...Station Wagons from 1919-2003 12 1.0 Introduction This research report will look into the economic development after World War II producing an increased market of business travellers and tourism in Australia. It will also outline some of the technological, social and cultural impacts on Australia after this time, which also led to the increase in the tourism industry. This report will also discuss how the baby boomers now have a large affect on the tourism industry today. The Guest Host Relationship between tourism and hospitality guests and supplier will also be discussed. 2.0 Economic Development 2.1 Economic Development In the months prior to Australia going to war, the economic conditions had worsen in some states including New South Wales which was still recovering from the Great Depression in 1930s [www.parliament.nsw.gov.au], however at the conclusion of World War II in 1945, Australia, along with many other countries entered an economic boom or “long boom”. Birth rates increased, as well employment rates and living standards [www.parliament.nsw.gov.au]. Migration also increased in...
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...INTRODUCTION Qantas is the acronym of the Queensland and Northern Territory Air Services. Qantas is the world's second oldest airline and was founded in the Queensland outback in 1920. It is Australia’s largest domestic and international airline and is recognised as one of the world's leading long distance carriers. It has pioneered services from Australia to North America and Europe. The Qantas Group today employs approximately 32,500 people and offers services across a network spanning 182 destinations in 44 countries (including those covered by codeshare partners) in Australia, Asia and the Pacific, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East and Africa. [16] The Qantas Group’s main business lies in the transportation of passengers via two complementary airline brands – Qantas and Jetstar. The Sub-divisions of the brands are shown in the figure below: In addition to the airline brands, the Qantas Group operates Qantas Frequent Flyer and Qantas Freight. The Group has additional equity interests in airline and airline-related businesses. Qantas is also a partner with Australia Post in two jointly controlled entities: Australian air Express and Star Track Express, a national road freight business. [12] The Qantas Group’s long term vision is ‘to operate the world’s best premium airline, Qantas, and the world’s best low fares carrier, Jetstar.’ [13] To achieve this, the Group is focused on five key elements: * Safety is our first priority * Right aircraft, right...
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... * Weakness * Lacking experience in its new long haul business * High percentage of cancellations * Lower margin compared with competitors * Loose supervision * Unstable IT System | * Opportunities * Develop corporate travel market: market share against Qantas * International partnerships: Use Delta, Emirates partnerships to grow product offering against Qantas * Recovering global economy * Increasing immigration * Increasingly advanced technology enables airlines to provide more convenience to travelers | * Threats * Competition from domestic airlines, e.g. Qantas, etc * Upward pressure from fuel Jet fuel prices * Greater international competition: further expansion of Tiger network * Heavily reliance on internet as sales channel exposes them to risks associated with system disruption | 2. Key audit risks 3.1 Revenue Overstatement There are several reasons listed as follows will lead to the decreasing of revenue, which might make revenue account to be overstated. Competition of aviation industry Because of the competition in the aviation industry, the market share percentage of Virgin Blue is likely to be reduced. Qantas Chief Alan Joyce has made a declaration that Jetstar will be bigger...
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...http://www.singaporeair.com/en_UK/about-us/sia-history/ The Early Days Singapore Airlines’ history can be traced back to 1 May 1947, when a Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) Airspeed Consul took off from Singapore Kallang Airport on the first of three scheduled flights a week to Kuala Lumpur, Ipoh and Penang. · Over the next five years, larger capacity DC-3 aircraft were introduced. This meant faster and more comfortable flights, and the extension of services to destinations in Indonesia, Vietnam, Burma (now Myanmar), North Borneo (Sabah) and Sarawak. · Inflight refreshments improved from the original thermos flask of iced water to sandwiches, biscuits and cold cuts plus a choice of hot and cold drinks, and alcoholic beverages served by a lone hostess. Known as “female pursers”, these hostesses are the forerunners of today’s Singapore Girl The 1950s & 1960 More new aircraft were added to the fleet in the 1950s and 1960s, the period leading up to the jet age. Among these were the DC-4 Skymaster, Vickers Viscount, Lockheed Super Constellation, Bristol Britannia, Comet IV and Fokker F27. · On 16 September 1963, the Federation of Malaysia was born and the Airline became known as Malaysian Airways Limited. In May 1966, it became Malaysia-Singapore Airlines (MSA). · In 1968, for the first time, annual revenue hit S$100 million. The sarong kebaya uniform for the Singapore Girl, designed by French couturier Pierre Balmain, was introduced and three B707s were added to the fleet. ·...
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...1.0 BACKGROUND OF EMIRATES AIRLINE In the mid-1980s, Gulf Air began to reduce its service to Dubai as it was concerned it was providing regional feeder flights for other carriers. As result, Emirates Airline was formed in 1985. The company is funding of Dubai’s royal family with start-up capital US $10 million as independent of government subsidies . Emirates Airline is the world largest international carrier but in term of income the company at the stage seven when it compare to others largest airline. For the category of international passengers carried, Emirates Airline is at number four. Emirates Airline also runs 4 of the world longest non- stop commercial flights from Dubai to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston. Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is the Chief Exercutive Officer (CEO) of Emirates Airline. The main competitors of Emirates Airline are British Airways, Qatar Airways Group, Etihad Airways, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air France –KLM S.A. The company start its operation with the first flight EK600 departs from Dubai International Airport to Karachi. The first 3 destination of Emirates Airline were Karachi, New Delhi and Mumbai. Currently, Emirates Airlines flies to 128 destinations with a fleet size of 199 aircrafts. Emirates Airline cabin crew is training at the Pakistan International Airlines Academy. In October 2008, Emirates moved all operations at Dubai International Airport to Terminal 3. The aim of Emirates Airline is quality and not quantity...
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...1.0 BACKGROUND OF EMIRATES AIRLINE In the mid-1980s, Gulf Air began to reduce its service to Dubai as it was concerned it was providing regional feeder flights for other carriers. As result, Emirates Airline was formed in 1985. The company is funding of Dubai’s royal family with start-up capital US $10 million as independent of government subsidies . Emirates Airline is the world largest international carrier but in term of income the company at the stage seven when it compare to others largest airline. For the category of international passengers carried, Emirates Airline is at number four. Emirates Airline also runs 4 of the world longest non- stop commercial flights from Dubai to Los Angeles, San Francisco, Dallas/Fort Worth, and Houston. Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum is the Chief Exercutive Officer (CEO) of Emirates Airline. The main competitors of Emirates Airline are British Airways, Qatar Airways Group, Etihad Airways, Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air France –KLM S.A. The company start its operation with the first flight EK600 departs from Dubai International Airport to Karachi. The first 3 destination of Emirates Airline were Karachi, New Delhi and Mumbai. Currently, Emirates Airlines flies to 128 destinations with a fleet size of 199 aircrafts. Emirates Airline cabin crew is training at the Pakistan International Airlines Academy. In October 2008, Emirates moved all operations at Dubai International Airport to Terminal 3. The aim of Emirates Airline is quality and not quantity...
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...noted, he imagined with pride these planes joining the collection of widebodied Emirates planes assembled on the tarmac of Dubai International Airport, ready to ferry passengers from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Gulf to their respective destinations. This is the face of the global economy, he thought to himself, as he marveled at his company’s success. Emirates was indeed a global success story. In just twenty-five years the airline had grown to become the third-largest airline globally by capacity and the largest by number of international passengers.1 (See Exhibit 1). Twenty-three new routes were added in 2012 and 2013,2 and capacity growth was expected to increase by 18.4% in 2013 thanks to deliveries of new aircraft, including the new A380s deployed to over 20 destinations.3 Emirates anticipated that its meteoric growth would continue and was building its fleet accordingly: with 41 A380s integrated into its fleet thus far, another 99 were scheduled for delivery in the coming years (See Exhibit 2).4 At the same time, several trends threatened to stymy the airline’s growth. Chief among them were the new 777Xs and A380s themselves. How would Emirates deploy these craft amongst its existing fleet and across new routes? Was investing over $117 billion in a fleet expansion over the last three years (including $76...
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...services Section 2 - British Airways Profile Overview Alliances LHR Air Transport Movements LGW Air Transport Movements Awards History Key Events (1987-2005) Board Members Leadership Team British Airways Management Team Employees Brands Departmental Analysis Section 3 - British Airways Fleet Aircraft Fleet Aircraft Delivery Schedule Mainline Fleet Profiles Regional Aircraft Fleet Maintenance Section 4 - British Airways Performance Summary Strategy Social and Environmental Performance Incentive Plans Summary Financial / Operating Statistics Principal Investments Shareholder Information Share Price History Section 5 - Global Partners Overview BA Connect Franchisees oneworld Aer Lingus American Airlines Cathay Pacific Finnair Iberia LanChile Qantas oneworld At A Glance Section 6 - Route Network British Airways Franchisees Section 7 - General Information Airport Three Letter Decodes Outside Advisors Abbreviations & Specialist Terms How To Contact Us 2 3 3 4 4 5 6 6 7 8 89 91 92 93 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 9 9 10 10 11 12 13 38 39 40 41 44 47 105 109 110 115 116 118 56 56 57 69 72 73 74 75 75 77 86 87 88 This document has been prepared solely for the purpose of providing information about British Airways to interested parties. It does not constitute an offer to sell any securities and must not be relied upon in connection with any investment decision. The information contained in the document has been compiled in good faith by British Airways from internal...
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...Strategic Management Group Project Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited Instructor: Mr. Audun Fiskerud Presented by: Mikael Tving Therkildsen - Jacob Brodersen – Jonas Ravn Nielsen - Gary Chuyu Fang Executive summary This report strategically analyses the Strategy Business Unit (SBU), passenger transfer service, for Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited. The strategic analysis contains investigation of certain key business areas of Virgin Atlantic, such as: defining whom the Virgin Atlantic customer is; understanding of the external environment issues of the airline industry; competitor analysis, and analysis of the Human Resources within the organization. Through the analysis of Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited, some issues for the company were uncovered. Especially two main issues should be considered as potential problems for Virgin Atlantic’s business unit and so action needs to be taken within these areas: 1. Lacking economy of scale (size of the company). 2. Increasing environmental awareness among customers. 1. Virgin Atlantic lacks economy of scale because of the size of the company and limited routes available. To be able to compete effectively and gain greater profits through economy of scale, Virgin Atlantic has to expand by opening new routes. The implementation of this will require strategic financial planning and adjustment of the company structure. It is likely that this process will take several years; however, this change is necessary to increase Virgin...
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...CASE: Connecting within Oneworld Following 2010 approval by U.S. and Japanese authorities for antitrust immunity, American Airlines (AA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) began sharing routes in 2011 that connect mainland North America with East Asia through a nonequity joint venture. Flights between Honolulu and Japan are not included in the agreement. This joint venture is similar to one forged among AA, British Airways, and Iberia for trans-Atlantic travel that began operating in 2010. In both cases, the agreements allow representatives from each airline to jointly manage capacity, sell and promote space on flights operated by each other, divide revenues, and schedule connecting flights. The major thrusts for these ventures are to cut operating costs by better controlling capacity, avoid disruptive price competition among them, and schedule so that there are more and better departure times and connections for passengers. The proposals are merely extensions to a historical series of alliances linking international airlines. In fact, the airline industry is unique in that its need to form collaborative arrangements has been important almost from the start of international air travel because of regulatory, cost, and competitive factors. In recent years, this need has accelerated because of airlines’ difficult profit performance. In effect, the airlines have been squeezed. First, costs have been rising, particularly because of oil prices and the requirement for greater...
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...GLOBAL AVIATION GROUP 2013 Airline Disclosures Handbook Financial reporting and management trends in the global aviation industry kpmg.com KPMG’s Global Aviation practice KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We operate in 156 countries and have 152,000 people working in member firms around the world. The independent member firms of the KPMG network are affiliated with KPMG International Cooperative (“KPMG International”), a Swiss entity. Through its member firms, KPMG has invested extensively in developing an experienced aviation team. KPMG’s understanding of the aviation industry is both current and forward looking, thanks to KPMG’s global experience, knowledge sharing, industry training and use of professionals with direct experience in the aviation industry. KPMG member firms serve many of the market leaders within the airline sector. We are leading providers of external audit services with 33% market share of the top 50 airlines by revenue. We also provide other services to over half of these top 50 airlines. KPMG member firms’ strength lies in our professionals and their knowledge and experience gathered from working with a large and diverse client base. KPMG’s airline industry experience helps the teams understand both your business priorities and the strategic issues facing your company. KPMG’s Global Aviation practice’s presence in many international markets, combined with industry knowledge, positions KPMG...
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...EMIRATES AIRLINE EXPANSION STRATEGY DUBAI-VANCOUVER About Emirates Airlines: Our Vision & Values The principles which propel us forward A strong and stable leadership team, ambitious yet calculated decision-making and ground-breaking ideas all contribute to the creation of great companies. Of course, these have played a major part in our development, but we believe our business ethics are the foundation on which our success has been built. Caring for our employees and stakeholders, as well as the environment and the communities we serve, have played a huge part in our past and will continue to signify our future. Emirates flies to more than 100 destinations in over 60 countries and has been fundamental in establishing Dubai as the Middle East’s commercial center and aviation hub. It operates more than 1,000 flights per week across six continents from its base at Dubai International airport, which has the capacity to handle 70 million passengers per year. Emirates was launched in 1985 with two leased aircraft from a rudimentary airport. It’s phenomenal growth is reflected in the 160-plus aircraft in its rapidly expanding fleet – a mix of the latest wide-body Airbus and Boeing aircraft - as well as Dubai’s state-of-the-art Emirates Terminal 3, which is used solely for the airline's flights. Its fleet is one of the youngest in the skies, with an average age of under 80 months, and this figure will fall further as it takes delivery of the 200-plus aircraft it has...
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...Unclassified Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Économiques Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development DAF/COMP(2014)14 06-Jun-2014 ___________________________________________________________________________________________ English - Or. English DIRECTORATE FOR FINANCIAL AND ENTERPRISE AFFAIRS COMPETITION COMMITTEE DAF/COMP(2014)14 Unclassified AIRLINE COMPETITION -- Background Paper by the Secretariat -18-19 June 2014 This document was prepared by the OECD Secretariat to serve as a background note for Item IX at the 121st meeting of OECD Competition Committee on 18-19 June 2014. The opinions expressed and arguments employed herein do not necessarily reflect the official views of the Organisation or of the governments of its member countries. More documents related to this discussion can be found at http://www.oecd.org/daf/competition/airlinecompetition.htm. English - Or. English JT03358883 Complete document available on OLIS in its original format This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, city or area. DAF/COMP(2014)14 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ................................................................................................................................................. 3 1. Features of the airline industry .............................
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...Research Assignment: “Asia’s performance during the global financial crisis has highlighted its flexibility. This flexibility, in part, arises from transformations undertaken in response to the Asian financial crisis a decade earlier.” Student Name: Eric Rodrigues Student Name: Mehmet Edib Unal Introduction The Asian Financial Crisis occurred during the year 1997-1998, and is explained well in brief by Galina Hale “East Asian countries experienced severe banking crises. Nonperforming loan ratios skyrocketed because of prior excessive risk taking and most banks had to be recapitalized by their governments.” (Hale 2011, p.3) After ten years, The Asian Financial Crisis was followed by The Global Financial Crisis in 2008. “The precise genesis of the global crisis remains subject to debate. (Lin 2012, Treichel 2012, p.3) “We will argue that global imbalances were the result of the large excess demand in the U.S. over an extended period—the financing of which was made possible by the reserve currency status of the US dollar. “This excess demand resulted from both the public debt” and “the overconsumption by households.” (Lin 2012, Treichel 2012, p.3) “As shock waves of the global financial crisis (GFC) reached East Asia in autumn 2008 immediately after the collapse of Lehman Brothers in September, the region faced the task of evaluating and reassessing the economic cooperation efforts of the previous ten years” (Katada 2011, p.274) Thus by evaluating and reassessing...
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...Current Market Outlook 2013 –2032 Current Market Outlook 2013 –2032 Outlook on a Page World regions Market growth rates 2012 to 2032 World economy (GDP) World regions Market value: $4,840 billion Share of fleet Delivery units 9% 13% 2% 6% 3.2% 100% 75% Number of airline passengers 4.1% 50% 25% Airline traffic (RPK) 5.0% 70% 0% 2012 Airplanes 20,310 2032 Airplanes 41,240 2013 to 2032 New airplanes 35,280 Cargo traffic (RTK) 5.0% • Regional jets • Single aisle • Small widebody • Medium widebody • Large widebody World regions Key indicators and new airplane markets Growth measures Regions World economy (GDP) % Airline traffic (RPK) % Cargo traffic (RTK) % Airplane fleet % Market size Deliveries Market value ($B) Average value ($M) Unit share % Value share % New airplane deliveries Large widebody Medium widebody Small widebody Single aisle Regional jets Total Market value (2012 $B, catalog prices) Large widebody Medium widebody Small widebody Single aisle Regional jets Total 2012 fleet Large widebody Medium widebody Small widebody Single aisle Regional jets Total 2032 fleet Large widebody Medium widebody Small widebody Single aisle Regional jets Total Asia Pacific 4.5 6.3 5.8 5.5 12,820 1,890 150 36 39 260 1,470 1,860 8,810 420 12,820 90 490 460 840 10 1,890 330 500 660 3,470 130 5,090 350 1,550 2,080 10,350 420 14,750 North America 2.5 2.7 3.8 1.5 7,250 810 110 21 17 30 390 760 5,000 1,070 7,250 10 130 170 460...
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