Airline Operations and Management

5.5.4"Irregular Operations Examples -- 5.5.5"Dynamic Scheduling -- 5.6"Continuous Improvement -- 5.6.1"Goals -- 5.6.2"Measurement -- 5.6.3"Performance Diagnosis -- 5.6.4"Corrective Action -- 5.7"Summary -- References -- Review Questions -- Chapter 6 Economics and Finance -- 6.1"Profit History -- 6.1.1"Cyclical World Airline Profits -- 6.1.2"Net Profit Margin -- 6.1.3"Profits by World Region -- 6.1.4"Return on Invested Capital -- 6.2"Earning Profits -- 6.3"Revenue Generation -- 6.3.1"Yield History -- 6.3.2"Fare History -- 6.3.3"Revenue Passenger Miles -- 6.3.4"Ancillary Revenue -- 6.4"Cost Structure -- 6.4.1"Labor -- 6.4.2"Fuel -- 6.4.3"Ownership and Rental Expenses -- 6.4.4"Taxes -- 6.5"Legacy Carrier Restructuring -- 6.6"Fleet Selection -- 6.6.1"Range and Payload -- 6.6.2"Aircraft Operating Costs -- 6.7"Fleet Financing -- 6.7.1"Internal Financing -- 6.7.2"Debt Financing -- 6.7.3"Leasing -- 6.7.4"Financing Portfolio -- 6.8"Economics of Scale, Scope, and Density -- 6.8.1"Scale -- 6.8.2"Density -- 6.8.3"Scope -- 6.9"Summary -- Note -- References -- Review Questions -- Chapter 7 Pricing and Revenue Management -- 7.1"Regulated Prices -- 7.2"Objective of Revenue Management -- 7.3"Revenue Management Components -- 7.3.1"Overbooking -- 7.3.2"Overselling -- 7.4"Pricing -- 7.5"Revenue Management Product Characteristics -- 7.5.1"Seat Allocation -- 7.5.2"Price Discrimination -- 7.5.3"Market Segmentation -- 7.5.4"Estimating Demand -- 7.5.5"Fare Buckets and Fare Nesting -- 7.5.6"Expected Booking Updating -- 7.5.7"Selling-Up -- 7.5.8"Revenue Enhancement with Revenue Management -- 7.6"Network Allocation -- 7.6.1"Hidden City Ticketing -- 7.7"Revenue Management in Air Freight -- 7.8"The Future of Revenue Management -- 7.9"Summary -- Notes -- References -- Review Questions -- Chapter 8 Distribution -- 8.1"Airline Distribution History -- 8.1.1"The OAG -- 8.1.2 Payment