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FD Airport and Airline Management

Middlesbrough College

UCAS Code: A170 | Foundation Degree - FD

Entry requirements


A level

E,E,E

Successful completion of the Level 3 Access to HE Diploma.

Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)

PPP

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UCAS Tariff

48

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About this course


Course option

2years

Full-time | 2024

Subject

Travel and tourism

This course has been specifically designed and developed in partnership with key industry sectors to ensure the course is relevant and up to date to meet industry requirements. This course will broaden your knowledge and understanding of contemporary issues within this exciting sector to learn elements of airline and airport business practices.

Whilst prior to COVID-19 the airport and airline sector had witnessed unprecedented growth, the pandemic is having an enormous impact on the aviation industry, affecting passenger traffic, air cargo demand, airport workforce and incoming revenues. This industry focused course lays the foundation for you to join a sector which is ever changing, and this course highlights the constant changes within the industry and supports you to develop the key skills and in-depth knowledge to understand the sector. You will benefit from tutor’s specialist knowledge of aviation and strong links to industry which will allow you insights into operational practices.

Our students follow careers in airlines, airport ground handling, airline management, airport administration, airport security and airline operations.

Modules

Modules include:
• Managing Service Standards in the Airport and Airline & Tourism Sectors
• Marketing-Strategies and Tactics
• Financial Decision-Making
• Planning and Managing Airside Operations
• Managing and Developing Talent in the Airport and Airline & Tourism Sectors
• The Work Environment and Reflective Practice
• Industry Related Project
• Growing Airport and Airline Revenue in a Global Market
• Contemporary Issues within the Airport and Airline & Travel and Tourism
• Technology and the Passenger Experience
• Managing the Passenger Experience in Airports

You will also have the opportunity to study with Eden Flight Training where you will have the amazing opportunity to attend flying school. Eden Flight Training are the only Approved Training Organisation (by the Civil Aviation Authority) in the North East of England, based at Teesside Airport with a philosophy of bringing affordable flight training in a safe, professional and friendly environment. You will learn the theory of flying and then put this into practice with a day of flying lessons where YOU will fly the aircraft (additional costs apply - TBC).

Assessment methods

You are assessed through a variety of assessment methods to enhance the experience as well as develop key transferable skills. The assessment is designed to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to meet the learning outcomes of the programme.

Tuition fees

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Channel Islands
£6,900
per year
England
£6,900
per year
EU
£6,900
per year
Northern Ireland
£6,900
per year
Scotland
£6,900
per year
Wales
£6,900
per year

The Uni


Course location:

Middlesbrough College

Department:

Faculty of Service Industries

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What students say


We've crunched the numbers to see if overall student satisfaction here is high, medium or low compared to students studying this subject(s) at other universities.

91%
Travel and tourism

How do students rate their degree experience?

The stats below relate to the general subject area/s at this university, not this specific course. We show this where there isn’t enough data about the course, or where this is the most detailed info available to us.

Tourism, transport and travel

Teaching and learning

96%
Staff make the subject interesting
96%
Staff are good at explaining things
96%
Ideas and concepts are explored in-depth
91%
Opportunities to apply what I've learned

Assessment and feedback

Feedback on work has been timely
Feedback on work has been helpful
Staff are contactable when needed
Good advice available when making study choices

Resources and organisation

96%
Library resources
78%
IT resources
91%
Course specific equipment and facilities
83%
Course is well organised and has run smoothly

Student voice

Staff value students' opinions
Feel part of a community on my course

After graduation


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