Analysis on low-cost airlines and tourism development

Low-cost airlines offered cheap fares in exchange eliminating many traditional passenger services.Cheap air transport was considered as an enabling or permissive factor for regional tourism,The most obvious effect was the growth of tourists' amount to a destination and the concomitant changing of visitors market.Additionally,with the development of low-cost airlines,the updated operation means such as on-line booking system enhanced competition ability against traditional sales agent.The selection model of airports,which were gateway for low-cost airlines' entrance to region or tourism destination,would determine the intense relationship between low-cost airlines and tourism.As international low-cost airlines gradually changed their selection from traditional secondary airports and involved into spokehub airports,the operation business model of low-cost airlines diversified as well.Typical international case of low cost airlines in south pacific region was analyzed.Besides,Spring Airlines which was the first low-cost airlines in China was illustrated as well.Further research should focus on a quantitative study on relationship among low-cost airlines,airports distribution and tourism development.

The Influence of Price Discrimination from Airports on the Route Development Behavior of Airlines

Given the prominence and magnitude of airport incentive schemes,it is surprising that literature hitherto remains silent as to their effectiveness.In this paper,the relationship between airport incentive schemes and the route development behavior of airlines is analyzed.Because of rare and often controversial findings in the extant literature regarding relevant influencing variables for attracting airlines at an airport,expert interviews are used as a complement to formulate testable hypotheses in this regard.A fixed effects regression model is used to test the hypotheses with a dataset that covers all seat capacity offered at the 22 largest German commercial airports in the week 46 from 2004 to 2011.It is found that incentives from primary choice,as well as secondary choice airports,have a significant influence on Low Cost Carriers.Furthermore,Low Cost Carriers,in general,do not leave any of both types of airports when the incentives cease.In the case of Network Carriers,no case is found where one joins a primary choice airport and receives an incentive.Insufficient data between Network Carriers and secondary choice airports in the time when incentives have ceased means that no statement can be given.

Assessment of the performance of the TOPGNSS and ANN-MB antennas for ionospheric measurements using low-cost u-blox GNSS receivers

Low-cost GNSS receivers have recently been gaining reliability as good candidates for ionospheric studies. In line with these gains are genuine concerns about improving the performance of these receivers. In this work, we present a comprehensive investigation of the performances of two antennas(the u-blox ANN-MB and the TOPGNSS TOP-106) used on a low-cost GNSS receiver known as the u-blox ZED-F9P. The two antennas were installed on two identical and co-located u-blox receivers. Data used from both receivers cover the period from January to June 2022. Results from the study indicate that the signal strengths are dominantly greater for the receiver with the TOPGNSS antenna than for the receiver with the ANN-MB antenna, implying that the TOPGNSS antenna is better than the ANN-MB antenna in terms of providing greater signal strengths. Summarily, the TOPGNSS antenna also performed better in minimizing the occurrence of cycle slips on phase TEC measurements. There are no conspicuous differences between the variances(computed as 5-min standard deviations) of phase TEC measurements for the two antennas, except for a period around May-June when the TOPGNSS gave a better performance in terms of minimizing the variances in phase TEC. Remarkably, the ANN-MB antenna gave a better performance than the TOPGNSS antenna in terms of minimizing the variances in pseudorange TEC for some satellite observations. For precise horizontal(North and East) positioning, the receiver with the TOPGNSS antenna gave better results, while the receiver with the ANN-MB antenna gave better vertical(Up) positioning. The errors for the receivers of both antennas are typically within about 5 m(the monthly mean was usually smaller than 1 m) in the horizontal direction and within about 10 m(the monthly mean was usually smaller than 4 m) in the vertical direction.

Unscented Kalman filter for a low-cost GNSS/IMU-based mobile mapping application under demanding conditions

For the last two decades,low-cost Global Navigation Satellite System(GNSS)receivers have been used in various applications.These receivers are mini-size,less expensive than geodetic-grade receivers,and in high demand.Irrespective of these outstanding features,low-cost GNSS receivers are potentially poorer hardwares with internal signal processing,resulting in lower quality.They typically come with low-cost GNSS antenna that has lower performance than their counterparts,particularly for multipath mitigation.Therefore,this research evaluated the low-cost GNSS device performance using a high-rate kinematic survey.For this purpose,these receivers were assembled with an Inertial Measurement Unit(IMU)sensor,which actively transmited data on acceleration and orientation rate during the observation.The position and navigation parameter data were obtained from the IMU readings,even without GNSS signals via the U-blox F9R GNSS/IMU device mounted on a vehicle.This research was conducted in an area with demanding conditions,such as an open sky area,an urban environment,and a shopping mall basement,to examine the device’s performance.The data were processed by two approaches:the Single Point Positioning-IMU(SPP/IMU)and the Differential GNSS-IMU(DGNSS/IMU).The Unscented Kalman Filter(UKF)was selected as a filtering algorithm due to its excellent performance in handling nonlinear system models.The result showed that integrating GNSS/IMU in SPP processing mode could increase the accuracy in eastward and northward components up to 68.28%and 66.64%.Integration of DGNSS/IMU increased the accuracy in eastward and northward components to 93.02%and 93.03%compared to the positioning of standalone GNSS.In addition,the positioning accuracy can be improved by reducing the IMU noise using low-pass and high-pass filters.This application could still not gain the expected position accuracy under signal outage conditions.

Strategy-Based Forecasting Model for Civil Airlines

Airlines usually pay more attention to maintenance cost for efficiency improvement and consumption reduction. However, airlines, especially the domestic airlines, can hardly predict the cost exactly due to the uncertainty and complexity until now. In practice, the cost is calculated by collecting and calculating the invoices afterwards. To settle the problem, a maintenance cost forecasting model is proposed in this paper. Maintenance activities are classified into scheduled maintenance and unscheduled maintenance. Scheduled maintenance is periodic, in which the required materials and man-power hours can be obtained properly in advance. Nevertheless, it is impossible to acquire the necessary information of unscheduled maintenance. According to the specific characteristics of each, Activity-Based Costing (ABC) and Cost Estimating Relationships (CERs) are introduced to attack the building of forecasting models, respectively. Then practical cases, the 3C check of MD-90 and the engine shop visit are adopted to verify the cost forecasting models proposed. The results show that the models not only can predict the actual maintenance cost successfully, but also are helpful to drawing up the maintenance program and managing the maintenance funds efficiently.

Empirical Study of Parameters of Airlines Sustainability in Nigerian Domestic Network

Sustainability was investigated in the ability to reliably anticipate airline market share, which is critical for effective business strategy. As a result, a model was created to address the issue of airline market share across all Nigerian airport routes. The model took into account the explanatory variables average fares paid by various airlines passengers, number of competitors at each route, frequency of flight, and the total number of enplaned passengers. The model illustrated how it may be used to determine an airline’s sustainability. It was observed that all of the parameters in the model were statistically significant and exhibited the predicted signs. As a result, the market share of Nigerian airlines can assess the sustainability of Nigerian airlines. As a result, it is proposed that the federal government and aviation regulatory bodies provide a level playing field to all commercial airline operators, without any kind of protectionism. Airlines’ services should be completely deregulated, and the forces of perfect market competition should drive the airline’s overall health. The government should provide a fair and supportive climate for airline operators as soon as possible. The ease of doing airline business must be implemented honestly and competitively. The degree of competition has a detrimental impact on the airline’s market share, especially if the airline operates in a regulated market. As a result, perfect competition for the airline should be promoted.

Evaluating the Drivers of Airlines Profitability in Nigeria Domestic Network

A firm’s profitability is critical to its competitiveness and sustainability. This research looked at the elements that influence airline profitability in Nigeria. From 2005 to 2019, two airlines were picked, and their data were retrieved from Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). From estimated quarterly panel data using E-views 8 and SPSS 22, the overall findings of the regression study demonstrate that with ROA used as a proxy for profitability, the R-square is 83.6 per cent and 89.4 per cent, respectively for Aero contractors and Medview airline, representing 83.6 per cent and 89.4 per cent of the changes in profitability of the Aero contractors and Medview in the sample, respectively, could be explained by changes in the study’s independent variables, namely growth, liquidity, leverage, lease, tangibility, fuel cost and personnel cost. Besides the total of the explanatory variables, growth, leverage and tangibility are statically significant at a 5% level of significant Aero Contractors. Growth, leverage, leasing cost, fuel cost, and staff cost, on the other hand, are statistically significant at the 5% level of significance for Medview airlines. Profiteering, expansion, leverage, and tangibility are the primary activities of any airline firm. Lease cost, fuel cost, and staff cost show a statistically significant positive link with the profitability metric ROA. As a result, stakeholders of Nigerian airlines should prioritize profitability over other criteria in this study. Airline executives should do a comprehensive analysis of all potential elements impacting their company’s profitability in the literature, including aspects other than economic variables. According to the findings of this study, political issues account for a greater proportion of the reasons why airlines fail in Nigeria.

XINJIANG AIRLINES

Founded on January 1, 1985, XinjiangAirlines is an aviation enterprise directlyunder the leadership of the CAAC.Under the airlines, there are 10 aviation stations,one flying group, an airplane maintenancefactory and a training centre. It now has atotal of 4,400 staff and workers on the payroll. Its head office is located in Urumchi,the capital of the Xinjiang Uygur AutonomousRegion. To develop its air service business,the airlines set up a second air transport baseat Changzhou in Jiangsu Province in April1996. With its airplanes bearing the unifiedsign of a swan and a full moon, the airlinessolemnly declares: auspiciousness andhappiness will accompany you so long as youtravel on a Xinjiang airlines flight. The airlines’ flying group is equippedwith Tu-154M, Yel-86, and Boeing

Shandong Airlines

Shandong Airlines recently announced that the 1st of its order for three Boeing 737-300s will be delivered in late 1995, and that the rest will be delivered in January and August 1996. Shandong province has seen vigorous economic growth and increasing air traffic in recent years. Shandong Airlines will operate these new 737-300s on domestic routes to major

THE MANAGEMENT OF SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM(SAS)

All travelers are familiar with theScandinavian Airlines System.But,everything seemed so fresh to the reporterwho had a first experience of flying SAS. Only a Beautiful Face Is Not Enough In September last year,in companywith the CCTV Zengdazongyi Troupe on atour of Denmark,Sweden and Norway

Airlines and Tourist Facilities Guide

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AUSTRIAN AIRLINES BACK TO PROFIT

Despite a clear capacity reduction of 2.3%, passenger figures have grown by 1.6% duringthe January-September 2002 period. With nearly 7 million passengers flown in the first ninemonths, an increase of load factor by +1.7% was achieved. Based on this traffic performanceand a very satisfactory advance booking situation for the remaining three months,

Airlines and Tourist Hotels Guide

Domestic Airlines Tianjin Subsidiary Air China It has both domestic and international destinations, starting from Tianjin to Guangzhou, Shanghai, Xi’an, Chengdu, Wenzhou, Fuzhou, Xiamen, Shantou, Shenzhen, Haikou, Hongkong and Seoul.

Continental Airlines and China Southern Airlines Announce Strategic Partnership

Frequent flyer reciprocity to start in Septem- ber;coclesharing to start in November. Continental Airlines and China Southern Airlines.the largest airline in the People's Repub- lic of China.announced on June 18.2007 that they have entered into a strategic partnership

New Promotion of Austrian Airlines to Celebrate the 10th Anniversary

2005 marks the 10th Anniversary of Austrian Airlines' flight operations to China. Austrian Airlines kicks off the celebration year with super attractive roundtrip fares from Beijing and Shanghai to Europe starting at RMB4,500 (excluding taxes and surcharges). The earlier the tickets are booked and purchased,the lower the airfares are for travel during the period from February 13 to April 15,2005.……

Singapore Airlines to Fly A380 to Beijing Due to Olympics Demand

Customers will enjoy exhilarating sporting action,exciting moments when they fly with Singapore Airlines during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. To satisfy higher demand on its flights during the of the