laying off its employee after 9/11, the Southwest airline showed to be a business with moral principles. Indeed, the post-9/11 period has added to Southwest’s ability to face any storm that comes its way. By maintaining its consistent management style, low-cost structure and flexibility Southwest will be able to react quickly to any environmental…
Concorde The one and only supersonic passenger airplane that existed up until now was the Concorde. The Concorde belonged to both the British Airway and the Air France and was released on 21st January 1976. The Concorde flew with a speed of 2172 km/h and had a takeoff speed of 402 km/h. It used the most powerful pure jet engines flying commercially (Celebrating). Concorde was 62 m long and still increased between 15 to 25 cm due to heating of the airframe as well as a wing span of about 25 m…
I remember that exact moment. The moment where my life would change with the next step I took. Looking out the window of the airplane, I wondered how my new home, Hong Kong, would be like. So many questions were whizzing around in my head. “Will the kids at my school be nice?” “How are the teachers going to be like?” “How will I communicate with the locals there? I don’t even speak Chinese!” As the thundering roar of the plane began to fill the cabin and the safety announcements began to play, I…
departure. For the reason, that airlines will want to maximize profit and increase prices to take full advantage of last-minute flight bookers (Prince & Baye, 9th Edition). Additionally, the fares for the network carrier should exceed the ones for the low-cost carrier at all data points. For the research, the round-trip between Saint Louis (MSP) and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) has been selected because this route should not reveal any abnormalities (main events, holidays etc.) and skew the data.…
Polar Sports, Inc. is a fashion skiwear manufacturing business based in Colorado, and produces high quality ski jackets, snow pants, sweaters, thermal soft shells, along with accessories. The Ski apparel design and manufacturing business was highly competitive, causing dollar sales of any product to vary as much as 30% to 40% from year to year meaning it has become increasingly difficult to accurately predict sales. Because of this highly competitive market both design and pricing resulted in…
The Mysterious Skyjacking of D.B. Cooper During the 1970s, the U.S. was a victim to an average of 138 hijackings per year, tallying up to have the most hijackings per year in American history. Most of these hijackings came from the same derivative, namely, the skyjacking of D.B. Cooper. D.B. Cooper, originally known as Dan Cooper, hijacked his flight to Seattle, plundered $200,000 and four parachutes, after which he jumped out of the plane’s detoured departure to Mexico, never daring to reappear…
Boeing is an Amercian multinational cooperation that offers aircraft and product support services (Boeing: The Boeing company, no date). Being in the aircraft business involves a lot of risk unless someone is not careful and decisions are not made through careful and accurate analysis. They need to be on top of their game at all times ensuring safety of passengers and to uphold a good reputation to be able to be successful in the industry, in the long run. Risk comes in a number of different…
The Meaning and Influence Of Leadership At Emirates Airline Introduction 1.1 Choosing Emirates Our group decided to examine Emirates airline because we wanted to investigate the relationship between their current leadership and their growth and success within the airline industry. We would like to investigate whether their success is down to leadership within Emirates and/or to do with location, culture, and financial backing the airline has received. 1.2 Emirates Airline History Emirates…
British Airways. Inevitably, people know both these brands, yet know they take different approaches when it comes to their strategy approach. For example, British Airways’ slogan is, “the world 's favourite airline”. Whereas Ryanair has the slogan, “The Low Cost Airlines”. The essay will argue why different approaches in competitive environment can be used in strategies to make them successful companies. Companies need a strategies as it’s a means by which sets out to achieve its desired ends A…
Saturated fats (SFA), commonly found in animal fats that we consume, has been shown to increase one’s low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol by inhibiting LDL receptor activity need for LDL uptake by cell (increasing in blood LDL) and increasing LDL production. This increase in LDL causes it to deposit in the walls of arteries forming plaques; therefore, increasing risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). By lowering the consumption of SFA, it decreases one’s risk of a cardiac event by…