THE AIRPORT BUSINESS

AIRPORTS

Landside areas-parking lots, public transportation and roads.

Airside areas-runway, taxiway and apron

Runway- is the area where an aircraft can land or take off.It can be grass , hard surface(asphalt) or concrete.Runway markings are white

Taxiway- used by the aircraft to get to and from their parking places and the runway.Taxiways markings are yellow . Apart from runway, taxiways use letters to show names.Aprons- are the areas where aircraft parks.Also vechiles can use aprons.

TOWERED & NON-TOWERED

Airports can be towered ornon-towered, depending on air traffic density and available funds. Due to their high capacity and busyairspace, manyinternational airportshave air traffic control located on site

MOREOVER,AIRCRAFT RESCUE AND FIRE FIGHTING (ARFF)

SECURITY

CARGO AND FREIGHT SERVCE

LETS MOVE ON THE VISUAL PART OF AIRPORTCheck-in counters

Airport security

Passport Control

Baggage claims

Check-in counter

To Make It More EnjoyableDUTY FREE

RETAIL STORES,LOUNGES AND RESTAURANTS

LONDON HEATHROW AIRPORT

HEATHROW AIRPORTWest London, England, United Kingdom1929-1944Name comes from Hamlet of Heathrow5 Terminals + 1 Cargo Terminal

In 2011, Heathrow was the busiest airport in Europein terms of total passenger traffic, with 13.9% more passengers thanParis-Charles de Gaulle Airport and 23.0% more thanFrankfurt Airport. However, it was in second place behind Charles de Gaulle in terms of total aircraft movements in 2011 with 5.1% fewer landings and take offs than its French counterpart. Heathrow was the third busiest European airport by cargo traffic in 2010, after Paris Charles de Gaulle and Frankfurt.

SOURCEShttp://www.drivepgd.com/information/employee_info2.html

wikipedia

http://www.drivepgd.com/information/employee_info2.htmlhttps://people.hofstra.edu/geotrans/eng/ch4en/conc4en/airterminals.html

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