Module: Airport Operations Management

Module Specifications.

Current Academic Year 2024 - 2025

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Date posted: September 2024

Module Title	Airport Operations Management
Module Code	MT5152 (ITS) / MNA1144 (Banner)
Faculty	DCU Business School	School	DCU Business School
Module Co-ordinator	Marina Efthymiou
Module Teachers	-
NFQ level	9	Credit Rating	7.5
Pre-requisite	Not Available
Co-requisite	Not Available
Compatibles	Not Available
Incompatibles	Not Available

Coursework Only

Description

Airport Operations are by their nature expansive and inherently interconnected. These operations are a critical component to the sustainable development of the international aviation industry. This module examines these operations at managerial level and discusses the role and importance of the management of this complex array of operations to the aviation industry. In doing so it gives students a firm foundation in the principles of airport operations as well as an understanding of management of various components ranging from aircraft to passenger to cargo handling.

Learning Outcomes

1. Illustrate a critical awareness of the range and associated characteristics of businesses involved in the operational functions of the airport and related air transport systems.
2. Demonstrate an understanding of the management complexity required to operate the various components of Airport Operations.
3. Assess how different operational strategies impact the competitiveness of airports at national and international level
4. Appraise and critique challenges faced by the aviation industry and its future operational needs.

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full-time hours per semester
Lecture	30	Class
Directed learning	37.5	Student reading of course materials (texts, assigned readings, and assigned case studies) pre and post lecture
Assignment Completion	40	Completion of research for assignment and assignment preparation and documentation
Independent Study	80	Reading, Research and library work.
Total Workload: 187.5

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Fundamentals of airport operations
Internal and external environment of airports Main airport groups structure

Airside and Airfield Operations
Aviation Regulation Technical Requirements Operational Compliance

Airport strategy
Commercial revenue, airport expansion, concessions, aeronautical and not aeronautical revenue routes.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Course Work Breakdown
Assignment	Group report on airport operations management	30%	n/a
Assignment	Individual essay on a contemporary issue for airports	70%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories: Resit category 1: A resit is available for both* components of the module. Resit category 2: No resit is available for a 100% continuous assessment module. Resit category 3: No resit is available for the continuous assessment component where there is a continuous assessment and examination element.
* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a Continuous Assessment/Examination split; where the module is 100% continuous assessment, there will also be a resit of the assessment
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Anne Graham: 0, Managing Airports, 9781138285347
Norman Ashford,Pierre Coutu,John Beasley: 2012, Airport Operations 3/E, McGraw Hill Professional, 0071775846
Mike Brown: 2022, Strategic Airport Planning, Managing Aviation Operations, 9781032002354

Other Resources

None

MSAL: replacement of MT5144