The airline industry

Thèmes abordés

Ryanair - low cost airline - AirFrance KLM - long hall flight - short hall flight

Résumé du document

The service by Ryanair is different: there is nothing free and a lot of advertising on the flight. There is even lottery! Sometimes it's very uncomfortable to travel with Ryanair or other low cost airlines because airports are secondary: it takes time and money to go in the city center. For one week-end it looks like very interesting to fly but it costs more energy and money for the passenger than he can imagine before booking. When I was 19 I had flight 6 times with Ryanair to go to London, sometimes only for one night with friends, but even if it costed 10€ (bank fees… flights themselves were free), the shuttle buses were expensive and we arrived very late on Picadilly Circus. To conclude this part about low cost airlines, I would say, in contradiction with the class, that low-cost airlines are a good opportunity for long-haul flights (when there is one!), but for short week-ends in Europe I would no more use low-cost airlines because of the limited time I have.

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[...] Then they could promise to the population that impacts would be reduced to a large degree. Another problem when people are flying is the promiscuity: diseases can be transmitted very quickly. And one of the major problems is the pollution due to the airline industry, which could be reduced thanks to government, airlines or manufacturers. I put this last problem in perspective, because the first polluting mean of transportation is the road transport. Many people think that the air traffic is the biggest pollution's because we have, but it's not. [...]

[...] The airline industry The presentation we had last Thursday was interesting to me. I will try to summarize it and add some information's or give my opinion. The air transport includes passengers' traffic and freight. There are mostly big companies, national or international. The 3 biggest companies are Delta, United continental (both are American companies) and AirFrance KLM European company). Since the 1st World War the routes in Europe between major cities are opened. The traffic is developed now, and not only between biggest cities. [...]

[...] I paid my return direct flight to Shanghai, but on the same time, with a regular company it would have cost 800€. I didn't think the service was too bad: I had enough hot meals and drink, but no blanket and no individual TV. But I could spend the money I saved for this flight during my 2 months travel. As student I don't expect a 3 stars service. The service by Ryanair is different: there is nothing free and a lot of advertising on the flight. There is even lottery! [...]

[...] Fanny said that the oil crisis of 1973 deregulated the airline industry: in 1978 the Airline Deregulation Act appeared. It had good impacts: more employment twice more passengers and cheaper prices In Europe effects were different than in other countries like USA, because they were too many state-owned companies like AirFrance. Concerning flights organization, it has changed last decades. Now it's a hub and spoke network. It makes flights cheaper but longer. http://www.flightglobal.com/blogs/the-networker/2010/12/the-difference-hub- and-spoke-vs-point-to-point.html In this example Denver is a hub; it means that most of passengers from Atlanta who wants to go to Seattle have to make a stopover in Denver. [...]

[...] He can also decide how long he is going to wait for the next fly. With this hub and spoke system I think everybody is satisfied: companies because there is no more empty flight or half-full flight; passengers because flights are cheaper and they can exactly choose when they want to fly. And for business men, there are still, some direct and expensive flights. There are impacts on the environment, which affect the society, for example the plane's noise. It's one of biggest problems to build a new airport. [...]