INTRODUCTION Dubai is one of the seven emirates of UAE. The emirate consists of a city of the same name. The city is the largest in terms of population among the rest of the cities of UAE and is the second largest city in terms of area after Abu Dhabi. The history of Dubai dates back to the era even before than the formation of United Arab Emirates. It was only a desert back then in which only tribal Bedouins living in the area could survive. Gradually the population began to rise and thus the desert
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United Airlines: “Fly the Friendly Skies” In 1965 Leo Burnett created the iconic tagline for United Airlines that would remain in use for the next 31 years.[1] The tagline - “Fly the Friendly Skies” would go on to remain the company’s slogan until 1996. The slogans that followed included “It’s time to Fly” in 2004 and “Let’s fly together” in 2010. However, in September 2013, United Airlines announced they would be bringing back the “Fly the Friendly Skies” slogan to show their commitment
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Delta Airlines inc. History of company Delta Air Lines, Inc. incorporated on March 16, 1967, provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo throughout the United States and around the world. The Company's operates through segments, including Airline Segment and Refinery Segment. The Company's route network is cantered around a system of hub, international gateway and key airports that the Company operates in Amsterdam, Atlanta, Boston, Detroit, London-Heathrow, Los Angeles,
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PEST Analysis: The Indian Airline Industry A PEST analysis is an analysis of the external macro-environment that affects all firms. P.E.S.T. is an acronym for the Political, Economic, Social, and Technological factors of the external macro-environment. Such external factors usually are beyond the firm's control and sometimes present themselves as threats. For this reason, some say that "pest" is an appropriate term for these factors. Let us look at the PEST analysis of the Indian aviation
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destination. Increase in tourism has given rise to many airline companies to provide the best service and safety to an individual to make his journey a memorable one. Airline companies are constantly upgrading with technology and other services for competing in this ever-growing airline industry. Malaysian airlines is one of the prestigious passenger airline carrier owned and run by the government of Malaysia also known as MAS in short. Malaysian airlines operates in more than 60 destinations around the
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senior manager at WestJet Airlines (WestJet) came across two news articles — one in Maclean’s, a Canadian news magazine, and the other in the Globe and Mail, Canada’s national newspaper — that hinted at a dilemma faced by WestJet: How to continue to build its high-engagement culture as it experienced high rates of growth?1 WestJet stood out from other Canadian airlines in many ways. For example, despite a difficult year in 2008, WestJet was one of only a few airlines worldwide that were profitable
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Ongoing Concern: Risk Management at Pakistan International Airlines1 Ch. Ahmed Mukhtar, Chairman Pakistan International Airline Corporation (PIAC) was reading the final version of the PIAC audited annual report. He immediately called the Managing Director, PIAC to arrange a meeting to discuss the auditor’s report. The particular part of auditors’ opinion that caught his attention was the following: “We draw attention to note 1.2 to the unconsolidated financial statements, which states that the Corporation
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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
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DUBAI CITY OF DREAMS WHERE EVERYTHING BECAME REALITY Dubai just one word to describe luxury. In dubai you can spend your holidays in style "One thousand and one night ". Is one of the 7 states that make the United Arabic Emirates, has about one million inhabitants at least 80% of that is from abroad , in particular from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. The best period for a holiday in Dubai is between half October and half May. In summer the heat is unbearable because it exceeds 40
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Contents South West Airlines 4 Goals and Objectives 5 Their Mission and Vision Statement 5 Strengths 6 Weaknesses 6 Opportunities 8 Threats 8 Analyzing company’s external environment 9 Analyzing the nature and strength of competitive forces 11 Competitive pressure stemming from bargaining power of buyer: 16 Determining whether the collective strength of the five competitive forces is conductive to good profitability: 17 Competitive pressure from seller of substitute
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