Air Asia Case: Q 1) Comment on business level strategy adopted by Air Asia? How has Air Asia achieved cost leadership? Answer 1) High aircraft utilization: Air Asia uses the aircraft in very high frequency and high turnover of flights; these add value to customer convenience and enable low cost. Air Asia has the fastest turnover in its region; is 25 minutes. a) Low fare no frills: Air Asia does not have frequent flyer miles program and private airport lounge. No free foods and beverages
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Aircraft fuel and its alternatives Introduction: Air travel has become most desirable part of today’s world. Due to the rising fuel prices, the industry has changed itself to survive and sustain the impact. Remembering the fact that the fuel prices do not remain contant in the upcoming years, Governments are encouraging the companies to develop more efficient and cleaner solutions. Airline companies are facing pressure to reduce their aircraft emissions because governments are worrying about global
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TERM PAPER On discipline“Basis of systems theory and management” Topic: «Airport as a complex system on the example of Boryspil» Kyiv 2012 NATIONAL AVIATION UNIVERSITY Department of air transportation organization TASK for course paper preparation student Roksolana Novytska Topic of the term paper: “Airport as a complex system”_______________________ 1. Period of term paper preparation: since ________2012
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regard to aircraft water system? Answer: -not constitute a hazard to the aircraft and all replenishment connections should be so designed that misconnection of water services to any other systems is not possible They must not constitute a hazard to the aircraft and all replenishment connections should be so designed that misconnection of water services to any other systems is not possible Question 2 Marks: --/1 What does Potable Water systemmeans? Answer: -Portable water system is define
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System THEORY | UAV for Disaster Surveillance | | | Arun Bhatta | S0254398 | | Contents Executive Summary 1 Introduction 2 System Test, Evaluation and Validation 2 Validation 3 Human Factor 3 Optimization in design and operation for reliability and maintainability 4 Reliability Assessment 5 Conclusion and Recommendation 5 Bibliography 7 Executive Summary There are several UAVs which are widely used in civil and military application. The continuous use of
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JetBlue trounced its competition by offering low‐cost, customer‐focused service. Under the direction of the energetic David Neeleman, JetBlue became a major player in the airline industry. Operating domestic flights on a point‐to‐point system, JetBlue primarily manages East‐West and Northeast‐Southeast routes. While this route structure initially proved profitable for the company, rising costs and heated price competition are currently threatening JetBlue’s market
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AIRCRAFT UPGRADE A PROPOSAL TO INTRODUCE THE BOEING 737-900ER TO OUR FLEET B l u e – s t r A i r l i n e s APRIL 29, 2011 Presented by: Mike Boehnel, Chris Hector, John Moran Current seating offered on the 737-500. Flight crew of two; Typical two class seating for 108 (eight first-class and 100 economy), or max single class seating for 132 @ 30 inch pitch. Blue Star Examining the Past, Looking toward the Future. The original Blue Star Airlines was founded on October
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Brothers invented the first airplane in 1903. The first modern airliner, Boeing 247, was launched in 1933. It traveled at 155 miles per hour and had a capacity of ten passengers. Boeing 747 was launched by Pan Am in 1969. This highly sophisticated aircraft had four engines and a seating capacity of 450. The airline industry initially fell under the category of a public utility service, with government agencies establishing the air routes and prices. However, with the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978
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The Importance of Aviation Maintenance Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University RSCH 202 Intro to Research Methods The Importance of Aviation Maintenance Introduction Aviation maintenance practices do not get followed like they should, too many mechanics tend to try and take shortcuts to get the job done. This can lead to catastrophic failures, and even death. Aviation maintenance work is a very importance piece of the productivity and maintainable condition with aircraft. Proper work and strong mechanical
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States. The FARs are part of Title 14 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR). A wide variety of activities are regulated, such as aircraft design and maintenance, typical airline flights, pilot training activities, hot-air ballooning, lighter-than-air aircraft, man-made structure heights, obstruction lighting and marking, and even model rocket launches, model aircraft operation, and kite flying. The rules are designed to promote safe aviation, protecting pilots, flight attendants, passengers and
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