Infamous Flight Around the World / Dick Rutan and Sally Yeager's Voyager
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A 7 page research paper that provides an overview of the Voyager's nonstop flight around the world. This paper concentrates on the specific equipment utilized for this successful flight. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: Infamous.wps

Information Needed by An Airline; Developing a System
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This 6 page paper considers what type of information an airline would need, how this will should interconnect and how a system may be developed to handle these needs. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEairinfo.rtf

Information Technology in Strategic Management of Cathay Pacific Airways
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This 30 page paper considers the way in which the airline industry have used and developed information technology in their business and the role it has played. The paper used many examples but concentrates on Cathay Pacific. To study this the writer considers the competitive structure of the airline industry and carries out an analysis by using Porters five forces. The paper looks at both the direct, and indirect, benefits of technology and how the industry has benefited from it. The bibliography cites 22 sources.
Filename: TEcathay.wps

Intervention Strategies for Airplane Violence
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This 10 page paper looks at the role of passengers on airplanes as potential security forces in the event of a terrorist attack. The brevity of passengers on United Flight 93 is discussed, but passenger aggression is looked at as detrimental to passenger safety in a general sense. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: SA145pas.rtf

JetBlue Case Study
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This 42 page paper examines the airline JetBlue in the context of the US airline industry. After an introduction the paper discusses the condition of the airline industry, the profitability of the industry and uses a pest analysis to examine the macro environment. The strategies of JetBlue are then examined at firm, business and operational levels and compared to strategies of competitors. With an understanding of the industry and the firm the writer goes on to suggest potential future strategies. Each of the suggested strategies is analysed and recommendations made for viable future strategies and how they may be implemented. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
Filename: TEjetblue.rtf

Labor Relations Law for the Airline and Railway Industries
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This 3 page report discusses labor law, the Railway Labor Act of 1926, labor law, and the rights of airline and railroad workers. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: BWrailar.rtf

Labor Unions at Delta, Southwest, Northwest, and Continental Airlines
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This 6 page report discusses the airline industry and the relationship between four airlines -- Delta, Southwest, Northwest, and Continental Airlines -- and the unions representing their employees. Current issues and concerns related to union representation and labor negotiations with these airlines are presented. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: BWairuni.rtf

Love at Southwest Airlines
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A 3 page paper discussing some of the “secrets” of Southwest Airlines’ success, including its unique position as consistent winner of the “triple crown” of aviation that includes best ontime performance, fewest baggage complaints and greatest customer satisfaction. Southwest Airlines still remains the one that other carriers want to emulate. The old, established airlines that tried to prevent Southwest from operating in the past now want to learn the company’s secrets so that they put them into practice themselves. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSmgmtSthwstLove.rtf

Macroeconomic Influences on the Airline Industry
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This 6 page paper examines the impact of different influences in the airline industry. Written in 3 parts the first part of the paper provides an analysis of the key factors that determine demand and supply in the airline industry. The second part critically evaluates the implications for the ‘traditional’ airline industry of the increased market presence of low cost airlines such as Ryanair, Easy Jet or Jet2. The third part then Considers what ‘traditional’ airlines can do to preserve and expand their market share and survive in the long run. The bibliography cites 7 sources.
Filename: TEairmacec.rtf

MACROECONOMICS AND THE AIRLINES
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This paper attempts to examine the macroeconomics of the airline industry, taking into account how each leg of the industry can impact passengers and economics. Discussions include the economic viability of the hub-and-spoke system, as well as the impact of unionized employees and rising energy costs on ticket prices. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: MTecoair.rtf

Management At Three Major Airlines
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A 9 page paper discussing the similarities and the management philosophies of American, United and Delta. All old, established companies, they are the three leaders of the US airline industry in terms of total revenues. Neither was profitable until the federal government authorized air mail by private carrier in 1925, and all three operate with only an uneasy peace with their pilots. The paper asks whether any of the three practices TQM, and concludes, based on the company-as-hostage stance of the pilots, that they do not. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: 3Airline.rtf

Mandatory Retirement At Age 60 For Airline Pilots / Safety Or Discrimination ?
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This 17 page research paper examines the issue of mandatory retirement for all American airline pilots at age 60. The writer includes background information and a detailed statement of the problem.
Filename: Pilot60.rtf