Department of Transport & Logistics Management

University of Moratuwa
Moratuwa, Sri Lanka

B.Sc. in T & LM (Hons.) – Level 3

TL 3110: AIR TRANSPORT (4 credits)

Individual Assignment
As an individual student, you are to write an application paper on the Topic
assigned following the outline given. One topic is assigned to two students. The
objective of assigning one topic to two students is to provide an opportunity for
the students to involve in a productive dialogue on the study area and work
together initially in searching for materials. But each student should provide an
individual written report.

Due On or before 4.00 p.m. on 17th December 2010

Date
Submissi Hard copy (printed on both sides of paper) to the assignment drop
on Task box and soft copy through Moodle
Late Submissions: Late submissions will be penalised by 10% of
total marks, per day. Extensions are not granted, unless under
reasonable conditions (not including inconvenience, poor planning
or pressure or work). Request for late submission should be made
in writing to your course coordinator, at least one (1) day prior to
the due date for submission. Response for such request will be
communicated to the applicant, in writing. Late submission of
assignments will not be accepted after five days of the due date,
unless otherwise authorized in writing.
Word 2,000 words (Excluding words in tables and charts). Cannot be less
Limit than 2000 and only +10% maximum will be allowed. Reports
outside this limit will be penalised by 10% of total marks.
Presenta On A4 paper, double- spaced, 12pt font in Times new
tion Roman/Calibri, 1” margin all around, pages numbered and footer
Format with student number and subject name.
Cover sheet should include the assignment type (individual/group),
topic, student index number, academic year (2010/2011), module
number and name, Department name, Faculty and University
Name.
Graphs, diagrams, tables and figures should be clearly numbered
and titled, which must be referred in-text of your paper.
Use Harvard Referencing style including the bibliography
Plagiarism is an academic offense and marks would be forfeited
Assessm Presentation - organisation of the paper in a report format and
ent following all presentation and formatting guidelines(above), logical
Criteria structuring, style of presentation, creativity, innovation, clarity,
language – (10% )
Introduction - a precise overview to the topic/ the scope of the
report, displaying a correct understanding of the topic and
underlying basic principles - (15%)
Body- organized into sub sections, logical sequence and coherence
of the presentation of facts/arguments, relevance of facts
 presented to the topic, use of a wide research of literature and
practical examples, statistics and other necessary aids as may be
applicable to support your answers to the question, critical analysis
of literature and research, reporting the up-to-date situation of the
given topic. New creative ideas and insights as applicable - (60%)
Conclusion - summary of the report,
recommendations/suggestions, concluding remarks to sum up the
idea presented throughout the report - (15%).
Topics
AMILA INDUNIL Student Names:
AMOD PRIYASANKA
Topic : Challenges faced by the government owned airlines in the
competitive air transport environment
Topic Breakdown
• Brief description of the airline ownership types and the airline
operating environment.
1 • Identify the challenges faced by the governmental airlines in the
competitive air transport environment and explain their
advantages and disadvantages to airlines.
• Identify a strategy that the airlines can implement to overcome the
challenges.
• Should airlines be privatised?
• What are your recommendations for an airline of a small State in
this context?

ANUJI PERERA Student Names:

ANURADHA
WASALAMUDALI
Topic: Airline Mergers and Alliances
Topic Breakdown
• Brief description of airline mergers and airline alliances.
2 • Give examples of existing Airline Alliances in the world.
• Identify the advantages and disadvantages of airline mergers and
airline alliances from the perspective of airlines, industry
competition and consumers.
• Why airlines should or should not merge or join into alliances?
• How should airlines manage a merger/alliance situation? What
factors should they consider to optimise the outcomes of the
consolidation?

ARANTHI FERNANDO Student Names:

ASANKA RAJAMANTHRIE
Topic: Establishment of a low cost carrier in Sri Lanka
Topic Breakdown
3 • Define a low cost carrier and its characteristics
• How does a Low Cost carrier differ from a Legacy Carrier/Network?
• Need of a low cost carrier for Sri Lanka.
• Steps to establish a low cost carrier in Sri Lanka.
• Strategy that the low cost carrier can adopt to sustain in the
competitive air line industry.
 AYESH VIMANGA Student Names:
C. RAJASOORIYAR
Topic: Airports and commercial revenue
Topic Breakdown
• Sources and types of airport revenues
• Current trends in airport revenue generation and challenges faced by
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airports in balancing sufficient revenues from all the sources
• Roles of commercial revenues at present day airports
• Factors influencing the success/failure of commercial revenue
generation at airports
• Strategies that airports can adopt to develop a sound model for
commercial revenue generation

CHANAKA PERUMBULI Student Names:

CHANDIMA
SENEVIRATHNE
Topic: Role of the travel agents in an era of online distribution systems
Topic Breakdown
• Explain briefly who are travel agents, their relationship with airlines
and the ticket sales distribution systems
5 • Define the need of travel agents in the aviation industry for the
airlines and to the customers.
• What is an online booking system? What are its advantage to
customers and airlines?
• Have online booking systems replaced travel agents? To what
extent does this hold true in different parts of the world?
• What is the role played by fare comparison websites in this
context?

CHARITHA LANKATHILAKA Student Names:

CHATHURANGA
RATHNAYAKE
Topic: Private sector investment in airport development
Topic Breakdown
• Types of investments available in airport development.
6 • What is private sector investment and what are its characteristics?
• Analyse the pros and cons of private sector investment in airport
development.
• Justify your argument why or why not airports should go to private
sector investment in order to develop airports.
• Provide recommendations for governments as to how private
investments in airports should be managed.

7 DILANI RATNAJEEWA Student Names:

DIMITHRI GEEKIYANGE
Topic: Fair allocation of slots to airlines in airports
Topic Breakdown
• Explain a slot in an airport and its economic importance to airlines.
• How do airports allocate slots to airlines?
• What principles should be followed for the fair slot allocation to the
airlines by airports? What are the existing rules and guidelines?
 • Provide a detailed example of slot allocation for a chosen airport
and conduct a critical evaluation on the method
• Is “Grandfather Rights” a universally reasonable method of slot
allocation?

DINESH KALAVITIGODA Student Names:

ERANGA SAMPATH
Topic: Establishment of an aviation hub
Topic Breakdown
• Define an aviation hub and its characteristics.
8 • Type of aviation hub exits in the regions.
• What are the critical elements for the establishment of an aviation
hub?
• Do you think Sri Lanka has a potential to become an aviation hub?
Conduct and evaluation of the necessary criteria.
• Steps or factors to be consider in the establishment of an aviation
hub in Sri Lanka.

GEETHAN MALINDA Student Names:

GIHAN ATHURUGIRI
Topic: What should be an aviation policy for a developing country: A critical
analysis of the draft national aviation policy for Sri Lanka
Topic Breakdown
• Explain an aviation policy and types of aviation policies that exits.
9 • What are the critical elements of an aviation policy for a developing
island State?
• Comparison of the proposed aviation strategy to Sri Lanka and
other aviation policies in developing countries and developed
countries.
• Evaluation of the proposed aviation strategy.
• Recommendations based on the evaluation.

HASITH MALINGA Student Names:

HASITHA KULATHUNGA
Topic: Impact of liberalisation on air transport
Topic Breakdown
• Define the standard five freedoms of air and additional four
freedoms. Explain the historical evolution of air transport
1 liberalisation from bi-lateral agreements to open skies agreements.
0 Provide examples
• Identify the impacts of liberalisation on the air transport industry
growth in terms of its affect on airlines, airports, customers and
other stakeholders. Provide examples from different regions and
countries in the world.(air cargo industry in SL)
• Recommendations based on the comparison on what is better and
why countries should open or not open doors for liberalisation.

1 INDIKA SAMARANAYAKE Student Names:

1 ISURU ATAPATTU
Topic: Escalating aviation fuel prices and labour costs and profitability of
the airline industry
 Topic Breakdown
• Historical trends in aviation fuel prices and labour costs
• Analyse the reasons for the escalating fuel prices and higher labour
costs and its impact on airline operating cost
• Discuss the decline or the growth of the airline profitability.
• Identify how airlines can maintain a low operating cost and earn
maximize profits without cutting off the service standards.
• Recommendations for the airlines through the analysis

KASUN CHINTHAKA Student Names:

KASUN HERATH
Topic: Impact caused by the new large aircraft on the growth of the air
transport industry
Topic Breakdown
• Define the new era of air transport with the new large aircraft.
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2 • Analyse growth or the decline of the passenger flow with the
introduction of the large aircraft.
• Identify the issues involved from the operators and users end with
the large aircraft.
• What improvement should be incorporated into these new large
aircraft to over come the issues involved.
• Recommendations based on the analysis.

KASUNI Student Names:

VIDANAGAMACHCHI
KRISHANI PERERA
Topic: Outlook of commercial aviation industry in Sri Lankan up to 2025
Topic Breakdown
• Define the commercial aviation industry in Sri Lanka.
1 • Forecast the passenger flow in Sri Lankan commercial aviation
3 industry up to 2025.
• Discuss the growth or the decline and the contributory factors
involved
• Define the governmental and professional authorities’ role and
involvement that should be incorporated to achieve the growth.
• Propose a strategy to maximize or to maintain the growth of the
passenger flow

MADHAVI RANATUNGA Student Names:

MOHAMED AMJATH
Topic: Contribution of air transport industry for economic development
Topic Breakdown
1 • Brief introduction on the air transport industry.
4 • Identify the direct and indirect benefits of air transport industry to
the economic development of a nation. Provide examples.
• Explain the issues involved in economic development that has an
impact on the air transport industry.
• Give proposals as to how air transport industry can take on the lead
to contribute towards the economic development in Sri Lanka.
 MOHAMED RIMSATH Student Names:
NILES PERERA
Topic: State Safety Oversight System in Sri Lanka
Topic Breakdown
• Define a State Safety Oversight System and its critical elements in
1 the context of air transport.
5 • Why should a State have such a system?
• Identify the current status of the State safety over sight system in
Sri Lanka.
• Strategy or a proposal to improvements of the existing system.
Recommendations to maintain the improved standards and provide
a safer air transport system to its users.

PRADEEP GUNAWARDENA Student Names:

PUNTHILA JAYARATHNE
Topic: Private sector investment in Air Traffic Management system
Topic Breakdown
• Define Air traffic Management system and challenges faced by ATM
at present.
1 • What is private sector investment and its characteristics.
6 • Identify the pros and cons of private sector investment in air traffic
management system.
• Provide sound examples/cases on the private and public
ownership/investment on ATM in different countries and compare
the systems
• Justify your argument why or why not private sector investment
should be incorporated in air traffic management system.

RANDIKA NANAYAKKARA Student Names:

RASIKA DAMAYANTHI
Topic: Civil aviation and tourism industry in Sri Lanka
Topic Breakdown
• Brief introduction on the civil aviation industry and tourism industry in
Sri Lanka
1 • Discuss the relationship of civil aviation and tourism industry, how
7 they rely on each other
• Investigate whether other transport industries can also perform as a
catalyst for tourism promotion if they are developed up to the
standard of aviation.
• Provide an analysis of the present situation of the integration of these
industries in Sri Lanka.
• Provide recommendations for a future strategy

1 RUSIRU NAMAL Student Names”

8 S.RAJEEV
Topic: Protection of consumer rights in the aviation industry in Sri Lanka
Topic Breakdown
• Define consumer protection and the role it plays in the aviation
industry.
• Investigate on the rules and regulations in place for aviation
consumer right protection.
 • Identify the situations where consumer rights are miss-used and
they are dominated by the aviation organizations in Sri Lanka
through anSAMITH
analysis of the existing systems
NISHSHANKA
• What is theSUJITH FERNANDO among travellers on consumer rights
level of alertness
• Propose a recommendations to improve the consumer rights
protection scheme for the betterment of travellers in Sri Lanka

Student Names

Topic: Prevention of on set of fatigue on cabin crew

Topic Breakdown:
• Define types of fatigues.
1 • Identify the contributory factors for onset of fatigue on human
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being
• Explain as to why thereSILVA
SUPESHANI should be an effective mechanism for
prevention SURANGA
of onset ofWALPOLA
fatigue in flight and cabin crew.
• Strategy that can be implemented to prevent or reduce onset
fatigue experienced by flight and cabin crew.

Student Names:

Topic: Discuss the impact of meteorology in aviation

2 Topic Breakdown
0 • Define the meteorology in aviation.
SURATH
• Explain how meteorological information is used in aviation.
BANDARANAYAKE
• Discuss aviation accidents caused by issues involved in meteorology.
THARAKA
• Propose a strategy RUPASINGHE
to avoid accidents caused by issues involved in
meteorology.

Student Names:

Topic: Development of domestic aerodromes in Sri Lanka

Topic Breakdown
2 • What is a domestic aerodrome? Identify the domestic aerodromes in
1 Sri Lanka.
• Is there a need to develop the domestic aerodromes in Sri Lanka?
• Identify the benefits and costs of the development of the domestic
aerodromes. THARINDU NUWAN
• Identify the aerodromes
THILINA MADUSANKA
that should be developed.
• Develop a proposal for the domestic aerodrome development in Sri
Lanka.

2 Student Names:
2
Topic: Launch of a recreational air travel network in Sri Lanka
Topic Breakdown:
• Explain what is a recreational air travel network and provide
examples of such networks in the world.
 • Evaluate the need of such a network to Sri Lanka
• Explain how it can contribute towards the economic development of
the country UDANA KODIPPILI
• Identify the destinations that should be included in the development
VINDYANI ABEYRAMA
of such a network and provide guidelines as to how it should be
developed.

Student Names:

Topic: Wild life hazard management at airports

Topic Breakdown
2 • Explain wild life hazard management and its relationship with aviation
3 ( safety and accidents)
• Identify the legislations in place for wild life and hazard management
• Identify a strategies that the operators can adopt to minimize the
accidents cause by the wild life and also to protect them in general
• What is the applicability of these legislations and strategies in the
development of Hambantota Internal Airport (HIA)