Airline Industry : Strategies, Operations and Safety.
Connor R. Walsh
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
| Omfang | 1 online resource (254 pages)
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| Utgave | 1st ed.
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| Opplysninger | Intro -- AIRLINE INDUSTRY STRATEGIES, OPERATIONS AND SAFETY -- AIRLINE INDUSTRY STRATEGIES, OPERATIONS AND SAFETY -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 A FINANCIAL HISTORY AND ANALYSIS OF THE U.S. AIRLINE INDUSTRY -- ABSTRACT -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. A BRIEF FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE U.S. AIRLINE INDUSTRY -- A. The Paradox of the Airline Industry -- B. The Pre-Regulation Period (1914-1938) -- C. The Period of Regulation (1938-1978) -- Regulation of entry into a market -- Regulation of exiting from a market -- The regulation of services -- The regulation of prices -- The beginning of deregulation -- D. The Post-Regulation Period (1978-2001) -- E. The Post-Terrorist Period (2001 - Present) -- III. EARNINGS BEHAVIOR AND DIVIDENDS IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY -- A. Earnings Behavior in the Airline Industry -- Prior literature -- Descriptive statistics -- Data and methodology -- Results -- Summary and implications -- B. Dividends in the Airline Industry -- Prior literature -- Methodology -- Results -- Summary and implications -- IV. THE RISKS OF AIRLINE OWNERSHIP -- Prior Literature -- Regulatory effects -- Inflationary and airline safety effects -- Data and Methodology -- Difference of means regressions -- Market risk -- Results -- Summary and Implications -- V. FINANCING DECISIONS IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY -- A. Leverage, Economic Regulation and Shareholder Wealth -- Prior literature -- Data and methodology -- Results -- Summary and implications -- B. Does the Use of Operating Leases Create Value? -- Data and methodology -- Results -- A note on the tax consequences of debt versus operating leases -- VI. SUMMARY, IMPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 2 AIRLINE OPERATIONS CONTROL: A NEW CONCEPT FOR OPERATIONS RECOVERY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SUMMARY OF RELATED WORK -- 2.1. Operations Recovery.. - 2. BACKGROUND -- 3. MODEL VARIABLES -- 4. THE DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MODEL -- 4.1. The Characteristics of the DEA Model -- 4.2. An Illustration of a DEA Model -- 5. THE STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS MODEL -- 5.1. The Characteristics of the SFA Model -- 5.2. An Illustration of an SFA Model -- 2.1. The Model -- 2.2. Interpretation of the Model Outputs -- 6. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 8. APPENDIX -- Chapter 6 EVIDENCE-BASED PROCESS (EBP) CONSIDERATIONS OF HYPOXIA DURING FLIGHT FOR FLIGHT NURSES: THE AEROHEMODYNAMICS THEORY REVISITED -- ABSTRACT -- AEROHEMODYNAMICS THEORY -- Definition -- Applicability to Broad Scope of Practice -- CONCEPTS -- Acceleration Forces -- Nursing Challenges- Acceleration Stress -- Barotrauma -- Nursing Challenges -- Thermostability -- Nursing Challenges -- Gaseous Toxicities, Diffusion and Vacuolization -- Nursing Challenges -- Radiation Exposure -- Nursing Challenges -- Psychosocial Considerations -- Nursing Challenges -- Aerohemodynamics Theory Effect Equation -- Acceleration Force Changes -- Motion Sickness Susceptibility -- Barotrauma -- Thermostability -- Gaseous Toxicities -- Radiation and Other Safety Hazards -- NURSING IMPLICATIONS -- NURSING RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 7 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORTING OF ASIAN AIRLINES -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY -- 3. METHOD -- 4. RESULTS -- 4.1. CSR Reporting Formats -- 4.2. CSR Organization -- 4.3. The Marketplace -- 4.4. Workplace -- 4.5. Community -- 4.6. Environment -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 8 SERVICE QUALITY AND INTERNAL DIFFERENCES AMONG MEMBERS OF THE AIRLINE ALLIANCES -- ABSTRACT -- INTRODUCTION -- HYPOTHESES -- RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- Chapter9DAYS ONANDDAYS OFFSCHEDULINGOFPILOTSUNDERAVARIABLEWORKLOAD -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction.. - 2.2. Other Application Domains -- 3. AIRLINE OPERATIONS CONTROL -- 3.1. Airline Scheduling Problem -- 3.2. AOCC Organization -- 3.3. Typical Problems -- 3.4. Current Disruption Management Process -- 3.5. Main Costs Involved -- 3.6. Current Tools and Systems -- 4. A NEW CONCEPT FOR OPERATIONS RECOVERY -- 4.1. Introduction -- 4.2. Why an Agent and Multi-Agent System Paradigm? -- 4.3. MAS Architecture -- 4.4. Decision Mechanisms -- 4.4.1. Manager agents level negotiation -- 4.4.2. Team level negotiation -- 4.5. Quality Operational Costs -- 4.5.1. Quantifying Quality Costs -- 4.5.2. Airline example -- 4.6. Problem Solving Algorithms -- 5. EXPERIMENTAL SETUP -- 6. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION -- 7. CONCLUSION -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 3 OUTSOURCING STRATEGIES OF FULL-SERVICE AIRLINES: AN APPLICATION OF TWO THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- INTRODUCTION -- THE INDUSTRY CONTEXT -- THE THEORETICAL UNDERPINNINGS OF OUTSOURCING -- THE INVESTIGATION -- FINDINGS AND DISCUSSION -- MAJOR ORGANISATIONAL FUNCTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES -- 1. Plane Acquisition and Ownership -- 2. Engineering and Aircraft Maintenance -- 3. Customer Sales and Ticketing -- 4. In-Flight Catering -- 5. Corporate Identity and Brand Management -- DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 4 THE PRICING STRATEGY OF RYANAIR -- ABSTRACT -- 1. RYANAIR'S BUSINESS MODEL -- 1.1. Deregulation and LCC Spread -- 1.2. Ryanair History -- Historic facts -- Ryanair economic performance -- 1.3. Success Factors -- Market opportunity recognized -- Strategy -- 1.4. Network Structure -- 2. THE PRICING STRATEGY OF RYANAIR -- 2.1. Methodological Aspects -- 2.2. Empirical Findings -- CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES -- Chapter 5 MEASURING AND BENCHMARKING AIRPORT EFFICIENCY: AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) AND STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS (SFA) -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION.. - 2.BasicCharacteristicsoftheAirlineCrewRosteringProblem -- 3.Bridgingthegapbetweenscheduleconsistencyandflexibility -- 3.1.PureCyclicalScheduling -- Purecyclicalschedulingintheassumptionofanequaldemand -- Purecyclicalschedulingunderavariableworkload -- Purecyclicalschedulingcombiningmultipleworkpatterns -- 3.2.AdhocSchedulingCombiningMultipleFixedWorkPatterns -- 3.3.Subdividingtheworkforceintodifferentgroupsforcrewrostering -- 3.4.Extensionwithan'adhoc'RosteringComponent -- 4.ConclusionsandFutureResearch -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Chapter10PRICINGANDTRAVELERS'DECISIONTOUSEFREQUENTFLYERMILES:EVIDENCEFROMTHEU.S.AIRLINEINDUSTRY -- Abstract -- 1.Introduction -- 2.FrequentFlyerPrograms -- 3.EmpiricalApproach -- 3.1.SourcesofDataandSample -- 3.2.ModelSetup -- 3.3.EstimatedEquationandPanelStructure -- 3.4.Instruments -- 4.EmpiricalResults -- 4.1.SummaryStatistics -- 4.2.TrendandRouteSpecificCharacteristics -- 4.3.ThePriceEffect -- 4.4.AirportDominance -- 4.5.ProductQualityandCapacityConstraints -- 5.ASimpleModelofthePriceEffect -- 6.Conclusion -- AVariableConstruction -- BFirstStageRegressions -- References -- INDEX.
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