Southwest Airlines was started over 38 years ago as a small Texas airline and has grown to become one of the largest airlines in the United States because it differentiates itself as the most successful low-fare‚ high frequency‚ point-to-point carrier. Since 1987 Southwest has consistently led the entire airline industry with the lowest ratio of complaints per passenger boarded. What does Southwest do differently that no one else in airlines does? It keeps things simple and consistent‚ which drives
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Barger‚ previously president and COO of JetBlue‚ was named the airline’s CEO. JetBlue’s board promoted Barger to the CEO role in the wake of a highly publicized operational crisis in February that led to the cancellation of over 1‚100 JetBlue flights and adversely affected the travel plans of thousands of passengers. Though numerous interviews and meetings during the past day allowed Barger to outline his vision for the airline‚ he realized that he needed to move quickly in implementing that
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page no 1. Abstract 4 2. Organization profile 6 3. Scope and Purpose 7 4. System Requirements and analysis 8 4.1. Problem definition 8 4.2 System overview 8 4.2.1. Existing system 8 4.2.2. Proposed system 8 4.3. System architecture 9 4.4. Definitions‚ acronyms and abbreviations 10 5. Implementation issues
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JetBlue Airlines Strategic Management Case Analysis Introduction to the Company History of the Firm JetBlue was established in 1999‚ and was the third airline start-up for founder and CEO David Neeleman. Neeleman managed to gather $130 million‚ the most ever raised for a start-up airline‚ from investors that included Chase Capital and financier George Soros. With the large start-up capital he purchased new Airbus A320 jets equipped with satellite TV‚ a first in the industry. In 2004 the
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Airlines Ticket Booking AIRLINE RESERVATION SYSTEM ABSTRACT: The aim of this software is to develop a systematic analysis of the procedure involved in the reservation of ticket for railway travel. Thisshould be used in an effective way so that various advantages are obtained from the software. Software means establishment of sound and in-depth development of a task using high-level language that results in well-equipped‚ economical software‚ which is reliable. The introduction may be divided
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Overview WestJet Airlines Ltd. is a Canadian low-cost carrier that provides scheduled and charter air service to 85 destinations in Canada‚ the United States‚ Europe‚ Mexico‚ Central America and the Caribbean‚ and has partnership agreements with over 30 airlines around the world. Founded in 1996‚ it is currently the second-largest Canadian air carrier‚ behind Air Canada. (Wikipedia) WestJet is a public company with more than 9‚600 employees‚ is non-unionized and is not part of any airline alliance
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companies’ operation and strategic growth. WestJet‚ as one of the most competitive international airline has invested much to the improvement of technological development. However‚ it now faces a great challenge during the transition into codeshare that they have no idea whether they have a great IT‚ if not‚ how to improve it to bring this company to where it need to be. This assignment is going to illustrate the key strengths and challenges of WestJet‚ the IT management condition and some of personal
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aim of the Airline Reservation System is to help the customers in reserving Air tickets through online. Airline Reservation Systems (ARS) used to be standalone systems. Each airline had its own system‚ disconnected from other airlines or ticket agents‚ and usable only by a designated number of airline employees. Travel agents in the 1970s pushed for access to the airlines ‘systems. Today‚ air travel information is linked‚ stored‚ and retrieved by a network of Computer Reservations Systems (CRS)‚ accessible
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A computer reservations system (or central reservation system)[1] (CRS) is a computerized system used to store and retrieve information and conduct transactions related to air travel. Originally designed and operated by airlines‚ CRSes were later extended for the use of travel agencies. Major CRS operations that book and sell tickets for multiple airlines are known as global distribution systems (GDS). Airlines have divested most of their direct holdings to dedicated GDS companies‚ who make their
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WestJet Strategic Audit by: Tanya Witherington #3136712 Abdullah Saleh #3157594 Tyler Ethridge #3084252 Natasha King #265841 Yao Yao #3111635 Jaiqi Lu # BA 4101 March 21‚ 2005. Daniel Doiron UNBSJ West Jet I. Current Situation A. Current Performance • WestJet owned 28% of the domestic air market share in 2004 vs. 25% in 2003. • For the year ended December 31‚ 2004
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