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Sustainable Aviation: Emerging Trends and Opportunities

Tom Spencer

This includes not only commercial airlines, but also cargo planes and military aircraft. Most commercial airlines contain two engines, while cargo planes and some military craft generally require four or more (common engines for these large-scale aerospace vehicles include PW JT9D-7R4G2 engines, GE CF6-80C2B1, or RR RB211-524D4 engines ).

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Venezuela Strengthens Currency Controls in Impossible Mission to Stop Capital Flight; Airlines Collapse; End of the Line

MishTalk

In an effort to get money out of Venezuela, airline ticket sales had been booked solid for months. One airline cancelled all flights. The exchange rate for foreign travelers was just set to is 11.36 Please consider Venezuela Bonds Plunge After Bolivar Weakened for Travel. Bolivars to the dollar. Bolivars per dollar.

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Book Review – “How the mighty fall” by Jim Collins

Tom Spencer

A fine example of a company that passed through the five stages of decline to ultimately collapse was the one popularly known as “the king of good times” – Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher Airlines, once known for its best in class service, on board meals, and staff courtesy fell from grace due to excessive arrogance.

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Consultant Ninja: Future Histories: Management Consulting Blog

Consultant Ninja

Management Consultant | Excel Jockey | Slide Monkey | Corporate Insurgent | One-Eyed Man in the Valley of the Blind Mckinsey | Bain | BCG | Booz | Oliver Wyman. Typical of its down-to-earth management ethos, NetApp early on ditched a travel policy a dozen ­pages long in favor of this maxim: "We are a frugal company. .

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Job Hub: Virgin Group Jobs and Culture

Management Consulted

This group has a startling 300 companies in its portfolio in sectors ranging from travel, telecommunications, health, financial services, leisure, music, space travel, and renewable energy. The group’s travel-related operations, led by 51%-owned Virgin Atlantic Airways, are among its largest cash generators.

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Russia Ponders Russian Airspace No-Fly Zone for EU Commercial and Passenger Jets

MishTalk

The sanctions retaliation game took another big leap forward today with the EU in the spotlight: Moscow May Force European Airlines to Fly Around Russia. At the height of the Cold War, most Western airlines were barred from flying through Russian airspace to Asian cities, and instead had to operate via the Gulf or the U.S.

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How to Build a Strong Client Relationship

CaseInterview.com

For example, I am writing this post from the airport where Alaska Airlines (the only major airline with a hub in Seattle) had a computer system outage. The system that failed was the flight management system -- the one that tells pilots when to fly, what routes to take, and when. I certainly have my vote. But wait, there's more.