advantage by implementing electronic ticketing and online check-in. In addition‚ it gained a competitive advantage by focusing in new segments in the market. The airline wants to grow from 53 to around 80 destinations by 2015. Also it provides aircraft maintenance‚ pilot and technicians training including training by plane simulator‚ including for most African countries. Ethiopian Airlines sets its strategy to maximize stake holders’ interest by implementing
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Turkish Airline Industry Overview June 12‚ 2011·by AC· in Aviation. · Today‚ I would like to provide brief information regarding the marketing and survival strategies of the airline industry‚ both locally and internationally. I should probably stress that the airline industry is too global to be considered as only domestically so a marketing analysis ignoring the international market situations would be off balance and superficial. The airline industry in Turkey was first constructed as a monopolistic
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An A380 has a length span of 2/3 an American football field (about 80 yards). It has a wingspan longer than its length (87 yards). And it has a capacity of up to 853 passengers of a same low-fare class. If companies can get a discount for the aircraft and the calculation from Airbus is true‚ that an A380 can increase profitability by a 50%‚ the odds are beaten. The old traditional airlines that do provide complementary meals to their clients and still provide customer quality may not last. Hence
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Continental Airlines Memo To: Lawrence Kellner From: Date: Re: The purpose of this memorandum is to address the profitability issues at Continental Airlines and to estimate the costs for 2009 to forecast the future outlook of the company. To address these issues‚ I used regression analysis to observe what effect the 11% reduction in flying capacity would have on the firm’s future operating costs. I also used the results from the regression analysis to verify the costs that‚ if reduced
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B-737 Maintenance Planning Document was released. Aloha airlines Boeing 737 aircraft flight 243 had 89‚680 flight cycles and a 35‚496 of flight hours which meant that there was frequent cabin pressurization due to the high number of short operating flights. This caused tremendous amounts of stress to the lap joint areas and led to the separation of the fuselage. Frequency of stress was not the only factor; the aircraft utilized a method of lap joining called
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any time file a safety concern through official channels and they have the authority to call “knock it off”‚ putting a stop to any activity that has the possibility of causing the loss of life to any person of the loss of organizational equipment (aircraft). In this sense of the “knock it off” statement‚ the organization has granted authority to the lower level of employees. Thus‚ the organization is also of the bottom-up authority in some instances (Baack‚ 2012). One positive aspect of this combined
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Paratroopers load the airplane‚ as soon as they are seated. Airforce crew who are usually in charge of the aircraft and flying it‚ come on the intercom and introduce themselves‚ where we will be going‚ how high we will be flying‚ the wind speeds and how long it will take to get to destination. After a peaceful flight for about 15-20 minutes‚ some soldiers actually
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programme (Environmental Research Aircraft and Sensor Technology). It was developed by NASA and Californian company AeroVironment Inc. ERAST programme develops pilotless solar powered airplane technology. The HELIOS construction is based upon its predecessors like NASA’s solar plane Pathfinder‚ which was successfully tested a few years prior to HELIOS. Due to its speed HELIOS was able to fly over the same spot for days or weeks‚ therefore‚ in the future such aircrafts could substitute communication
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unserviceable or missing items prior to takeoff. •Monitoring the cabin for any unusual smells or situations. •Maintaining certain precautions such as keeping doors disarmed or open during fueling on the ground. •Demonstrating the safety features of the aircraft to the passengers.
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