Herb Kelleher stayed on as permanent Chairman of the Board became (CEO) in 1982. Herb continued to serve as CEO until June 19th of 2001. He handed over the title of CEO to Gary Kelly whom had been the companies vice president. Herb continues to be the Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Southwest Airlines. Mission Statement: When the airline was first started, the goals were to get passengers to their destinations when they wanted to get there, on time, at the lowest rate and make sure they have a good time doing it.
The First Transatlantic Flight The majority of people in their mid twenties today are either still in college, in graduate school, starting a job, or starting a family. None of these things were the case for twenty five year old Captain Charles A. Lindbergh in 1927. On May 21, 1927 Lindbergh took flight in what would eventually become the first non-stop flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Owens (1927) writes in his New York Times article: A sluggish grey monoplane lurched its way down Roosevelt Field, slowly gathering momentum. Inside sat a tall youngster, eyes glued to an instrument board or darting ahead for swift glances at the runway, his face drawn with the intensity of his purpose.
During their partnership they founded the Pacific Aero Products Company in Seattle and completed the definitive assembly of the B & W seaplane in his boathouse in Lake Union. They had hoped to sell the seaplane to the Navy, but they were precluded. But, William was extremely adamant in being the sole owner of the Pacific Aero Products Company, so he incorporated the company for $100,000 and bought out 998 of the 1,000 stocks and moved the operation back to his shipyard. Then in May of 1917, William converted the company name to the Boeing Airplane Company. Tsu Wong graduated with a degree in aeronautical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, so bearing in mind that Westervelt and Tsu Wong were both Massachusetts Institute of Technology alumni’s, Westervelt referred Wong to Boeing.
Airborne Express Case Study Questions - Solutions 1) How and why has the express mail industry structure evolved in recent years? How have the changes affected small competitors? When the concept of Federal Express, an airline dedicated solely to the express delivery of mail, was conceived by Fredrick Smith (a student at Yale), it was thought of as Humbug and it got him a C grade on his term paper. What the faculty failed to envision is that this very concept would majorly impact and even transform the way mail was delivered all across the United States. The eventual launch of the Airline FedEx, led to a revolution in the mail delivery industry.
Case No. 1: The Windex 1200- Aircraft Development Submitted by Waqas Mahmood Submitted To Dr. Wasim Khan Course Technology & operations Management Background: The case is all about the privately owned small firm named RADAB (Research & Development, AB). The RADAB was founded in 1964 by three friends i.e. Harald Unden, Seven-Olof Rider & Lars Bergstrom in Sweden. Harald is performing his job as a CEO of the company from the start.
Airbus' success forced Boeing to develop the rival 771 twinjet, yet by the early 1990s Airbus was winning as many orders for new aircraft as Boeing. In 2000 Airbus became o conventional shore-based company owned 20% by the European Aeronautics Defence and Space (EADS) Company and 20% by British BAE Systems. It immediately decided to develop o 'superjumbo', the 4380, with the potential to carry up to 850 passengers, depending on internal seat layout. In 2005 EADS become the sole owner of Airbus. The A380 made its first commercial flight in 2007.
WestJet case MKTG 10625 Founded in 1996 by a team of Calgary entrepreneurs led by Clive Beddoe, WestJet Airlines Ltd’s original strategy was simple: offer low-fare, point-to-point air travel on Boeing 737 jet aircraft to customers across Western Canada. With 220 employees and three aircraft, WestJet originally offered service to five cities: Vancouver, Kelowna, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg. The company then added Victoria, Regina, and Saskatoon to its route network. In 1997, WestJet began service to Abbotsford/Fraser Valley, and in 1999, WestJet added Thunder Bay, Prince George, and Grande Prairie to its service area. In July 1999, WestJet became a publicly traded company and extended its airline service across Canada.
SWOT Analysis DeVry University La Quinta Inn & Suites is one of the largest owner-operated hotel chains in the United States. La Quinta, which means "a mountain villa" in Spanish, started in 1968 during San Antonio’s Texas world’s fair. Entrepreneur brothers Sam and Phil Barshop built the first La Quinta Inn. La Quinta started out as being geared to the average business man and tried to accommodate their needs as they were away from home. The brothers did not strive to entertain transient guests because their competitors were trying to do the exact same.
Dr John Lauber, a pioneer in aviation safety, defines CRM as ‘the effective utilisation of all available resources, hardware, software and live ware (human ware) to achieve safe, efficient flight operations’ (Lauber, 1984). In order to apply this definition and gain a better understanding of CRM, two vastly different accident sequences have been analysed below. On the 29th December 1972, Eastern Air Lines Flight 401 crashed into the Florida Everglades with no engine or system failures of any sort. Of the 285 passengers on board, 112 were killed in the crash. The following text describes the events leading up to the
7 P’S and STRATEGIES OF SOUTHWESTERN AIRLINES PRASHANT CHATURVEDI ROLL NO.80303120009 SOUTHWEST AIRLINES INTRODUCTIONSouthwest Airlines Co. , operating as Southwest Airlines, is the largest low-cost carrier in the United States and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas. The airline was established in 1967, adopting its current name in 1971. It is the largest airline in the United States based upon domestic passengers carried as of June 5, 2011. Southwest has more than 46,000 employees as of August 2012 and operates more than 3,400 flights per day. As of August 2012, Southwest Airlines operates scheduled service to 77 destinations in 40 states.