Fleet Planning and Aircraft Selection Process INTRODUCTION In this lesson we will review the Fleet Planning and Aircraft Selection Process. LEARNING OUTCOMES Be able to describe the fleet planning process and discuss the importance of selecting the right aircraft to meet the carrier’s objectives. Fleet Planning One of the most difficult decisions airline managements must make is whether to buy new or used aircraft and what type to purchase. Factors that have an effect on this fleet
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United Airlines Introduction United Airlines is an American key airline whose headquarters is based in Illinois Chicago. The United airline operates mainly in the United States and across other regions such as such as Japan and Guam. The airline handle and average of about 45‚000 passengers on daily basis and employs over 88‚000 individuals. SWOT ANALYSIS Swot analysis refers to the strength‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and the threats that a business faces. Every company has its strengths‚ weaknesses
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–found fears of air travel‚ most airlines were losing tons of money and several major airlines went bankrupt. Despite this‚ some low-price‚ low-cost airlines‚ such as Southwest and JetBlue still managed to make profits. Delta took notice of this and after three years of the company losing billions of dollars they decided to try something radically different by creating a separately branded airline called Song. To compete with traditional airlines like American Airlines and upstarts like JetBlue‚ Song
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Budget Airlines Threats and opportunities within the industry‚ a brief Report Mr. Craig Haldane Glasgow‚ 30th November 2014 Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction: What is a Budget or Low Cost Airline……………………………………………………… 1 Strategies Within the Industry……………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Threats Within the Industry…………………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Opportunities within the Industry………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 3 1. Introduction: What
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DATE 14 October‚ 2014 SUBJECT Case Analysis Danville Airlines Step 2 Notes on Relevant Information/Underlying Assumptions Julie Taylor is the director of human resources at Danville Airlines and she would have to make a difficult recommendation to the airlines board members. She need to recommend a solution about David Reigers case. David Reiger is one of the airlines best pilots‚ and his genetic test shows that he has Huntington disease gene. He has not showed any symptoms yet‚ and he still qualifies
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Understanding the Chaos of Airline Pricing By Alex Kons I. INTRODUCTION “The airline industry’s pricing system is a billion-dollar house of cards in which every customer is a futures speculator and Economics 101 is turned onto its head” (Fredrick‚ 1995). This statement highlights one of the most hidden frustrations that many air travelers feel. Airline pricing is so distorted that often a full-fare paying passenger is seated next to a passenger who paid more then three hundred percent less for
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Norwegian airlines started its operations in 1993 on a regional basis‚ however‚ only appeared on the market as a low-cost carrier on a small scale in 2002. The company is currently operating a mixt fleet of Boeing 787 and Boeing 737-800’s aircrafts. Now‚ Norwegian Airlines are holding eighteen destinations across Europe and USA. Norwegian Airlines succeeded to launch low-cost long haul flights from Gatwick to USA‚ and are currently awaiting AOC approval to launch flights from Ireland to US. This
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Selection of and Justification for Alternatives Competition There is no doubt the advent of readily-obtainable pricing and availability for airline travel via the internet has changed competition drastically. Not only are customers able to search and select flight times and destinations from each individual airline’s own website‚ but they now also have the ability to compare everything regarding the flights from plane types‚ durations‚ layovers‚ connecting flights‚ additional fees and fares on
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RM Flyaway Airlines ch13 1. The two measurements are an interesting insight into the mind of the consumer and the researcher torn between two types of different approaches. Looking at the results there are some drastic differences in the position of companies in the rankings. For example‚ Southwest Airlines went from second to last in the 19th spot all the way to second place. There are some major discrepancies for a leap like that to occur. One of the ways these approaches are similar is
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SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES Air travel remains a large and growing industry. Despite being plagued by several factors such as overcapacity‚ commoditization of offerings and cutthroat rivalry to name a few‚ it facilitates economic growth‚ world trade‚ international investment and tourism. This case study will analyze the external factors affecting the airline industry‚ analyze the internal factors affecting Singapore International Airlines (SIA) and critically discuss the different generic
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