MA in Airline Hospitality Management
Course Overview
The MA in Airline Hospitality Management at LSCAHM is a UK Level 7 postgraduate award running one year full-time or two years part-time on-campus, online and by distance learning. The programme is aligned with UK aviation-hospitality practice standards recognised by the Institute of Hospitality, UKHospitality and international benchmarks referenced by the Cornell Hotel Society alumni network. It reads onboard service, ground hospitality and airline retail as one connected senior discipline.
By graduation you are managing cabin service standards across routes, briefing catering and ground partners against clear specifications, and defending a supervised dissertation, capstone or sponsor project focused on airline hospitality.
Key Features
- Curriculum aligned with Institute of Hospitality senior-management themes and airline hospitality benchmarks.
- Case-based teaching drawn from long-haul, short-haul and premium airline operations.
- Modules on cabin service, onboard retail, ground hospitality and lounge operations.
- Dissertation supervised by a practising airline hospitality director or consultant.
- Three parallel study modes for progressors, working cabin crew and portfolio-route applicants.
What You Will Learn
- Design cabin service standards for long-haul and short-haul routes.
- Manage inflight catering specifications with UK and international suppliers.
- Structure lounge operations including F&B, showers and business services.
- Coordinate ground hospitality across check-in, transit and boarding.
- Model airline retail and ancillary revenue.
- Interpret passenger data as senior management signals.
- Report cabin-hospitality KPIs to base managers and cabin directors.
- Design and defend a research-informed capstone or dissertation.
Who This Course Is For
- Senior cabin crew and cabin service managers moving into base or route leadership.
- Ground services leads specialising into airline hospitality.
- Airline consultants specialising into service standards work.
- International practitioners consolidating UK senior-management credentials.
Career Pathways
- Airline Hospitality Manager
- Cabin Service Manager
- Base Manager (Cabin)
- Lounge Operations Manager
- Onboard Retail Manager
- Guest Experience Director (Aviation)
The LSCAHM careers service runs at least one industry-careers day each academic year connecting Master's students with airline operators, ground handlers, lounge operators and cabin-service consultancies.
Entry Requirements
- A UK Bachelor's degree (2:2 or above) or equivalent international qualification in hospitality, aviation or a related discipline.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Applicants without a Bachelor's degree but with 5+ years of senior aviation or hospitality experience are considered on portfolio.
- One academic and one professional reference.
- A 500-word research proposal or professional practice statement.
Why Study at LSCAHM
The London School of Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management sits within Harold International College of London and teaches in small tutor-visible cohorts. LSCAHM reads culinary arts, hospitality management, tourism, events and food business as interlocking disciplines, which is the natural frame for airline hospitality where catering, retail and service intersect.
Central London places airline head offices, lounge operators and the Institute of Hospitality within a short tube ride of every classroom.
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