Essays Tagged: "major airlines"

"Airline Safety" will describe some of the modern problems with American Air Transportation and compare it to other forms of transportation

ourth of your harmful actions or serve one fourth of your jail term, would you be happy? On average major airlines only have to pay a quarter for every dollar of fines that they are issued by the FAA, ... he naked eye. Every three to five years each plane is taken apart and put back together. All of the major components are replaced and everything is check for wear and tear.With the increase of the use ...

(6 pages) 156 0 3.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Airline Industry Analysis.

ue that is generated from operations. This type of industry is categorized in 4 different sections: major, regional, national, and cargo carriers. All of these categories have ways of displaying and e ... rs. All of these categories have ways of displaying and executing services to interested consumers. Major airlines are also called truck carriers. They are considered nationwide. National airlines are ...

(12 pages) 1149 1 3.3 Aug/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Airline industry.

ue that is generated from operations. This type of industry is categorized in 4 different sections: major, regional, national, and cargo carriers. All of these categories have ways of displaying and e ... rs. All of these categories have ways of displaying and executing services to interested consumers. Major airlines are also called truck carriers. They are considered nationwide. National airlines are ...

(8 pages) 654 1 3.9 Sep/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Evaluate To what extent have the "no frills" airlines coped better in the decline of the airline industry following the events on September 11th

numbers, especially lucrative business travellers, dropped. In particular, the US downturn affected major airlines, such as British Airways, which generate a lot of their business from the transatlant ... der the 1944 Chicago convention, airlines operating under licence from a particular country must be majority owned by shareholders from that country. This effectively blocks cross border mergers. Lead ...

(7 pages) 202 0 2.3 Mar/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Case Study - EasyJet

o operate with fewer constraints than before and created many new opportunities. However, while the major big companies pursued "hub and spoke "strategies, and global alliances, a different approach o ... regional airports. (Piercy, 2000)Following the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, a number of major airlines filed for bankruptcy, including companies such as Swissair, Sabena, U.S. Airways, Uni ...

(19 pages) 637 0 4.0 May/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Continental Airlines

ide the best air travel service to the masses.In light of current events taking place in the world, major airlines are facing significant losses; however, airlines are finding ways to survive despite ... rate outside the United States to other international countries and regions.Question #2Describe the major Driving Forces of the Industry.The major Driving Forces are: -Growing use of the Internet and ...

(25 pages) 276 0 3.5 Aug/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Fractional Flying

iness Jets.The pay for pilots flying for shared ownership companies is not as high as it is for the major airlines, but you are paid a fairly decent salary. "At NetJets first-year pilots are paid $29, ...

(2 pages) 1116 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Greyhound Air

ards value-conscious travelers. Its ticket prices often were only one third of the fares charged by major national carriers on the same routes. Although Greyhound could not match the frequency of the ... routes. Although Greyhound could not match the frequency of the larger airlines, it operated on all major routes across Canada. It had a hub in Winnipeg, where most of the flights had a stop. Major ai ...

(4 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Jet Blue: Change Analysis

model for change.The low-cost airline entered the market in 2000. JetBlue survived competition from major airlines, the travel turmoil following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 and the unc ... h (i.e. security).The low-cost airline entered the market in 2000 and has survived competition from major airlines its main competitors being American Airlines and Delta Air Lines. As JetBlue grew and ...

(16 pages) 199 0 4.5 Jan/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Current Market Conditions

vernment on the basis of the amount of revenue generated from operations. These classifications are major, national and regional. All United States airlines hold two certificates from the federal gove ... ates from the federal government, a fitness certificate and an operating certificate.To be called a major airline, the airline must generate operating revenues of more then one billion annually. The a ...

(11 pages) 185 0 3.0 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Tourism Business Strategy

Kangis and O'Reily, 2003)The paperStrategies for the twenty-first century A period of uncertainty A major question mark hanging over airlines at the start of the new millenium has been whether the ear ... ill be as severe and painful as that of 1990 tohis paper analyses the airline and explains how some major airlines have been faced with competition by a number of "new entrant" airlines, generally pro ...

(11 pages) 98 0 4.2 Mar/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

Operationalizing Constructs

s to be confusing to the flying public and damaging to carriers. It will give some bad marks to the major airlines, which carry 80% of all passengers in the world's safest system. Federal government d ...

(2 pages) 28 0 0.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Major and Regional Airlines

Major and Regional Airlines � PAGE �1� Major and Regional AirlinesChad CabeenMa ... SCI 405AbstractPassengers are always looking for cheaper fares. In an effort to provide those fares major airlines have relied heavily on regional airlines. Regional airlines now provide for over fift ... e, in part, to fuel cost. These rising costs have brought the regional airlines to the mercy of the major airlines. Because of the lack of revenue for training, regional airline safety has become ques ...

(9 pages) 35 0 0.0 May/2010

Subjects: Science Essays