Taking a Look at Aviation Operations

General aviation (GA) could be defined as aviation pertaining to non-military as well as scheduled military aircrafts. General aviation within the United States includes over 5000 public airports, generates over $200 billion dollars in revenue and supports close to a million jobs. For the year 2014, pilots have logged over 23 million hours of flight, two-thirds were primarily for the purpose of business. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reports that the fleet of aircrafts in the GA sector contained 199, 927 active aircrafts towards the end of 2013. The FAA also reports that the total number of pilots within the United States have been on a decline with the present number of pilots being 174,833 as against 235,994 in 1996. In terms

What is Aviation? The Cambridge English Dictionary defines aviation as “the activity of flying aircraft, or of designing, producing, and maintaining them.” Human kind has chased after the dream of flying for centuries. From Daedalus and Icarus in ancient Greek mythology to the sketches of Leonardo da Vinci to the inception of hot air balloons in 18th century Europe to the Wright Brothers’ first flight. Orville and Wilbur Wright’s first flight in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina was the first successful powered flight of a fixed-wing aircraft. This was what kick started the progression of the airplane. From 1914 to 1918 the airplane proved its worth as a weapon on the battlefield and changed the nature of war forever. Also in 1914 was the

Provide examples of three businesses (from the MOS book) that faced the same economic issues by Airborne.

Situational Awareness (SA): A flight-crew's loss of situational awareness is identified when a pilot controls an aircraft to the wrong parameters. Doane states that "SA has been highlighted in the aviation domain as an important precursor to performance failure." (Doane, Woo Sohn, Jodlowski, 2004, pg 92) An example of loss of SA is a flight-crew descending an aircraft below 3,000 feet prior to being established on the Localizer (an electronically provided extended runway centerline that allows pilots to use instruments to line up on the runway). These types of errors are extremely dangerous since aircraft may be close to terrain or obstacles and the flight-crew is generally unaware that a problem exists until it is too late.

According to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) aircraft certification, “a large aircraft refers to an aircraft of more than 12,500 pounds which is the maximum certificated takeoff weight.” The heaviest and largest aircraft in the world have a maximum takeoff weight of over 600 tons. Since larger aircraft have greater capacity, as well as advanced technological features, airport management needs to make changes that cater to their operation. The first reaction of management at large airports was to restrict the new, large aircraft by assigning them to specific terminals, routes and runways. However, this led to delays and air traffic congestion. Given the growing number of new, large aircraft, the only safe and efficient way to

JetBlue Airways is socially, economically and environmentally aware corporation, with a brand image that sets it apart from its competition, with continued sustainable business practices resulting in success. JetBlue has carried over 100 million passengers, with an average of more than 800 daily flights and serving close to 100 destinations in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America. The airline uses various strategies such as interlining to meet more consumer demands and introduce its premium service, Mint, which aids in the expansion into emerging markets and developing nations. This case analysis describes the history of JetBlue, it’s products and services, an assessment of the firm’s strategic position and

Southwest relies on direct ticket booking and does not heavily utilize travel agents this is a cost saver. They also do not have full food service on their flights, leading to a faster turnaround. Southwest also has a unique open seating system, with no assigned seats the planes load faster.

In the article Guest Commentary: Global Logistics and the Transportation Management Center: The Next Phase in Network Agility (Logistics Viewpoints, 2013) the author provides insights into how Transportation Management Centers (TMC) serve as a useful framework for creating greater agility throughout entire logistics networks. The key determinants of how effectively a TMC is designed and used are defined by how well consumer demand, shift in control across a logistics network and technology are deployed (Logistics Viewpoints, 2013). Airlines costs relative to the benefits of speed and greater precision of logistics processes are discussed in the analysis from a systemic standpoint.

The airline industry is in a state of oligopoly, bordering onto the state of imperfect competition. The various aspects that have a bearing on the nature of competition will be covered subsequently.

The market of the aviation sector changes and fluctuates over time due to various factors, such as globalisation, changes in public policy and human relations movement. The airline industry all around the globe is becoming more and more competitive nowadays (PricewaterhouseCoopers 2014). It requires the corporates to have strategic planning in order to maintain their growth and market share. Transformation program that involves every single individual in the organisation can effectively help it adapts and develops further. Though it is important to spend less and earn more to survive in such competitive industry, it is also important to invest in human resources wisely so that the organisation can make the most out of their investment.

In the airline markets, SIA has strong competition from not only Asia areas, airlines but also many international brand airlines such as United Airlines and American airlines (best airlines in American for 2012). Although SIA has a great brand reputation with global markets, but it also continually develops the new equipment in the busy airline industry to provide the new attractive point for increasing the customer satisfaction.

Aircraft systems are amalgam of different systems within systems. Among many other system, Environmental control system is an important system of an aircraft which provide the aircraft with the basic necessities of maintaining comfortable atmosphere for passengers. In specific terms, it is the system which provides conditioned air supply, temperature control and optimum pressurization of cabin for both crew and passengers. Besides, some other functions like fire detection and suppression, cooling of avionics are also part of environmental control system.

“The world commercial airline industry is one of the most diverse, dynamic and perplexing in the world ” (Globale Airline Industry Program). The airports are exceptionally complex facilities and highly renowned for the variety of services and resources it provides to both the airlines and its users. Airlines and airports are inextricably intertwined together and none of them can survive without the other. The aviation industry is growing at an exponential rate. The demands for an effective and efficient ground handling system became the fundamental standards in successful aircraft operation and increase in airline image. The directives adopted by the 15 member states are divided into three general models, US, EU and third party models. In

This report also compares India‘s current regulatory framework with pre- and postderegulation of the United States of America and Brazil, as models of potential sector growth

I will take this opportunity to thank Amity University for providing me the opportunity of doing research on a topic in the form of an internship.