Hospitality - Transportation

What is the difference between Airline Security and Airline Safety?

• Security is to prevent accidents, Safety is to prevent malicious acts against airlines.

• Security is not important but safety is.

• Safety is not important but Security is

• Security is to prevent malicious acts against the airlines. Safety is to prevent accidents.

What does FAA stand for in the airline industry?

• Future Astronauts Academy

• Frequent Airline Administration

• Federal Aviation Administration

• Federal Army Airforce

What is one of the responsibilities of the FAA?

• Investigate airline crashes.

• Inform the public of flight paths.

• Make sure all the airlines have food onboard

• Food safety on the airlines

The Transportation Industry is vital to the Travel and Tourism industry because: (choose all that apply)

• It gets people from Point A to Point B

• Without transportation, Travel and Tourism would be very limited.

• Makes people want to stay home.

• Gives many forms of transportation to those wishing to travel.

What does the term "Open Skies" refer to in the airline industry?

• Skies open up when it starts raining.

• Refers to policies that allow national airlines to fly to, and above, other countries.

• No one can fly in that area.

• Thunderstorms with lots of rain.

Many airlines operate on a "hub and spoke" model. This system gives the predominant airline in a given airport a strong competitive position as it feeds passengers to and from the hub, maximizing the number of passengers on each flight.

• True

• False

What ran the passenger railroad industry out of business?

• Airline travel

• Interstate Highways

• Cars

• All of the above

What does FRA stand for?

• Fraternal Railroad Associations

• Federal Railway Association

• Federal Ranking Administration

• Funny Really Awesome

Amtrak was organized and founded in the 1970's and is owned and operated by the U. S. Government.

• True

• False

•Over 55% of the world’s cruise passengers are from North America, and the leading destination (based on ship deployments), according to CLIA, is:

• The Caribbean

• Alaska

• Europe

• South America