Operation Lifeline: History and Development of the Naval Air Transport Service.

1948 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 247
Author(s):  
Henry M. Dater ◽  
James Lee ◽  
Joe Rosenthal
Keyword(s):  
Air Transport ◽  
Transport Service

The Story of Indian Air Transport

1961 ◽  
Vol 65 (601) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. D. Tata
Keyword(s):  
Major Part ◽  
Working Life ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Great Pleasure ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
British Commonwealth

The Sixteenth British Commonwealth Lecture, The Story of Indian Air Transport, by Mr. J. R. D. Tata, Chairman of Air-India International, was given before a distinguished audience on 18th November 1960 at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Birdcage Walk, London, S.W.1.The President of the Society, Dr. E. S. Moult, C.B.E., B.Sc., F.R.Ae.S., M.I.Mech.E., presided at the meeting. Before introducing the Lecturer the President explained that hitherto the election of Fellows had been initiated by the Council and announced once a year but, under the new By-Laws, Fellowship was to be regarded as a position which could be attained by any qualified member who had reached a position of eminence and responsibility in the profession of aeronautics. At the same time it had been decided that the announcement of such elections should be made not just once a year, but on occasions such as this.The names of 22 members who had been elected to Fellowship since May 1960 were then read out by the Secretary. (These names were published in the December Journal–Ed.)After congratulating the new Fellows, Dr. Moult said that the British Commonwealth series of lectures started at the end of the War in 1945, and had continued annually until the present day. Throughout the years they had had a series of outstanding lectures on subjects associated with aeronautics in the Commonwealth, given by most distinguished lecturers. The stature of this lecture was set for all time in 1954 when His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh addressed them on “Aviation and the Development of Remote Areas”. Now they were to hear about the growth of aviation in one of the great members of the Commonwealth. Air Transport in India was now thirty years old1 and there was no one more suited to tell the story of that thirty years than their lecturer, Mr. J. R. D. Tata.Mr. Tata had been actively associated with this development all his working life. Indeed, it was true to say he had had a major part in it. He learned to fly in 1929 and personally flew the first scheduled transport service in India in 1932. He had been associated with aviation throughout all these years and a few years ago was president of I.A.T.A., the International Air Transport Association; he was now Chairman of Air-India International. He had great pleasure in asking Mr. Tata to give the Sixteenth British Commonwealth Lecture, “The Story of Indian Air Transport.”

The Problem of Landing Commercial Aircraft in Fog

1934 ◽  
Vol 38 (286) ◽  
pp. 807-836
Author(s):  
R. Stussel
Keyword(s):  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
List Type ◽  
Type Number ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Commercial Aircraft ◽  
Great Problem ◽  
Short Survey ◽  
Technical Aids ◽  
Bad Weather

Summary(1)Survey of the present methods of carrying out air transport service when visibility is bad.(2)What is essentially required of technical aids for landing under bad weather conditions.(3)Short survey of current German methods for solving the problem of landing in fog.The necessity for being able to carry out air transport unhindered by weather conditions is inseparably associated with the idea of commercial air service. This great problem of “ flight in any weather ” has confronted us since the inception of regular services between places having corresponding traffic needs, that is to say, since the very birth of air transport.

The urban metabolism of airline passengers: Scaling and sustainability

Urban Studies ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 212-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zachary P Neal
Keyword(s):  
Allometric Scaling ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
City Size ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Extensive Literature ◽  
Negative Externalities ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Airline Passengers ◽  
Airline Passenger ◽  
Using Data

Concerns about the negative externalities of air transport suggest it is important to consider the sustainability of growth in demand for air transport. However, there is little agreement on how the sustainability of demand should be evaluated. In this paper, I draw on the extensive literature on allometric scaling in biology, which examines animals’ demand for calories, to provide a novel framework for evaluating the sustainability of cities’ demand for air transport service. Viewing cities as analogous to organisms and airline passengers as analogous to life-sustaining resources, I focus on two questions. First, at what rate do cities metabolise passengers, that is, how many airline passengers does it take to fuel a city of a given size? Second, does this metabolic rate differ for business and leisure passengers, which represent different kinds of urban resources? Using data on airline passenger movement between 103 US metropolitan areas in each year from 1993 through 2011, I find that cities demand airline passengers in proportion to their population size, but when viewed separately, demand for business passengers as a function of city size is much lower than for leisure passengers. Moreover, I find that these patterns have remained relatively stable over the last two decades. The findings suggest that considering passenger type is important in evaluating the sustainability of air transport and the capacity of the air transport system to support cities’ continued growth.

scholarly journals An empirical assessment of willingness to accept “low-cost” air transport services: Evidence from the Middle East

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (18) ◽  
pp. 79-103
Author(s):  
Sanaz Vatankhah ◽  
Mansour Zarra-Nezhad ◽  
Ghanbar Amirnejad
Keyword(s):  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Willingness To Accept ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Food And Beverage

Despite the rapid growth of low-cost airlines in the U.S. and Europe, yet little is known about the feasibility of such services in developing and less developed countries. In such a region, hence, the purpose of this study is to investigate passengers’ preferences and willingness to accept low-cost air transport services. Accordingly, a choice experiment was applied to examine passenger choices associated with a bundle of service attributes applicable to low-cost air transport service. Results of multinomial logit models defined fare, frequent flyer program, food and beverage services, ground services, flexibility, frequency and punctuality as determining factors affecting passengers’ air transport choice in Iran. Results further demonstrated that passengers’ preferences and their willingness to accept low-cost air transport service are associated with their socio-economic characteristics and travel behavior. This study contributes to the relative body of knowledge through offering willingness to accept calculation as a strategic tool to assess the feasibility of low-cost air transport provision in a region where such services are yet scarce.

The quality of air transport services in function of improving the total quality of tourism offer

1997 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 381-392
Author(s):  
Darko Prebežac
Keyword(s):  
Traffic Control ◽  
Air Transport ◽  
Tourist Industry ◽  
Total Quality ◽  
Transport Service ◽  
Quality Estimation ◽  
Service Demand ◽  
Price Pressure ◽  
Transport Services

Growing rivalry among competitive airlines in the air travel market, appearance of new competitors which of course have been located in the profitable parts of the market, changes in the behaviour of potential passengers, insufficient and therefore high-priced airport and air traffic control infrastructure, as well as the increased competition of the alternatives to the air transport such as telecommunications media and super-last trains, characterise the present competition in the air transport market. Significant changes in behaviour of potential users of airline services have appeared on the side of air transport service demand, and the airlines themselves have less and less influence on distributions channels. The result of it are the increasing price-pressure and considerable decrease of passengers loyalty. Due to the increase of travel intensity passengers have become more experienced and critical in quality estimation of offered service as well as in checking whether the price of service corresponds to its quality. This has forced airlines to adapt permanently to new and more demanding passenger requirements. Those airlines which are not able to follow cost decreasing trend are obliged to improve their own competitive position looking for the reserve in other business fields. This is the only way of surviving in their fight for passengers. Therefore, the quality of air transport service plays an increasing role in the development of their competition capability. Since tourism offer consists of different kind of products and services, air transport service being one of them, it is of utmost importance that all of them meet to a maximum degree with passengers quality requirements, hi such manner passengers will get an impression that it is a question of an unbroken chain making a total quality concept of services they have expected, companies will capitalise money and time they have spent in developing service quality and improving their own productivity, and tourist industry will be able to respond to the most recent market challenges in a more adequate way.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document