An airline refers to an enterprise that transports people or goods by air with various means of air transportation. Airlines are enterprises that provide civil aviation services for passengers and goods by various air carriers. The aircraft used by airlines can be owned or leased, can provide services independently, and can also form partners or alliances with other airlines.
The scale of airlines can range from a single plane to an international airline with hundreds of planes providing various global services. The service scope of airlines can be divided into intercontinental, intercontinental and domestic, and can also be divided into flight service and charter service. Major airlines usually register call signs with ICAO.
Call sign is usually the name of the airline, but there are exceptions. Add the flight number after the call sign, and some large airlines with full loads will add heavy (cathay-seven-one-seven-heavy) after the call sign to let the air traffic controller know that the flight is extremely heavy and it is impossible to execute some instructions (such as keeping a low speed and flying to a higher altitude).
service
An airline is an enterprise that provides civil aviation services for passengers and goods with various aircraft, and generally needs an officially recognized operation certificate or approval.
The aircraft used by airlines can be owned or leased, can provide services independently, and can also form partners or alliances with other airlines.
The size of an airline can range from a plane carrying mail or goods to an international airline with hundreds of planes providing various global services. The service scope of airlines can be divided into intercontinental, intercontinental and domestic, and can also be divided into flight service and charter service.
Industry classification
Airlines Airlines can classify airlines in many ways.
According to the size of the company, such as large airlines and small airlines;
According to the flight range, such as international and domestic airlines;
According to the type of transportation, such as passenger airlines and freight airlines;
According to working hours, such as regular and irregular.
State-owned airlines refer to airlines established or operated by the state. Generally, the national flag representing the country is painted on the obvious part of the company's car body. For example: China International Airlines, Singapore Airlines, Thailand International Airlines.
In order to reduce operating costs, low-cost airlines and low-cost airlines