4 - Tourism

Types of Air Transport

Civil Aviation :

  • Commercial Air Transport (CAT : transport of passengers, cargo or mail for remuneration or hire

  • Non commercial Aviation :

    • Aerial Work (AW) : specialized services such as agriculture, photography, search and rescue…

    • General Aviation (GA) : other than CAT or AW (sightseeing, parachuting…)

State flight (SF) : used for military, police or other state internal services

Tourism

25 M in 1950 → 1133 M in 2014 → 1800 M in 2030

9% of global GPD (ground delay program)

support 1/11 job worldwide

Transport mode choice

  • distance : may depend on the mode, some distances for which there is no competence (long distance : passengers prefer to stop)

  • speed : not only the speed of the vehicle but the whole process (>700km)

  • cost : monetary cost

  • comfort : quality of the time spent (delay, queues, activities during the flight…)

Generalized cost : monetary costs + non monetary costs

An intelligent customer would choose the lowest GC

Socio-economic importance of Air Transport

  • technology leader industry

  • main ground for globalization

  • regional integration (islands...)

  • international political instrument

  • leisure industry

Drawbacks

  • noise

  • CO2 emissions

  • non CO2 emissions (P/N radiative forcing, NOx, contrails,