When we put the world map in front of us, we see that the center of civil aviation is shifting from west to east. Existing data show that Istanbul will soon be one of the most important hubs in the future of aviation. The Turkish Civil Aviation sector is becoming the leading player across the Euro-Asia region and the world. By 2023, Istanbul is expected to reach a capacity of 200 million passengers per year with the world’s third-biggest airport. Accordingly, there is a severe need for aviation experts and managers with industry knowledge.
The Air Transport Management Master’s Program is a unique program presented with the Turkish Airlines Aviation Academy and AirBusiness Academy (Airbus) partnership. To this end, the ATM master’s program aims to train experts, visionary managers, and researchers in the aviation industry.
ATM master’s program at Ibn Haldun University provides an aviation-oriented but versatile and interdisciplinary education. The program consists of fundamentals of aviation management, aviation economy and finance, fleet planning, revenue management, supply chain management, service management, information systems, and business analytics. The program is one of the few international programs in aviation, with its curriculum tailored to globally renowned partners focusing on current aviation practices. The program is enriched with elective courses that can be taken according to the field of interest in addition to the compulsory courses. ATM, designed to train the future leaders of the aviation industry with industrial and academic experts, offers hands-on practice with a master’s thesis and graduation project.
Prof. Ali Osman Kuşakcı
With an international profile of students and academics reflecting the program's rich cultural and professional background, our graduates become part of a unique network in the aviation sector. Furthermore, with the achievements they have gained throughout the program, our graduates become familiar with novel developments in the aviation industry and analyze business models and processes in the field. Thus, a practice-oriented education approach is applied in the program. In this way, our graduates, who know the operational tools for solving industry-specific problems and cases, can utilize them correctly.
Thus, our graduates become natural candidates for managerial positions in aviation firms. Some of the employment areas, according to the graduate profile of the program, are:
Airline companies
Airport operators
Aircraft maintenance and repair (MRO) companies
Consulting firms
Aviation and space industry firms
Academic institutions providing education in the field of aviation
| IBN HALDUN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES CURRICULUM OF AIR TRANSPORT MANAGEMENT (THESIS) MASTER OF SCIENCE PROGRAM |
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| I. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| AIR 502 | Fundamentals of Airline Management | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 503 | Aviation Economics and Financial Analysis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 505 | Airlines Marketing Strategies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 515 | Information Systems and Business Analytics in Air Transportation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Total Credit | 12 | 32 | |||
| II. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| AIR 500 | Seminar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| AIR 501 | Research Methods and Publication Ethics | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 506 | Airline Business Models and Strategic Management | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 513 | Network, Fleet and Schedule Planning | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 523 | Revenue Management in Aviation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| Total Credit | 12 | 35 | |||
| III. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| AIR … | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR … | Departmental Elective | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 599 | Master's Thesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Total Credit | 6 | 42 | |||
| IV. Semester | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| AIR 599 | Master's Thesis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| Total Credit | 0 | 30 | |||
| Overall Total Credit | 30 | 139 | |||
| COMPULSORY COURSES | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| AIR 500 | Seminar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| AIR 501 | Research Methods and Publication Ethics | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 502 | Fundamentals of Airline Management | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 503 | Aviation Economics and Financial Analysis | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 505 | Airlines Marketing Strategies | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 506 | Airline Business Models and Strategic Management | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 513 | Network, Fleet and Schedule Planning | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 515 | Information Systems and Business Analytics in Air Transportation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| AIR 523 | Revenue Management in Aviation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
| DEPARTMENTAL ELECTIVE COURSES | |||||
| Course Code | Course Name | Hours | Credit | ECTS | |
| T | U | ||||
| AIR 504 | Supply Chain and Logistics in Air Transportation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 511 | Air Law and Regulations | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 514 | Airport Planning and Management | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 517 | Aviation Safety, Security and Crisis Management | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 518 | Service Management and Innovation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 521 | Management of Engineering Projects | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 522 | International Strategic Management | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 524 | Project Finance in Air Transportation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 525 | Flight and Ground Operations | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 526 | International Human Resources Management | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| AIR 527 | Organizational Behavior in Aviation | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
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