Category: Air Transport
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The International Air Transport Association’s Analysis
Table of Contents Introduction Background and Overview Key Areas Conclusion Works Cited Introduction Regulations and guidelines in the transport industry are essential since they ensure that corporations operate effectively and focus on stakeholders’ demands. Various governmental agencies implement and ensure that companies follow such policies. Some organizations go further to support or improve the performance…
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Why Low Cost Airlines Performed Very Well?
Table of Contents Introduction Legacy airlines The beginning of low-cost airlines Income Seating density Conclusion References Introduction In recent years, the legacy carriers (carriers established previous to the deregulation of the airline markets) grant a position to the recently formed ‘low-cost’ carriers. While the ‘low-cost’ carriers performed very well, the legacy carriers performed poorly; several…
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Full Risk-Based Approach to Aviation Security
Introduction Aviation is one of the integral parts of the modern globalised world that provides endless opportunities for further development. In recent several decades, the fast evolution of this sector preconditioned the appearance of critical changes in attitude to aircraft and their role in international discourse. As a result, today, aviation is a strategically important…
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Racial Profiling in the Airports
Table of Contents Introduction Arguments against Racial Profiling Arguments in favour of Racial Profiling References Introduction The period after September 11 was a delicate period. The American airlines flight 11 and the united airlines flight 175 had been hijacked and crashed into the twin towers of the World trade centre in New York. The hijackers…
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Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1. Aircraft Accident
Lockheed L-1011 TriStar 1, A Delta Airlines flight 191, always flew between Fort Lauderdale and Los Angeles with a scheduled stop at Dallas. In 1985, the flight was affected by bad weather while in the air along the Texas-Louisiana gulf coast. The plane crew opted to change their route but were overwhelmed by the heavy…
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Case of Boeing 737-MAX: Safety Issues and Management
Introduction According to customers’ surveys, safety is the main concern for those travelling by air. Interestingly enough, statistically, the chances of perishing due to an airplane crash are meager. Today, they are estimated at one in 11 million for a single person taking a commercial flight. For the sake of scalability, one may want to…
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Aviation Security Within Current Global Threats
Table of Contents Introduction Restriction to information disclosure Secure handling and access controls Cargo Examination Cargo receipt Transfer procedures Conclusion List of References Introduction Security concern in the aviation industry is one area that has left many players rethinking their strategies. With the current global security threats mainly terrorism the aviation industry is riskier and…
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The Low-Cost Airlines and Their Role in International Tourism
Abstract To sustain the existence of the human race environment is a vital issue and hence awareness relating to environmental impacts of Low-Cost Carriers (LCCs) and Tourism is rising globally. It is proven that the so-called myth of degradation of environment finally is judged right and the raised the questions of environmental friendliness. This study…
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History of Air Carriers Overview
According to the Carney (2006) transportation refers to the activity of (or the system used in) moving people or things from one place to another (p.1531). By moving people or things from place to place, transportation is a service delivery industry with an essential economic role to facilitate the meeting of remote demand for a…
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The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on the Airline Industry
Table of Contents Introduction Predicted Global Mobility Stabilization and Recovery Prospects Policy Suggestions Conclusion References Introduction The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the global airline industry became a worldwide obstacle to proper mobility. The dramatic effects of the health issues on transport communications across the globe are affecting people internationally, even two years after…