CNN) -- A Boeing 777, one of the world's most reliable types of airliners, is missing, and no one knows why. Was it a bomb? Mechanical failure? A hijacking gone awry? Pilots and others in the aviation community are deeply disturbed by the mystery surrounding Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. It disappeared Saturday en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing over the Gulf of Thailand, somewhere between Malaysia and Vietnam. It's hard to believe that such huge questions remain four days after the Boeing
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exclusively dedicated to Emirates to sustain its rapid expansion and growth plans. Emirates operates a mixed fleet of Airbus and Boeing wide-body aircraft and is one of only nine airlines to operate an all-wide-body aircraft fleet, whose centrepiece is the Boeing 777. Emirates also has orders for 90 Airbus A380s with 19 of them already in service and became the second operator of the Airbus A380-800 after Singapore Airlines when their first aircraft was delivered on 28 July 2008. Emirates has won numerous
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El Airbus A380 —denominado A3XX durante gran parte de su etapa de desarrollo— es un avión tetrarreactor fabricado por la empresa paneuropea Airbus, subsidiaria del grupo EADS. Se trata de la primera aeronave con dos cubiertas a lo largo de todo su fuselaje, a diferencia del Boeing 747 en el que, aunque también posee dos, la cubierta superior abarca solamente la parte delantera del fuselaje. Posee una capacidad máxima de 853 pasajeros —en una hipotética configuración de alta densidad de clase turista—
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Strategic Management on Qantas Airway Qantas Airway Strategic Management BUSM 3125 Group Assignment 2 Jonathon Reid Sindra Hao Ming Lee – S3301727 Table of Content Executive Summary 3 Background Information 4 SWOT Analysis 5 PESTEL Framework Analysis 6 Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 9 Qantas’ Strategic Capabilities 12 VRIN Model 14 Qantas’ Value Chain 16 Qantas’ Generic Strategies 17 Conclusion 19 Reference List 20 Executive Summary This report is going to provide a fundamental
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Growth opportunities IAG now stands as the third largest airline group in europe and the sixth largest in the world by revenue. we are a global group with a significant presence in five continents, ideally placed to serve our target markets in north america, latin america, asia and africa from two of europe’s most important long-haul hubs, london heathrow and madrid Barajas. Clearly the current trading environment is tough and our organic growth is being kept at low levels. however the current climate
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ANNUAL REPORT 2013 1. HigHligHts Fourth Quarter Full Year $ Change 55 88 (34) 54 54 54 8 0.1 pp 3.0 pp (6) 76 (0.4) pp 2.4 pp 346 (255) 214 3.1 pp $0.20 $0.03 % Change 2.5 3.5 (0.9) pp (0.6) (1.7) (1.6) (1.8) (2.3) 0.2 0.3 (0.2) (1.8) 1.1 0.3 0.2 3.0 The financial and operating highlights for Air Canada for the periods indicated are as follows. (Canadian dollars in millions, except where indicated) Financial Performance Metrics Operating revenues Operating income Non-operating expense
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Competitors Analysis Airbus and Boeing are considered duopoly in a large jet airliner industry. Together, they hold over 60% of the market share with Airbus having 33% and Boeing having 30% of the market. Fig. 1 Airline Industry Market Share Both companies compete largely on the basis on technology, size, and weight of the aircrafts. Airbus A380 is an example of how Airbus competes in terms of size. A380 competes directly with Boeing 747, which is the largest aircraft of Boeing. In terms
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INTRODUCTION The international airline industry provides service to virtually every corner of the globe, and has been an integral part of the creation of a global economy. The airline industry itself is a major economic force, both in terms of its own operations and its impacts on related industries such as aircraft manufacturing and tourism, to name but two. This sector had its share of heightened challenges during the global financial crisis of 2000-2005 and 2008-09. The airline industry lost
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anteriores y MD y Airbus ya tenían aviones en este nicho con pedidos en firme. Tampoco había condiciones políticas y económicas. Fracaso afectaría mucho las finanzas. - Optimistas: ganarían el 54% del mercado. Mucha expectativa de crecimiento de viajes - Acción cayendo. Invasión de irak a kuwair afectó precio del petróleo. También podía haber caído por la lectura del mercado a lo que se anticipaba con su modelo 777. EMPRESA - Tenía el 53% del mercado mundial seguido de Airbus (18%) y MD (19%)
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Airbus A3XX: Developing the World’s Largest Commercial Jet Estamos al 23 de junio del 2000, la pregunta es ¿se debe lanzar el Airbus A3XX? A) Analiza detenidamente el caso y haz un resumen de los principales datos. En Junio 23 del 2000, Airbus Industrie’s Supervisory Board aprobó a Airbus el ofrecimiento de A3XX, lo que se espera que sea un jet de tamaño jumbo con asientos disponibles desde 550-990 pasajeros. Algunas compañías mostraron interés tales como Air France, Emirates Airlines,
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