2.6 Air Travel Trends

Organize these options into the right categories for each type of airline

Groups:

(a) Low-cost airline

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(b) Scheduled airline

• Provides long-haul international flights

• Targets budget-conscious travelers

• Focuses on short-haul flights

• Uses smaller airports like London Luton

• Offers full-service amenities and in-flight entertainment

• Offers limited in-flight services

• Focuses on business and leisure travelers

• Operates from major international airports

What is the role of an airline consolidator?

• agencies that purchase bulk tickets directly from airlines at discounted rates and then resell them to travel agents or consumers

• An airline consolidator provides in-flight services to passengers.
• An airline consolidator manages flight schedules for airlines.
• An airline consolidator carries out safety checks for airlines

An alliance is simply a ​ (a)   among a group of ​ (b)   to expand their services. Star Alliance, ​ (c)   , and SkyTeam are the world's three major alliances. They bring together nearly 60 airlines, with extensive ​ (d)   , hubs, and networks reaching nearly every part of the ​ (e)   .

• partnership
• oneworld
• fleets
• globe
• airlines

Mark in the map the home country of Qantas

Complete the gaps on the benefits of alliance membership: For airlines, they allow the marketing of more ​ (a)   , and to more ​ customers , without the need to ​ (b)   flights themselves. By combining ​ (c)   , member airlines can offer flights to many more destinations than they could on their own. There are many cases of this working well at ​ (d)   .

• destinations
• operate
• networks
• scale

BA are a member of OneWorld. Select the three other airlines which are also members of the same alliance:

• Delta Airlines
• Qantas

• Air France
• American Airlines,

• Iberia

The United States is the busiest air travel market in the world.

​ (a)   are a member of Skyteam, ​ (b)   are a member of Star Alliance and ​ (c)   are a member of OneWorld.

• Delta
• United
• American Airlines
• Ryanair

Which alliance is this the symbol for?

• SkyTeam
• Star Alliance
• Oneworld

Which alliance is this the symbol for?

• SkyTeam
• Star Alliance
• Oneworld

Which three of these airlines are members of the OneWorld alliance?

• Qantas

• Iberia

• Qatar Airways

• KLM

• Air Canada