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1 online resource (ix, 341 pages) : illustrations |
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Knovel Library.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 332-333) and index. |
Contents |
More than one answer? -- The natural environment -- The regulatory environment -- Operational environment -- Aircraft -- Airlines -- Airports -- Airspace management -- Coping with change: in the environments, the manufacturer's challenge, the airline's challenge, the airport's challenge, the airspace challenge -- Systemic processes: the way ahead. |
Note |
Print version record. |
Summary |
Major operational elements of the world's air transport system are examined in this important book, which provides a rare overview and an invaluable single information source to managers in all sectors of the air transport industry. The air transport system considers route structure options in terms of operational impacts and describes the context and boundaries of the industry - the natural, regulatory and operational environments. 'Systems' perspectives are introduced to integrate the discussion of aircraft, airlines, airports and airspace issues. The issues faced in ensuring symbiosis of all these elements of the changing scene and the scope for developing balanced strategies to suit all stakeholder requirements are considered in depth to produce a comprehensive text with the potential to influence how well the air transport industry succeeds in meeting its many future challenges. Examines major operational elements of the world's air transport systemConsiders route structure options in terms of operational impactsExamines the natural, regulatory and operational boundaries of the industry. |
Subject |
Aeronautics, Commercial -- Management.
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Air travel -- Management.
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Airlines -- Management.
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Airports -- Management.
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Aircraft industry.
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Transports aériens -- Gestion.
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Industrie aéronautique.
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Compagnies de transport aérien -- Gestion.
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Aéroports -- Gestion.
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Voyages en avion -- Gestion.
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TRANSPORTATION -- Ships & Shipbuilding -- Pictorial.
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Aircraft industry
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Aeronautics, Commercial -- Management
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Airlines -- Management
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Airports -- Management
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Other Form: |
Print version: Hirst, Mike. Air transport system. Cambridge : Woodhead, 2008 9781845693251 (DLC) 2009396819 (OCoLC)299120498 |
ISBN |
9781613443552 (electronic bk.) |
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1613443552 (electronic bk.) |
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9781845695224 (electronic bk.) |
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1845695224 (electronic bk.) |
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9781845693251 |
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1845693256 |
Standard No. |
AU@ 000048592783 |
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DEBBG BV042314619 |
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DEBSZ 414262670 |
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GBVCP 719347335 |
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NZ1 14232369 |
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NZ1 15622009 |
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GBVCP 871530945 |
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CHNEW 001010314 |
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