Boeing 747

compared to their piston-propeller predecessors, were nonetheless smoky, noisy and fuel-hungry, and were already being phased out by airlines. According to a 1977 article “Cost Forcing Airlines to Become Fuel Efficient,” published in Chicago Tribune, Boeing sold 45 stretched versions of 727 that year, a fuel-efficient replacement for older 707s. In addition to replacing old fleets with newer aircrafts already on the market, the airlines expressed even stronger interest in the next generation of…

community involvement have grown the business from a small regional airline into an international carrier. Present day the carrier has more than 17 million customers a year, and their route system spans over 60 cities and three countries. Their fleet of Boeing aircraft is one of the…

Record-breaking financial results have been Southwest signature since the founding of the airline with only few exceptions. For this assignment, I will only be reporting on the 2014 and 2015 financial performance. 2015 was the 42nd consecutive year of profitability for Southwest out of its 45th year of service, and 49 years of existence. Southwest is the only airline that did not lay off employees due to the September 11, 2001 airlines debacle. This shows the prudence and smartness of the people…

My project is on D.B. Cooper who is known for his famous airplane hijack. D.B. Cooper was getting on Airlines flight #305 in Portland bound for Seattle. While the plane was in the air he told a flight attendant that he had a bomb in his briefcase by opening his briefcase showing some exposed cables. He demanded 200k in cash (1.2 million in today’s value), four parachutes and food for the crew before releasing the passengers. The 200k he demanded were in twenty dollars bills, he tied the bag of…

after the plane’s landing at Reno, Nevada that they were able to confirm that Cooper has mysteriously disappeared from the aircraft. The exact time and location of his disappearance are unknown and even though two fighter aircraft were shadowing the Boeing 727, they were not able to identify when Cooper exactly jumped off. Theories on whom and what happened to Dan Cooper surfaced after that fateful day. Flight attendants who were able to interact with him helped in creating the composite…

was the first government subsidised airline service. In 1935, Qantas Airline started to fly internationally. International growth had led Qantas Airline to improve and upgrade their main assets, aeroplanes. In 1950s, they’ve bought their first ever Boeing 707, and the building of Qantas House, where their first international headquarter was going to locate.Qantas House was designed by an architecture firm,…

designator would be required to maintain the aircraft for the Navy. It is during this process the data collected does not correctly identify with the severity that is involved with flying military missions both operational and on a training level. The Boeing engines had an initial overhaul requirement of 10,000 hours prior to having any unscheduled maintenance completed and yet to date the community has replaced three engines not getting close to 10,000 hours. A standard commercial flight has…

Reflective Essay This past summer -- 2016 – was beautiful, amazing, fantastic, and I completely loved every second of it. I say this because I did a lot of things in this long vacation like, buy shoes and wallets. Speaking of shoes, I wore yellow Adidas originals when I rode the airplane to do a parachuting activity. Meaning I jumped off a plane, which was really scary. We didn’t even plan to go parachuting, it just happened so suddenly. I hadn’t wanted to go, but I am glad that I did it…

Challenges to AVSECO from 3RS Introduction AVSECO is the sole aviation security service provider in HKIA that operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It currently has over 4,000 employees and is expected to grow rapidly to over 6,000 employees thanks to the ‘three-runway system’ project (3RS). The 3RS is intending to build an additional runway to the existing 2 runways in HKIA, and together with the re-built of Passenger Terminal Building 2 and the 3rd Runway Concourse, 3RS can be operated as…

Southwest Airlines founded in 1967 by Rollin and Herb Kelleher is one of the largest airline in US.Its headquarters in the Texas, US which started its service in 1971. They are running in profit continuously for 41 years from 1973-2014.There core values are  South west customers are king for them  Providing short point to point service without or no hub connection.  Providing the highest customer service and giving them free and equal treatment to all.  Building friendly & cordial…