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Countries With The Highest Number Of Fatal Plane Crashes Air travel is considered one of the safest traveling means in the world as, considering the traffic, fewer accidents occur as compared to road travel. However, aviation accidents do occur from time to time and is considered as the most fatal. Statistically, those who survive plane crushes are few. Plane crushes are taken seriously and always followed by vigorous investigations to mitigate future crashes. Worldwide, the top ten countries…

HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT In March 2010, the Armed Aerial Scout program made a request for information for an advanced helicopter. As a response Sikorsky proposed its Sikorsky S-97 Raider. Four years later, the company finally unveiled the first full production model of the groundbreaking scout and attack helicopter in the company’s facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. The objective set for the new aircraft is to replace the army’s OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. However, specialists think that if the…

Mitigating Risks for Molon Labe Designs’ Side-Slip Seat Product launches fail for many reasons, but three of the main causes are: 1) Spending too much money on the development and manufacture of the product, and not enough on marketing the launch; 2) Falling in love with one’s own product and not adapting it to market priorities or educating the consumer; and 3) Not thinking through distribution (Harvard Business Review, 2011). Molon Labe has spent considerable time and resources on the…

Young and I were responsible for the Asian market. In terms of the Kangaroo route, we connected the flights from Singapore to Europe, Australia, and other Asian regions. First and for most, we had set our home base in Singapore; simply because Singapore airport is the second busiest international passenger airport. In addition, the geographic location is in the middle of Indian ocean and South China sea. In other word, it is closer to Australia. Hence, the routes we in charged included Singapore…

UXDI-5 Project 1: My ‘Avid Traveler’ App A smart app that caters to your preferences and gives freedom and flexibility in planning trips. Oftentimes we find it a hassle to book tickets, arrange itineraries and search for a good experience for our next travel destination. Avid Traveler enables the user to set preferred activities when planning for a trip and allows freedom to choose preferred flights with fuss-free booking. Now how does an app come to fruition? Initially, being naive, I…

What makes a city beautiful? Every city is beautiful in their own unique way. Seattle is just like any other city to visit, but what makes it unique is not just that is called the Jet City due to the influence of Boeing. Downtown Seattle is interesting to visit through the year there is always something different each time. Downtown Seattle is full of sight, sound and smells to enjoy in different parts of the year. Walking through downtown from far away the space needle is visible with the…

High cost carriers can offer low fares, but these are not sustainable (Tretheway, 2004). In aviation sector, deregulated markets, entrepreneurs, population growth and economic wealth, availability and capacity of secondary airports and the growth of internet use as a distribution channel accelerated the spread of LCCs (Francis, Humphreys, Ison, Aicken, 2006). Southwest, Ryanair, easyJet, Westjet, GOL and Air Asia are examples of this model.  Hybrid carriers Hybrid airline business…

3:1 TurboProp Engines: A turboprop is a variation of a Jet Engine which has been optimised to drive a propeller instead of a Fan blade. Aircraft’s that are fitted with a TurboProp engine are very efficient at lower airspeeds, Burn less fuel per Nautical Mile an requirer shorter distances for take off and landings. Common among many small charter airlines and freight companies is the use of turboprop engines rather than turbine or turbofan engines mainly due to the reduced costs associated with…

the actual night rate and not the advertised night rate. If they will really like the accommodation, they won’t mind paying the actual night rate which is slightly more than the advertised rate. This trick is being used by 10% of the Hosts Request Methodologies Airbnb stands unique among its competitors and there are various features that analyses customer data through Data Analytics Technologies. There are different room request methodologies in Airbnb and these uniquely collect data on…

Gladwell makes a very interesting argument in chapter 7 of Outliers (2008). He claims that the flight crew and their inability to communicate effectively is the number one cause of plane crashes. He supports his argument with studies on different cultures and their ability to communicate with persons in authority or of higher ranks. This inability for the “second in command” to communicate with the pilot, leads to information not being heard or in some cases said, and can have a fatal outcome.…