CONFIDENTIAL EXPERT REPORT Research Study of the Civil Aviation Sector in India SUBMITTED TO: The Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Govt. of India, India SUBMITTED BY: Nathan Economic Consulting India Pvt. Ltd., India www.nathaninc.com January 24, 2012 CONFIDENTIAL Table of contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................. 1 Introduction .............
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world having increased efficiencies and reduced prices, the economies of lesser developed countries, such as the Solomon Islands have almost vanished. The Solomon Islands are a grouping of over 1,000 islands located in the south pacific off the Australian coast east of Papua New Guinea. The islands together are estimated to span over 28,896 sq. km with over 27,986 sq. km of tropical landscape. The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal. The Islands are part of the Commonwealth
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bundling would, in the view of the European Commission, amount to unfair competition. At the center of the objection is the fact that GE owns a company, Gecas, which is an aircraft-leasing firm. In 2001, Gecas owned 790 aircraft, which it leased to airlines, and managed another 321 aircraft for other investors. The concern of the European Commission was that since GE owned this firm, there
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Corporate Identity and Corporate Brand Alignment: The Strategic Positioning of British Airways in the 20th Century John M. T. Balmer, Brunel University, Helen Stuart, Australian Catholic University, Stephen A. Greyser, Harvard University. Abstract In this paper we explain the utility of adopting an identity-based view of the corporation using the diagnostic tool of identity management outlined in this article, “The ACID Test”. Using British Airways (BA) as an extensive case history we scrutinize
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GLOBAL AVIATION GROUP 2013 Airline Disclosures Handbook Financial reporting and management trends in the global aviation industry kpmg.com KPMG’s Global Aviation practice KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 156 countries and have 152,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity
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Executive summary Tourism can be the main industry of Sunshine state Queensland. There are many famous tourist destinations in Queensland such as Brisbane and Gold Coast. According to the official statistics, there are 197,000 Chinese visitors travelled in Queensland until March 2011, which increased nearly 29% in the last 12 months period. Moreover, the number of Chinese visitors was a continuing grow trend from 2001 to 2010. It can be said that Chinese visitor has become a needful group for the
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RAND Journal of Economics Vol. 33, No. 2, Summer 2002 pp. 298–318 Firm financial condition and airline price wars Meghan Busse∗ A firm that knows that cutting price may trigger a price war must weigh present versus future gains and losses when considering such a move. The firm’s financial situation can affect how it values such tradeoffs. Using data on 14 major airlines between 1985 and 1992, I test the hypothesis that firms in worse financial condition are more likely to start price wars. Empirical
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Virgin Atlantic Marketing Case Study Presented by Donal Manning James E. Salter Andre Tuinzing Prepared for Professor Enda McGovern Dominican University of California iii Virgin Atlantic Airlines Manning/ Salter/ Tuinzing Table of Contents LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS………...…………………………………………………..IV EXECUTIVE SUMMARY……………………………………………………………….V HISTORY OF VIRGIN ATLANTIC ................................................................................. 3 B ACKGROUND .....................
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problem, statement of the problem, purpose of the study, objectives of the research, questions of the research, hypothesis of the research, scope and significance of the study. 1.1Background to the study Tourism is the one of the fastest growing industries in the world and this is due to the fact that the world has a wealth of natural, cultural and man-made attractions which are untapped from the standpoint of tourism development. There is a significant contribution of promoting domestic tourism to
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cabotage. The report does not focus on beyond rights, or on 5th freedom operations of non-ASEAN airlines within the region, though it recognises that these can have an impact on Open Sky arrangements. The rationale for Open Sky is taken to be to promote competition in the airline industry, and to give all airlines from ASEAN the scope to compete on intra ASEAN routes. Open Sky will also give airlines extra flexibility over their route development. Issues which need to be considered include: How
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