the Americas. Turkish Airlines has been a member of the Star Alliance networks since 1 April 2008. The chairman of Turkish Airlines is Hamdi Topcu and the CEO of Turkish Airlines is Temel Kotil. Also with an operational fleet of nine cargo aircraft, they serves 47 destinations. Their domestic competitors are: Pegasusu Airlines, Onur Air, Atlasjet. International competitors: Lufthansa, Aır France, British Airways etc. Turkish Airlines award for Europe’s Best Airline, Southern
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shipbuilding and aircraft manufacturing were throttled the same, but have been destined to much longer and more complicated recoveries. The domestic aircraft industry has been targeted as a “national treasure” industry of focused investment and restoration. In global terms, the Soviet Union was indeed an aerospace superpower. Its engineering ability, productive organization and domestic national market had achieved a vertically integrated and complex product line covering all facets of aircraft markets
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Charleston, South Carolina; and Newark, New Jersey. We closed our acquisition of AirTran Airways on May 2, growing our fleet by 140 aircraft, and extending our route network domestically and to the Caribbean and Mexico. In December, we unveiled our fleet modernization plans, which include an agreement with Boeing to serve as the launch customer of the 737 MAX aircraft. And, our operations improved in 2011, closing out the year with our highest December ontime performance in 15 years. Moreover, we
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are working towards a revolutionary revitalization of how air traffic will be controlled in National Airspace System (NAS) in the future. The goal of the effort behind the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is to provide for safer and more efficient operations in the NAS. The backbone of this modernization will rely on celestial based systems such as the Global Position System (GPS) to provide the primary source of all navigation information during all phases of flight from taxiing
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L-3 Communications is a prime contractor in Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (i.e. which we will call C3ISR) systems, aircraft modernization and maintenance, and government services. L-3 is also a leading provider of a broad range of electronic systems used on military and commercial platforms (L-3 communications; 2011). The company provides services to the U.S. Department of Defense and its prime contractors, U.S. Government intelligence agencies, the
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-Rapidly reducing debt. 3.What does this competitor believe about its industry? Its main activities are the air transport of passengers and cargo as well as aircraft maintenance. In 2011, AIR FRANCE KLM carried 75.8 million passengers and 1.4 million tonnes of cargo. The group's fleet comprises more 586 aircraft, including 173 regional aircraft operated by its partners Brit Air, City Jet, Regional and KLM Cityhopper. Its network covers 230 destinations in 113 countries from its hubs at Paris-Charles
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Introduction According to information reviewed as part of this project, Aircraft Solutions is a recognized leader and highly respected equipment and component fabrication company. Aircraft Solutions provides full spectrum design and implementation solutions to multiple industries including the electronics, aerospace, commercial, and defense industries. In addition to the background information presented in the course assignment, additional information on geographic layout, business process, and
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profits in 2011 were 459 million which exceeded their 2009 profits of 363.6 million (CNNMoney, 2011) Against industry problems and business pressures-air-traffic congestion, merger of rivals, stricter government regulations regarding aircraft safety and maintenance, and mounting customer dissatisfaction with airline service, Southwest has managed to continue climbing to the top. The company strategy from day one was to be an airline that pursued a low-cost/low-price/no-frills strategy. This strategy
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have to go through training for it when we first get hired on. And one specific part of human factors they focus on is the aviation "Dirty Dozen". I bring this up because it is a large part of what the Safety Management System (SMS) uses when investigating an aircraft maintenance damage incident. The aviation Dirty Dozen are: fatigue, stress, complacency, communication, awareness, distraction, lack of knowledge, teamwork, lack of resources, pressure, lack of assertiveness, and norms (The Dirty Dozen
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US AIRWAYS GROUP INC (LCC) 10-K Annual report pursuant to section 13 and 15(d) Filed on 02/22/2012 Filed Period 12/31/2011 Table of Contents UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 Form 10-K (Mark One) þ ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 or o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 For the transition
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