1950: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 is likely resting at the bottom of Lake Michigan‚ but good luck finding it. Divers 60 years ago turned up light debris‚ upholstery and a few body parts‚ but they were never able to locate the plane’s wreckage following what was‚ at the time‚ the deadliest commercial airliner accident in American history. Fifty-five passengers and three crewmembers are believed to have died aboard the DC-4 propliner as it traveled from
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transcowl‚ see Figure 1.) The support assembly of the thrust reverser on the left engine on the CML19 has failed‚ causing the AOG. Support Assembly Transcowl Figure 1: Pylon and Nacelle System Aircraft CML19 is part of Latin Airlines’ fleet of Boeing 767 aircraft. (Each aircraft is assigned a unique identifier of three letters and two numerals.) When an aircraft is designated AOG‚ the aircraft is not airworthy and all flights assigned to that aircraft are cancelled until the problem(s) causing
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Tourism Through the Ages The Historical Development of Tourism Early Beginnings of Travel The Babylonians (Sumerians) – The creation of money and trade – Trade was developed around 400 B.C. – Babylonians were also credited with the founders of travel business. Early Beginnings of Travel The Egyptians – First cruises were organized and conducted from Egypt. • The first journey for Tourism was made by Queen Hatshepsut to the land of Punt in 1480. – Early Egyptians started the trait of purchasing
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Southwest Airline Case ¨C Executive Summary Introduction in 1971‚ Herbert D. Kelleher with other few business partners started an Airline services. Up till 1991‚ Southwest served low-fair air transportation among 32 cities in 14 states with over 20 million customers annually in the United States. Although the industry suffered a major blow from the unfavorable economic conditions‚ the company was still holding strong; while other airline companies were in debt. The major success to their continued
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History of civil aviation does not exceed a hundred years. Therefore‚ the understanding of aviation safety as well as the cause of the airplane accidents remains limited. Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 has defined an airplane accident as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft‚ which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked‚ where a person is fatally or seriously
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Increase Market Research Southwest Airlines is practicing a conservative growth strategy. The airline focuses on growing internally and expanding within their current routes. It is estimated that in any given year‚ 85% of Southwest’s expansion is internal. The company purchases new planes to add capacity to their system. By next year‚ they will be using 14 to 16 new planes for internal expansion. At times‚ Southwest expanded externally‚ but only when an opportunity was present. The company faces
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secondary airports away from urban centers of reference in order to reduce airport fees by reference to reduce airport taxes Operations Development of a policy to reduce costs on all fronts (no frills philosophy) Homogeneous fleet of aircraft (Boeing 737 only) reducing the cost for training‚ maintenance‚ purchase and storage of spare parts. Quick turn-around times for aircraft that enables high aircraft utilization Point-to-point flights to offer direct non-stop journeys‚ avoiding the cost of
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the society"‚ and the vision and mission 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
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and simplest pricing structure. Southwest Airlines flies point to point which a lot differ from other operators like American Airlines and United Airlines that they route passengers through hubs. Southwest also uses one type of plane that is the Boeing 737 to reduce training costs‚ maintenance cost and inventory cost while increasing efficiency in crews and flight scheduling. Southwest operation is almost ticketless with no seat assignment that helps reduce cost and back office accounting functions
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Clive Beddoe and team started their journey with three aircraft fly to five destinations and 220 friendly WestJetters — a journey that would help them become a company of more than 8‚800 passionate WestJetters flying one of the youngest fleets of Boeing 737 Next-Generation aircraft to more than 80 destinations in North America‚ Central America and the Caribbean. Culture “Customer care” is what WestJet Airlines says in their ads. WestJet entire corporate culture has been built around caring for
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