emeraldinsight.com/0960-4529.htm MSQ 15‚3 A case study of service failure and recovery within an international airline David Bamford Manchester School of Management‚ UMIST‚ Manchester‚ UK‚ and 306 Tatiana Xystouri Ministry of Finance‚ Nicosia‚ Cyprus Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of internal processes of service quality recovery for an international airline. Design/methodology/approach – An action research methodology was adopted. The research involved: a review
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Airline Catering What is airline catering? Airline catering is a business that provides food service at a remote site‚ specifically airline companies. It involves providing meals for passengers on board an aircraft as well as for restaurants situated at airport terminals. Modern airports have a variety of food and beverage outlets to cater to the increasing number of air passengers. Catering to passengers en route is normally contracted out to a flight catering unit of a reputed hotel or to a
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Emirates Airline: Penetrating the North American Market Emirates Airline is known for going against conventional thinking when running its business. Thus far‚ this strategy has been profitable for the company. In November 2001‚ the airline announced that it would begin a 13 ½ non-stop flight from Dubai to New York starting in June of 2003. However a postponement in the delivery of the Airbus A380-800 aircraft that would service the new route has caused a delay. This will be Emirates’ attempt
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With a global footprint of 37 countries‚ dnata employs over 20‚000 employees for its operations worldwide. It is operated by their key people who are Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum (Chairman/CEO) Maurice Flanagan (Executive Vice-Chairman Emirates Airline and Group) Gary Chapman (President of Dnata). D. Organizational Chart E. Facilities‚ No. of outlets dnata (Philippines) provides all aspects of passenger and ramp handling services. It has enjoyed significant growth
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Deregulation of the airlines in 1978 forced the industry to rethink their business strategy in order to be successful during a period of widespread operating losses due to an economic recession‚ striking air traffic controllers and brutal price wars. The poster child for innovation during this period was Astro Airlines founded in 1980 by its charismatic leader‚ Arthur Burton. Enthusiasm‚ excitement and optimism were watch words used to describe the atmosphere at Astro Airlines in the initial years
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The history of the airline industry went through a period described as challenging and soaring. The reason behind this description is the rapid increase in oil price which caused major financial losses and a cut in airline profits. Airlines which declared bankruptcy between 2004 and 2007 have all been a case of such losses. As of 2009‚ in the UK‚ airline analysts expected that airlines will have to face great challenges in the future. An example of this is British Airways which predicted a profit
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ASTRO AIRLINES (case analysis) NAME : MUSTAFA KAYNAKCI DATE : 10.11.2011 Issue in the case The main issue in the case is all about failing to manage success after successful beginning. The leader in Astro Airlines Arthur Burton could not maintain the growth of its company. Being visioner‚ dynamic‚ stirring speaker and inspirational leader of Burton could start the airlines with reduced fare‚ innovating ticketing style‚ low cost service
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Case Study > Data Warehousing Continental Airlines I. Executive Summary Table of Contents I II III IV V Executive Summary The Decision to Invest Implementation New Business Strategies ROI 2 4 6 9 19 20 Technical Appendix A Continental’s comeback from “Worst to First” is an airline industry legend. Now the company is engaged in a new initiative to move from “First to Favorite.” To support this ambitious initiative‚ Continental tapped into its Enterprise Data Warehouse and expanded it
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The company I chose to research is Southwest airlines. It has been one of the most successful airlines in the US‚ and with very high customer service ratings. This is very impressive to attain by such a small company in a very tough industry. Southwest is able to achieve such levels by having a clear mission of providing low-fare travel using a point-to-point system and not having a hub-based system. The company operates in relatively shorter routes and only maintains one plane type‚ its famous Boing
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When comparing the airlines‚ three factors must be considered. The financial state of the company now‚ the business structure now‚ and the future outlook of the airline. The airline that clearly demonstrated balance when compared with its competitors is United Airlines. While it is not the best at every category‚ it is competitive in areas such as profit margin and debt-equity ratio. United also was very dominant in most of ratios that didn’t concern itself with covering liabilities. United stands
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