The Course: Airport Hub, Multimodality offers you a unique opportunity to enter a rapidly expanding sector, where the demand for skilled professionals continues to grow. In an increasingly connected world, airport hubs are key to economic development and global mobility. Through this course, you will explore the role of hubs, the influence of national flag carriers and low-cost airlines, and the importance of multimodal transport for passengers and cargo. You’ll learn about transport interchanges and multimodal facilities that optimise airport operations, and you’ll delve into the innovative concept of the airport city. Upon completion, you will have the skills required to excel in a competitive and dynamic workplace. Taking part in this training programme will enable you to establish yourself as a leading figure in the airport and multimodal sector.
Airport hub, multimodal transport
Airports
40 hours
Introduction
Objectives
- To understand the concept of a hub and its impact on air transport today.
- Analyse the differences between flag-carriers and low-cost airlines.
- To assess multimodality in passenger and freight transport.
- Identify the role of transfer facilities at airports.
- To explore the development and benefits of the airport city.
- To investigate multimodal facilities and their efficiency.
- Compare the economic impacts of different airport models.
Table of Contents
TEACHING UNIT 1. AIRPORT HUB. HUBs, NATIONAL CARRIERS, LOW-COST CARRIERS AND THEIR IMPACT ON TRANSPORT
Airport networks
Network hubs: Airports
Network partners: Airlines
The HUB&Spoke system
Air connectivity
TEACHING UNIT 2. MULTIMODAL TRANSPORT OF PASSENGERS AND FREIGHT
How to get to the airport
Accessibility and the modal split
Modal interchange at the airport
Train-to-plane ratio
Key players in rail-air intermodality
TEACHING UNIT 3. INTERCHANGES AND OTHER MULTIMODAL FACILITIES AT AIRPORTS
The Air Transport Chain and the ULD
Analysis of the airport freight hub (I)
Analysis of the airport freight hub (II)
Air freight hubs
Case studies of air cargo centres
TEACHING UNIT 4. THE CONCEPT OF AN AIRPORT CITY
Airport city
City-Airport Relationship: Activities
The impact of the airport city
Land use in the Airport City
Case studies of airport cities