United Airlines

After reading this case study, “How Social Media Nearly Brought Down United Airlines,” I found it so interesting that one incident such as breaking a passenger’s guitar could cause such a negative effect on United Airlines. The guy’s name that got his guitar ruined by United Airlines was Dave Carroll. I would classify Dave to be an opinion leader and a disgruntled customer in this situation that occurred. I believe that Dave initially started out to be just a disgruntled customer because he was…

When United and Continental merged, the goal was to create value by combining the operation of both companies, focusing on making it “better not bigger.” Functional skills transfer. To create value, both companies transferred people, shared information and know-how…

Small domestic airports and airstrips in distant locations have led to the major airlines charging high prices for their passenger tickets. Lokichogio Airport is a great example. Located in the northern part of Kenya where the Sudan type of desert environment is seen creeping into Kenya, may not be the ideal place to have an airport.…

Terminal. With the Federal Aviation Administration forecasting that international traffic will increase by more than 30 percent over the next four years to 13 million in 2015, and then the new terminal will support the ever-changing needs of our airline partners and our customers for years to come. (Reed, 2015) Boasting in 2013 94.4 million passengers and 911,074 take-offs and landings. (FAA, 2015) So despite a slight drop in passengers and operations in year over year for passengers and…

than Delta Airlines, which in many peoples’ opinion is the best airline company in the U.S probably the world. Delta Airlines is a great airline company, yet there aren’t perfect. In this essay I am going to discuss Delta Airlines strengths, weaknesses, external threats, most of all opportunities to stand out from all other airiness both domestic and internationally. One of Delta Airlines many strengths is the fact that they are the largest airline in the world. By being the largest airline it…

began regular service to Lexington. During this same time, jet-powered aircraft use became prevalent prompting city officials to begin lobbying airline companies to begin service at Blue Grass Field. A federal grant to extend the runway yet again to handle jet traffic occurred in 1965 and jet landings and take-offs were successfully tested; however, airline companies declined to bring jet service to Lexington because of concern over the lack of advanced safety and emergency equipment. Jet…

towards SkyWest Inc. In order to figure out and understand about SkyWest inc. I used PEST analysis to analyze the macro factors. The case study shows that many airlines had faced problems and were highly affected by the economic downturn and recessions. Some major airlines company also got bankrupt such as Midwest Airlines. However Midwest airlines were later purchased by the TPG Capital. SkyWest also had an issue regarding fuel. Even though the costs of fuel was included amongst the partners…

sector in India is to be able to provide regional connectivity. What is hampering the growth of regional connectivity is the lack of airports. 3. Rising fuel prices: As fuel prices have climbed, the inverse relationship between fuel prices and airline stock prices has been demonstrated. Moreover, the rising fuel prices have led to increase in the air fares. 4. Declining yields: LCCs and other entrants together now command a market share of around 46%. Legacy carriers are being…

control” (Fraher 2014). This provides another example of how the fear caused by 9/11 had deep and reaching effects on both the nation and its economy. Although it was largely an indirect effect caused by the hit to transportation industries, such as airlines, freight trains, etc., the shipping industry also suffered as a direct result of 9/11. Relative to other major industries that suffered losses however, the shipping industry was able to recuperate its losses more quickly after 9/11. For…

objective of creating a security management system able to supervise the identification of risks, and the definition and optimization of control measures. According to Tay and Carlo (2014) information to assess travelers use to make decisions about which airline to fly, and the relative importance of those different pieces of information, including safety and risk information. It will explore their willingness to balance competing influences of economics, convenience and safety under different…