Fundamentals and Structure of Aviation Systems

• The history of aviation beginning with the first drawings and flying items goes back to the fifteenth century. • The aviation industry has grown to a remarkable size over the centuries and is one of the important industries of economic growth today. • The aviation industry is structured along the aviation value chain. • Air transport is characterised by high fixed costs, low profit margins in a growing market, and by its dependence on external factors. • The stakeholders of aviation profit from the economies and drivers of aviation. • The aviation system model includes different environments, such as the economic, ecological, social, technological and political environments, which are the platform of the aviation market.