand the airline maintenance schedule and monitoring c f h

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Session Description of Topic Contact D-
IOs Reference
hours I-
O
9
UNIT I: INTRODUCTION

1. Development Of Air Transportation 1 C 1

Comparison Of Air Transportation With Other Modes Of

2. 1 C 1
Transport
International Aviation Associations
3. 1 C 1
ICAO, IATA
4. Factors Affecting General Aviation Industry 1 C 1
Airline Management-Levels-Functions-Principle Of
5. 1 C 1
Organisation Planning

6. The Organisational Chart 1 C 1

7. Line Management 1 C 1

8. Staff Management 1 C 1

9. Tutorial 1 C 1

UNIT II : AIRLINE ECONOMICS 9

10. Forecasting
1 C 1

11. Fleet Planning, Aircraft Selection Process

1 C 1
12. Operating Cost, Passenger Capacity, Load Factor Etc.
1 C 1
Passenger Fare And Tariffs
Influence Of Geographical, Economic And Political Factors
13. 1 C 1
On Routes And Route Selection
14. Fleet Planning, Fleet Commonality, Factors Affecting Choice
1 C 1
Of Fleet.
15. Valuation And Depreciation - 1 C 1
16. Budgeting, Cost Planning 1 C 1
17. Aircrew Evaluation - Route Analysis - Aircraft Evaluation 1 C 1
18. Tutorial 1 C 1

UNIT III : PRINCIPLES OF AIRLINE SCHEDULING 9

19. Equipment Maintenance

1 C 1

20. Flight Operations And Crew Scheduling

1 C 1

21. Ground Operations And Facility Limitations 1 C 1

22. Equipments And Types Of Schedule 1 C 1

23. Hub And Spoke Scheduling, Advantages And Disadvantages 1 C 1

24. Preparing Flight Plans 1 C 1

Aircraft Scheduling In Line With Aircraft Maintenance
25. 1 C 1
Practices.
26. Future of Aircraft maintenance 1 C 1

27. Tutorial 1 C 1

UNIT IV: AIRCRAFT RELIABILITY 9

28. Aircraft Reliability 1 C 2,3,4,5

29. The maintenance schedule and its determinations 1 C 2,3,4,5

30. Condition monitoring maintenance 1 C 2,3,4,5

31. EROPS 1 C 2,3,4,5

32. ETOPS 1 C 2,3,4,5

33. Aging Aircraft maintenance 1 C 2,3,4,5
34. Helicopter maintenance 1 C 2,3,4,5
35. Current capabilities of NDT 1 C 2,3,4,5
36. TUTORIAL 1 C 2,3,4,5
 UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY IN AIRCRAFT
9
MAINTENANCE
37. Airlines scheduling (w.r.to Engineering) 1 C 2,3,4,5

38. Product support and spares 1 C 2,3,4,5

39. Maintenance spares 1 C 2,3,4,5
40. Equipments and tools for aircraft maintenance 1 C 2,3,4,5
41. Aircraft weight control 1 C 2,3,4,5
Budgetary control -
42. 1 C 2,3,4,5
Onboard maintenance systems
Engine monitoring
43. 1 C 2,3,4,5
Turbine engine oil maintenance
44. Turbine engine vibration monitoring 1 C 2,3,4,5
45. Life usage monitoring 1 C 2,3,4,5
Total contact hours * 45
* Excluding Assessment hours

LEARNING RESOURCES
Sl.
TEXT BOOKS
No.
1. John G Wensveen . Air Transportation A Management Prespective Ashgate Publications. 8th
edition, 2015
2. Friend C.H. Aircraft Maintenance Management Longman aviation technology. 2nd edition 1992
REFERENCE BOOKS/OTHER READING MATERIAL
3. Indian Aircraft Manual, DGCA, sterling book House, Mumbai, reprint 2014
4. PS Senguttuvan. Fundamentals of air transport management, excel books, reprint 2010

Course nature Theory

Assessment Method (Weightage 100%)
In- Assessment tool Cycle test I Cycle test II Cycle Test III Surprise Test Tutorial Total
semester Weightage 10% 10% 20% 5% 5% 50%
End semester examination Weightage : 50%