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MBA Elective: Airline and Airport Management (Part -1) Attend any 4 questions. Each question carries 25 marks (Each answer should be of minimum 2 pages / of 300 words) 1. Airline management practice has evolved significantly over the past three decades. The development of this practice has contributed to recent advances in computation and communication technologies and, more importantly, the need to reduce costs and increase revenues. Explain. 2. The Total Airport Management System (TAMS) is

1. Discuss the layers of culture that are evident in this case Information systems development: AirTran uses Navitaire as reservations system vendor while Southwest uses Sabre to better accommodates international flights. Also, AirTran uses online travel agencies for ticket distribution while Southwest sells its tickets via telephone and its website. Management and strategy: Southwest airlines have a different approach in managing and training its employees. Also Southwest culture focuses on

Southwest Airlines is globalizing their company in order to reach a bigger market, and become competition for other companies. Southwest Airlines has already conquered the domestic market beating American Airlines, United, and Delta according to Fortune. Access to a new market is what motivated Southwest to globalize, they are expanding to the south of North America, with their new assets found in their acquired airline AirTran Airways (LeBeau, 4) . Southwest Airlines has brought low rates and a

Introduction: An external and internal environmental examination is an essential element for an establishment pursuing its objectives. This document represents a comprehensive external environment and internal competitive, environmental scan for JetBlue Airways; whereas, he material prepared categorizes and examines the most significant external environmental influence in the remote, industry, and exterior operational environments. When referring to the external environment, it concerns an array

goes about its business. It has brought about a boom in low-cost carriers, which has made travelling by air cheaper for the masses. Services offered by airlines and airports are also of higher standards to make people want to travel by air. The economic downturn has seen a significant drop of investments in the aviation market. Airport ground handlers and airplane part manufacturers have also had to retrench their workers in order to counterbalance the poor market. The amount of air traffic is likely

where capacity is maximized in some airports and congestion increases causing significant delay. Demand will continue to rise over the next few decades and these airlines must rely on regulators and policy makers to upgrade the very necessary infrastructure and technology. Southwest’s strategy is to remain a point to point carrier instead of the traditional hub and spoke carrier, satisfying their customer demand with lower congestion at underutilized airports with more flights. However Southwest

Facing your fears The wheels of my almost falling apart luggage where obnoxiously squeaking as I paced down the busy and rather lengthy airport hallway. Intimidated by frequent stares and unsettled by the lingering feeling of uncertainty, I tried my best to not attract any more attention than I already was. My scrawny arms struggled to lift my grey worn out bag, and I avoided eye contact at all expenses to not feel the rapidly flourishing feeling of embarrassment and regret sitting at the pit of

September 19, 2008 at 11:53 pm eastern standard daylight time, a chartered Bombardier Learjet Model 60, N999LJ, owned by Inter Travel and Services, Inc., and operated by Global Exec Aviation, overran runway 11 during a RTO at Columbia Metropolitan Airport, Columbia, South Carolina. The captain, first officer and two other passengers were killed. The cockpit voice recorder caught multiple loud rumbling sounds, which was later concluded in the NTSB report to be tires blowing out. The tires were sequential

configuration. • Cleaning and rejuvenation of the retro-reflectivity of thermoplastic and cold plastic markings. • Simultaneous vacuum recovery allows of application of new markings in 20 minutes LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN WATERBLASTING TECHNOLOGY FOR MODERN AIRPORT OPERATIONS Waterblasting Technologies has the following technology unique to them and the industry: • BLASTING HEADS PICTURE OF BLASTING HEADS • Up to a 6 foot (1.83m) pass for runway rubber removal • Variety of spray bars available to meet removal

When we think of a country’s economy the first thing that comes to mind is how successful a country is, and how successful a country is determines its status as a global power. One of the tools used to measure a country’s economy is call Gross Domestic Product (GDP). GDP can be defined as the value all the goods and services produced within a country within a given period of times, such as a financial quarter or a year. Over the years we have seen an increase in globalization, which is the integration