July 2002‚ is a regulatory authority within the european union. It works with european NAA and non european NAA members in the interest of aviation standardization in the field of safety. In a recent and similar event to that of Eastern 727‚ Airbus instructed A380 operators to conduct more frequent checks on the wings after finding cracks due to metal fatigue. Again it was not a regulatory authority‚ EASA‚ who discovered the crack but the aircraft manufacturer. The difference being the cracks were not
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In today’s commercial aviation world‚ airlines have for a long time understood the importance of flying an aircraft as economically as possible. Advances in technology have made this possible in a number of ways‚ one of which is the introduction of composite material use wherever feasible. Composite materials typically offer a weight saving of between 20 and 25% when used in place of historically manufactured components made predominantly from alloyed metals. The heavier the aircraft‚ the more fuel
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Executive Summary After carefully undertook a critical review of the five papers which are written by Daniel Chan on the story of Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Singapore Girl‚ it has in fact bring us a lot of thought and the strategies which SIA has used which attain SIA becomes one of the world’s leading airlines company. While SIA is one of the world ’s leading carriers with an advanced fleet and it is internationally respected as the innovative market leader combining a quality product with
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SWOT Analysis Strength • Improving Margins: As economic showing a significant progress‚ Qantas margins are also improving. • Diversified Business : Qantas range of subsidiary business operates in different sector but all of them supporting airlines industry’s activity‚ such as catering‚ baggage handling and engineer. This also helped them to control supplier and aircraft maintenance cost. • Oneworld Alliance Oneworld Alliance is a management company founded by Qantas‚ American Airlines‚
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Deutsche Lufthansa AG (FWB: LHA) (German pronunciation: [ˈdɔʏtʃə ˈlʊfthanza]) is the largest airline in Europe in terms of overall passengers carried‚ and the flag carrier of Germany. The name of the company is derived from Luft (the German word for "air")‚ and Hansa (after Hanseatic League‚ the powerful medieval trading group). The airline is the world’s fifth-largest airline in terms of overall passengers carried‚ operating services to 18 domestic destinations and 183 international destinations
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(Southwest Airline [US LCC] – USD$0.04‚ MAS - $0.41‚ Cathay Pacific $0.59) b. Technological Change i. Technology is a key determinant however change is not very rapid ii. Releases of new aircraft models A380 – USD$327.4m‚ Boeing 747-400 - $247m (http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2008/04/22/223184/airbus-includes-surcharge-in-2008-catalogue-prices.html) iii. Additional cost to adept resources with changes: 1. Retraining pilots 2. Retrofitting aircraft‚ additional airport tax iv. Online booking system
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Virgin Atlantic Airways – Company Overview General Information Since it was founded in 1984‚ Virgin Atlantic Airways has become Britain’s second largest carrier serving the world’s major cities. Now based at London’s Gatwick and Heathrow airports and Manchester airport‚ it operates long haul services to thirty destinations world-wide as far apart as Las Vegas and Shanghai. Virgin Atlantic has enjoyed huge popularity‚ winning top business‚ consumer and trade awards from around the world. The airline
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this particular need. Nomex has many applications which include the production of personal protection wear to protect Formula 1 drivers and fire-fighters from sudden combustion. It is also incorporated in the fireproof honeycomb framework the Airbus A380 wide-body aircraft. Nomex flame-retardant paper material contains heavy-metal additives‚ such as bismuth to withstand high temperature and thus prevent flash fire. This paper had been manufactured for many years‚ with the remaining scraps or
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Singapore and Los Angeles‚ and Newark with the fuel efficient ultra-long-range Airbus-350s in 2018; its new First Class and Business Class designs launched on its next batch of 5 A380 superjumbos in 2017. In 2013‚ SIA made a strategic decision to cut long haul direct flights to New York & Los Angeles after high fuel charges and weak passenger load factor (PLF) made these destinations commercially unviable. Whilst the Airbus-380s‚ world’s biggest passenger jet is pivotal in serving flights to major
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of "becoming the most favorite airlines for both customers and employees 2. What is its current strategy? Currently‚ China Southern operates more than 460 passenger and cargo transport aircraft‚ including Boeing 777‚ 747‚ 757 & 737 and Airbus A380‚ 330‚ 321‚ 320‚ 319. The airline fleet is ranked among the world’s top six airlines (in terms of fleet size) and with Guangzhou and Beijing as its central hubs‚ the carrier boasts a substantial route network spanning more than 150 destinations in
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