Recently added articles from Journal of Air Transportation:
THE VERY LIGHT JET ARRIVES: STAKEHOLDERS AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT This article summarizes the initial results of a systematic study that addressed issues related to the direct and indirect market impact of very light jet (VLJ) aircraft. Although reports in the popular press offer wide-ranging estimates of the impact that these new jets will ...
The Editors
Jan 01, 2007; ... BRENT D. BOWEN Dr. Brent Bowen is Director and Distinguished Professor, Aviation Institute, School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and the University's Director of Aviation and Transportation Policy and Research. Bowen attained his doctorate in Higher Education ...
Introduction
Jan 01, 2007; ... The Journal of Air Transportation begins its twelfth year of publication with Volume 12, Number 1. This edition contains five manuscripts from scholars worldwide. Air transportation is an ever-changing industry. As such, the Journal continues to serve as a medium for non-engineering based ...
Sorenson Best Paper Award
Jan 01, 2007; ... The Journal of Air Transportation is proud to present the Sorenson Best Paper Award, named in honor of Dr. Frank E. Sorenson. This award gives recognition to the author(s) with the best literary and scholarly contributions to the field of air transportation. The Editor, on the basis of reviewer ...
DATA MINING METHODS APPLIED TO FLIGHT OPERATIONS QUALITY ASSURANCE DATA: A COMPARISON TO STANDARD STATISTICAL METHODS
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT In a previous study, multiple regression techniques were applied to Flight Operations Quality Assurance-derived data to develop parsimonious model(s) for fuel consumption on the Boeing 757 airplane. The present study examined several data mining algorithms, including neural ...
CARVING A NICHE FOR THE NO-FRILLS CARRIER, AIR ARABIA, IN OIL-RICH SKIES
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT The concept of introducing a no-frills airline to the wealthy Arab region presented its risks. This independent study sought to position the new airline in the marketplace. After three focus groups and 400 self-administered surveys, safety (#1) and price (#2) are low-fare ...
FINANCIAL COMPARISONS ACROSS DIFFERENT BUSINESS MODELS IN THE CANADIAN AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT This paper examines the accounting and stock price performance of two Canadian airlines, WestJet and Air Canada, over a five year period, taking into account the aftermath of the systemic shock to the airline industry produced by the September 11, 2001 (9-11), terrorist attacks ...
SITUATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
Jan 01, 2007; ... ABSTRACT In high-risk environments such as air traffic control, leadership on different levels plays a certain role in establishing, promoting, and maintaining a good safety culture. The current study aimed to investigate how leadership styles, leadership style adaptability, and over and ...
The Editors
Sep 01, 2006; ... BRENT D. BOWEN Dr. Brent Bowen is Director and Distinguished Professor, Aviation Institute, School of Public Administration, University of Nebraska at Omaha, and the University's Director of Aviation and Transportation Policy and Research. Bowen attained his doctorate in Higher Education ...
Sorenson Best Paper Award
Sep 01, 2006; ... The Journal of Air Transportation is proud to present the Sorenson Best Paper Award, named in honor of Dr. Frank E. Sorenson. This award gives recognition to the author(s) with the best literary and scholarly contributions to the field of air transportation. The Editor, on the basis of reviewer ...
THE COUNCIL ON AVIATION ACCREDITATION: PART TWO - CONTEMPORARY ISSUES
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT The Council on Aviation Accreditation (CAA) was established in 1988 in response to the need for formal, specialized accreditation of aviation academic programs, as expressed by institutional members of the University Aviation Association (UAA). The first aviation programs were ...
HUMAN ERROR: A CONCEPT ANALYSIS
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Human error is the subject of research in almost every industry and profession of our times. This term is part of our daily language and intuitively understood by most people however, it would be premature to assume that everyone's understanding of human error is the same. For ...
A CORRELATIONAL STUDY OF HOW AIRLINE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND CONSUMER PERCEPTION OF AIRLINE CUSTOMER SERVICE AFFECT THE AIR RAGE PHENOMENON
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Between 1995 and 2000, customer service declined throughout the airline industry, as reported in February 2001 by the U.S. Department of Transportation (2001). One of the biggest problems today within the airline industry is the constant complaining from customers regarding the ...
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR CATASTROPHIC EVENTS AT SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZED AIRPORTS: LACKING OR NOT?
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT The implementation of security methods and processes in general has had a decisive impact on the aviation industry. However, efforts to effectively coordinate varied aspects of security protocols between agencies and general aviation components have not been adequately ...
PRODUCTIVITY ANALYSIS OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE AIRPORTS: A CAUSAL INVESTIGATION
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Around the world, airports are being viewed as enterprises, rather than public services, which are expected to be managed efficiently and provide passengers with courteous customer services. Governments are, increasingly, turning to the private sectors for their efficiency in ...
ENTITY-CENTRIC ABSTRACTION AND MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR TRANSPORTATION ARCHITECTURES
Sep 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT A comprehensive framework for representing transportation architectures is presented. After discussing a series of preceding perspectives and formulations, the intellectual underpinning of the novel framework using an entity-centric abstraction of transportation is described ....
ATRS Guest Editorial
May 01, 2006; ... In early July 2005, the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hosted the 9th Air Transport Research Society (ATRS) World Conference. The event attracted over 250 participants and more than 130 paper presentations. As in previous years, the conference enjoyed strong support from major aeronautical ...
HOW DO AIRLINES PERCEIVE THAT STRATEGIC ALLIANCES AFFECT THEIR INDIVIDUAL BRANDING?
May 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Much research has been carried out to evaluate the impact of strategic alliance membership on the performance of airlines. However it would be of interest to identify how airlines perceive this impact in terms of branding by each of the three global alliance groupings. It is the ...
AIRLINE CHOICE FOR DOMESTIC FLIGHTS IN SÃO PAULO METROPOLITAN AREA: AN APPLICATION OF THE CONDITIONAL LOGIT MODEL
May 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Using the conditional (multinomial) LOGIT model, this paper addresses airline choice in the São Paulo Metropolitan Area. There are two airports in this region, where two, three or even four airlines compete for passengers flying to an array of domestic destinations. The airline ...
CONSEQUENCES OF FEEDER DELAYS FOR THE SUCCESS OF A380 OPERATIONS
May 01, 2006; ... ABSTRACT Due to existing slot and infrastructure constraints at international hub-and-spoke airports, an increase in feeder traffic seems only possible if larger feeder aircraft are used. Using a case study of Lufthansa German Airlines at Frankfurt International Airport, three possible ...