Logistics and Transport in Practice
Airport Management

Course Information

Lecturer,
professor 		Michaela Schultheiß-Münch,
Professor Dr. Ralf Elbert
Prerequisites Bachelor's degree
Target audience Students of the Master's programmes WI / WInf / LSCM / EIM and other interested listeners
TUCaN Link to TUCaN .
Course meeting times Winter semester
Further information on TUCaN .
Course organization Ren Kajiyama, M.Sc.
Type and scope of the course Lecture with integrated exercise.
2 semester hours per week (SWS)
ECTS 3,0
Please follow the registration information for Logistics and Transport in Practice to be registered for the oral exam and make sure you get a place in your preferred lecture.

The main political, legal and economic conditions of air traffic, the role and significance of airports in the air traffic system, the management of airport operations (strategy, planning, expansion, operations, safety, security, and environment) as well as future perspectives of airport management are dealt with.

Students should learn about the strategic and operational challenges in airport management. Based on the essential political, legal, and economic framework conditions of air traffic, the role and significance of airports in the global trade and transport network will be discussed. Furthermore, planning, organization, and operation as management tasks will be discussed and future perspectives of international air traffic will be shown. For better illustration, the main contents of the lecture will be deepened using practical examples.

Course Slides

The course is examined through verbal presentations and participation during the course.

  • Course Slides
  • Participation in the Kick-off date
  • Participation in one of the lectures “intermodal transport services” or “strategic logistics management”
  • Bachelor's degree
  • Registration for the examination within deadline

The course is to be participated in combination with a lecture of the modules Logistics Management and Transport Management and will only be successfully completed if the modules have been completed in total.