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Essays 481 - 510
the hedging category for the years in which undertook hedging. The results may be correlated to see if there is a snippet differen...
The writer looks at potential research designs to assess which would be most appropriate for research into financial performance o...
volatile commodities (such as fuel and other raw materials) for it to function. Given the high degree of fixed costs in this arena...
tricky, however, is in predicting what passengers will pay and when theyll pay it. According to Mukhopadhyay and his colle...
the firm to the relevant stakeholders (Chyssides and Kaler, 1998). When looking at the way airlines in particular operate prote...
The main problem statement is that Classic Airline must increase its RevPar (i.e., revenue per flight) as well as its passenger ba...
core competencies. A good example is a small business where the owner does not have a lot of knowledge and skill in accounting. It...
various characteristics such as the range and variety, the quality of the product, the features such as the use of brand names as ...
to the airlines: they have to buy the fuel at the agreed upon rate regardless of what happens to the actual market value of fuel. ...
airline operating costs. Increasing costs can have a significant impact on the profitability of a firm; this has been particula...
of hedging and how the airline will fare will depend partly on the type of instrument they use (Flottau & Wall, 2008). This is a g...
of market conditions at the times airlines do not need to utilize fuel. Brooks and Carter et al. (2006) observed that hedging pra...
The theory of constraints is examined as a suitable theory to be used in an assessment of the value of airline fuel hedging and t...
vary, Morrell and Swann (2006) estimates fuel accounts for 15% of an airlines costs, noting it is not only a major cost, but also ...
Delta and Ted by United Airlines, both of which are now defunct (Maynard, 2008). In 2002 the airline flew its 5 millionth customer...
This 3 page paper designs a questionnaire which may be used as the basis for a structured interview or self competing survey looki...
played an integral role in maintaining customer return long after the marketing tactics have been utilized. Indeed, getting the p...
only a temporary situation. The aftermath of September 11th has created a fearful flying public, but soon that will deteriorate a...
higher levels with each passing year" (U.S. FAA is Improving Security In Three Areas). II. DIFFUSING AN ALREADY TENSE SITUATION ...
on this theory within the aviation industry, but the theoretical framework can still be seen to apply. If we look at the mo...
net cash flow for each year for each option, it should be understood that depreciation increases a companys operating cash flow be...
In this way the more operating leverage an airline has, the greater its business risk will be. Despite the fact that many analyst...
of travel, the industry had been equated with a "Coffee, Tea or Me?" attitude regarding stewardesses, something actually cultivat...
different prices for it. Then there is the difference between First Class and Coach - for thousands of dollars more, a select grou...
2002). What it comes down to between the airline industry and politics/public policies is the concept of economics: Because...
employ. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) requires not only that airlines post travel schedules, but that they adhere to ...
relevant. Airports such as Stansted have found that the expansion plans that have been outlined and proposed have been socially un...
pilots, and they should have the right to protect that cockpit with a firearm" (Burns, 2002, PG). The Airline Pilots Association,...
to put speed and efficiency as a priority: the planes must keep to a tight schedule and often must faster turn-around times, and l...
Indeed, getting the passengers is the task of advertising genius; keeping them, however, is often a much more difficult equation. ...