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General information

Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Valeria Bernardo

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 4

Teaching staff: 

Rodrigo Guichon

Academic year: 2026

Teaching course: 3

Languages ​​of instruction

  • Catalan
  • Spanish

Competencies / Learning Outcomes

Specific skills

  • Show knowledge and skills for the coordination of the departments of purchasing, supply, production and distribution of a product to any company, analyzing different types of techniques

  • Operationalize the storage of goods, through computer applications of logistics management

  • Show knowledge of the organization of maritime, land, air and multimodal transport, customs management and international trade in order to manage and / or contract transport

  • Show knowledge of the ship and its recruitment for use as a means of transport for both goods and people, in an environment of sustainability and respect for the environment

  • Select and use quantitative instruments for decision making and contrasting economic hypotheses

Presentation of the subject

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

The fundamental objective in learning the subject consists of the student acquiring basic general knowledge that allows them to understand the structure, organization and operation of the air transport system and its contribution to the logistics process.

Contents

0- Origins of air transport

History

1- Air sector



Institutions

Importance of the aviation sector

Characteristics of air transport

Conditions for transporting air cargo

Air cargo actors

Air Department

Air cargo technology

2- AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURES

Airport view

Ownership modes

Airport coding

terminals

PIF

3- Fleets

Aircraft characteristics

Aircraft types

Celler

ULD

4- Operators

Airlines

integrators

Alliances

Ground assistance services

5- Incoterms

Definition

Rules and importance

Risks

6- GOODS IN AIR TRANSPORT

Freight forwarding company environment

Information flow between departments

Air transport performance

Full load operation or grouping

7- Transport documents in the supply chain

MAWB

HAWB

Manifest charge and other

e-freight

8- Rates and costs of international air transport

IATA rates

Tariff weight

Air freight and surcharges

9- ICT of air transport

Importance of ICT in the sector

ERP

“National” market options

Selection criteria

Airline business analysis KPIs

Activities and evaluation system

EVALUATION SYSTEM

The evaluation is carried out through three groups of activities, each of which may contain different exercises. The activity groups are:

30%: Midterm exam

20%: Exercise submissions

50%: Final exam

Each of the three groups of activities is graded in the range of 0-10 points, obtaining this grade as the average of all the activities executed in the group. The overall grade of the course is obtained by weighting the group grade with the indicated %.

Bibliography

Basic

Arán Iglesia, J. (2003). "The air cargo." Madrid: Aena.

Díaz Rafael, R. (2000). "Aeronautical law." Madrid: Aena

Isidoro Carmona, A. (2000). "Airport Operations". Madrid: F. Aena

Complementary

ICAO. (2016): "Global air freight transport". Montreal: ICAO

Salazar de la Cruz, F. (2006). "Introduction to the economic management of airports". Madrid: F. Aena

Salazar de la Cruz, F. (2013). "Airport Industry". Almería: Ed. Red Circle

Vila, C. (2003), "Air cargo logistics". Valencia: Logis Book