Product Description: The public debate over civilian use of drones is intensifying. Variously called "unmanned aircraft systems", "unmanned aerial vehicles", "remotely piloted aircraft", or simply "drones", they are available for purchase by anyone for a few hundred to a few thousand dollars...read more

Product Description: Air Transportation offers a distinct management angle which is unlike competing texts in this market. The text was conceived after deregulation of the airline industry and reflects evolving trends in marketing strategies and manufacturing...read more

Product Description: This is an invaluable and fully updated text on inclusive practice for primary trainees and teachers and for those in the UK working towards the National Award SEN Co-ordination. The book provides an equality- and child-centered approach to inclusion, combining both theory and practice while promoting critical thinking about the complex issues involved...read more

Completely updated to reflect the challenges facing airlines in the 21st century, Wells and Wensveen's AIR TRANSPORTATION: A MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE provides comprehensive, sophisticated coverage of both classic and current practices in air transportation management. The authors deftly guide students through the "ins and outs" of the air transportation industry, as well as through the details of management functions within airlines. This edition places greater emphasis on the global airline industry, with such topics as airline passenger marketing, labor relations, financing, and heightened security precautions integrated throughout.

The service sector occupies a dominant position in the Japanese economy, yet few studies have looked at the way the industry has developed. Vision in Japanese Entrepreneurship focuses on the growth and development of a major world security and communications corporation, SECOM. The success of the company has been rooted in the management strategies of Makoto Iida, who has shaped the company from a small localized business to an international industry at the forefront of innovation.The author first looks at the background of Makoto Iida, offering an insight into the nature of an entrepreneur and the issues this raises within the context of Japanese management styles. Then, following the development of the company stage by stage, H.T. Shimazaki assesses the importance of individual creativity in adapting and implementing traditional management techniques. He shows how strategies for human resources, service quality, new technology, globalization and corporate restructuring evolve within the context of a growing organization, and includes an analysis of the innovative marketing techniques and product development processes needed to sell security services to one of the world's safest countries. This book will be of interest to all those studying Japanese management and entrepreneurship.

Product Description: Air Transportation: A Management Perspective by John Wensveen is a proven textbook that offers a comprehensive introduction to the theory and practice of air transportation management. In addition to explaining the fundamentals, the book transports the reader to the leading edge of the discipline, using past and present trends to forecast future challenges and opportunities the industry may face, encouraging the reader to really think about the decisions a manager implements...read more

Aviation; This book is the result of developing an MBA course on Airline Planning and Operations at the College of Business at Embry - Riddle Aeronautical University. The course was initiated based on feedback received from alumni, mainly working at airlines, as well as students undertaking the author's operations research and operations management classes. The feedback indicated that a follow-up course to these courses specifically focused towards airline scheduling based on optimization methodologies would be very appealing to them, and the aviation audience. The idea of developing such a course was additionally encouraged by the College's airline industry advisers. The development of the course was long and time consuming. The reason was that due to its unique nature, there were limited suitable texts; and related materials are very technical, thus, beyond the scope of an MBA class. This course was developed and offered in Spring 2002. The students undertaking this course motivated the author to write a text focused at the materials in this course. This book attempts to achieve a number of goals as follows: Introduce the importance and complexity of planning and operations at th

The airline industry presents an enigma. High growth rates in recent decades have produced only marginal profitability. This book sets out to explain, in clear and simple terms, why this should be so. It provides a unique insight into the economics and marketing of international airlines. Flying Off Course has established itself over the years as the indispensable guide to the inner workings of this exciting industry. This enlarged fourth edition, largely re-written and completely updated, takes into account the sweeping changes which have affected airlines in recent years. It includes much new material on many key topics such as airline costs, ‘open skies’ , air cargo economics, charters and new trends in airline pricing. It also contains two exciting new chapters on the economics of the low-cost no frills carriers and on the future prospects of the industry. The book provides a practical insight into key aspects of airline operations, planning and marketing within the conceptual framework of economics . It is given added force by the author’s hands-on former experiences as a Chairman and CEO of Olympic Airways and as a non-executive Director of South African Airways while he is currently a non-executive Director of easyJet.

Product Description: Get an inside look at the Federal Aviation Administration, the government agency that controls the highways in the skies and makes sure airplanes are safe to fly. Put your seat-back forward and buckle your seat belt. Fly along with workers at the FAA to di

Product Description: This book presents, for the first time, a comprehensive analysis and assessment of the sustainability of the contemporary civil air transport system, examining its three main components: airports, air traffic control, and airlines...read more

Global Airlines presents an overview of the changing scene in the airline industry covering current issues of privatization, de-regulation and the emergence of transnational airlines. One of the leading academic authorities in the industry discusses and interprets topics such as * mergers and alliances * code-sharing, franchising and block spacing * increasing concentration * changing patterns in the configuration of route networks. Global Airlines surveys airline companies around the world and the services they operate. Recent trends such as the changes from linear to hub-and-spoke systems and the resulting problems posed by traffic congestion are examined. Also debated are the pro- and anti-competitive consequences of recent developments such as: *liberalised markets *sophisticated computer reservations systems *loyalty marketing schemes. The author examines the serious implications for the present bilateral system of negotiating traffic rights, as the `flag carrier' concept becomes outmoded in favour of airlines as global entities. Readers are given a forward-looking analysis of the coming shape of the industry in the next decade. Draws on author's own researchCompletely up-to-date concerned only with current issuesReaders are given a forward-looking analysis of the coming shape of the industry in the next decade.

Describes various aircrafts, from enormous planes that carry hundreds of passengers to personal planes.

Presented in a handy question-and-answer format, this practical guide to airline travel draws on the expertise of a commercial airline pilot to provide valuable information on safety, security screening, passenger health, aerodynamics, and many other topics, accompanied by a glossary of common buzzwords for travelers. Original.

Product Description: Newly updated to include coverage of modern cockpit automation, "Fly the Wing, Third Edition", provides pilots with valuable tools and proven techniques for all flight operations. Also new to this edition is a companion CD-Rom with a complete glossary of flight terms, printable quick reference handbooks, and numerous supporting graphics...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The events of 11 September 2001 defy modern economic theory when addressed in aviation terms. Economic theory would suggest that, once the impact of such events are a thing of the past, and economies are restored to their status quo ante, a rise in the gross domestic product of States to earlier levels would almost inevitably result in increased consumption...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Two long-time airline watchers - a journalist and an industry analyst - here join forces to provide a portrait of an industry in flux. Their goal is to profile the new industry emerging from the cauldron of domestic deregulation and the intense conflict raging internationally between companies over protectionism and free trade. The book's concluding chapter projects the state of the airline industry at the turn of the century, with alternative possibilities under various circumstances. (view table of contents)

Chronilces the history of the commercial flight, discussing how things have changed, technology, and the future of commercial flight.

Air Transportation offers a distinct management angle which is unlike competing texts in this market. The text was conceived after deregulation of the airline industry and reflects evolving trends in marketing strategies and manufacturing. The text successfully integrates aviation and airline industry specific information with the presentation of broad management and economic principles. (view table of contents)

Chronilces the history of the commercial flight, discussing how things have changed, technology, and the future of commercial flight.