AirTran Airways

In 2014, and the year I was fourteen years old, coincidentally, I went on a long trip out of the country. I visited four countries if I remember. It was England, Netherlands, France, and India. Some of this trip was for tourism purposes and some of it was just for meeting family and having a great time. So the first place I went to was London, England. I remember arriving into London Heathrow Airport and having such a great feeling of excitement. It’s been such a long time since I visited London…

American Airlines US Airways Merger Background Information In 1929, Aviation Company initiated taking air couriers and other aviation-associated agencies. In 1930, these diminutive companies got integrated as American Airways. In 1934, it transformed into American Airlines, Inc. Almost all American aviation was launched in 1939, and later on it became US Airways, a courier program for the American Pennsylvania-Ohio territory. In 1978, US governmental officials approved the Air Carrier…

United Airlines, a company founded in 1926, is the worlds largest airline when measured by the total number of destinations served. What makes United different from other airlines, as does many other companies in the world, is the philosophy in which they run their business. United focuses on two main philosophies that help them stay the world-class airline they say they are. The two business philosophies that they follow is providing world-class customer service to provide their passengers a…

by providing adequate services to the passengers. In addition, based on the days flown, one can find cheap flights and discounts such as military and student discounts. United Airline has utilized social media to its advantage and has created a good presence in the platform. On twitter, United Airlines has 644,000 followers, has over 64,000 instagram followers and has 779,746 likes on Facebook. The company uses these platforms to advertise and promote its brand to maximize its revenue. The…

On January 15, 2009, US Airways Flight 1549, an Airbus A320, took off from La Guardia with 150 passengers and 5 crew members, bound for Charlotte, NC. Three minutes into flight it struck a flock of Canada geese and lost power in both engines. Air controllers tried to divert the US Airways plane back to La Guardia or a nearby airport in New Jersey. Captain Chesley "Sully'' Sullenberger decided he did could not safely land the plane in either of the airports, and glided the plane into the Hudson.…

I walked, slowly, to the gate. I made it to the us airways gate, I Just wanted to get out of New York and go home. I thought to myself, what I thought made me smile, this was my last leg on my first assignment in the a320. Now approaching my gate, I thought about who I would be with today. I remembered I would be flying with chelsey “sully” sullenberger. He was a 57 year old pilot, he flew for the military retiring in 1980 becoming a us airways pilot. Now, I was ready to fly with him. I got to…

several service issues internally and externally with the company. Internally, "flight attendants staged demonstrations at Fort Worth, TX headquarters and three hub airports" because they have been unhappy with the 2013 merger with United States Airways. The external result is to passing this tension onto the most important factor, the customers. The size of the company can also speak volumes to the consumer. There will always be different meanings to several markets. Some consumers see a large…

From a fiscal perspective he early stages of the new millennium brought about hard times for the commercial aviation industry. A multitude of factors in the early 2000s brought about a decline in the financial performance of many airlines throughout the industry. Some of these factors include aspects such as the events of September 11th, stock market struggles, and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus, among others (Swelbar, 2009). An additional cause of such a decline was the rise…

INTRODUCTION: India is one of the developing countries in the world. Aviation in India is one of the major economic factors, and aviation industry is enormously growing day by day. Many airlines operate their functions and services in India among them IndiGo is one the best developing carrier which provides it services on-time based and is very particular with its timing and services. IndiGo is a low cost carrier providing low fares and on-time performance. It provides various services with…

UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON-DOWNTOWN SCM3320 Fall 2017 Student: Mohamed Kouanda Professor: Jonathan Davis Case Study #2 1.Spanner supply Inc is facing high transportation costs which is hurting their margin. Ernesto who is the transport manager, is using Air transport as much as Ocean which is not efficient. As he mentioned, they use air to expedite hot orders and Ocean for Full Container Loads. There is an unnecessary use of air shipment since SSI does not order in advance is forced to rely…