its title as “The World Lowest Cost Airline‚” and was also one of the world’s most profitable airlines. AirAsia was still able to earn 4% ROA during the recession in 2008. Between 2002 and 2009‚ AirAsia had expanded from 2 aircrafts and 200‚000 passenger journeys to 79 aircrafts and 11.8 million passengers. Problem The focus of our research is to determine if AirAsia should expand its long haul business and to what extent AirAsia and AirAsia X should be integrated operationally. Currently‚ AirAsia
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implications for Boeing and its customers? The market structure for the Dreamliner is that of an oligopolistic nature which means there are few aircraft manufactures who sell large quantities to its buyers. With Boeings biggest competitor Airbus unable to compete with the Dreamliner product‚ Boeing has the chance to take over the market for commercial aircraft. The demand for the Dreamliner is derived demand. Due to customer demand for comfortable fair priced airline travel‚ the demand for the Dreamliner
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Yr‚ Aeronautical Excel College Of Engg. & Tech ABSTRACT: In the aerospace industry‚ there is a great need for new materials which exhibit improved mechanical properties. Materials possessing high strength at a reduced mass and size make lighter aircraft with lower fuel consumption. The development of new materials with tailored properties is a primary goal of today’s materials science and engineering. This paper gives us a brief idea of the various applications and benefits of nanotechnology in
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was first established as a consortium in 1967 when the French‚ German‚ and British government created a consortium to build European aircrafts. The originating goal was to challenge the American domination in the aerospace industry. They are headquartered in Toulouse‚ France and employ about 54‚000 employees. Airbus has presently grown to become a leading aircraft manufacturer capturing over half of the commercial airline orders. The Airbus consortium was owned 28% by France‚ 28% by Germany‚ 28%
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airlines merged Southeast Airlines to create the fourth largest U.S. carrier in which it inherited both an aging fleet of Boeing 737-300 aircraft and Stephen Ruth. As the new president of the airline‚ Stephen’s first concern is to create a financially solid company since it is a common presumption for airline industries that maintenance costs rise with the age of aircrafts. He noticed that there have been significant differences in the reported B727-300 maintenance costs both in the airframe and engine
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calling for assistance to towing equipment to a designated location. It cause problems; because‚ there were not enough equipment tow vehicles to support the Group; aircrafts had to wait for equipment to towed after being used by another aircraft. This caused the aircraft scheduler’s frustration as they had to stagger aircraft mission; because‚ equipment was not being delivered on time. I was tasked to generate ideals and provide a plan of action.
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According to the analyzed information‚ the most hazardous job in aviation between the years 2010 and 2013 is ramp personnel. These results discredit my initial hypothesis about aircraft mechanics have the most hazardous profession in aviation. It is no astonishment to discover that ramp personnel are most frequently injured. There certainly is a sizeable amount of risk involved with that particular job due to the hectic environment
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its suppliers have "now fully harmonized all commitments to the program’s schedule." 2. Current Strategy Since July 2004‚ Bombardier is working on new family of aircrafts called CSeries‚ which is capable of carrying between 100 and 135 passengers depending on model. The focused market is airlines that owned old generations of aircraft within the same capacity needed to be replaced. The CSeries family will be specifically optimized to operate on regional routes by meeting the capacity of regional
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industry purchased rivals‚ flew different models of planes and tried to offer costly services‚ Indigo stuck to single model planes with a reputation of being a no frills airline. Indigo has stuck to operating the world’s largest selling single-aisle aircraft‚ the Airbus A320. This has helped the airlines to not just survive the economic slump in the industry but infact to post profits year-on-year end. Capacity utilization of IndiGo airlines fleet The utilization rate of IndiGo is around 16hours
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training and development‚ and in auditing‚ reporting and compliance procedures. In a report published in 2007‚ the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) described the typical ramp as a "small‚ congested area in which departing and arriving aircraft as serviced by ramp workers‚ including baggage‚ catering and fueling personnel...the presence of a large number of people utilizing
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