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had in the past, but with the difficulties seen in the aviation industry this may be a reason why strategy should be re-examined f...

at their results. In 2002 both companies performed well. Profits reported for Ryanair were reported at ?172 million1 (about ?111 m...

is a huge factor in terms of how well airlines will do on a profit (or lack thereof) basis. The problem here is that rising fuel c...

the U.S. Department of Transportation gave a name to the phenomenon - the Southwest Effect (Southwest, 2003). It refers to the con...

initial marketing and attention paid to the system there was an impression given of a forwards looking company which was investing...

a person could book a flight on US Air and fly to any city that US Air or United or any other US prefix plane had an agreement wit...

amount of funding gives the new airline a greater potential for success. To assure success, the new airline must be well-capitaliz...

from Taiwan to Hong Kong when it went down into the Taiwan Strait (Airline Industry Information, March, 2004). This type of event...

and KLM have eliminated the business classes they offered in the past. It appears that the world economy is improving, however, a...

Southwest Airlines has had problems dealing with disabled passengers. This 11 page paper examined the company, considers how and w...

industry. There are five general risk categories: safety risks, strategic risks, hazard risks, financial risks and operational ris...

of airline tickets affects the demand. Rubin and Joy (2005) reported that the demand elasticity for leisure travel is 2.4, which i...

This 24 page paper looks at how a merger may be assessed. Using the example of Alrajwan Aircraft Maintenance Company and Desert St...

competitive advantage. Airlines have sought to do this in different ways, for example, Singapore Airlines used the smiling air ho...

resources that can be leveraged to make profit, at the end of the financial year 2005/6 the airline had carried a total of 14.5 mi...

While in many situations, rank may be broken--and sometimes people even get ahead by doing so--there are some situations where sma...

as market structure and theories of the way that firm behaviour included. The variants of supply and demand will always be...

preventing women getting to the top. However, it was found that women managers were not being paid the same as their male counterp...

background information and applying a number of theories to explain the way in which the industry operates. This will be useful in...

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...

use of a single size aircraft where it is possible to easily substitute one aircraft for another is there are operating issues. ...

text is able to answer many of the questions about the organisation, focusing on leadership and relationships, with context given ...

vary, Morrell and Swann (2006) estimates fuel accounts for 15% of an airlines costs, noting it is not only a major cost, but also ...

airline operating costs. Increasing costs can have a significant impact on the profitability of a firm; this has been particula...

Using the RBV Approach The writer looks at Southwest Airlines and their different resources with the aim of assessing their streng...

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...

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...

Provides an overview of problem-solving at the fictitious Classic Airlines. There are 3 sources listed in the bibliography of this...

The writer looks at two different approaches which may be adopted when parties negotiate. The two examples discussed are Delta Air...