AVIATION INDUSTRY
How aviation industry influenced by information system?
1. History:
Aviation industry evolved after the World war 3 almost at 1950. With the passage of time many advancement and changes occurred in this industry. But one of the most technical and informative changes that occurs in late nineties was the GPS and TCAS in the aircraft. At that time there was no much paper work in this industry to plan and integrate with others. But as the technology spread and new advancement became aviation industry also adopted it. Much other advancement which industry adopted was GBAS and ILS. But on the other hand industry have done much paper work at airport building to reduce this many new modules were adopted. When industry was not highly advanced people didn’t trust to fly because there was the much risk of accidents.
2. Introduction: Aviation is currently the fastest growing industry in the world. 75% of the total industry is owned by private companies mainly in the domestic markets. The aviation industry is growing at compound annual growth rate of 15%. Airline companies lease or own their aircrafts are into alliance with other companies with mutual benefits.
The aviation industry provides air transport services for passengers and cargo. The industry is categorized into domestic, international, intra-continental and intercontinental routes. Some companies are only into passenger or freight transportation whereas some are in both in national market and
American airline industry is steadily growing at an extremely strong rate. This growth comes with a number economic and social advantage. This contributes a great deal to the international inventory. The US airline industry is a major economic aspect in both the outcome on other related industries like tourism and manufacturing of aircraft and its own terms of operation. The airline industry is receiving massive media attention unlike other industries through participating and making of government policies. As Hoffman and Bateson (2011) show the major competitors include Southwest Airlines, Delta Airline, and United Airline.
The United States aerospace and defense industry is the largest of its type in the world.
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The airline industry is greatly influenced by the the travel and tourism trends across the globe. The World Travel and Tourism Board states that the the level of tourism is likely to grow even as the years progress. The growth in the level of tourism is expected to grow at a level of 4.5 per cent annually. This is expected to continue upto 2017. Thus the organization should fully prepare it self and take over the tourism market.
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The aviation industry has been different however, as to date; it has mainly been dominated by two main Western players Boeing and Airbus. Now that China has also entered the Aviation industry, it will not be fool hardy to say that the Aviation industry is bound to undergo another transformation.
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One of the world’s most competitive and prominent industries is the airlines industry. It generates huge amounts of income as well as employment each year. Some of the common names in US air travel service providers are Alaska, Northwest, Southwest, US airways, American etc.
The Airline industry is a large and constantly growing industry. It facilitates economic growth, international investment and world trade and is therefore central to other industries as well for globalisation. There are various forces which lead to globalisation in airline industry. Key drivers of change are forces likely to affect the structure of an industry; sector or market. (1).
Airlines Industry is large and growing, it is also the most fiercely competitive sector. It facilitates international trade, world economy growth, tourism and international investment. The airline industry has over time with the use of modern technology been able to take advantage of the short haul, high frequency and gained a competitive advantage over other forms of travel, such as buses and railroad travel. Additionally, the airline industry still holds the market for global travel at a low cost and convenient way to travel. The aviation industry gives a good contribution to the GDP which includes the following: airline services, general aviation, civil airport operations, aircraft manufacturing, and
This section will examine each of the five competitive forces that are active in the European Airline Industry. In this instance the buyers in the industry will be taken as passengers. Fuel companies, aircraft manufacturers and employees are the suppliers. Substitutes stem from modes of transport that fall under land and sea transit. Potential entrants are any airlines based outside of Europe or newly founded airlines based in Europe.
The airline needs to find innovative ways of improving its technology by keeping up to date with the current trends, online chats to assists consumers, permitting consumers to utilise data whilst on air. A proper marker research needs to be conducted to establish the preferences of the consumers. Employees need to be trained on technology upgrades.
Airline industry is a growing and a challenging industry across the globe and it is becoming more competitive on quality, pricing and most prominently safety in the contemporary world.