airplane as a whole. FAA AD 872121-08 mandated inspection of lap splices at fuselage stringer 4. This AD did not recognize the risk of failing to mandate inspections of all lap splices‚ and only mandated inspections of the known unsafe condition. Boeing Alert Service Bulletin 737-53A1039 proposed inspection of all 737 lap joints ––Service Bulletin was NOT mandated as an AD. Secondly‚ there was a lack of knowledge and experience in the area of corrosion detection and prevention. The maintenance crew
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managing cost that the company has lose its money. A new management team is brought in to sort it out and re-launch as a “low fares or no frills” airline‚ closely modelling the Southwest Airlines model in the U.S. And in 1994‚ Ryanair bought its first Boeing 737 aircraft which carried over 1.5 million passengers. In 1995‚ Ryanair is the biggest passenger carrier on Dublin-London route‚ the largest Irish airline on every route being operate and carried 2.25 million passengers in the year (Harrison‚ 2002)
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deck extends along the entire length of the fuselage‚ with a width equivalent to a wide-body aircraft. This allows for an A380-800’s cabin with 478 square metres (5‚145.1 sq ft) of floor space; 49% more floor space than the next-largest airliner‚ the Boeing 747-400 with 321 square metres (3‚455.2 sq ft)‚ and provides seating for 525 people in a typical three-classconfiguration or up to 853 people in all-economy class configurations. The A380-800 has a design range of 15‚400 kilometres (8‚300 nmi; 9‚600 mi)
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1950: Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 2501 is likely resting at the bottom of Lake Michigan‚ but good luck finding it. Divers 60 years ago turned up light debris‚ upholstery and a few body parts‚ but they were never able to locate the plane’s wreckage following what was‚ at the time‚ the deadliest commercial airliner accident in American history. Fifty-five passengers and three crewmembers are believed to have died aboard the DC-4 propliner as it traveled from
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Tourism Through the Ages The Historical Development of Tourism Early Beginnings of Travel The Babylonians (Sumerians) – The creation of money and trade – Trade was developed around 400 B.C. – Babylonians were also credited with the founders of travel business. Early Beginnings of Travel The Egyptians – First cruises were organized and conducted from Egypt. • The first journey for Tourism was made by Queen Hatshepsut to the land of Punt in 1480. – Early Egyptians started the trait of purchasing
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transcowl‚ see Figure 1.) The support assembly of the thrust reverser on the left engine on the CML19 has failed‚ causing the AOG. Support Assembly Transcowl Figure 1: Pylon and Nacelle System Aircraft CML19 is part of Latin Airlines’ fleet of Boeing 767 aircraft. (Each aircraft is assigned a unique identifier of three letters and two numerals.) When an aircraft is designated AOG‚ the aircraft is not airworthy and all flights assigned to that aircraft are cancelled until the problem(s) causing
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Southwest Airline Case ¨C Executive Summary Introduction in 1971‚ Herbert D. Kelleher with other few business partners started an Airline services. Up till 1991‚ Southwest served low-fair air transportation among 32 cities in 14 states with over 20 million customers annually in the United States. Although the industry suffered a major blow from the unfavorable economic conditions‚ the company was still holding strong; while other airline companies were in debt. The major success to their continued
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Increase Market Research Southwest Airlines is practicing a conservative growth strategy. The airline focuses on growing internally and expanding within their current routes. It is estimated that in any given year‚ 85% of Southwest’s expansion is internal. The company purchases new planes to add capacity to their system. By next year‚ they will be using 14 to 16 new planes for internal expansion. At times‚ Southwest expanded externally‚ but only when an opportunity was present. The company faces
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secondary airports away from urban centers of reference in order to reduce airport fees by reference to reduce airport taxes Operations Development of a policy to reduce costs on all fronts (no frills philosophy) Homogeneous fleet of aircraft (Boeing 737 only) reducing the cost for training‚ maintenance‚ purchase and storage of spare parts. Quick turn-around times for aircraft that enables high aircraft utilization Point-to-point flights to offer direct non-stop journeys‚ avoiding the cost of
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History of civil aviation does not exceed a hundred years. Therefore‚ the understanding of aviation safety as well as the cause of the airplane accidents remains limited. Convention on International Civil Aviation Annex 13 has defined an airplane accident as an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft‚ which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight until such time as all such persons have disembarked‚ where a person is fatally or seriously
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