Thesis (M.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 2001. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-94).

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Wyoming, 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Mar. 8, 2010). Includes bibliographical references (p. 160-166).

Thesis (M.B.A.)--University of Hong Kong, 1979.

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Catering flights is an important part of an airline's operations. The meal service has a critical impact on customer service quality and represents significant costs. Unfortunately, due to high passenger load variability and minimum production lead-time requirements, it is difficult to get the number of meals to exactly match the passenger count on each flight. The objective of the project is to reduce meal-catering costs due to over-catering while simultaneously improving service level by reducing under-catering. The proposed solution takes the form of a meal bank system. This concept suggests that flights should be systematically under-catered with the possibility of uploading a generic meal to fill in any shortage at the last minute when the final passenger load is known. A thorough investigation of current processes was carried in order to define and recommend process change based on the meal bank approach. The project concludes with a costing analysis of recommended solutions weighing additional investments, cost savings, and service improvement against current performance. Costing analysis results for Vancouver International Airport operations showed that service level could be improved by an approximate reduction of 50 percent in revenue passenger meal shortages. Also, net costs can be reduced up to an estimated $190,000 annually.

As the airline industry is in the midst of an economic crisis, air carrier ownership and control rules that have governed international air transport relations for the last fifty years have become subject to increased revision. Those rules impede the free flow of capital and airline consolidation across borders. Airlines have limited opportunities to structure their operations to serve global markets. Most importantly, the rules restrict the strategic choices available to ailing airlines and impede the restructuring of the industry. Particularly in the European Union, where liberalization is limited by restrictive ownership requirements included in bilateral agreements with third countries, airline consolidation and rationalisation through mergers and acquisitions is badly needed. / Impetus for liberalization emanates from the recent judgments of the European Court of Justice in the "Open Skies", which created the opportunity to revisit the entire ownership and control framework on a global scale. The Fifth ICAO Worldwide Air Transport Conference (ATConf/5) provided States with a forum to discuss and bring about change. Finally, the industry itself is pushing towards the liberalization of ownership restrictions that prevent it from operating like any other industry sector. / This thesis provides a review of the recent developments in the field of air carrier ownership and control. The focus is on a critical analysis of the outcome of ATConf/5. In particular, it will examine the significance of ATConf/5 for the development of ownership and control issues in air transport relations between the EU and third States and ultimately for the restructuring of the EU airline industry.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington. / Bibliography: l. 790-834.