Company information Name: Air Canada Products/Services offered: As Canada’s largest airline and the world’s tenth-largest passenger airline by number of destinations‚ it offers direct passenger service to more than 175 destinations on five different continents. Air Canada is an airline offering air transport to diverse customers. Customers can pay premiums for first-class seats while others may chose to travel as economy class. The company’s primary function again is to offer air travel while other revenues
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Company Overview Air Canada was established by Canadian parliament on April 10‚ 1937. The company was initially incorporated under the Trans-Canada Air Lines Act‚ as Canada’s national airline service. At the time of incorporation‚ Air Canada was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Canadian National Railway Corporation.(AIF) In 1977‚ Air Canada reorganized under the Air Canada Act‚ at which time it became property of the Canadian government. In 1988‚ Air Canada was reorganized under
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Overview of the Company Air Canada is the largest airline in Canada and the 15th largest commercial airline in the world to day (About Air Canada‚ 2012). Their headquarters are held and located in Montreal‚ Quebec. They have three hubs throughout Canada‚ in Toronto (YYZ)‚ Montreal (YUL and Vancouver (YVR). Air Canada’s main line of work is providing aviation transportation service to customers‚ along with offering specialty charter services. They provide these services along with incorporating
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How serious is the threat from conventional airlines that want to imitate the westjet culture? What does it take to imitate organizational culture? Can Air Canada compete against westjet’s employee productivity and its relationship with its employees? Ever since its establishment in 1996‚ WestJet has aimed to operate as a low-cost carrier while employing non-unionized members in a unique organizational culture. In its simplest form this unique organizational culture can be labeled as a labor managed
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about Air Canada briefly. Account for the initial valuation of capital assets‚ costs subsequent to acquisition‚ and the deposals of capital assets with reference to Air Canada. Define cash and accounts receivables and explain the recognition and valuation of receivables. Identify and compare depreciation methods. Table of Content Introduction Task 1: Internal Control and Cash Task 2: Receivables Task 3: Noncurrent Assets Task 4: Recommendations Conclusion References Introduction Air Canada
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Brief Description of Air Canada and WestJet Airlines Air Canada is the largest airline in Canada‚ with its headquarters located in Montreal‚ Quebec. Formally named Trans-Canada Airlines‚ the airline was established in 1936 by Canadian federal government. However‚ in 1988‚ Air Canada was privatized due to the deregulation of the Canadian airline market. Air Canada serves over 38 million passengers annually and provides direct passenger service to more than 190 destinations on five continents. WestJet
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1. The problems Air Canada hopes to resolve using the Maintenix is the present systems Air Canada is operating were not ‘interacting with one another or with finance or inventory systems’ (Laudon‚ p 50). The inefficiencies of the systems were costing Air Canada the time of employees‚ engineers‚ and money that can be used on other sources. Air Canada was overspending on excessive inventory costs. 2. Maintenix improves operational and decision-making through software programs‚ ‘providing integrated
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23/09/2010 Assignment2: Air Canada Takes off with Maintenix Read the Interactive Session: Technology‚ and then discuss the following questions: 1. What problems does Air Canada hope that Maintenix will solve? 2. How does Maintenix improve operational efficiency and decision-making? 3. Give examples of three decisions supported by the Maintenix system. What information do the Maintenix modules provide to support each of these decisions? Answer: 1. What problems does Air Canada hope that Maintenix
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all industries including the air cargo industry. Information systems have helped the air cargo industry remain competitive‚ provide customers and other with an efficient and easy to use service‚ and has kept the industry up to date. In 2003‚ Cargo Patrol Services (CPS) opened for business as the air cargo industry’s first full-service Internet portal that provided the industry with an electronic booking and shipment management system. Without this new system‚ the air cargo industry would have suffered
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went up because the crude oil that makes the jet fuel had risen from $27 a barrel (in 2000) to $133 in 2008. Also‚ the landing fees went up because of the increase in the air traffic and the airport terminals. Fuel prices went down in the financial crises 2008- 2009 but the passenger air travel had declined as well by 5.4% in Canada. 2. Describe airline industry’s strategies to address these challenges? Consolidation is the primary strategy that the airline used to address these challenges. In addition
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