1000 Search Results for Air Travel and the Environment
Other aircrafts in the category of A380, produced in the last few years, included the A350, Boeing 777, Boeing 787 and the other 747's. GKN and other similarly-motivated companies have been focused on reducing harmful acoustic emissions of aircraft Continue Reading...
Business
Bringing Quality Back to Commercial Air Travel
In 1988, ten years after deregulation of the aviation industry in the U.S., Gourdin's article titled "Bringing Quality Back to Commercial Air Travel" was published in the Transportation Journa Continue Reading...
It states how airlines knowing the risk of pulmonary embolism had completely avoided "providing the proper seats, equipment and warnings to the traveling public who are totally within their care and control while on board the aircraft" (Louis S. Fra Continue Reading...
Aviation
Profitability and Air Travel
Recent history has been particularly unkind to the aviation industry. A sector uniquely vulnerable to the fluctuations, uncertainties and anxieties that seem to connect to particular moments in history, the air Continue Reading...
air traffic has continued to increase and it now constitutes a considerable proportion of the travelling public. The amount of long-hour flights has increased significantly. Based on the International Civil Aviation authority, air traffic can be anti Continue Reading...
" A report published by Partnership for Air Transportation Noise and Emissions Reduction (PARTNER) explains that "Aircraft landing take-off (LTO) emissions include those produced during idle, taxi to and from terminal gates, take-off and climb-out, a Continue Reading...
Another is high labor productivity, yet another is high asset utilization. The net result is that AirTran has one of the lowest levels of cost per ASM in the industry.
In terms of weaknesses, one major weakness is that AirTran has no discernable so Continue Reading...
Unless the already low accident rate in aviation is reduced even further, the increased traffic volume will lead to an average of 25 accidents per year, with over 1,000 fatalities. Because 70% to 80% of all aviation accidents are considered to invol Continue Reading...
Taken together, all these economic factors are making the turn-around of the losses AirTran is experiencing extremely difficult. The reductions in employees will not fix the more systemic and more strategic issues the company faces; it will however Continue Reading...
46). To date, though, these reforms have not materialized and the air traffic control system remains mired in the FAA bureaucracy (McDougall & Roberts, 2008). In this regard, Poole (2008) emphasizes that, "[the air traffic control system] is man Continue Reading...
Travelling and Tourism contributes to U.S. Economy
How travelling and tourism contribute to U.S. economy
Annotation
Websites
United States Department of Commerce
Commerce Department Data Show U.S. Travel and Tourism Exports Contributed $87.1 Bil Continue Reading...
During pollution peaks, this department informs residents and announces any traffic restriction measures decided on by the town hall. Air quality has distinctly improved over the past two years and these restrictions are becoming less frequent" (Ene Continue Reading...
Whereas the level of air pollution in Canada is smaller than the ones in other countries, it can still be considered to play an important role in the tourist industry. People generally come to the country thinking about fresh mountain air and no pol Continue Reading...
Environment and Social Equality
The modern world and all of its technological progress has led to a situation in which many individuals become detached from its reliance on the knowledge of natural systems to provide for themselves and their familie Continue Reading...
Water Quality-
Next to the Greenhouse Effect, the 2nd largest threat to the environment comes from acid rain, caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide put into the atmosphere from factories, mixing with water in the clouds, and then falling as a Continue Reading...
Environment Scan
Environmental Scan:
Just Homestay LLC
The emergence of technology in the past decades has led the world to many innovations. Things that were once impossible to conceive, such as minute-to-minute trans-Atlantic communication, are Continue Reading...
Overall, AirTran Airways has successfully achieved high profits, which are consistently growing on an annual basis. This growth is due in great part to the effective marketing and promotional activities developed and executed by the company. Whethe Continue Reading...
A strategic market plan is a written, long-term marketing plan covering three or more years into the future. A marketing plan is a written, short-term (tactical) marketing plan, for a period of two or fewer years into the future (Morrison, 2003). Cu Continue Reading...
Business - Management
External Environment Analysis
Southwest Airlines is the nation's low fair, high customer satisfaction airline. It mainly serves short haul cities, offering single class air transportation, which aims for the business commuter Continue Reading...
(Dunn, 2009)
Arumemi-Ikhide believes that Arik can succeed due to a combination of the opportunity -- helped by economic and air transport reforms in Nigeria -- and the capability to deliver a high quality product." (Dunn, 2009) Also stated by Arum Continue Reading...
Business Plan:
The Corporate Environment and Future Strategies of McDonald's Corporation
McDonald's Corporation is a leader in the fast-food industry. This business report includes an in-depth analysis of the present marketing environment of McDona Continue Reading...
Macro and Micro Environment in Management
Planning is an important function of management. It is an act of formulating a program for a definitive course of action. The management defines a goal and puts forward its strategies to accomplish the objec Continue Reading...
Qantas Airlines
External Environment
Threat of New Entrants -- Medium
Supplier Power -- Medium
Buyer Power -- High
Threat of Substitute Products - Low
Competition -- High
Strengths
Weaknesses
Opportunities
Threats
Qantas's Strategy for Com Continue Reading...
Greyhound is part of the travel services industry, providing intercity travel within the United States as well as travel packages and mail services. The environment that Greyhound operates in his been effected by the events of September 11. The safet Continue Reading...
Describe how best to filter out the pandering and proselytizing that some politicians and even some public officials engage in (TSA, 2013).
Find the best methods of getting the best feedback from the people that know the tactics and technologies th Continue Reading...
" Understanding mobilities, the researcher asserts, may enhance one's understanding of why people might walk.
As noted earlier in this paper mobility is not a new thing, but rather the state of things (Adey, 2010; Steinberg & Shields 2008). In t Continue Reading...
Environmental Issues Faced in 21st Century Aviation
Reducing
Communication and Coordination
Tools and Metrics
Technology, Operations and Policy
Demand
Aviation and the Environment
Effects on the health
Local Air Quality
Climate Change
Total Continue Reading...
Environment: Toulmin Model Argument
To be environmental or not may not be a difficult question for Christian people, then again, for others it might be. However, when it comes to Christians and the Environment, the question is, should Christians be Continue Reading...
privatization of Air Traffic Control
in the U.S.
Non-profit privatization of ATC
Industry experts position on privatizing the U.S. ATC
Improvement in safety and regulation
New Public Management Orientation in the U.S. Air Traffic Control
Techn Continue Reading...
Christians and the Environment
When it comes to the environment, Christians are as beholden to it as anyone regarding its preservation and restoration. The environment is a physical manifestation of God's love and it's for us to preserve. This notio Continue Reading...
This focus on the positive benefits of consumer word of mouth behaviour is a natural tendency. I certainly like to think that positive comments have a greater impact on my decisions than negative comments. In fact, the respondents to the survey repo Continue Reading...
How Do Gas-Powered Cars Affect the Environment?According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), gas-powered cars are one of the most significant sources of emissions that contribute to global warming in the United States. In the United States Continue Reading...
Commuting for Clean Air
Commuter choice programs are noble efforts to reduce air pollution and they will certainly help to improve air quality. For example, one study of fifty-eight pilot projects in southern California concluded that financial ince Continue Reading...
role professional aviation organizations (-government) development air transportation regulation. Choose aviation related organization describe helped develop, change, implement regulation.
The International Air Transport Association
The Internati Continue Reading...
("Air France KLM corporate social responsibility statement," n. d.)
After their agreement in the Global compact of the UN and depending upon their 'vision of long standing business management', 'AIR France KLM' encourages setting 'corporate social Continue Reading...
EVA Air
Competitors
The industry is highly dependent upon the United States' economy, as economic health and growth in this country and its businesses is largely responsible for supplying customers -- and especially more profitable customers, as bu Continue Reading...
So, clearly, a progression of thought has occurred to bring mankind to the brand of reality that Berman endorses; however, he seems unable to clearly delineate or characterize what this progression has been on a historical level. Doubtlessly, he is Continue Reading...
Adventure Travel Log
Taking a trip from North America to South America can be one of the most life changing events that anyone could ever experience. It is common for most people to take their surroundings for granted and be comfortable in their own Continue Reading...
Tourism vs. The Environment
Tourism is one of the fastest growing industries. In fact, it is believed that tourism will grow at approximately four percent per year through the year 2010. Tourism is usually good for the economy but is it is not alway Continue Reading...
This entity follows the California Clean Air Act and the Federal Clean Air Act so that it is responsible for air monitoring, permitting, enforcement, long-range air quality planning, regulatory development, and education and public information activ Continue Reading...