Southwest Airlines‚ yang mulai sebagai maskapai kecil Texas pada tahun 1971‚ telah tumbuh menjadi salah satu maskapai penerbangan terbesar di Amerika Serikat pada tahun 2004. Selama lebih dari tiga decade‚ keuntungan kompetitif Southwest berasal dari model bisnis yang unik dan dibarengi dengan gaya manajemen yang tidak ortodoks‚ terutama mantan CEO Herb Kelleher. Metode negosiasi yang tidak biasa ini adalah alasan utama untuk rekor keuntungan selama 31 tahun berturut-turut. Sejarah Rollin
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1. Introduction Airport operations are growing in complexity day by day‚ and extend across multiple service providers at the airport – namely ground handlers‚ customs‚ immigration‚ retail tenants‚ air traffic control‚ security‚ baggage handlers‚ airlines consortiums and airlines. These agencies use the airport infrastructure in such a way that they meet their commitment to their customers in due time. These commitments put a lot of pressure on the airport infrastructure support staff
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Southwest Airlines in 2010: Culture‚ Values‚ and Operating Practices Summary Southwest Airlines was founded by Herb Kelleher in 1967 to provide low-cost service between Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio. Although the U.S. airline industry had lost money in 15 of the 30 years between 1980 and 2009‚ Southwest has reported profit every year since 1973. Southwest Airlines is considered to be the most successful budget airline in the U.S. Since 2000‚ the number of passengers flying Southwest has
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Hub of the World Emirates is one of the fastest-growing and most profitable airlines in the world. Yet the secret of its success is largely unknown outside the Arab world. Donald N. Sull‚ Sumantra Ghoshal and Felipe Monteiro unveil some of the mystery that shrouds a national carrier that enjoys no state handouts – and treats its employees as a giant family. The ess than two decades after its foundation‚ Emirates placed the biggest order in civil aviation history‚ for $19 billion worth of
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Airport Security-Air Cargo Out of all forms of passenger and freight transportation‚ air travel represents the highest levels of logistics complexity. Every day‚ thousands of aircraft leave the ground to service domestic and foreign countries. Since the World Trade Center attacks that took place on September 11‚ 2001‚ the world and especially the United States has been on a heightened state of alert. Although the aviation industries as well as the independent carries are working hard to ensure
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Operational Readiness and Airport Transfer (ORAT) For King Abdull Aziz International Airport INTRODUCTION Different types of operational problems are witnessed when commissioning new facilities‚ especially during the first day of operations‚ potentially resulting in poor performance and disruptions reflecting negatively on the organization. Many organizations require carrying out a readiness assessment of the new systems and facilities An operation readiness strategy will allow airport operators to dot
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Summary Airport security has been a concern since the late 1960’s when a rash of hijackings was occurring around the world and in the united states in particular. In 1974 President Richard M. Nixon signed the Air Transportation Security Act of 1974. This act mandated that the FAA adapt metal detector for screening of passengers and X-ray inspection of carry-on bags (Rumerman‚ 2008‚ para. 9). The measure worked and hijackings within the United States was virtually nonresistant‚ unit September 11
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Write a summary of Spread Your Legs‚ and Smile in no more than 150 words. In the article‚ English diplomat Shashi Tharoor tells of his experiences with airport security before and after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Tharoor grew up as a frequent flier due to being enrolled on a boarding school at age six. He remembers the days when airport security checks were less strict and you could walk aboard the plane‚ after a luggage check‚ with a newspaper or book. Now‚ Tharoor writes‚ security checks are
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Full Body Scanners in Airports A full body scanner that is a device that is able to detect objects hidden under clothing by constructing a full 3-D image of a person‚ complete with detailed body contours. There are presently two types of scanning technology that are used in full body scanners: millimeter wave scanners and backscatter scanners. A millimeter wave scanner is able to use radio waves that are of tremendously high frequencies‚ which are decoded in order to produce a 3-D image. A backscatter
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1. Threat of New Entrants - The easier it is for new companies to enter the industry‚ the more cutthroat competition there will be. Factors that can limit the threat of new entrants are known as barriers to entry. Some examples include: • Existing loyalty to major brands • Incentives for using a particular buyer (such as frequent shopper programs) • High fixed costs • Scarcity of resources • High costs of switching companies • Government restrictions or legislation Power of Suppliers
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