freight volumes since the third quarter of 2006, hit by sagging retail and auto sales. As gasoline prices have soared, consumers are ditching their cavernous sport-utility vehicles in favor of smaller, more fuel-efficient sedans. Asian and European automakers are seeing this as an opportunity to increase their influence in the U.S. auto market.
Moreover, all U.S. automobile manufacturers have in
I. Introduction of the Project
1. The Reasons for Selecting Companies
For this project, after discussion our team has chosen two major airline companies in the United States which are Delta Airlines and Hawaiian Holdings.
Why we selected this industry because it is very interest part for hospitality industry and they are very famous companies in the United States. When we finished final proj
1. What is the transportation industry??
1. Concept of transportation
Transport or transportation is the movement of people, animals and goods from one location to another. Modes of transport include air, rail, road, water, cable, pipeline, and space. The field can be divided into infrastructure, vehicles, and operations. Transport is important since it enables trade between peoples, which in
of your selected two companies.
●Past event
① Delta Air Lines, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful air carriers in the United States. Originally founded as a crop dusting service in 1924, Delta was led for 40 years by an agricultural scientist and pilot named Collet Everman Woolman. Expansion through acquisition characterized the era that follot d. Then, in
cargo moves intermodally without, at sometime being carried on the back of a lorry, either before being transferred onto a rail wagon, a waterway barge or a coastal ship, or after shipment by one of these alternative modes; so-called 'initial' and 'final' legs of an intermodal journey. It is by far the most predominant modal choice for freight movement.
3-2. Sea-Road intermodal terminal