ULOJ428 Air Cargo TransportationIstanbul Okan UniversityDegree Programs Geomatic EngineeringGeneral Information For StudentsDiploma SupplementErasmus Policy StatementNational Qualifications
Geomatic Engineering
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 QF-EHEA: First Cycle EQF-LLL: Level 6

General course introduction information

Course Code: ULOJ428
Course Name: Air Cargo Transportation
Course Semester: Spring
Course Credits:
Theoretical Practical Credit ECTS
3 0 3 6
Language of instruction: TR-EN
Course Requisites:
Does the Course Require Work Experience?: No
Type of course: University Elective
Course Level:
Bachelor TR-NQF-HE:6. Master`s Degree QF-EHEA:First Cycle EQF-LLL:6. Master`s Degree
Mode of Delivery: Face to face
Course Coordinator : Öğr.Gör. SABİHA AHU URAL ÖZTÜRK
Course Lecturer(s): Öğr.Gör. DİDEM BÜYÜKDAĞ
Course Assistants:

Course Objective and Content

Course Objectives: The aim of this course is; students in the logistics world, service provider and / or service area positions; air cargo sales and operational processes to prepare for control. One of the aims of our course is to teach the international applications in air cargo transportation as well as local practices in airport customs.
Transport and commercial documents used in air cargo transportation will be identified and identified by working on case and sample loading. During the course, students will be positioned as airfreight forwarders and will see all the steps of air cargo loading according to different incoterms in an international trade.
Course Content: Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Recognize and identify commercial and loading documents in an air cargo shipment
• To be able to calculate air cargo freight,
• To determine the costs of the buyer and seller in an air cargo shipment according to Incoterms 2010,
• To determine the most suitable air transport model, airline and route for the current cargo
• Interpret the importance of safety and security practices in air transport
• To classify general and special cargo types and aircraft types.
• To understand the import and export operational processes in air cargo shipments and to be able to follow the ethical rules.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
Learning Outcomes
1 - Knowledge
Theoretical - Conceptual
1) • Recognize and define all the shipping and commercial documents at an airfreight shipment.
2) • Calculate the airfreight costs.
3) • Analyze responsibilities and liabilities of seller and buyers at an airfreight shipment as per Incoterms 2010 .
4) • Identify and choose most efficient air transportation service by analyzing the type, cost, route, airline, transit time and IATA rules.
5) • Evaluate and interpret the importance of the safety and security applications at air transportation.
6) • Classify the general and special cargo types, aircraft types
7) • Define operational processes with an ethic view for an air export and/or an export shipment.
2 - Skills
Cognitive - Practical
3 - Competences
Communication and Social Competence
Learning Competence
Field Specific Competence
Competence to Work Independently and Take Responsibility

Lesson Plan

Week Subject Related Preparation
1) • Introduce the course. • Welcome and course introduction • Underline the learning objectives • Represent syllabus • Discuss Course Outline, • List the demands from an airfreight forwarder and required specifications • Compare the sales and operation departments at an airfreight forwarder company
2) • Identify the transportation modals • List the advantages and disadvantages of the each modal • Compare the transport modals • Define the efficient modal for the different types of shipments • Introduce to Air Transportation • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of transportation models • Compare the air transportation with other modals Review the syllabus
3) • Distinguish the roles of the key players between shipper to consignee • Define job description and responsibilities of the key players • Name the top 5 companies for each key player at Turkish Air Cargo Market • Identify the Process of an Airfreight shipment • Explain Key players at airfreight sectors Homework: assigned reading for next class session Sales(2013), pp.60-72.
4) • Define the rights and responsibilities of the consignee and shipper as per INCOTERM 2010 • State and compare the INCOTERMS • Explain why the Incoterms are needed • Name the top 10 int’l cargo airport over the world. • List the int’l cargo airports in Turkey • Recognize the abbreviations used at aviation and airfreight sector • Summarize INCOTERMS 2010 • Explain abbreviations at airfreight • Identify IATA codes for airports • List Turkish Airports Homework: listing 20 online 5 offline airline with IATA numeric + alphabetic codes and hubs
5) • Compare and define the types of air transportation. • Define the income and cost item at an airfreight shipment • Calculate the chargeable weight of cargo for airfreight transport. • Calculate the costs and income of an airfreight shipment. • Indicate types of Air Cargo transportation • Determine freight Calculations • Generalize Volume Weight Calculations at airfreight • Conclude Income and Costs Items Homework: 40 Int’l airports with IATA Airport codes and Country codes
6) • Recognize the shipping and commercial documents • Define the information over the documents • Summarize the shipment information over an AWB • Define the required commercial documentation • Identify and describe Shipping documents ; AWB – MAWB-HAWB-manifest • Recogniz and Define commercial documents Homework: assigned reading for next class session Sales (2013), pp.95-120
7) • Identify and name the cargo types • Define the loading conditions as per the cargo type • Recognize type of aircrafts and loading devices • List Cargo Types • Recognize Unit Loading Devices • Identify Types of Aircrafts Homework: assigned reading for next class session Sales(2013), pp.170-185
8) • Evaluate students with midterm exam • Calculate the airfreight charges by comparing the gross and volume weight • Define the commercial documents used at airfreight • Describe what does INCOTERMS do and don’t • Compare the airfreight with other transport modes • Explain the responsibilities of Key players • Resolve Airfreight calculations • Indicate Commercial Documents • List Incoterms • Classify Transport modals • Recognize Sector Key Players Study for Midterm Exam
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None
9) • Describe the operation and sales steps at an airfreight Export shipment • Justify the ethic approach at sales steps • Write operational messages for an export shipment for different steps • Select requesting buying rates from abroad agent for an export shipment • Distinguish sales offer for an air export shipment • Choose Operation Process of Airfreight Export Shipment • Explain these process’ None

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks: ULUSLARARASI TAŞIMACILIK YÖNETİMİ
Doç.Dr. Metin Çancı , Prof. Dr. Murat Erdal
UTIKAD,2013
ISBN-13: 978-6056-336-713
References: AVIATION LOGISTICS_ The Dynamic Partnership of Air Freight and Supply Chain
Author : Michael Sales
Publisher : TIACA,2013
ISBN-13: 978-0749472702

Course-Program Learning Outcome Relationship

Learning Outcomes

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Program Outcomes
1) Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.
2) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems.
3) Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language.
4) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.
5) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.)
6) Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7) Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.
8) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose.
9) Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
10) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.
11) Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems.

Course - Learning Outcome Relationship

No Effect 1 Lowest 2 Low 3 Average 4 High 5 Highest
           
Program Outcomes Level of Contribution
1) Awareness of professional and ethical responsibility.
2) Adequate knowledge in mathematics, science and engineering subjects pertaining to the relevant discipline; ability to use theoretical and applied information in these areas to model and solve engineering problems.
3) Ability to communicate effectively i Turkish, both orally and in writing; knowledge of a minimum of one foreign language.
4) Information about business life practices such as project management, risk management, and change management; awareness of entrepreneurship, innovation, and sustainable development.
5) Ability to design a complex system, process, device or product under realistic constraints and conditions, in such a way so as to meet the desired result; ability to apply modern design methods for this purpose. (Realistic constraints and conditions may include factors such as economic and environmental issues, sustainability, manufacturability, ethics, health, safety isuues, and social and political issues according to the nature of the design.)
6) Ability to work efficiently in intra-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary teams; ability to work individually.
7) Ability to devise, select, and use modern techniques and tools needed for engineering practice; ability to employ information technologies effectively.
8) Ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; ability to select and apply proper analysis and modelling methods for this purpose.
9) Knowledge about contemporary issues and the global and societal effects of engineering practices on health, environment, and safety; awareness of the legal consequences of engineering solutions.
10) Recognition of the need for lifelong learning; ability to access information, to follow developments in science and technology, and to continue to educate him/herself.
11) Ability to design and conduct experiments, gather data, analyse and interpret results for investigating engineering problems.

Learning Activity and Teaching Methods

Expression
Brainstorming/ Six tihnking hats
Lesson
Homework
Problem Solving
Project preparation
Report Writing
Social Activities
Technical Tour
Internship/Onsite Practice

Assessment & Grading Methods and Criteria

Written Exam (Open-ended questions, multiple choice, true-false, matching, fill in the blanks, sequencing)
Individual Project
Presentation

Assessment & Grading

Semester Requirements Number of Activities Level of Contribution
Quizzes 4 % 20
Homework Assignments 4 % 10
Midterms 1 % 30
Final 1 % 40
total % 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK % 60
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK % 40
total % 100

Workload and ECTS Credit Grading

Activities Number of Activities Workload
Course Hours 16 48
Study Hours Out of Class 16 80
Homework Assignments 4 16
Quizzes 1 2
Midterms 1 14
Final 1 20
Total Workload 180