Profit Strategies for Air Transportation

• Simulates trips for profit-and-loss analysis
• Presents dollar-saving methods of fuel conservation
• Examines maintenance programs, burden, scheduling, and inventory issues
• Addresses environmental concerns to operations
• Includes eye-opening performance case studies
• Covers forecasting methods — how to apply them and how make them as accurate as possible
• Demonstrates how to fine-tune resource allocation in order to control costs
• And much more

Contents

Acknowledgments

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Economics and Operations of Airlines
Chapter 2: Aviation Industry
Chapter 3: Airline Revenues and Operating Costs
Chapter 4: Aircraft Economic and Performance Evaluation
Chapter 5: Cargo and Terminal Operations: Total-Cost Concept
Chapter 6: Economics of Charter Operation
Chapter 7: Fuel Conservation and Its Economic Impact
Chapter 8: Airport Load Analysis
Chapter 9: Trip Analysis
Chapter 10: Passenger Research
Chapter 11: Forecasting
Chapter 12: Scheduling
Chapter 13: Fleet Planning
Chapter 14: Scheduled Maintenance Program
Chapter 15: Airline Operational and Economic Comparison
Chapter 16: The Environment and Airline Operations
Chapter 17: Short Descriptions of Selected Types of Aircraft
Chapter 18: Performance Description and Comparison
Chapter 19: Evaluation of Investment
Chapter 20: Case Histories: Aircraft Investment Evaluations
Chapter 21: Airline Simulation Study
Chapter 22: Definitions
Chapter 23: Recommended Readings

Index