Introduction Infrastructure assets, although very beneficial to society are often marred with high profiled accidents and deaths. Industry segments such as trucking, rail transportation, and ocean shipping have all experienced very high profile and Continue Reading...
Qantas Risk Factors Qantas Case Study Risk Factor Identification Some of the risk factors for Qantas are general and specific to the airline industry more than they are specific to Qantas, but yet should be mentioned anyway. Other risk factors are Continue Reading...
Airline Terrorism As the name implies, terrorism is an attempt to provoke fear and intimidation. Therefore, terrorist acts are intended to attract wide publicity and provoke public shock, outrage, and/or fear. The intent may be to provoke disproport Continue Reading...
Such techniques as internet marketing, reservations, and sales; electronic ticketing and check-in; online quality control, resource planning, operational oversight, cargo and baggage tracking, and customer service, all will reduce staffing requireme Continue Reading...
Australia Airline Management Case Study Report: Airlines This paper provides a comparative study of the goals, management style, and labor relations policies of three Australian airlines: Qantas, Virgin Blue, and Air Australia Airways. It examines Continue Reading...
The company's promotional literature emphasizes the synergistic effects of this corporate structure: "IAG combines the two leading airlines in the UK and Spain, enabling them to enhance their presence in the aviation market while retaining their ind Continue Reading...
Airline tickets, food and beverage and related items are going up faster than planners can adjust. Hotels, destination management companies, transportation providers and suppliers in general are all affected by oil price increases. Industry leaders Continue Reading...
" (Knorr and Eisenkopf, 2004) the fifth and final strength identified for Emirates Airline in the work of Knorr and Eisenkopf (2004) is stated to be the Emirates "...award-winning service in all classes, which is matched or exceeded only by very few Continue Reading...
Scheduled annual ASMs went up from 300 billion in 1978 to more than 700 billion by 2000. (Tam; Hansman, 2003) Of late, the close association between economic growth and the demand for air traffic travel also led to unprecedented traffic loads and p Continue Reading...
Cathay Pacific Airlines Vision The Cathay Pacific airline business can also potentially include in its primary objectives the subsequent 3 elements: To create and manage a new regional air travel company striving particularly at connecting parts o Continue Reading...
Southwest Airlines Internal Analysis of the Southwest Airlines RBV Framework Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) has a market cap as of September 12, 2011 of $6.3B, the most profitable and valuable American-based airlines there is today. This is a direct Continue Reading...
Banking Risk AssignmentSummary (300 Words)The assignment requires analyzing five companies with a one million British pound portfolio from the same sector. This analysis is based on market risk based on a paper by Sollis (2009). According to the auth Continue Reading...
Corporate Strategy for British Airways Airlines compete for a finite amount of passengers worldwide with a growing number of local, national and international carriers. Some airlines are specifically termed discount because they cut their costs in e Continue Reading...
As the value proposition that the company was based on, the attractiveness of flying when it is equal to or less than the cost of gasoline for the comparable trip has helped to create a unique niche for this airline. Their reliance on regional airpo Continue Reading...
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Yolo Airlines is a low-cost airline carrier that conducts its airline operations in the United States. The business operations are based on a low-cost structure and the airline is able to generate high returns as a result of the uni Continue Reading...
Executive SummaryThis paper provides an analysis of Herb Kellehers leadership of during his tenure as CEO of Southwest Airlines from 1971 to 2001. Under the charismatic Kellehers servant-leadership approach which placed a high priority on employee em Continue Reading...
AVIATION CIVIL AVIATION'S SARPS Civil Aviation's SARPs Civil Aviation's SARPs The primary objective of aviation security relates to airport infrastructure protection. The agencies also insist on the need to control people's access within protecte Continue Reading...
More specifically, since Southwest invests heavily in both training and the "attitude" of its employees, the fact that all economically motivated employee separations are voluntary buyouts allows the company to protect that investment. A happy work Continue Reading...
6%, versus 6.1% in 2008. The return on equity was -6.1% in 2009 and was 15.5% in 2008. The asset and equity levels were relatively stable for the two years, so most of the changes can be attributed to changes in the net income. To investigate those n Continue Reading...
Classic Airlines has the reputation of being the world's fifth largest airline, which commands a fleet of more than 375 jets that serve 240 cities with over 2,300 daily flights. Classic, around for more than 25 years, employs more than 23,000 employe Continue Reading...
Ryanair: Europe's Largest Low Fares Airline Ryanair is a European bases low fare airline that connects 160 destinations in its global operations. The airline has 44 bases covering 1100 route over 27 nations. Tony Ryan established the airline in 1985 Continue Reading...
Coca-Cola External Coca-Cola's industry conditions, according to the Five Forces analysis, are generally favorable. The environmental conditions, according to the PEST analysis, are also generally favorable. This means that with few obstacles, Coca- Continue Reading...
Furthermore, Lebanon enjoyed a considerable increase (+26%) on the already positive trend experienced in 2003, despite a politically rocky patch following the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri. Minister of tourism, Joseph Sarkis, Continue Reading...
downsizing on Manufacturing Industries The amount of information on the effects of down sizing on manufacturing was not plentiful, however one main point that flows through all of the articles is that even though down sizing may be done to help a c 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...
Terrorist Attacks on New York City Consumer Behavior and Risk Terrorism and Consumerism in the Melting Pot How has September 11 Impacted Americans Economic Impact of terrorism Outlook for the New York Economy Examination of the Effects on Busi Continue Reading...
Works Cited: Murray, G. (2008, January). The Case for Corporate Aviation. Risk Management, 55(1), p. 42. Sheehan, J. (2003). Business and Corporate Aviation Management: On Demand Air Transportation. New York: McGraw Hill. Suzuki, Y. (2000). The Continue Reading...
During the year 1972, the All Houston service was transferred to Houston's Hobby Airport from Houston Intercontinental. This move was prompted by Kelleher who said that after all why customers have to drive 45-minutes to take a 40-minute flight. Wit Continue Reading...
Future Trends for Civil Aviation The importance of a viable civil aviation sector to national security has been well documented, but the aviation industry continues to struggle with skyrocketing fuel prices and highly regulated operational environm Continue Reading...
The National Housing Act indirectly promoted the idea of lenders offering much longer-term mortgages with the currently accepted concept of monthly payments with the dual interest and principal payment scale. Amortized real estate mortgages opened t Continue Reading...
Chronic Fatigue in the Aviation Industry Chronic Fatigue Fatigue is the mental and/or physical state of being weak and tired. Mental and physical fatigue is different, but the two will often exist together. A person becomes mentally tired if they a Continue Reading...
Wal-Mart is also deemed to be a company that greatly mistreats and discriminates against its employees but there has apparently been no reliable empirical data to back that up (Van Riper, 2008). The article concludes by conceding to some Wal-Mart c Continue Reading...
The NAAP structural integrity program includes three tests including Widespread Fatigue Damage (WFD), Damage tolerance analysis (DTA) and DTA based airframe repair assessment. The supplemental inspection programs of the FAA ensure that commercial ai Continue Reading...
911 and Beyond Presage an Era of New Terrorism? What Problems Does this Pose in Terms of Risk Management? For airports and the airline industry worldwide, the events of September 11, 2001 were absolutely catastrophic, especially in the United State Continue Reading...
Aer Lingus Assess Supply Base The supply base is a function of the airport capacity, specifically the terminal and lanes leased specifically for the use of Aer Lingus jet and air plane usage in addition to the actual supply of jets/planes and the p Continue Reading...
Analysis: Strategic Alternatives Assessment and the Financial AnalysisFrom the evaluation of the potential growth opportunities as well as strategies for Southwest Airlines, it was established that the optimal strategic alternative would be better se Continue Reading...
Aviation & Human Factor Aviation "The history of the development and progress of Human Factors in aviation, highlighting areas of significant change" Development in Aviation field is an essential element from defense prospective of any country Continue Reading...
" (Qantas Airways Limited and Controlled Entities - Preliminary Final Report, 2008) In July, 2008 Qantas reported that it intends to "eliminate 1,500 jobs world-wide and it shed plans to increase flying capacity as it continues to battle high jet-fu Continue Reading...
For example, personnel integrity, confidence, organizational culture, motivation, team spirit and the overall quality of business and employee relationships. According to this approach, if any one of these four aforementioned aspects are lacking or Continue Reading...
