History of Continental Airlines Continental Airlines began service in 1934 as Varney Speed Lines‚ named after one of its initial owners‚ Walter T. Varney operating out of El Paso‚ Texas and extending through Las Vegas‚ Albuquerque and Santa Fe‚ New Mexico to Pueblo‚ Colorado. The airline started with Lockheed Vegas‚ a single engine plane that carried four passengers. The airline later flew other Lockheed planes‚ including the Lodestar. It was renamed Continental on 1 July 1937 after a new owner
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1. a. Delta Airlines Depreciation Method Depreciation Method Salvage Value For every $100 mil Depreciated Annual Depreciation Prior to 1986 Straight-line‚ 10 years 10% 100-(.1*100)=90 90/10=9 $9 mil 1968 – 1993 Straight-line‚ 15 years 10% 100-(.1*100)=90 90/15=6 $6 mil After 1993 Straight-line‚ 20 years 5% 100-(.05*100)=95 95/20=4.75 $4.75 mil b. Singapore Airlines Depreciation Method Depreciation Method Salvage Value For every $100 mil Depreciated Annual Depreciation Prior to 1989 Straight-line
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Group 5: Acorn Industries‚ Continental Computer Corporation‚ and Goshe Corporation Goshe Coporation In the case study on the Goshe Corporation‚ we are introduced to the head of the organization‚ Banyon. He announced that there would be an average salary increase of 7% for workers. The problem began to arise when the Finance division only received a 5.5% salary increase. The scientific programmers in the Finance division felt that their Electronic Data Processing (EDP) efforts should be duly
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office with a plan to start a low-cost/low-fare airline that would shuttle passengers between San Antonio‚ Dallas‚ and Houston. Thought of this idea because businessmen were complaining about the commute. 1967: Kelleher filed papers to incorporate the new airline and submitted an application to the Texas Aeronautics Commission for the new company to serve Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio. ------4 year legal and regulatory battle from rival airlines------ 1971 (January): Lamar Muse brought in
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JetBlue Airlines Strategic Management Case Analysis Introduction to the Company History of the Firm JetBlue was established in 1999‚ and was the third airline start-up for founder and CEO David Neeleman. Neeleman managed to gather $130 million‚ the most ever raised for a start-up airline‚ from investors that included Chase Capital and financier George Soros. With the large start-up capital he purchased new Airbus A320 jets equipped with satellite TV‚ a first in the industry. In 2004 the
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in February that led to the cancellation of over 1‚100 JetBlue flights and adversely affected the travel plans of thousands of passengers. Though numerous interviews and meetings during the past day allowed Barger to outline his vision for the airline‚ he realized that he needed to move quickly in implementing that vision to maintain the confidence of customers‚ employees‚ and shareholders. Just a few miles outside Barger’s window was John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) Airport‚ where JetBlue began
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Management Control System Case UPDEPO By Bert Enriquez JR Background Southwest: of June 18‚ 1971: Headquartered at Love Field in Dallas‚ it began flying with three Boeing 737 serving following Texas cities: Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio 2002: Recognized by Fortune magazine as the most admired Airline Company and listed in “100 Best Corporate Citizen” by Business Ethics 2004: Total operating revenue of $6.5 billion and 31‚000 employees. Evaluation Problem: 1. What is Southwest’s Strategy
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HAMLINE UNIVERSITY Individual Case Study: JetBlue Airways Corp‚ WestJet Airlines Ltd‚ and others: The Difficult Path to Software Upgrades Introduction I would argue that any organization undergoing system upgrades should ensure that the end result of such an upgrade must align with its business process
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20052982 MGMT 3110 L1 Case Report: Southwest Airlines What is SWA’s competitive strategy? What does it take to execute the competitive strategy? The SWA has adopted ‘Cost Leadership’ as its competitive advantage. And it has achieved low cost through numerous ways. To commence with‚ the Southwest workforce routinely turn around an aircraft in only 15 minutes and its gates are manned by a single agent and have a ground crew of six or fewer‚ which are much lower than other airlines. In other words‚ the
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APA STYLE LITE FOR COLLEGE PAPERS American Psychological Association Style for Final Manuscripts by Dr Abel Scribe PhD - January 2010 APA Lite for College Papers is a concise guide to crafting research papers in the style of the American Psychological Association (APA). It is based on the current edition of the APA Publication Manual (corrected printing‚ 2009) while incorporating guidelines for “Material Other Than Journal Articles” found in the last edition. APA Lite succeeds the APA Crib Sheet
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