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Air Transport in the 21st Century (PDF eBook)


Air Transport in the 21st Century (PDF eBook)

eBook by O'Connell, John F. /Williams, George;

Air Transport in the 21st Century (PDF eBook)

£65.00

ISBN:
9780754699958
Publication Date:
01 Aug 2011
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Imprint:
Ashgate Publishing
Pages:
512 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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Air Transport in the 21st Century (PDF eBook)

Description

This book reviews current trends in the airline industry and its related suppliers, providing an insight into the forces that are changing its dynamics. It examines the factors reshaping the industry's structure with a view to identifying the key issues whose impact will be critical in the future. With contributions from senior industry executives and academics, the objective is to evaluate the core competencies that are determining the current shape of the industry and examine the forces that will change its direction.

Contents

Contents: Preface; Part I Practitioners Pieces: Volatility in the global airline industry is shaping its future evolution, Alan Joyce; The future of air navigation, Ashley Smout; Aviation safety concern, Bill Voss; A beneficial industry but one with elusive profitability, Brian Pearce; The challenges faced by independent ground handlers and in-flight caterers, Clement Woon; Growth opportunities in Brazil, Constantino de Oliveira Jr; Can Gulf carriers sustain their current growth rate?, Fariba Alamdari; Forecasting the fate of the airline industry, Gary Kelly; Changing global air transport, James Hogan; The inevitable evolution of aviation, Kenneth Button; Longer-term prospects for air transport, Laurent Rouaud; Airline consolidation in China and the prospects for China Eastern, Liu Shaoyong; Overcoming the constraints of aeropolitics, Maurice Flanagan; In search of sustained profitability 30 years after deregulation, Peter P.Belobaba; IT, airlines and the recession: what is a Chief Information Officer to do?, Paul Coby; An inherently unstable industry: airlines have themselves to blame, Rigas Doganis; Engine makers can help airlines thrive, even in a difficult environment, Robert J. Keady; The future of airline sales distribution, Scott D. Nason; Dynamic air transport industry, Tewolde GebreMariam; The dilemma facing airport management: taking control of the airport environment, William deCota; Surviving the crisis, Willie Walsh. Part II Academic Section: Airlines: an inherently turbulent industry, John F. O'Connell; State of US aviation: clinging to the old ways in a new century, Dawna L. Rhoades; Ryanair and the low-cost revolution, Sean D. Barrett; Airline strategy: keeping the legacy carrier competitive. How can mature airlines stay ahead in the low-fare airline era?, Alan Gogbashian and Thomas Lawton; Ancillary revenues: the new trend in strategic airline marketing, John F. O'Connell; Multilateral airline alliances: the fallacy of the alliances to mergers proposition, Sveinn Vidar Gudmundson and Christian Lechner; Comparing the economic and operating characteristics of charter and low-cost scheduled airlines, George Williams; Airlines and tourism: interrelations and trends, Andreas Papatheodorou; The economics of 7th freedom, Peter Forsyth; The air cargo industry, Peter S. Morrell; Key issues facing the airport industry, Anne Graham; Challenges to growth: environmental issues and the development of the air transport industry, Ben Daley and Callum Thomas; Advances in transport aircraft and engines, John Snow; Safety management systems in aviation, Graham Braithwaite; Cooperation in air navigation services: is globalization arriving in the world of ANS?, Manjit Singh; IT innovations in passenger services, John F. O'Connell; Aviation security in the United States, Robert Raffel and Jim Ramsay; An examination of the world's most profitable airline in 2009/10: the Emirates business model, John F. O'Connell; Index.

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