Delta airline’s main hub is Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (H-JAI), located ten miles from downtown Atlanta. It is one of the busiest airports in the world; it services over 90 million passengers and 700,000 tons of cargo every year. The majority of the flights serviced by this airport are domestic flights within the US. The airport also services international direct flights to 95 cities in 57 countries. The airport, as a hub, serves as a large transfer point (in and out) of most small cities in the Southern United States. Therefore, 70 percent of all passenger connections are done at this hub and 80 percent of those are served by Delta airlines. According to a study conducted by the city of Atlanta in 2000, the airport is expected to serve over 121 million passengers by 2015. This study resulted in the city introducing a program called the Hartsfield Development Plan (HDP). Initially, the city allocated 5.4 billion dollars for the project with the intended purpose of preparing the airport for future growth; improving and expanding the outdated infrastructure would accomplish this. This project was hailed as the biggest investment in the history of Georgia. The City of Atlanta chose law firms Kilpatrick Stockton and Johnson and Freeman to assist the law department on legal aspects concerning the airport expansion. The HDP did not meet its original expectation as planned due to cost and time over-runs, as a result the program was extended under the new name Capital Improvement Program (CIP). The new program also increased the funds required to 6 billion dollars. The CIP was instrumental for the following expansions: new fifth runway, expansion of the east international terminal, new consolidated rental car ...
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This report calling for constructing an on-site childcare facility for employees of BWI Airport is workable and could be fully implemented by September 1. This report discusses the plan’s background, benefits, problems, costs, and time frame. Specifically, the report seeks answers to these questions:
“All told, there is over 6 million square feet of public space at DIA. The airport brags that they have room to build another terminal and two more concourses and could serve 100 million passengers a year. The airport flew 50.5 million in 2008” (Anomalies Unlimited 3). There is no need for that much room in any one airport especially when they are only flying half as many as th...
MARTA provides economic benefits to the state and national economy. The University of Georgia conducted a study and concluded that MARTA is responsible for about 2.6 billio...
Delta does business globally in 503 cities in 94 countries and is the third largest airline in the United States. In 2003, Delta's daily needs included 7.3 million gallons of fuel, 109,000 meals and snacks, 151,000 bottles of water, 87,000 cans of soda, and 219,000 pounds of ice. Its daily operations also required large amounts of information relating to such areas as flight schedules, gate information, baggage handling, customer service, and tower operation. To be competitive in the airline industry, Delta required an efficient flow of operations. However, accurate advanced planning is nearly impossible because of such elements as changing economic realities and weather conditions, and unexpected maintenance issues.
They have been operating as passenger and freight carriers, albeit under different corporate identities, since the beginning of commercial aviation in the 1930’s. They have weathered the cycles encountered by airlines and the aviation industry in general – political, economic, environmental and social; as well embracing the technological progress afforded the industry.
...e airport management. In the case of winning the slots and gates, LUV would negotiate the gates and time slots with the airport authorities, start the recruitment and relocation process of actual and new employees to LGA. Accordingly, the airline will need to use its IT department a new infrastructure that will hold the latest updates in terms of code-sharing, booking, schedule, online shopping, etc., to serve actual and potential customers. In essence, once the project is complete, it will important to evaluate how successful the implementation process was and how the service can be improved going forward. Finally, this process will take 14 months and once the strategy has been implemented, Southwest will be able to maintain and improve its low fare position, demand and customer service experience and the technological infrastructure in commercial airline industry.
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Southwest Airlines strategy of focusing on short haul passenger and providing rates as low as one third of their competitors, they have seen tremendous growth in the last decade. Market share for top city pairs on Southwest's schedule has reached 80% to 85%. Maintaining the largest fleet of 737's in the world and utilizing point-to-point versus the hub-and-spoke method of connection philosophy allowed Southwest to provide their service to more people at a lower cost. By putting the employee first, Southwest has found the key to success in the airline business. A happy worker is a more productive one as well as a better service provider. Southwest will continue to reserve their growth in the future by entering select markets only after careful market research.
Delta Airlines has been a vibrant company in the airline industry, with great success over the years. Delta airlines started as a crops dusting company to serving more than 572 destinations, in 65 countries on six continents (Allan, H., David. H. ,2012). Delta airline moved its headquarters from Monroe, Louisiana to the city of Atlanta, Georgia. The great management strategies have portrayed from time to time to be fruitful even in the verge of a recession. With these consistency in delivery of services, it is clear that the company is out to outdo its competitors and turn out to be the greatest airline in the world.
Stakeholders are those groups or individual in society that have a direct interest in the performance and activities of business. The main stakeholders are employees, shareholders, customers, suppliers, financiers and the local community. Stakeholders may not hold any formal authority over the organization, but theorists such as Professor Charles Handy believe that a firm’s best long-term interests are served by paying close attention to the needs of each of these stakeholders. The modern view is that a firm has responsibilities to all its stakeholders i.e. everyone with a legitimate interest in the company. These include shareholders, competitors, government, employees, directors, distributors, customers, sub-contractors, pressure groups and local community. Although a company’s directors owes a legal duty to the shareholders, they also have moral responsibilities to other stakeholder group’s objectives in their entirely. As a firm can’t meet all stakeholders’ objectives in their entirety, they have to compromise. A company should try to serve the needs of these groups or individuals, but whilst some needs are common, other needs conflict. By the development of this second runway, the public and stakeholders are affected in one or other way and it can be positive and negative.
...an airport can be considered as an enormous step forward when it comes to moving passengers quickly through ground installations, both before and after flying.
The heart begins racing the moment the car pulls into the airport parking lot. The smell of jet fuel, automobile exhaust, and hot tarmac combine to assault the senses with images of exotic escapes and the kind of freedom that can only come from airports. I feel the thrum of the engines at takeoff and the vibration of the plane during the flight in my skin. I see people listening to MP3s and playing video games. I hear the couple behind me chatting about the weather in Florida and the possibility of rain. I recognize the smell of fading perfume that women are wearing. Chanel, Windsong and White Diamonds clash with the smell of popcorn and Quizno sandwiches.
Most airports around the world are under full government ownership whether national, regional or local and are financed mainly through revenue gained from airport activities (aeronautical and non-aeronautical). The other options used to fund airports are ticket surcharges, fuel taxes, bond issues and Airport Improvement Fees (AIFs). Moreover, the cost of infrastructure improvement and building new airports has become so expensive that some governments have now privatized, or allowed the private sector to assume ownership of a certain number of large airports (IATA IAI, 2013).
1. What is the difference between a. and a. Identify some of the micro-operations to be found at the airport. Some of the micro-operations are: baggage handling, putting meals on board, tank fueling, cleaning aircraft, air ticketing, information desk, passport control and security checks, building maintenance. a. Identify the transforming and transforming resources.