Profit Strategies For Air Transportation

This title presents problems faced by aircraft business operations with solutions thay work in economic terms. Features include: simulated trips for profit-and-loss analysis; methods of fuel conservation; foreasting methods, accuracy and applications; and perfomance case studies.

Now in its Seventh Edition, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management. In addition to explaining the fundamentals, this book now takes the reader to the leading edge of the discipline, using past and present trends to forecast future challenges the industry may face and encouraging the reader to really think about the decisions a manager implements. The Seventh Edition brings the text right up to date with a new opening chapter, titled 'The Airline Industry: Trends, Challenges and Strategies', setting the context for all that follows within the book, and a new section within 'International Aviation' that explores the new airline business models. New and updated material has been added throughout the text and overall presents a more international perspective. Arranged in sharply focused parts and accessible sections, the exposition is clear and reader-friendly. Air Transportation: A Management Perspective is suitable for almost all aviation programs that feature business and management. Its student-friendly structure and style make it highly suitable for modular courses and distance-learning programmes, or for self-directed study and continuing personal professional development.

In the rapidly evolving airline industry, new technologies play an increasingly critical role in the delivery of real and perceived value in reducing costs, enhancing revenue, and improving customer service and customer safety/security. This book focuses at a senior executive level, examining the key forces affecting the airline business and their potential in terms of short and long-term strategies. The author discusses the role of emerging technology on the airline industry, defined very broadly and including computers, information, databases, aircraft, telecommunications, Internet, wireless, speech recognition, face recognition, etc. His argument is that technology should not only be an enabler of business strategy but crucially the driver of business strategy. The central theme is the vital interaction between technology and business strategy across a wide spectrum of functions - executives sharing their insights of what is needed in terms of revolutions in consumers, technologies, and productivities. What has held airlines back are not so much legacy systems but legacy mindsets, organizational structures and processes, as well as the intelligent selection, investments, and implementation of value-adding technologies. The book is the outcome of the author's own experience while working with a number of airlines and his participation in many discussions with practitioners in the airline and technology firms.

In Cruising to Profits, a very thought-provoking book, co-authors and airline strategy and profitability experts Ricardo Pilon and Kofi Sonokpon share transformational strategies and tools they conclude would contribute to a fundamental shift in turning commercial aviation into a profitable business. Some radical, but necessarily drastic, views and methodologies are offered. The content is primarily based on their practical airline management and business consulting experience, but also combines results from the authors' academic involvement in airline economics with management science. The authors introduce a three-pillar visionary leadership framework BeProFit-able (BPF) that redefines the role of commercial aviation. They further discuss the human element in profitability and advance T.A.L.E.N.T. and Vision Load Factor (VLF) instruments. Lastly, Cruising to Profits offers valuable, actionable management tools so as to execute on the vision and include day-to-day operations towards commercial airline strategy formulation. BeProFit-able (BPF) WHAT visionary leadership framework and management methodology it would take to turn commercial aviation into a profitable business and HOW to apply a unique combination of business model expertise with modern convergent governance. Vision Load Factor (VLF) WHY most airlines are consistently running well below their true potential and HOW to measure and deliver on an airline's vision load factor in a profitable manner. T.A.L.E.N.T. WHY even the most talented airline employees must meet the T.A.L.E.N.T. criteria before they can positively contribute to profitability and HOW to attract and retain true talents. First in a series of eye-opener work, Cruising to Profits is a must-read for those at the heart of senior airline management and those who take a close interest in the business.

In Cruising to Profits, Volume 1 - 2nd Edition, a very thought-provoking book, strategic airline business transformation and profitability expert Ricardo Vincent Pilon shares transformational strategies and tools he concludes would contribute to a fundamental shift in turning commercial aviation into a profitable business. Some radical, but necessarily drastic, views and methodologies are offered. The content is primarily based on his practical experience, his airline management and business consulting work, and also combines results from his work with academic involvement in airline economics as well as management science. The author introduces a three-pillar visionary business transformation and leadership framework entitled BeProFit (BPF), which redefines the role of commercial aviation. The book is an elaborate introduction to a possible evolution in commercial aviation and airline management and paves the way for Volume 2 - The Practical Guide. He further lays the foundation for H2 - Human Capital Profit Multiplier and S.T.A.R., two management tools that identify and enable leadership, as discussed in Volume 3 - The Human Capital Factor. Cruising to Profits offers valuable, actionable management tools so as to execute on the vision and include day-to-day operations towards commercial airline strategy formulation.

Now in its Eighth Edition, Air Transportation: A Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management.

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, Northumbria University, course: Bachelor of Arts in Human Resources Management, language: English, abstract: The commercial airline is an extremely competitive, safety-sensitive, high technology service industry. People, employees and customers, not products and machines, must be an arena of organization's core competence. Sustaining airline profitability, ensuring safety and security, and developing adequate air transportation infrastructure are the important challenges to the airlines. In the following chapters, the strategic reasons that lead Singapore Airline (SIA) success will be discuss with strategic frameworks.

Air Transportation offers a distinct management angle which is unlike competing texts in this market. The text was conceived after deregulation of the airline industry and reflects evolving trends in marketing strategies and manufacturing. The text successfully integrates aviation and airline industry specific information with the presentation of broad management and economic principles.

Air Transport Management: An International Perspective provides in-depth instruction in the diverse and dynamic area of commercial air transport management. The 2nd edition has been extensively revised and updated to reflect the latest developments in the sector. The textbook includes both introductory reference material and more advanced content so as to provide a solid foundation in the core principles and practices of air transport management. This 2nd edition includes a new chapter on airline regulation and deregulation and new dedicated chapters focusing on aviation safety and aviation security. Four new contributors bring additional insights and expertise to the book. The 2nd edition retains many of the key features of the 1st edition, including: • A clearly structured topic-based approach that provides information on key air transport management issues including: aviation law, economics; airport and airline management; finance; environmental impacts, human resource management; and marketing; • Chapters authored by leading air transport academics and practitioners worldwide which provide an international perspective; • Learning objectives and key points which provide a framework for learning; • Boxed case studies and examples in each chapter; • Keyword definitions and stop and think boxes to prompt reflection and aid understanding of key terms and concepts. Designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students studying aviation and business management degree programmes and industry practitioners seeking to expand their knowledge base, the book provides a single point of reference to the key legal, regulatory, strategic and operational concepts and processes that shape the form and function of the world’s commercial air transport industry.

Airlines are buffeted by fluctuating political and economic landscapes, ever-changing competition, technology developments, globalization, increasing deregulation and evolving customer requirements. As a consequence all sectors of the air transport industry are in a constant state of flux. The principle aim of this book is to review current trends in the airline industry and its related suppliers, thereby providing an insight into the forces that are changing its dynamics. The factors that are reshaping the structure of the industry are examined with a view to identifying the key issues whose impact will be critical in the future. The book features two very distinct sections. The first contains short contributions from industry executives at CEO/VP level from airlines, aircraft/engine manufacturers, safety and navigational provider organisations, who have set out their take of where the airline industry is heading. This commercial input sets the scene for the book and provides the bridge to the second section, which is composed of 18 chapters written by distinguished academic authors. Each chapter presents a valuable insight into a specific area of the air transport industry, including: airlines, airports, cargo, deregulation, the environment, navigation, strategy, information technology, security and tourism. The shared objective of the authors is to describe and explain the core competencies that are determining the current shape of the industry and to examine the forces that will change its direction going forward. The book is written in a management style and will appeal to all levels of personnel who work for airlines across the world. It is also written for airport authorities, aerospace manufacturers, regulatory and government transportation agencies, researchers and students of aviation management, transport studies, tourism and the wider air transport industry.