Airline industry : strategies, operations and safety / Connor R. Walsh, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Walsh, Connor R.

Series:

Transportation infrastructure : roads, highways, bridges, airports and mass transit series.

Transportation infrastructure :roads, highways, bridges, airports and mass transit

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Airlines.

Aeronautics, Commercial.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book presents a comprehensive review of the strategies, operations and safety of the airline industry. Topics discussed herein include a financial history and analysis of the U.S. airline industry, outsourcing strategies of full-service airlines, measuring and benchmarking airport efficiency, service quality and internal differences among members of the airline alliances, measures used to schedule airline crew under a variable workload using fixed days on and days off patterns, and frequent flyer mile usage among passengers.

Contents:

Intro

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

Methodology

IV. THE RISKS OF AIRLINE OWNERSHIP

Prior Literature

Regulatory effects

Inflationary and airline safety effects

Data and Methodology

Difference of means regressions

Market risk

Summary and Implications

V. FINANCING DECISIONS IN THE AIRLINE INDUSTRY

A. Leverage, Economic Regulation and Shareholder Wealth

B. Does the Use of Operating Leases Create Value?

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

1. INTRODUCTION

2. SUMMARY OF RELATED WORK

2.1. Operations Recovery.

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

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

Chapter 4 THE PRICING STRATEGY OF RYANAIR

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

Chapter 5 MEASURING AND BENCHMARKING AIRPORT EFFICIENCY: AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS (DEA) AND STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS (SFA)

1. INTRODUCTION.

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

8. APPENDIX

Chapter 6 EVIDENCE-BASED PROCESS (EBP) CONSIDERATIONS OF HYPOXIA DURING FLIGHT FOR FLIGHT NURSES: THE AEROHEMODYNAMICS THEORY REVISITED

AEROHEMODYNAMICS THEORY

Definition

Applicability to Broad Scope of Practice

CONCEPTS

Acceleration Forces

Nursing Challenges- Acceleration Stress

Barotrauma

Nursing Challenges

Thermostability

Gaseous Toxicities, Diffusion and Vacuolization

Radiation Exposure

Psychosocial Considerations

Aerohemodynamics Theory Effect Equation

Acceleration Force Changes

Motion Sickness Susceptibility

Gaseous Toxicities

Radiation and Other Safety Hazards

NURSING IMPLICATIONS

NURSING RESEARCH

CONCLUSION

Chapter 7 CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORTING OF ASIAN AIRLINES

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

Chapter 8 SERVICE QUALITY AND INTERNAL DIFFERENCES AMONG MEMBERS OF THE AIRLINE ALLIANCES

HYPOTHESES

RESULTS

Chapter9DAYS ONANDDAYS OFFSCHEDULINGOFPILOTSUNDERAVARIABLEWORKLOAD

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

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

INDEX.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-61122-423-3

OCLC:

741615057