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List of Figures | |
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List of Tables | |
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About the Author | |
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Foreword | |
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Foreword | |
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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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An Introduction to Air Transportation | |
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The Airline Industry: Trends, Challenges and Strategies | |
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Introduction | |
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Stages of Development Impacting the Airline Industry | |
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Past, Present and Future Trends | |
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Regional Analysis | |
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The Industry: Challenges and Strategies | |
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The New Breed of Airlines | |
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Failing and Achieving Success | |
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Aviation: An Overview | |
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Introduction | |
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The Aerospace Industry | |
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The Air Transportation Industry | |
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Historical Perspective | |
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Introduction | |
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The Formative Period: 1918-1938 | |
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The Growth Years: 1938-1958 | |
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Maturity-Jets Arrive: 1958-1978 | |
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Economic Developments Prior to Deregulation | |
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Federal Legislation and the Airlines | |
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Postderegulation Evolution | |
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General Aviation | |
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Air Transportation: Regulators and Associations | |
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Introduction | |
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The Department of Transportation | |
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The Federal Aviation Administration | |
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The Transportation Security Administration | |
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The National Transportation Safety Board | |
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Major Aviation Associations | |
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The General Aviation Industry | |
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Introduction | |
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General Aviation Statistics | |
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The General Aviation Support Industry | |
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The Available Market-The Users | |
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Structure and Economics of the Airlines | |
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The Airline Industry | |
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Introduction | |
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Structure of the Airline Industry | |
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Major and National Carriers | |
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Regional Carriers | |
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Airline Statistics | |
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Airline Certification | |
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Step-by-Step U.S. Certification Breakdown | |
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Data Collection by the DOT | |
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Industry Agreements | |
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Traffic and Financial Highlights: 1960-2005 | |
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Economic Characteristics of the Airlines | |
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Introduction | |
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The Airlines as Oligopolists | |
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Other Unique Economic Characteristics | |
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The Significance of Airline Passenger Load Factors | |
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Managerial Aspects of Airlines | |
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Airline Management and Organization | |
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Introduction | |
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Management | |
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The New Corporate Structure | |
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Functions, of Management | |
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Organization | |
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The Organizational Chart | |
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Staff Departments | |
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Line Departments | |
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Forecasting Methods | |
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Introduction | |
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The Purpose of Forecasting | |
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Forecasting Methods | |
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Airline Passenger Marketing | |
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Introduction | |
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Development of the Marketing Concept | |
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The Marketing Mix | |
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The Consumer-Oriented Marketing Concept | |
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Marketing Strategies Since Deregulation | |
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Airline Pricing, Demand, and Output Determination | |
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Introduction | |
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The Trend in Domestic Passenger Airfares | |
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Pricing and Demand | |
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No-Frills Airfare and Survey Warfare | |
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Types of Passenger Fares | |
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The Pricing Process | |
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Airline Costs | |
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Pricing and Output Determination | |
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Air Cargo | |
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Introduction | |
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Historical Overview | |
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Air Cargo Today | |
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The Future | |
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The Market for Air Freight | |
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Types of Air Freight Rates | |
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Special Air Freight Services | |
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Factors Affecting Air Freight Rates | |
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Principles of Airline Scheduling | |
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Introduction | |
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The Mission of Scheduling | |
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Equipment Maintenance | |
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Flight Operations and Crew Scheduling | |
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Ground Operations and Facility Limitations | |
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Schedule Planning and Coordination | |
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Equipment Assignment and Types of Schedules | |
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Hub-and-Spoke Scheduling | |
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Data Limitations in Airline Scheduling | |
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Fleet Planning: The Aircraft Selection Process | |
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Introduction | |
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Factors in Fleet Planning | |
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Design and Development-The Manufacturer's Viewpoint | |
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The Fleet-Planning Process | |
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The Decision to Upgrade or Replace | |
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Appendix: Fleet Planning at American Airlines | |
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Airline Labor Relations | |
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Introduction | |
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The Railway Labor Act and The Airlines | |
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Historical Overview of Airline Union Activity | |
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Labor Relations Since Deregulation | |
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Human Resources in the 21st Century | |
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Airline Financing | |
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Introduction | |
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Sources of Funds | |
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Sources and Uses of Funds by the U.S. Scheduled Airlines | |
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Cash Management and Financial Planning | |
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The International Scene | |
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International Aviation | |
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Introduction | |
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The Question of Sovereignty in Airspace | |
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International Air Law | |
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The Formation of IATA | |
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The Bermuda Agreement of 1946 | |
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Three Decades Later: From Bermuda to Deregulation | |
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The Pursuit of Open Skies | |
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Globalization | |
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Future Challenges | |
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New Airline Business Models | |
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Appendix: Career Planning in Aviation | |
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Introduction | |
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Choosing and Getting Your First Job in Aviation | |
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Cover Letters and the R�sum� | |
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The Interview | |
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Glossary | |
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Index | |