Aerospace Industrial Studies EA315SE
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EA315SE
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AB / BE AE |
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ISSUE DATE: |
17-Feb-25, Monday |
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SUBMISSION DATE: |
27-Apr-25, Sunday |
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MARK & FEEDBACK DATE: |
11-May-25, Sunday |
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Spring-2025 / ASSESSMENT (ASSIGNMENT 1) |
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MODULE TITLE: |
Aerospace Industrial Studies |
MODULE CODE: |
EA315SE/AE107 |
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ASSESSED LEARNING OUTCOMES |
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LO1 |
Analyse and evaluate aspects of the Aerospace Industry and the events and organizations and legislation which helped shape it. |
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Analyse and evaluate the financial arrangements of a typical aerospace company including accounts, financial reports, fund raising and airframe generation. |
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Analyse and evaluate aerospace strategies in marketing and management including techniques such as quality systems and `just in time' and `lean' manufacturing. |
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LO4 |
Plan and control a simple aerospace project. |
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Critically review how aircraft, aircraft maintenance and airspace and airports are managed. |
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Student Declaration |
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Submission requirement: |
I certify that the assignment submission is entirely my own work and I fully understand the consequences of plagiarism. All the sources from which information has been obtained for this assignment, have been referenced. I understand that making a false declaration is a form of malpractice. I further confirm that I have read and understood the Emirates Aviation University rules and regulations about plagiarism and copying and agree to be bound by them. |
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1. Signed cover sheet |
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2. Assignment report |
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3. Soft / Hard copy of turnitin report |
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Submission Format |
The submission should be in the form of an MS Word / PDF document with appropriate use of structure and referencing, as per the below: 1.Preferred font is Arial and size 10. Heading size can be increased but make sure to keep the same format throughout this report. 2.1.5x spacing is required between sentences. 3.Notes should be typed and drawings presented neatly. Images/Pictures may be copied & pasted but need to be referenced. 4.Headings, Images/Pictures, Used equations must be numbered for traceability purpose. 5.The last page should have yourreference sources. Preferable style - Harvard style. Always make sure to write the source of the copied images/pictures. |
Plagiarism |
Plagiarism is defined as the presentation of another persons work as your own. It is a particular form of cheating. Plagiarism must be avoided at all costs and students who break the rules, however innocently, may be penalised. It is your responsibility to ensure that you understand correct referencing practices. As a university level student, you are expected to use appropriate references throughout and keep carefully detailed notes of all your sources of materials for material you have used in your work, including any material downloaded from the Internet. Use of AI tools or ChatGPT is strictly prohibited. Assignments identified with a high percentage of AI content will be reported to the disciplinary committee and penalties will be applied accordingly. In this be the case, Emirates Aviation University considers plagiarism as theft and any student found to have plagiarised would be awarded an automatic fail for the piece of work submitted and may be excluded from further study at the University. |
Learning Objectives
- Analyse and evaluate aspects of the Aerospace Industry and the events and organizations.
- Plan and control a simple aerospace project.
Submission and Deadlines
The assignment must be uploaded on Moodle through the provided Turnitin link on 26thNovember 2024.
Length
The written report should be at least2500 words and a maximum of 3500 words. The number of words in the report includes headings and the body of the report. References, annexes, tables, charts, and other additional elements should be counted in addition to that. Points will be deducted if your assignment is too short and does not cover the objectives or if your assignment is too long and the objectives are lost in the narrative. Going slightly over to complete your thoughts is not an issue.
YOUR ASSIGNMENT
Contrast an airlines multiple years performance for being influenced by the current downturn in mainly financial performance survival.
- Select from the attached list an Airline either A Full-Service Network Carrier or a Low-Cost Carrier (LCC) in a specific region and review its performance during the last three years. Identify the factors within the chosen airline business environment that most affected the development and the very first survival of these airlines during these current global crises and possibly within the next decade. Those factors include, but not limited to, Political, Environmental, Social, Technical and Economic (PESTE). Also identify what plans or actions the airline has and can adopt to overcome the turbulent times and those influencing factors.
- By evaluating and contrasting the most recent three years, generate a report that list down the marketing strategies on each individual year which made them superior or contrary lagging in the industry. Perhaps the airline had a consistent marketing strategy. Focus on the success products that made the Airlines load factors improve and brought back financial benefits. In other words, draw conclusions of what are the airlines best practice market strategies that achieved them the best in class over other major players in the industry in view of the increasing competitive environment.
- As a supplement to the above point, Assess how well the airline has performed financially during 2023, 2022 and 2021, by contrasting yield, revenues (net profit margins) and passenger/cargo loads. Which year was when the airline has adopted the best business model and a successful long term strategy? If one of years is more successful than the other, make recommendations on actions/improvements that the airline could adopt.
- Internet and researchers books are considered useful reference for subject assignment. All trends and ideas drawn can be based on experts opinions but be careful to reference all of your sources. It is quite essential to gain good marks to mainly be able to identify by contrast the various plans and business strategies adopt by each airline. To that extent, each one of you must research on airline and industry and be able to draw conclusions on best practices for the future. You should address issues like increased competition and marketing strategy and effect over financial performance, ticket fares, cost control and profits.
- Marks will be awarded for proper interpretation of financial data analysed and not just attaching to report. As stated previously, all used material, studies and financial figures should be referenced using the Harvard referencing system as provided in class.
Aerospace Industrial Studies assignment |
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Total Mark |
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Factors on airline business
PESTE Analysis |
Have students identified the main political, economic, social, technological and environmental issues related to the selected Airline? |
/13% |
Analysis of possible future trends |
Has Students identified what plans or actions the selected airline can adopt to overcome the turbulent times and those influencing factorssuch as Fuel Hedging and competitive operating costs. |
/8% |
Examples used |
Has students presented relevant info on chosen airline? |
/4% |
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Airline Product and Marketing Strategy
Assessment of product and marketing strategy |
Students should have identified as many of following; 1.Product/brand Equity 2.Marketing channels Advertising, internet, newspapers. 3.Competitors 4.Frequent flyer program |
/10% |
Assessment of success of marketing strategy |
1.Has students identified why PAX chose this airline? 2.What is unique selling point of this airline? 3.What stage of product life cycle is airlines product at? 4.Has students critically reviewed how successful airline is at marketing their product (i.e. did it affect PAX loads positive/negative and were they satisfied?) |
/10% |
- Financial Assessment
Assessment of business model |
Low cost, No frills Vs Full service? Threat of competition? Has students related to business models taught in class, i.e. differentiation? |
/12% |
Interpretation of financial results |
Students should have researched finance status of airline 1.Has airline made profit over last two years? 2.Has airlines operating expenses increased over last few years? 3.Has students analyzed yield management, operating margin, aircraft utilization, load factors, Profitability and Liquidity Ratios? 4.Did the students used examples of other airlines? 5.Has students discussed airlines fleet newness factor and maintenance costs trends as discussed in class? 6.Has students discussed other revenue streams for airline? |
/18% |
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Conclusion/Recommendations/presentation/referencing/layout
Recommendations and conclusions |
Has students presented an overall conclusions section that sums up the findings of their report? Has students made valid recommendations on what airlines need to do over the next 20 years to stay in business? Has the student demonstrate that they have understood the principles of airline ops and related them to their chosen airline? |
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Table of Contents |
Has the students presented a comprehensive Table of contents? |
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Introduction |
Did the students reflect a proper introduction highlighting the purpose of assignment and useful info on airline |
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References |
Proper referencing style used (Harvard Style as discussed in class). In text citation and last page indication. |
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Presentation/ Layout |
Professional style oMargins, Fully justified, 1 spacing, clear sections and sub sections that follow questions, common font size throughout ogrammar and English oPage numbers, word count and general layout |
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Assessors Name: Dr. Sevda Ahmadian |
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