focus on offering alternative choices to customers by serving "underserved and large metropolitan areas that have had high average fares" (JetBlue‚ 2005). As a result of these strategies‚ the company has one of the highest load factors (percentage of aircraft seating capacity actually utilized in a given period) in the United States. 2) What business risks does JetBlue face that may threaten its ability to satisfy stockholder expectations? What are some examples of control activities that the company
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airlines merged Southeast Airlines to create the fourth largest U.S. carrier in which it inherited both an aging fleet of Boeing 737-300 aircraft and Stephen Ruth. As the new president of the airline‚ Stephen’s first concern is to create a financially solid company since it is a common presumption for airline industries that maintenance costs rise with the age of aircrafts. He noticed that there have been significant differences in the reported B727-300 maintenance costs both in the airframe and engine
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calling for assistance to towing equipment to a designated location. It cause problems; because‚ there were not enough equipment tow vehicles to support the Group; aircrafts had to wait for equipment to towed after being used by another aircraft. This caused the aircraft scheduler’s frustration as they had to stagger aircraft mission; because‚ equipment was not being delivered on time. I was tasked to generate ideals and provide a plan of action.
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According to the analyzed information‚ the most hazardous job in aviation between the years 2010 and 2013 is ramp personnel. These results discredit my initial hypothesis about aircraft mechanics have the most hazardous profession in aviation. It is no astonishment to discover that ramp personnel are most frequently injured. There certainly is a sizeable amount of risk involved with that particular job due to the hectic environment
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Fleet Planning and Aircraft Selection Process INTRODUCTION In this lesson we will review the Fleet Planning and Aircraft Selection Process. LEARNING OUTCOMES Be able to describe the fleet planning process and discuss the importance of selecting the right aircraft to meet the carrier’s objectives. Fleet Planning One of the most difficult decisions airline managements must make is whether to buy new or used aircraft and what type to purchase. Factors that have an effect on this fleet
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its suppliers have "now fully harmonized all commitments to the program’s schedule." 2. Current Strategy Since July 2004‚ Bombardier is working on new family of aircrafts called CSeries‚ which is capable of carrying between 100 and 135 passengers depending on model. The focused market is airlines that owned old generations of aircraft within the same capacity needed to be replaced. The CSeries family will be specifically optimized to operate on regional routes by meeting the capacity of regional
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actually seven major events that had the biggest impact on the separation including America’s first military aircraft‚ an American coalition operation against Germany‚ the Army Reorganization Act of 1920‚ advancing technology‚ longer flight time‚ an attack on Tokyo‚ and the end of World War II‚ over a 38 year span that led to the birth of the U.S. Air Force. In 1909‚ America’s first military aircraft‚ Signal Corps No. 1‚ was delivered to the Army. Designed and built by the Wright brothers‚ they
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everyone knew that he was‚ many people were scared to fly with him. Holland claimed that his signature high-pitch-angle climbs would pop rivets out the aging aluminum skin and by the end of his career he becomes even more reckless‚ he would push the aircraft beyond its limits. A couple of years before this he flew the same way over his daughter’s softball game and made a dangerous 70 degree turn and the co-pilot had to help him or else the plane was going to fall out the air on top of the campus. Air
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Loss of oil on climb on both engines‚ Boeing 737-400‚ G-OBMM Micro-summary: This Boeing 737-400 lost nearly all the oil in both engines on climb. Event Date: 1995-02-25 at 1205 UTC Investigative Body: Aircraft Accident Investigation Board (AAIB)‚ United Kingdom Investigative Body’s Web Site: http://www.aaib.dft.gov/uk/ Note: Reprinted by kind permission of the AAIB. Cautions: 1. Accident reports can be and sometimes are revised. Be sure to consult the investigative agency for the latest version
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