Mini Project 1 WestJet Accepts Blame for Spying on Air Canada The issue of the case is that WestJet spied on Air Canada -- one of the biggest airline companies to obtain confidential information. The competition in the airline market is fierce. As a competitor, WestJet tries to match the competition on the pricing, scheduling, and routes. In order to create a competitive advantage, WestJet gathered business information unethically from Air Canada’s website. For example, Westjet collected
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Political: To permit more competition US congress de regulated the airline industry by phasing out restrictions on new entrant’s, routes and fares. People Express was one of the first to enter the highly competitive airline industry. These events lead Peoples Airlines to provide better and cheaper service to the customers. The big players in the industry were still recouping from their losses due to deregulation, fuel shocks and the air controller strike. This provided PE a perfect opportunity to
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1. What are the advantages for an airline of using a revenue management system? * Customer complications such as cancelled flights, people changing bookings, delays and re-bookings, considering the different fare levels could be dealt with the use of this system * The airline industry’s reliance on the information systems not only helps the business revenue but it has helped the industry manage forecast customer demands for flights at all different levels * It could also help gain competitive
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Case #1: Air Canada About Air Canada Air Canada is Canada’s largest domestic, U.S transborder and international airline and largest provider in Canadian market. Air Canada was the world’s 15th largest commercial airlines as of 2011. The reason which made Air Canada reach this position is that it is able to provide a wider range of services to meet its customer’s preferences. This enabled
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What really happened during JetBlue’s Valentine’s Day meltdown that left thousands of passengers stranded in New York? CIOInsight.com offers this detailed explanation of what went wrong behind the scenes. (I spotted it on the Cranky Flier blog.) It’s rather geeky and full of annoying pop-up ads inserted in the text, but interesting nonetheless. It strikes me that the article hits upon a more fundamental problem in JetBlue’s decision-making process, one that has nothing to do with computer systems
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Summary of article The article dated 20th August 2014 titled “MAS NEEDS A BRUTAL REWORK” from the malaysianbiz.my discusses the beginning of Malaysia Airlines’ financial decline and its privatization in the near future. According to the writer the decision to privatize MAS has been long overdue due to unfavorable financial performance. The reason of the financial decline had started when the government decided to re-nationalize MAS in 2002. Prior to 2002 MAS was privately owned by Malaysian businessman
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The case discusses the success of Emirates on becoming one the world’s fastest growing airlines that had grown to become the third largest airline in just twenty-five years. In Emirates’ success, the headquarter location, Dubai, plays an essential role on how Emirates become one of the key airport hubs in the world. The following are the reasons why Dubai is essential to the growth of the airline: A. Strategic location: o Dubai is located in the global transit route, it is located between Europe
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Mod 7 * ------------------------------------------------- Question 13.6 out of 3.6 points | | | Prior to 1946, the airports of this country were financedAnswer | | | | | Selected Answer: | by state, county, or municipal governments. | | | | | Question 23.6 out of 3.6 points | | | Which of the following statements concerning the Federal Airport Act of 1946 is not correct?Answer | | | | | Selected Answer: | Smaller cities greatly benefited from the
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Top 10 unsettling aviation mysteries. Aviation mysteries are unnerving tales of some imbecile mistakes, lack of clarity or just plain bad luck. Many aviation catastrophes have been noted in the past, with some having no cogent grounds of explanation. Despite technological advancements and better tracking facilities, such events continue to dominate human lives. Flying is considered to be safer than other mode of transportation, yet the number of aerial disasters in this era have raised questions
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2.4. Characteristics of market development scenarios in the context of the creation of the new air carrier Depending on the market development scenarios in the context of creation of new air carrier proposed hypotheses of the study can be proved or disproved. Thus, below are factors that determine the development of scenario, confirming alternative hypothesis, according to which the creation of new air carrier providing safe, effective, low cost air services to a wide range of consumers will be profitable:
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