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The King of the Skies: Herb Kelleher Gets His Start
Almost 40 years ago, Herb Kelleher came up with a radical idea: He wanted to start a no-frills airline that not only ensured people got to where they wanted to go and at low prices, but that they had fun doing it. Today, the small Texas airline he founded in 1971 has become the second largest airline in the world by number of passengers carried. Southwest Airlines carries over 100 million passengers to 63 cities across the U.S. each year.

FEE Fi Fo
If you have flown recently you have been bombarded with the airline’s new pricing strategy, a mutating “ala carte” menu of unbundled services in an age of bundling. I prefer to call it “un-bungling”. The published fares on the web seem reasonable and enticing but that’s where the fun begins and ends. Once you click to buy, enter the “Fee Demons”. The official names are the Federal Segment Tax, Airport Facilities Charge, and September 11 Security Fee. Obviously this is a form of government taxation that if included in the fare would make it less attractive to the potential flyer. Your airline ticket now resembles your phone bill with it’s array of “after the facts tax”.
Small business profits – threat or opportunity
Turn-on your television or pick up a newspaper and all that is reported right now, apart from the present swine flu problem, is the "credit crunch" - falling house prices, rising unemployment, businesses going bust, repossessions, bankruptcies and more... So what should small businesses do? Well this depends on whether you see this as an opportunity or a threat. There are no doubt certain businesses that will find these times more difficult than others, for example, only today there are reports about how the number of unemployed lorry drivers has gone up almost 5-fold since this time last year. Where businesses are selling less and therefore resulting in a less of a need for transport, then transport companies will see a dip in demand and as a consequence might need to make redundancies.
Trucking Business - Profit on a Truck
This article explains the potential profit on a truck in the road transport industry.
Change The Product - Surviving The Change In Market
How many business owners often find themselves in a similar position - business isn't doing so well, staff costs are crippling and ‘turning down' the business seems to be the only viable solution. Many years ago, I was in a sales training course and one question we were asked was why the rail services lost market share to the airlines. The answer that was suggested was that the Rail Companies didn't understand the business they were in - they thought they were in rail transport, but really they were in people and cargo transport.... A simple shift in the thinking could make such a big difference.
Zero Gravity Business - Southwest Airlines
While every other airline in the industry is in trouble, Southwest continues to grow and thrive. Why? Southwest ditched the status quo that brings Gravity to the airline industry. Here's how.
Truck Rental - Things to Keep in Mind before Hiring a Truck
For example, to transport goods or items that require controlled temperature it is require to opt a truck with temperature control units or if you want to transport your car in a truck then obviously you need a truck trailer for the maintenance and safety of the car.

Crisis Communications Case Study
On February 14th, 2007– Valentines Day of all days- a snowstorm blanketed much of the Northeast. Several major airlines, Continental, United, Delta, US Airways and Jetblue, were all forced to ground their flights. But for more than a week, the national and local media focused on just one airline: JetBlue. What did this airline do wrong that placed it in the national spotlight? A case study on how your company can avoid this fate.
Blame Management for Poor Service
Buried in the publicity of a nasty airline strike was a vivid example of how misdirected management's service improvement efforts can become. To improve service, the airline ordered all attendants to attend three hour "Commitment to Courtesy" classes without pay. "They told us the reason we were losing money was because we were rude to passengers," said one attendant.
Keep Your Boarding Pass (Paper or Electronic)!
Whether it’s an airline merger that has recently taken place, a new airline you’re flying or just a routine flight on an itinerary you fly every week, here is why you should always keep your boarding pass!
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