THE AVIATION INDUSTRY

The Aviation Industry



The Aviation Industry

Introduction

The debate in British air transport history is largely a silent one about what kind of history could and should be written about this all-20th-century subject. Publishers' lists, and the shelves of specialist transport bookshops and libraries, are stuffed with popular illustrated books and magazines about civil aircraft and airlines, manufacturers, and airports. Possibly to a greater degree than in other fields of transport history, the predominant texts in air transport history are descriptive articles written by and for hobbyists and enthusiasts, and compilations of pictorial and numerical inventories. Serious scholarly analysis and interpretation is in its infancy. Systematic and comparative research appears erratically and diffusely in book chapters and journal articles. Substantive disagreement and debate has barely begun.

Discussion

This study is based on the data set collected from the air transport movements i.e. the number of aircraft take-offs and landings (measured in thousands) and Terminal Passengers i.e. the number of passengers arriving and departing UK airports (measured in thousands), from the year 1980 to 2010.

Part 1

Air Transport Movements Over Time

The graph below shows the overall air transport movements over time, it can be seen that there is an upward trend in the movements, which means that with the passage of time there is an steady increase in the landings and take-offs of aircraft.

From 1980 to 88, the increase in the air transport movement was a bit lower, however, it can be seen that in 1988 the air transport movement has reached to 1,250,000 and since then there is a rapid boost in this movement as it has reached to around 2250 in 2005.

Terminal Passengers Over Time

Figure 2, below shows the terminal passengers over time, as we have seen in the figure above there is also an increasing trend in terminal passengers. From 1992 to 2003 there is hasty raise in arrivals and departures of the passengers. However, it can be seen that from 2007 to 2010 this trend is decreasing as there is a decrease in the air transport movements.

Correlation Coefficient between “Air Transport Movements” and “Terminal Passengers”

The simple correlation coefficient is an index measuring the intensity of a possible link between two variables. The correlation coefficient can have a value between -1 and +1. If it is 0, it means there is no link between these two variables. It is widely used in the analysis of quantitative variables.

Correlations

Air transport movements: aircraft landings and take-offs (thousands)

Terminal passengers: arrivals and departures (thousands)

Air transport movements: aircraft landings and take-offs (thousands)

Pearson Correlation

1

.994**

Sig. (2-tailed)

.000

N

31

31

Terminal passengers: arrivals and departures (thousands)

Pearson Correlation

.994**

1

Sig. (2-tailed)

.000

N

31

31

**. Correlation is significant at the 0.01 level (2-tailed).

The results in table below shows the correlation coefficient between air transport movement and terminal passengers, it can be suggested there exist a highly positive correlation between the two variables. The coefficient magnitude i.e. 0.994 shows that both the variables have a strong correlation, and at the same time the sig. (2 - tailed) value is significant, which suggests that this relationship is not due to ...