Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport

In the slums of Mumbai, India, in a half acre in the shadows of Mumbai International Airport, resides the city of Annawadi. A poor place, where children wander trash heaps in search of something valuable to sell so that they may have a mouthful of food. Yet, the city is a place of rising hope because of the affluence that is slowly spreading through India. Katherine Boo is a reporter, trying to spread awareness in her book “Behind the Beautiful Forevers” that extreme poverty has not been eliminated and, as George Orwell would say, “[push] the world in a certain direction” so that attention is called to extreme poverty. To push her ideas, Boo uses appeal to emotion, comparisons, and details to assert her want of better living conditions for…

seized transport of the flagship of its armada after the early Boeing 747-400 shouted Konark (registered VT-ESM) made past by working the early non-stop flight amid New York Metropolis and Delhi. In 1994 the airline was registered as Air India Ltd. In 1996, the airline inaugurated ability to its subsequent US gateway at O'Hare Global Airport in Chicago. In 1999, the airline opened its dedicated Terminal 2-C at the…

success. “The Columbia brand is our largest and fasting growing brand today,” noted Mr. Boyle. “In recognition of this momentum, and in order to better focus the company’s resources to pursue the brands potential, we are realigning our merchandising and design organization to create brand-specific go-to-market teams” (Business Wire, 2015). In addition to a better focus, in 2015, Portland advertising agency North rolled out Columbia Sportswear’s biggest-ever ad campaign featuring Gert Boyle,…

1. The Passenger “American Airlines, Flight 11. 9-11-2001. Economy Class, seat 32A. Boarding time: 7:45 A.M. Departing from Logan International Airport of Boston MA, Gate B32. Destination: Los Angeles, California.” I restlessly read my plane ticket over and over. It may seem as if it’s not a big deal. Just a boarding pass, right? But this isn’t just any flight. After being in Boston for almost two weeks, the homesickness is hardly bearable anymore. It’s almost been two weeks since I’ve seen my…

Being as I’m made up of many races and ethnicities; my favorite one being Jamaican. It’s fair to say I’ve heard, and done plenty of research of the land of the Black, Green, and Gold. At the age of eight learning the whole Jamaican National Anthem, and citing it just about everyday since then. Knowing fun facts like the population of my dad’s hometown, Montego Bay, being 96,488 people. Also, people don't know Montego Bay wasn't considered a city until May 1st, 1981; seventeen years after my…

Now Dubai already has the world’s third-busiest international airport, with the growth of the movement of people. The government will invest more in infrastructure. The United Arab Emirates realizes the benefits from aviation industry; it becomes a crucial source of finance to this country so they will consider more about development of the aviation industry. The structure of industry： The aviation industry belongs to service sector in terms of transportation, but this industry also includes…

Imagine a plane thirty-six thousand feet in the air about to land in the city of Denver, Colorado. The plane circles the Denver International Airport and the passengers look down at the interestingly shaped runways as the plane is cleared to land. After the smooth landing, the passengers exit the plane to gather their luggage and go about their business in the city. Taking note of the artistic murals on the walls as they walk, passengers move along in a hurry to get where they are going, as they…

Airports are categorized by their ownership, but their management is determined through its governance structure. The governance structure defines how an airport will be managed, operated, and developed. For example, an airport can be owned by a municipality, but operated by a regional or city-controlled airport authority. The majority of public airports in the United States are governed by airport authority. For instance, Dulles and Reagan Nation Airport are both owned by the federal government…

weakness in its ability to accurate detect unauthorized access. Additionally, only 5-10% of the containerized cargo is inspected upon entry, increasing the ability of a dirty bomb making its way into the port and being detonated remotely. Access to the port is located adjacent to American Airlines Arena, as a result, there is a potential for a breech at this location. The port is in the water exclusion zone so the risk of a direct waterborne attack is limited. The likelihood and consequences…

Emirates was started in 1985 with two aircrafts leased from Pakistan International Airport and start-up capital of $10 million. Two years later, the aircraft that the company first bought was delivered to Dubai. The company continued on a growth trajectory even in 1990 when the political situation in the region deteriorated with the Iraqi and Kuwait conflict. Over the second decade, the airline expanded its network throughout the Middle East, Asia, Europe and Africa. As the 21st century was…