Aviation Investigation: International Airports, SWOT Analysis, Recommendations

Aviation Investigation

Table of Contents
Introduction..........................................................................................................................................3
Main body ............................................................................................................................................3
Question 1 ............................................................................................................................................3
Three international airport and comparison ........................................................................................3
Question 2 ............................................................................................................................................4
SWOT Analysis of Birmingham Airport ........................................................................................4
Question 3 ............................................................................................................................................5
Recommendations and Strategies of Birmingham airport...............................................................5
Conclusion ...........................................................................................................................................6
References ...........................................................................................................................................7

Introduction
The study is on the aviation industry which includes the air travel and related activities of
the air line industry, military aviation, aircraft manufacturing etc. The term is related to the
mechanical air transportation(Dalland 2017). It includes two types of aircraft are aeroplanes and
helicopters. Airline business are used for providing the services to the people. In the globalisation
the aviation industry is very important in contributing to the economic prosperity and helps in
connection with different countries, cultures, continents etc. The study includes the audit of three
international airports, SWOT analysis of Birmingham airport and providing the recommendation for
airport to enhancing the passenger experience.
Main body
Question 1
Three international airport and comparison
1. London city airport- It is an international airport situated in royal docks in London
borough of Newham, London. The first proposal was developed by Reg Ward in 1981and
Engineering company Mowlem established the airport in 1987. It has 1508-metre(4948ft)
long runway with one terminal. The facilities and services provided by the airport are
information desk located near the entrance terminal, cashpoint services, bank facility
shopping, eating restaurants such as meridian line restaurants, bewleys, trattoria. The airport
operates 4.8 million passengers in 2019. It includes British airways, Lufthansa, Alitalia
airlines which fly from the London city airport. Parking facility is available with the set rate
for 24 hours and rate can be reduced by pre booking through online.
2. London Gatwick airport-It is the second largest airport running with single runway. This
airport is located near the Crawley, west Sussex, England in south of central London. The
airport was opened as an aerodrome in late 1920s. In 1933 commercial flights were
approved by the air ministry. The first terminal was built in 1935 by the name of “The
Beehive”. It includes the north and south terminal. The facilities provides to the passenger
are free Wi-Fi connection, special assistance, luggage services, helps in finding lost
property. Due to COVID all the flights are operated from north terminal. The government is
providing the facilities of testing and quarantine to the passengers. It serves for 35 million
customers with 200 destinations in 90 countries (Jugl and et. al., 2019).
3. Birmingham airport- It is an international airport settled in west - Northwest of Bickenhill,
village Solihull, united kingdom. It was opened on 8 July 1939 as Elmdon airport. It