TRL3703 Assignment 3 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED

TRL3703 Assignment 3 (DETAILED ANSWERS) Semester 1 2025 - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED - DISTINCTION GUARANTEED Answers, guidelines, workings and references ,. Let us assume that you have been hired as a consultant by the Airport Company South Africa (ACSA) to assist in improving the security challenges that are faced at the OR Tambo International Airport, and as part of your mandate, you have to provide a report of the identified security threats. On that note, name and briefly discuss 3 (three) recent actual security threats at the OR Tambo International Airport. Aviation safety and security are extremely important issues in both passenger and cargo transportation. Aviation safety refers to the physical safety of an aircraft and the accidents and incidents associated with it. The safety of passengers, crew and cargo is one of the most important aspects of a journey. Informed by the above introduction to aviation safety, give examples of recent air craft complications that have been experienced by the following airlines: SAA, Mango and FlySafair – name and discuss your examples. Seeing that South African passengers do not want to dig into their pockets but want to maintain a clean environment, what measures do you think the airlines could put in place in their operations to protect the environment, and not increase the ticket prices? Furthermore, what other managerial initiatives could be put in place to maintain environmentally safe operations, for holistic operations? In international aviation, which airline held the longest monopoly in the industry and when was the industry opened to other airlines. Moreover, in relation to the South African aviation, briefly give the government stakeholders, with descriptions. In reference to the case study on maintaining affordability amongst the low-cost airlines in South Africa, and from what you have learnt from Learning Unit 2, and FlySafair’s overbooking its flights in January 2025, which affected passengers, briefly discuss how this airline and its counterparts could maintain affordability of flights for passengers by ensuring the following: ▪ Increased labour productivity (3) ▪ No frills (3) ▪ Lowering ticket distribution costs (4) In the past, for airlines and airport operators, the air cargo business was only a subsidiary business dependent on the passenger business (Choi & Park 2020:14). However, now, the air cargo industry, which has maintained a stable growth trend even during COVID-19, is seen as a new opportunity. Moreover, the more limited the recovery in passenger demand, the greater the air cargo growth expected. From this scenario, briefly discuss the new opportunities that the Covid-19 pandemic has brought forth, for both passengers and airlines. Your discussion should be split into two: passengers and business with examples on each. Why should airlines perform maintenance? Which type of maintenance do you think Airlink did not perform which led to this malfunction? Give reasons why for each type. Which type of performance do you think Airlink performed to address this malfunction, give reasons why you have selected that specific type or types.