IN India Master's Degree

Airline and Airport Operations

Turnarounds, ground handling, disruption and network thinking.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 Airline business models
2. 1.2 Airports, airlines, and who controls what
3. 1.3 Regulation, and the bodies involved
4. 1.4 Economics: costs, yields and margins
1. 2.1 Route planning and network design
2. 2.2 Building a schedule
3. 2.3 Slots and airport constraints
4. 2.4 Fleet assignment and aircraft utilisation
1. 3.1 What happens between landing and departure
2. 3.2 Ground handling services
3. 3.3 The critical path of a turnaround
4. 3.4 Reducing turn time without cutting safety
1. 4.1 Check-in and bag drop
2. 4.2 Security and border processes
3. 4.3 Boarding strategies
4. 4.4 Arrivals, reclaim and transfers
1. 5.1 Baggage systems, and mishandling
2. 5.2 Cargo and belly-hold revenue
3. 5.3 Dangerous goods in outline
4. 5.4 Loading, weight and balance in outline
1. 6.1 Causes of delay, and how delay propagates
2. 6.2 Recovery planning and aircraft swaps
3. 6.3 Passenger rights and duty of care
4. 6.4 Communicating while it is happening
1. 7.1 Safety management systems
2. 7.2 Just culture and reporting
3. 7.3 The layers of aviation security
4. 7.4 Emergency response planning
1. 8.1 Sustainability, fuel and emissions
2. 8.2 Technology in operations
3. 8.3 Capacity constraints and infrastructure
4. 8.4 Resilience after a shock

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Depth beyond your coursework Pitched above taught content, for research, leadership and the work that follows the degree.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Master's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.