Aircraft Case Studies Samples For Students

The crash of Air France 447 is considered the biggest disaster ever to hit Air France and Airbus since the beginning of their venture into this industry. All of the 228 passengers and crew of the flight were killed in this accident (Palmer, 2013). Due to the delay in the recovery of the black box from the ocean bed, the investigations and final report, published by BEA, took nearly three years for completion (Jonathan, 2011). The final investigation revealed that the accident occurred due to the inconsistent data indicated by the FMC (Flight Management Computer System) regarding the fluid ...

Bombardier, an aerospace company has been postponing the launch of a new commercial aircraft to the market. The product will be targeting regional airlines in the market of 100-150 seats market. Investors and other stakeholders are questioning the company’s continued delay in launching CSeries. Some of the problem has been attributed to problems with leadership senior leadership positions which lack stability. Bombardier has not been able to launch the new product on time and may therefore lag behind competition in the commercial jet segment.

External environment analysis

Following the September 11th event, many people were reluctant to travel. In order to rebuild ...

Introduction

In the wake of multiple aircraft disappearances and accidents, the aviation safety remains a great challenge within the aviation industry today. Human roles on the flight deck, maintenance and inspection are seen to be the leading contributors of most aircraft related accidents. Aviation maintenance and inspection procedures are part of a complex organization where most individuals undertake varied tasks in an environment characterized by time pressures, insignificant and sparse feedback as well as difficult ambient conditions such as poor lighting, long day and night shifts. These situational characteristics and other human erring tendencies have resulted in varied forms of ...

Introduction

Boeing and Airbus are the two major aircraft manufacturers in the world, with their rivalry starting in the 1990s, and as it intensified, they absorbed other plane making companies or forced them to exit the market. Airbus, being a European consortium of companies headquartered in Toulouse France is the leading airplane manufacturer in Europe while Boeing is an American company which manufactures commercial and military aircraft, satellites, weapon and electronic defense systems among other tasks. On the other hand, COMAC is a Chinese state-owned limited liability company that is mainly the manufacturer of commercial aircraft for China and also ...

1. Who are the main players (name and position)?
The main players are Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and Embraer. As of 2004, AIRBUS S.A.S. was the world’s largest commercial aircraft maker. Boeing was the world’s second largest manufacturer of large commercial jets, as well as the world’s largest aerospace company focusing on satellites, military aircraft, missile defense, human space flight and launch systems and services. As of the same year, Bombardier was the third largest commercial airplane manufacturer in the world while Embraer was the fourth largest commercial airplane manufacturer. Embraer is the world’s ...

Boeing Company is a leading manufacturer of military, aerospace and commercial aircraft based in the United States. Despite decades at the helm of the global airframe manufacturing industry, in the early 2000s, the company encountered a major threat to its grip on the market due to competition from Airbus, a European-based aircraft manufacturer. The competition between the two corporations intensified with Airbus undertaking to build the world's largest commercial plane, A380 that could not only carry more passengers but could also fly further distances and significantly reduce the operation costs. The Boeing responded by approving the construction of a ...

The industry has also embarked in massive airline partnerships in their sale of tickets to enable easier provision of services to over wide distances as they collaborate with various other airlines to cover more travelling distances. This makes it easier for the constantly increasing number of travelers to have their needs catered for.
Since the airline’s image had taken a beating due to the culture prevailing in the organization, particularly among pilots, the carrier decided to go in for a revamp of its HR policies, according to experts. As a first step, the airline brought about a change in management. Chen ...

Introduction

Southwest Airlines was launched with an aim of offering cheap, reliable and friendly flights to different destinations around the U.S. The company’s objective is to connect people to their crucial lives (About Southwest n. p.). Importantly, Southwest Airlines has grown to be one of the largest airline companies offering domestic flights in the United States. The acquisition of AirTran is a strategy that aims at expanding Southwest both in assets and international flights.
This paper analyzes the market position of Southwest by answering questions on the company’s culture, values, opportunities, challenges and acquisition of AirTran.

SWOT analysis of Southwest Airline

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Air Canada is a full-service airline and is currently the largest airline in the whole of Canadian market. It provides scheduled services to its passengers in not only the Canadian market but also the Canada-United States trans-border market and the to and from international market of Canada. Air Canada works together with partners in the region to provide service to an approximate of thirty-five million passengers in a year. Air Canada has more than one hundred and seventy-five destinations across all the five continents. Over the years, Air Canada has been known to make a lot of losses until recently in the ...

Introduction

Boeing Company is multinational aerospace enterprise that is is registered in the United States. The company also deals in the manufacture of aerospace products for defense agencies in the United States and also outside the country. The company was started by William Boeing in 1916 at Seattle. Over the years the company has expanded from the small company established in Seattle to one that has offices in almost every continent. In 1997 Boeing merged with the McDonnell Douglas which was a major boost for its market share and brand positioning. Since 2001 the company’s headquarters were moved Chicago, Illinois. ...

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1. History
Deutsche Lufthansa AG is one of the leading airlines worldwide and the largest in Germany. It resulted from the merger of Deutscher Aero Lloyd and Junkers Luftverkehr on 6 January 1926 (“1920s” n. p.). By 1931, it served Paris, Barcelona, Rome, and Oslo, accounting for a third of all passenger travel in Europe. Its operations stopped in the Second World War, near the war’s end, and formally dissolved in 1951. It resumed in 1954 as a new entity called Aktiengesellschaft fur Luftverkehrsbedarf or Luftag. In April 1955, it started its transatlantic ...

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The calculation of the true value of the Tri Star program is developed using the Net Present Value concept which depends on of the future net cash flows of a project or company. The Tri-Star Program started in 1967 with the pre-production phase until 1971. After 1971 until 1977 is the production phase of the L-1011 Tri-Star program (HARRINGTON-CRESSMAN, 2015).
The true value of the program is the net present value that includes all the net cash flows in all the periods of the program, project or enterprise. Assuming a plan of 210 aircraft for the production phase, ...

Linear Air founder, Bill Herp, had many expectations from his customers once the company starts operating jets in an air-taxi business. The company faced competition from other airline companies such as Dayjet and Pogo Jet. In order to win the competition, Herp focused on value creation for both his suppliers and customers.

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Herp aimed at getting suppliers who could manufacture Very Light Jets (VLJs) because these aircrafts had better price-to-performance characteristics and high engine technology. Linear Air preferred Eclipse jet suppliers to Piston aircraft and Turboprop aircraft. Unlike Piston aircraft and Turboprop suppliers, Eclipse jet was capable of operating ...

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 587

According to the National Transportation Safety Board (2004) the Safety Board requested NASA-Langley to conduct a wake vortex investigation to determine the airplane performance study on whether American Airlines Flight 587 had encountered the wake
Vortexes similar to Japan Air Lines flight 47. The investigation showed that the encounter will explain the two sets of load factor excursions, where the first occurred at 0915:35 where the aircraft reached the altitude of 1,750 feet, and the second occurred at 0915:51 where the aircraft reached the altitude of 2,430 feet based on the record of flight of 587 (National ...

Dupuy

Iberia’s Chief Financial Officer, Enrique Dupuy de Lome may be soft-spoken but his negotiation strategy is aggressive. He maintained the upper hand in negotiations with Leah and Bright, mainly using the ‘Anchoring’ sales negotiation technique. In this technique, Dupuy as the buyer shares his target buying price to anchor the bargaining range on the low side.
Dupuy is also known by Airbus’ Leah and Boeing’s Bright as setting tough price terms and requiring hard sales guarantees that lower Iberia’s buying risk. Dupoy does not relent or compromise on his target and both competitors were advised ...

Introduction

On October 25, 2011, a King Air A100 crashed on final approach into Eveleth, Minnesota claiming the lives of the pilot and co-pilot as well as all six passengers. The flight was intended to fly U.S. Senator Paul Wellstone and five members of his campaign staff to Eveleth, Minnesota, but unfortunately, the flight was never completed.

Accident History and Relevant Information

There were numerous human factors that contributed to the crash of King Air A100 N41BE, starting with the Captain. A company copilot expressed that three days before the fatal flight, the Captain flew with him in another King Air. After takeoff, the captain attempted ...

Introduction and Background of Organization

JetBlue Airlines was founded in 1998 by the former executives of the Southwest Airlines led by David Neeleman. The company specializes in the low-cost travel, but it is very different from the other competitors, because it was able “to bring humanity back to air travel” (Dess, Eisner, McNamara, 2012, p. 148). In particular, the company offers in-flight customer service; the booking and check-in systems are user-friendly, and the multiple routes and low flight fares provide JetBlue with the strong competitive advantage.
However, the quick growth in the 2000s meant being exposed to many risks that existed in the external ...

Introduction

This paper presents a detailed analysis about Southwest Airlines starting from how they started and how they reached their current position. It describes their strategic planning, their sources of capital, their market growth, their marketing planning and many other things. It also gives a complete detailed note on their successes and failures and which factors have led to their failures and successes of Southwest Airlines. The culture and the behavior of their employees is an important factor. In short it covers all the factors that are important to the success of an organization will be discussed in detail.

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Flydubai had its start as a low cost airliner and was set up by the government of Dubai in 2008. Operating from the terminal two of Dubai International Airport, Flydubai expanded its operations rapidly around Dubai and currently serves Middle East, Gulf countries, Indian subcontinent, North Africa, Asia, Central Europe, and Eastern Europe. Flydubai serves 74 destinations in 35 countries as of 2014. That is a remarkable growth for any airline coming in a short period of 5 years.
Flydubai is a profitable, unlike many other low cost carriers, and its operating profit for 2013 was nearly 61 million ...

Question one

There are several reasons, which apply economically with reference to the selling or holding of the spin-off Wichita asset (plant) by the Boeing. Some of these reasons are:
First, the problem of the possibility of suffering a severe market recession-The first idea that supports the sale of the spin off Wichita can be influenced by the possibility of making drastic losses. After the attacks that took place on 11 September 2011, there was an evidence of political influence on the performance of the firm. Numerically, there is a probability that the operations may lead to a negative figure with reference to ...

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The management of Trans-Share Inc should not account the fractional interest program as financial or operating lease because it does not meet the provisions of FAS 13 and IAS 18 accounting standards. Moreover, it does not meet the revenue recognition criteria because entity still enjoys effective control over aircrafts after the sale. The contract of lease often allows the customer to extend the contract for a longer period or second term. Under lease arrangements, the legal title is transferred to the buyer at the end of the period but this is not the case with Trans-Share ...

Training and Simulation for the Colgan Air Flight 3407, Buffalo, NY

Pilot Training
There were two pilots who facilitated Colgan Air Flight 3407, first was the captain, Marvin Renslow, was 47-years-old at the time of his death, lived in Lutz, Florida that had been with Colgan in September 9, 2005 and Rebecca Lynne Shaw, 24-years-old at the time of death, from Maple Valley, Washington that joined Colgan on January 16, 2008 Investigators' results on February's airplane incident in Buffalo, N.Y., increased issues about whether the pilot's proficiency and training may have been an aspect in the incident.
The National Transportation Safety Board began a three-day hearing to learn more ...

The regional airline industry is characterized mainly by short haul flights that serviced small communities which would mainly be unable to support larger aircrafts since they had very small airports. In most of the cases, the regional airlines thrived in partnership with the few major carriers who provide most of the business. This has ensured that the regional airlines have a greater reach and the ability to serve a larger geographical set up.
The growth of the regional airlines is also anchored on the development of the regional jets, which were mainly quite convenient as they could be flown faster, ...

Introduction

China Airlines is the largest airline in Taiwan. It is also the flag bearer of the Republic of China. The company was started in 1959 with the aim of enhancing transport in the larger China region. This company is not directly owned by any of the states. It is owned and managed by the China Airlines Group, which is a constituent of the China Aviation Development Foundation. The government of the republic of China is the owner of the China Aviation Development Foundation. The company main operates from the Taiwan International Airport. Most of its destinations are Asia, Europe, North ...

Why have Personal Navigation Devices become popular? What technologies are required to facilitate the success of PNDs?

The personal Navigation devices have presently gained market acceptance and popularity. This has tremendously contributed to price drops. Manufacturers of PNDs have constantly been upgrading their products to be more competitive making PNDs have functionalities and capabilities which have made them even more popular.

Several technologies have been used to facilitate the success of PNDs which include: online connectivity which helps them compete with cell phones which have recently began offering navigation capabilities. Secondly speech recognition technology has been also integrated in PNDs making it a success. This feature enabled one to make a call by mentioning the name of the ...

General Atomics is a company specializing in nuclear physics. It is a defense contractor headquartered in San Diego, California. General Atomics expands into research and manufacturing. Besides, they work at nuclear fission and fusion. The company develops remotely operated surveillance aircraft, unmanned military aircraft, airborne sensors, hazardous waste, superconducting magnets, and information technology, etc.
It is a private company, but it has got a wide media coverage. Generally speaking, a number of TV channels, newspapers, online info-sources and some social media present it. If we analyze fortnight media coverage, we can mention some videos on YouTube. There we find ...

Introduction

Southwest Airlines is a major US based airline that provides high frequency short-haul services. The airline began its operations in 1971 with a few Boeing aircrafts serving only three cities in the US. Today, Southwest Airlines is one of the largest airlines in the United States, and operates close to 300 aircrafts to 60 cities. The airline’s rapid growth is partly due to its low-cost strategy and efficient customer services. Although the air travel industry has previously suffered a series of drawbacks, Southwest Airlines has always remained resilient. The company’s mission objective is to embrace high quality ...

In conditions of modern fast-developing world air transport has been one of the most convenient as well as one of the most popular. Nowadays the airspace is full of aircrafts, both commercial and military; people are leaving, departing and transferring without actually imagining the global scope. In fact, such a demand for air flights has made airports one of the most targeted places for mass attacks. Therefore, the airport systems the United States of America has to be perfectly secure. However, some terrorists’ attacks, especially those, which occurred in 2009 and 2010, have proved that even US homeland security ...

Cathay Pacific Airline Limited, which was established in 1946, is a profitable airline that has its operations globally. The company has received many awards due to its efficiency in its operations. Nonetheless, the airline has experienced some challenges in its supply chain, particularly in maintenance, services as well as repairs. Therefore, to permit firm’s maintenance, it needs a sophisticated spare parts management process in its supply chain management (Chopra & Meindl, 2013).
- What are some particular supply chain management issues for spare parts operations that Robert (manager of inventory operations) and Paul (manager of procurement of aircraft components and ...

Introduction

Question 1. how and why the incident happened (what conditions allowed the incident to happen)?
Hiroshima is located in the west of the largest Japanese island of Honshu. The town's name translates as "Wide Island". It is so named because the bayou Ota, flowing from the mountains to the plains Chugoku, where the Hiroshima formed at the confluence of the Inner Sea 6 islands protrude into Hiroshima Bay. They located the city. Hiroshima worth almost entirely in the valley, only slightly above sea level; to the north-west and north-east lie the hills, up to 700 feet (Rotter, ...

Q. 1
In order to shed Boeing aircraft-parts business, the company should sell Wichita operations. This is because the current operations have been expensive in-house operations, which is coupled with high labor costs. There are many reasons why the company should sell Wichita. This means that the company has the right to sell the business based on the present high labor costs. Firstly, the sale will lower the costs of operations within the company. Secondly, the sale will result to savings (about $ 65 million yearly) within the company, which originate from around 15% reduction in the initial workforce ...

Introduction

Executive Summary
Southwest Airlines is an airline company headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The company has been in operation since 1971. It is the leading local airline in the US. Analysed as per the porter’s five forces model, Southwest Airlines has a good chance of weathering competition from market entrants due to its unique approach to business as Simple, Fun and Profitable. The general external environment presents increased population and therefore higher market, better and supportive technologies, non-bureaucratic political and legal environment among other aspects advantageous to the growth of the company. The main weaknesses for the company are ...

Background

The founder members of the Southwest Airlines were Herb Kelleher and Rollin King. The founders saw the need to respond to rise in capacity of customers travelling over the Texas routes. The carriers already in the industry were Brainiff International and American Airlines. The carriers did not have sufficient seats. This did prompt the southwest airlines to respond to the demand. There was also poor coverage of intermediate destinations in Texas by the former carriers. The relatively high demand for seats shoots the fare high. The federal regulations discouraged starting of a new airline company.

The southwest Airlines have been ...

Introduction

The Jet Propulsion Laboratory is the dependence of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration of the United States of America. As a government agency, the NASA depends on a budget that the Congress of the United States assigns every year according to the priorities in investigation agreed between the Agency and the Government.
There is an imminent risk for the NASA and all its subsidiaries, as the JPL (Nasa Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2016), that is the risk of failure. In the case of comparison with any firm or organization, as a corporation, the failure is very common, but it ...

Introduction

As a consultant, I have been hired by Boeing to investigate the advantages of outsourcing, the problems, and risks of outsourcing, and to give recommendations based on the Boeing 787 project. In January 2003, the Board of Boeing decided to offer a new, light, fuel efficient, long-range airplane made out of composites (Tang & Zimmerman, 2009). To reduce the development cost from $10 billion to $6 billion, and cut the development time from six to four years, Boeing’s management outsourced the manufacturing of the 787 aircraft to its Tier 1 suppliers (Tang & Zimmerman, 2009).
The complex supply chain was ...

Introduction

According to O’Connell (2011), Emirates Airline has had a wide market share when it comes to Middle East air travel and especially amongst the Arabian Gulf Carriers. However, the question is, where will Emirates Airline be in the next five years? Emirates Airline is a Dubai airline situated in the United Arab Emirates. On October 25th, 1985 Emirates Airline was established by the Dubai government with only two aircraft. By then, what mattered to them was quality and not quantity. To date, Emirates Airline has had a beautiful and fruitful trend regarding growth and development; this had been ...

Overrun Accident of The American Airlines Flight 1420

Abstract
The American Airlines accident Flight 1420 is identified as a runway overrun accident. The National Transportation Safety Board conducted an investigation to find the cause. This project is primarily focused on the human factor issue that might have caused the accident. The project explored the Human Factor Analysis and Classification System and used the Swiss Cheese Model to link the chain of events to determine the cause of the accident.
The Human Factor Analysis and Classification System was used by the National Transportation Safety Board to analyze the human factors issues within American Airlines Flight 1420. This system ...

Introduction

The traditional system of the United States federal government consists of the Congress, the Executive, and the Courts. Congress passes the laws, the Executive enforces the laws, and the Courts interpret the laws. But this is a dramatic over-simplication of the way in which the government carries out its functions and duties. Congress and the President will often delegate their authority to agencies that are tasked with performing specific government functions and objectives. Because the number of government agencies is so voluminous and vast, a large body of agency law has emerged.
Agencies have authority to act pursuant to ...

Vista Aerospace case

In most general terms, risk assessment can be defined as an examination of factors that can harm people in course of one’s activities. Most important issues to be considered in terms of choosing supplier include the suppliers’ capacity and their experience in producing electronic equipment in general and aviation equipment in particular. These factors can particularly influence supplier’s capacity to produce quality equipment and, in turn, passengers’ security and safety.
In case of Essilor (Brazilian supplier), an important risk deals with the fact that an extent to which the company is experienced in producing electronic equipment. Furthermore, ...

Introduction

Almost all of the commercial airplane accidents that have been reported in the past are caused by human error which accounts for approximately 70% of the accidents (Griffin et al., 2015). Hence, it is important to appreciate the fact that human error is recently becoming a principal concern not only to flight operations but in the maintenance practices as well as air traffic control. The above concern has made the major airlines to employ human factor professionals who work closely with the engineers and pilots to embrace innovation on human performance as well as the airplanes to help enhance ...

Cause of Accident

The collision of two Boeing 747s i.e. KLM Flight 4805 (KLM) and Pan Am Flight 1736 (Pan Am) at Los Rodeos Airport in the 27th of March 1977, was a consequence of a series bad judgments and poor luck. The terrorist bombing of a passenger terminal at Las Palmas Airport led to closure of the airport, and the diversion of considerable traffic to Los Rodeos (Tenerife) Airport with inadequate capacity (notably parking and staff). The congestion led to the routine back taxing, which put the two aircrafts on the runway. Other important causal factors include:

Poor visibility

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Introduction

According to United Nations (2008), deregulation of the airlines in the recent years has resulted to free strategic choice making in terms of fares and network structures. Most airlines, including Hainan opted for the hub-and-spoke networks, which resulted to increased concentration of traffic on spoke routes and increased savings from the fewer routes. The advantage from the same was maximizing the traffic densities due to the use of large crafts along the routes. However. Graham (2013) outlines that the system adopted has resulted to congestion in airports and a high number of flights have been affected by delays, missed ...

Factors that have enabled the company to deliver strong performance in the past

There are several strategies that Emirates Airline has employed to ensure an exemplary performance compared to other airlines. From the financial statements that the company releases yearly, it is evident that it is making many profits. It is estimated that emirates airline makes around 50 percent annually despite the political and economic issues in most countries it operates. The number of passengers and cargo has recently gone up steadily to an estimated 57 billion Available Tonne Kilometers (ATMs). The company has strategized in the following essential factors to realize the goal. 

Firstly, the airline increased the number of aircraft, ...

Introduction

The problem of fluctuating currencies in global trade is an issue that most companies face when executing cross border transactions. In this case, the problem experienced by Lufthansa primarily boils down to one key aspect – the manner in which the company should handle a large foreign currency transaction by facing a minimal loss at an optimum cost with the least risk. In such cases, most often the least risky approach is also the most expensive one as would be evident in this case.
On the other hand, the seemingly risky approach also holds very little or no immediate cost but ...

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Issue:

Does the cap on tort recovery damages imposed by Mexican law render Mexico an inadequate forum for resolving a tort suit by a Mexican citizen against an American manufacturer and an American airbag designer?

There are four consideration for the court to take into account when determining a case of forum non conveniens. The first factor is whether an alternative forum is available. In making its determination of whether an alternative forum is available, the court will look at ...

Actions Needed Now to Avert Disaster Later

In consideration of the increase in number of terrorist attacks throughout the world, it is imperative that we become more knowledgeable about the risks our community faces in order to be better prepared to prevent any attack and respond effectively in the event that an attack is orchestrated.

Threats

Terrorist threats can come from a number of vectors, however considering the composition of our community the most likely threats are likely to manifest in the following areas.
Cyber-attack: As our community increasingly adopts information technologies for work, study and life, the risk that they will also be subject to a cyber-attack ...

Critically evaluate the macro and micro-competitive environments facing airline companies using module and framework?

For the micro-competitive environment, I will be analysing Ryanair against The Five Forces Framework. Under this framework, the competitive rivalry is linked to threats from potential entrants, bargaining power of buyers, threat from substitutes, and bargaining power of suppliers. The threat from potential entrants is relative less due to the nature of the aviation industry. The major reason being the capital required to start a new airlines. Any new entrant will have a well thought of strategy to take on Ryanair. From the case study it seems they have most of the things correct. Any new entrant, besides the capital requirement, ...

Dr. A.B.C
The purpose of this case study is to explore the reasons behind the growth and advancement, of a corporation in aviation industry that has successfully evolved, in spite of technological advancements and challenges since 1937.
Air Canada is a case in example how a fully government owned company can go on to become the best airlines in North America, and a force to reckon with in the whole of the world. From humble beginning in 1937, with a fleet of Lockheed L-10A, it now has the most modern fleet in North America. I would like to stress, that their failures ...

LT Brown should be considered for the spot promotion. This decision is based on leadership perspectives that are to be considered. Choosing between the two candidates LT Coffer and LT Brown is a process that will require CDR Smith to consider a number of aspects. This is because both candidates are equally qualified in terms of their experience, rank, and passion for higher responsibilities. In his book, Leadership: Theory and Practice Peter Northouse suggests a number of approaches that can be used to select leaders in such circumstances.

Factors that lead to the decision

Four factors will be considered leading to the decision to select LT Brown, traits, ...

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Throughout its history Chinese Airlines Limited (CAL) has been beset with a number of problems that have negatively impacted both its profitability and reputation. The sources of these woes have been diverse in nature ranging from human resource management issues to various political considerations. The airline continues to face a number of threats as well as harboring internal weaknesses that may threaten to derail the company’s future prospects, however the company also possesses significant internal strengths and possible opportunities to avail. These will be described below using various analytical methods.

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QUESTIONS:

1.) Why do you think Boeing decided to outsource the design and production of so many critical

A: Boeing based its decision to outsource the design and production solely for financial benefit. As noted in the article, they believed that they had the ability to save as much as $10 billion by outsourcing. This was a move which delighted their investors, who stood to see their stock shares rise in value after the 787’s were completed and delivered.
Another reason could have come from the enormity of the job. Boeing may not have possessed the facilities and materials ...

Company’s Growth and History

Oman Air, the Sultanate of Oman’s flag carrier is based in Muscat. It mainly operates in the Seeb International Airport in Muscat. It operates international air services, scheduled domestic flights, charter work and local air taxi. Although it was founded in 1981, the company began operations in 1993. It started under the name Oman Aviation Services after a merger between Oman International Services and Gulf Air Light Aircraft. The company’s inaugural flight was from Muscat to Salalah with its international services starting in July of 1993.
The company is partially owned by the government with an initial ...

Background Information

Southwest Airlines is a low-cost airline company that was founded in 1967 in San Antonio, Texas. The first flights were operated by Southwest Airlines in 1971 and connected Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio. Today the company focuses on domestic flights and offers low-cost and no-frills services to its customers (Southwest Airlines, 2012).

While the idea to start the company belonged to Rollin King, an entrepreneur from San Antonio, the key figure in the formation and in the development of the company was Herb Kelleher. He was a CEO of Southwest until 2008, when Kelleher was replaced by the current CEO Gary ...