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AirTran Expanding in Baltimore
It's a rare sight these days to see any airline expanding with long haul domestic flights, but AirTran has decided to charge full speed ahead. This summer, the airline will operate two daily flights between Baltimore and both Seattle/Tacoma and Los Angeles. Now, it's no secret...
Tags: Flight, AirTran, Baltimore, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-03-27
Fuel Costs, Rivals Push Aloha into Chapter 11
This may look like a headline from 2004, but sadly, it's accurate once again. Aloha Airlines has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection a mere two years after its last trip to bankruptcy-land ended. What does this mean for the airline? Well, things aren't looking good. ...
Tags: Airline, Aloha Airlines, Fares, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-03-24
For Skybus, High Load Factor Doesn't Mean Success
The December DOT data is now in, and though I haven't had a lot of time to poke through the data yet, I have found a couple interesting things. For today, let's focus on Columbus-based Skybus. Even though the airline is based in Columbus, it's apparently finding...
Tags: Aerospace & Defense, December DOT Data, Florida, Manufacturing, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2008-03-18
Master Your Multitasking
David Allen is the patron saint of personal productivity. Find out how he can help you get things done.If you're not familiar with David Allen, you'll probably be hearing more about him soon. Allen is a personal-productivity expert with legions of fans and a bestselling book under his belt, and...
Tags: BNET Feature Package, Getting Things Done, GTD, Career, Organization, Business Operations, Andrew Mager, Time Management, Quality, Marketing, David Allen, Allen, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Process Improvement, Corporate Communications, Productivity
Articles 2008-02-19
Winning in the Aftermarket
The Idea in Brief In many industries--automotive, consumer electronics, home appliances--the after-sales service market has ballooned to four to five times the size of the original equipment business. And the aftermarket is a high-margin cash cow: in...
Tags: Services, Aftermarket, Vipul Agrawal, Narendra Agrawal, Morris A. Cohen, In Brief, Harvard Business Review, Management, Business Operations, Operational Planning, Sales, Manufacturing, Software, Enterprise Software, Workforce Management, Human Resources, Strategy, Asset Management, Telecom & Utilities, Sales Strategy, Product, Customer, Service, Service Product, Performance Management, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Aerospace & Defense
Articles 2008-02-13
After a Horrible Summer, Airlines Change Their Ways
It's been a particularly frustrating summer at the airport. The NY Times called it "a summer marked by widespread flight cancellations and delays, and the most crowded planes in the history of jet travel." Flights were so overbooked and the aging air-traffic control system so overburdened that when severe weather...
Tags: Business Traveler, Airline, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, It Services, Manufacturing, Management, Jessica Stillman
Blog posts 2007-09-10
What to Do if Your Product Catches on Fire
Passengers evacuated from a China Airlines plane that caught fire at an Okinawa airport complained the flight crew provided poor evacuation instructions. Perhaps the flight crew should take a lesson in competency from the maintenance staffers who meticulously whited-out the company's name and logo on the burnt aircraft's remains. That's right. The...
Tags: Accident, Media, China Airlines, Branding, Human Resources, Manufacturing, Marketing, Lori Deschene, Aerospace & Defense, Policies And Procedures
Blog posts 2007-08-23
BNET Daily Dispatch: Dow Chemical, Alltel, Yahoo, and Airbus
Former Dow Chemical CFO, J. Pedro Reinhard, sued Dow yesterday for libel and breach of contract. Dow fired Reinhard after he was accused of holding unauthorized talks to sell the company. Reinhard's complaint seeks compensatory and punitive damages amounting to $75 million.Several teams of private equity firms are preparing bids...
Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Airbus S.A.S., Alltel Corp., Business Services, E-business/E-Commerce, Finance, Financial Services, Internet, Investment, J. Pedro Reinhard, Joseph De Avila, Management, Manufacturing, Team Management, The Dow Chemical Co., Yahoo! Inc.
Blog posts 2007-05-09
Video: Getting Things Done, David Allen's Way
At the Under the Radar confab in Silicon Valley on March 26, 'Getting Things Done' author David Allen gave CNET a dollop of his time. He explained the importance of list management for those who want to be effective in using their time, and offered...
Tags: Marketing, Manufacturing, Corporate Communications, Aerospace & Defense, Video, BNET staff
Blog posts 2007-03-30
Rockwell Collins CEO to Present at Aerospace & Defense Conference
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Rockwell Collins Chairman, President and CEO Clay Jones will address Credit Suisse First Boston and Aviation Week's 2005 Aerospace & Defense Conference on Dec. 8. The presentation is scheduled to begin at 12:45 p.m. Eastern Time.
Tags: aerospace, Aerospace & Defense, Rockwell
Research articles 2005-12-05
Allegiant's Strategy In Its Own Words
I had so much fun walking through Delta's 10-K, that I thought I'd keep it going. Next up is Allegiant, and if you've never really fully understood the model, Allegiant does a great job of explaining it to you. Here are some highlights. by Brett Snyder
Tags: Strategy, Hotel, Microsoft Word, Allegiant, Aircraft, Florida, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2009-03-06
Boeing and Wichita Workers Far Apart
Boeing has maintained a facility in Wichita, KS for years. It has worked on commercial operations but also focused on military conversions. In 2005 Boeing sold off the commercial aspects of the operation and now it is working on a variety of U.S. and international programs modifying aircraft....
Tags: Boeing Co., Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Matthew Potter
Blog posts 2009-03-06
Britain Moves Ahead With Plans To Use CH-47 Chinooks
In the late Nineties the British government ordered eight CH-47 Chinooks heavy lift helicopters to support their special operation troops. Unfortunately they did not purchase the data rights to the aircraft. Normally if a government develops a system they get the data rights, but as the British were...
Tags: Aircraft, Aerospace & Defense, Government, Manufacturing, Matthew Potter
Blog posts 2009-03-06
News and Notes From Delta's 10-K
Delta put out its latest 10-K this week, so I thought I'd pick through it and point out some highlights (or lowlights, as the case may be). by Brett Snyder
Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, Aircraft, Boeing Co., Delta, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Brett Snyder
Blog posts 2009-03-05
STOC II Gains Momentum
The Simulator & Trainer Omnibus Contract STOC II recently qualified a whole swath of U.S. and European defense contractors to provide support to the U.S. Army in the areas of simulation, training, range instrumentation and support. The STOC II is managed by PEO STRI for the Army. ...
Tags: Contract, STOC II, Government, Aerospace & Defense, Workforce Management, Vertical Industries, Training And Certification, Manufacturing, Human Resources, Enterprise Software, Software, Matthew Potter
Blog posts 2009-03-05
Obama and Contract Reform
President Obama released a memorandum calling for a review and to propose new rules for government contracting. Reuters reports that as part of it cost-plus and no-bid contracts are eliminated from use. The actual text of the memo can be read here. It does not actually end...
Tags: Contract, Agency, VH-71, Advertising & Promotion, Aerospace & Defense, Marketing, Manufacturing, Matthew Potter
Blog posts 2009-03-05
Genesis Lease Ltd. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Gary Liebowitz - Wachovia. Gary Liebowitz - Wachovia John, you mentioned the four aircraft that were off lease that you hope to see reenter service in the second quarter. Can you give us an estimate of how much deterioration in...
Tags: Call Transcript, Aircraft, Wachovia Corp., Earnings, John McMahon Alan, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Seeking Alpha
Earnings calls 2009-03-04
U.S.M.C. G/ATOR Suffers Cost Increase
The Ground/Air Task Order Radar (G/ATOR) is a new ground based air search radar and related command and control equipment that the Marine Corps is purchasing to replace systems that are over twenty-five years old. The G/ATOR system is being developed by Northrop Grumman and utilizes Active Electronically Scanned...
Tags: Radar, U.S.M.C. G/ATOR, G/ATOR System, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Matthew Potter
Blog posts 2009-03-04
Washington Technology Ranks Government IT Contractors
Washingtontechnology.com has released their latest list of the Top 100 Government IT Contractors. It can be found here. Many of the companies are also on their similar list for top defense contractors. 1. Lockheed Martin 2. Boeing 3. Northrop Grumman...
Tags: Information Technology, Washingtontechnology.com, Government, Aerospace & Defense, Vertical Industries, Manufacturing, Enterprise Software, Software, Matthew Potter
Blog posts 2009-03-03
Earmarks and the Pentagon Budget
The Washington Post has an article today discussing one of the major issues with earmarks -- they buy things nobody wants. An earmark is a spending line inserted by a member of Congress that directly funds or add funds to a project. The article uses the example...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Pentagon, Aerospace & Defense, Leadership, Manufacturing, Management, Matthew Potter
Blog posts 2009-03-08
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