One hub or none The case for a single UK hub airport November 2012 Contents 1 Introduction 2 Executive summary 3 What is a hub airport? 4 What is the value of a hub airport to the UK? 5 Why aren’t two hubs better than one? 6 What does the UK require to maintain its hub airport status? 7 Conclusion p1 p2 p5 p11 p19 p29 p33 1 Introduction We are living through an era of profound change. The balance of the global economy is shifting to the ‘emerging markets’ of the world: places like China
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Advantages of hub-and-spoke The following two points are the major advantages that the hub-and-spoke system had initially brought to the airline business; however some disadvantages had been developed later due to changes in external environmental factors. 1. Encouraged the rapid growth in the airline business The hub-and-spoke system since developed after deregulation‚ has allowed a rapid growth in size‚ competition strategy and traffic demand in the airline business. However‚ as suggested by
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SINGAPORE SPORTS HUB Understanding the industry environment Singapore Sports Hub 35-hectare‚ S$1.87 billion project 55‚000 capacity with a retractable roof and movable tiered seating 6‚000 – capacity OCBC Aquatic Centre 3‚000 – capacity OCBC arena Water Sports Centre featuring dragon boating‚ kayaking and canoeing 41‚000 sqm retail mall The iconic Singapore Indoor stadium Singapore Sports Museum Sports Hub Library Daily community facilities and activities
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Hub and spoke model system I. Hub and Spoke Model: The hub and spoke model is a system which makes transportation much more efficient by greatly simplifying a network of routes. It is extensively used in commercial aviation for both passengers and freight‚ and the model has also been adopted in the technology sector as well. Delta Airlines pioneered the method in 1955‚ but it wasn’t until the 1970s‚ when the FedEx Company took advantage of the concept‚ that the method really took hold
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Spirit Airlines (SAVE) is an ultra low-cost‚ low-fare based in Fort Lauderdale‚ Florida that provides affordable travel opportunities. The IPO for Sprit airlines was offered on June 11th‚ 2011. The price of the stock at the IPO date was of $12.00. According to NASDAQ.com‚ the money that was raised on the IPO was $187.2 million dollars‚ with 5 million dollars in expenses. After the underwriting cost eliminated they approximately raised171.0 million. After the IPO sale
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High-technology employment and hub airports: Infrastructure ’s contribution to regional development Aldershot‚ U.K. and Burlington‚ Vt.: Ashgate. Brueckner‚ Jan K. 1985. A note on the determinants of metropolitan airline traffic. International Journal of Transport Economics 12‚ (2): 175-175-184. Brueckner‚ Jan K. 2003. Airline Traffic and Urban Development. Urban Studies. Forister‚ Eric Franklin. 2009. Measuring the Benefits of Transportation Infrastructure Investment: Airline Scheduling‚ Airport Capacity
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Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is the main airport in Hong Kong; it is an important regional trans-shipment centre‚ passenger hub and gateway between the Mainland China and the rest of Asia. And HKIA is the primary hub for several domestic airlines‚ such as Cathay Pacific Airways‚ Dragonair‚ Hong Kong Express Airways‚ etc. Review the history‚ HKIA has won seven Skytrax World Airport Awards for customer satisfaction in just ten years (Skytrax‚ 2010)‚ the second busiest airport in the world
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UNITED INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT ON Airline Industry (International Busuness-606) Submitted To Dr. Enamul Haque School of Business & Economics Submission Date 26th Dec. 2012 Table of Content |Topics |Page No. | |1.Globalization of Airline Industry |3 | |Industry Analysis
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London Heathrow Airport. London’s Heathrow is one of the world’s busiest airports. It is used by over 90 airlines flying to 170 destinations worldwide. The airport has five passenger terminals and a cargo terminal. In the 1950s‚ Heathrow had six runways‚ now it has just two parallel runways running east-west. Heathrow has witnessed strong growth over recent decades‚ currently handling 68 million passengers and 477‚000 flights a year compared to around 48 million passengers and 427‚000 flights
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TRAVEL AGENCY OPERATIONS The operations department is the core of the travel agency business. It is primarily engaged in the efficient and effective delivery of the organization’s service as agents of travel suppliers. The operations department functions are: 1. Counter counseling 2 .Reservations 3. Fare calculation 4. Ticketing 5.Documentation Personels: Manager Travel counselors or counter staff Travel supervisor Reservations and ticketing officers Document supervisor Liaison officer Counter
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