As flag carrier of Ethiopia, Ethiopian Airlines has become one of the continent’s leading carriers, unrivalled in Africa for efficiency and operational success, turning profits for most years of its existence. Ethiopian Airlines was established on December 21, 1945. As one of the pioneer African Airlines, Ethiopian has come a long way since its humble beginning, with DC-3/C-47 aircraft. Operating at the forefront of technology, it has now become one of Ethiopia’s major industries and a veritable
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The case traces the history of Boeing, one of the two makers of commercial aircraft. At last in the year 2006 Boeing have recovered from its multi year setback in its competitive position with its competitor Airbus industries in the commercial aircraft industry. From mid 1990 Boeing had been losing in aircraft order and profit. Airbus booked more order than Boeing in its history in the year 1999 and repeated regularly until 2005. In the first half of 2006, Boeing booked 4 times more aircraft than
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services revenues. BDS revenues increased by $33 million primarily due to higher revenues in the Boeing Military Aircraft (BMA) and Global Services & Support (GS&S) segments, partially offset by lower revenues in the Network & Space Systems (N&SS) segment. Revenues in 2010 decreased by $3,975 million or 6% compared with 2009. Commercial Airplanes revenues decreased by $2,217 million due to lower 777 deliveries primarily resulting from a production rate change from 7 to 5 per month beginning
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THE BOEING 787: FLYING AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE by Angelo Antonio Fresco Term Paper Submitted to the Extended Campus in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements of ASCI 611 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide Online June 2010 ABSTRACT Researcher: Angelo Antonio Fresco Title: The Boeing 787: Flying as it was meant to be Institution: Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Degree: Master of Aeronautical Science Year: 2010
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was an accident involving Boeing 737 Commercial Airliner at a major airport. Depending on the seat pitch, Boeing 737 is narrow body jet airliner which has the capacity of 85 to 215 passengers. All passengers and crew on board died due to the accident. It was reported that this Boeing 737 Commercial Airliner was 7 miles in trail of another aircraft. Not only United States Airliner are using Boeing 737 as one of their fleet family, but international airline is also using Boeing 737 as their fleet family
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Case Synopsis Boeing enjoyed global market leadership in the aerospace business for several decades. As is all too common for market leaders, Boeing fell victim to organizational inertia. The company failed to revamp its production process and come up with new and innovative products. In contrast, Airbus emerged as a major competitor of Boeing within two decades of its inception. As a new company, Airbus did not suffer from inertia, but rather introduced a flurry of innovations in its planes
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outsourcing Michael Hiltzik has a fantastic column on Boeing’s outsourcing disasters in the LA Times; it’s well worth reading the whole thing, complete with a link to a prescient 2001 paper by Boeing technical fellow LJ Hart-Smith. Hiltzik’s point, which is undeniable, is that Boeing’s outsourcing mania has cost it billions. It’s not a new idea (Reuters ran this special report in January), but it’s rarely been this well expressed: Boeing’s goal, it seems, was to convert its storied aircraft factory
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And also using travel agents can let Skyward to better manager the availabilities for the seat and flights. 3) How competitive is the market? Canadian North Airline: * Provide Boeing 737 jet service in northern Canada * Cash flow problem—cut marginal service, the routes in Manitoba would no longer Boeing 737 service Calm Air: * Largest
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Boeing: Selling a Dream(liner) Think about the biggest purchase that you’ve ever made. Was it a car? A computer? A piece of furniture or an appliance? Think about the time you put in to researching that decision, all the factors that you considered in making your choice, and how much the purchase ultimately cost. Now imagine that you are part of a buying team for a major airline considering the purchase of multiple commercial jets, each costing over $100 million. A slightly different situation
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Global Partnering: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Story? VERSION 1.2 This case was prepared using publicly available information by Sveinn Vidar Gudmundsson, Professor, Toulouse Business School, France. It is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Copyright © 2015 S V Gudmundsson, Toulouse, France. Global Partnering: The Boeing 787 Dreamliner Story? C28-1-2015-1.1 "In retrospect
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