There's been a lot of hype about how we can make car travel more environmentally-friendly. But we already have an environmentally-friendly alternative, trains, which can be made even more effective and sustainable with the right attention and resources.
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Delta Airlines and climate change: one-way ticket?
Airlines generate 2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The industry is well aware, and set the goal of reducing net emissions by 50% before 2050. Will they achieve it? Is this enough? Keep reading to explore these questions using Delta Airlines as an example.
Battling Headwinds: How Alaska Airlines Is Navigating Impending Climate Change Regulation
For 85 years, Alaska Airlines has been the little airline that could, avoiding the bankruptcies and consolidations that have plagued nearly every other major U.S. carrier. But can Alaska weather the existential threat of impending climate change regulation as a small, independent carrier?
Uncontrollable Pollution Source?
UPS is one of the largest contributors of greenhouse gas emissions in the transportation sector, and one of the companies likely to see its operations affected the most by the effects of climate change. What is it doing? Is it enough?
Turbulence Ahead for United Airlines as the Globe Warms
Evidence is building that climate change will have a dramatic effect on the airline industry in the coming years. Is United Airlines changing rapidly enough to avoid a bumpy ride?
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Emirates Airlines: the International carrier
Emirates Airlines: Enabling Customer Service Excellence through Cost-efficient Operations
Spirit Airlines: Ultra-Low-Cost, Ultra-Impressive-Profits
Spirit Airlines has accomplished the seemingly impossible in the US airline industry: it has never lost money. It does so by keeping its business model, customer promise, and operating model simple and tightly aligned. It offers the lowest fares by being the lowest cost operator and has captured a segment of the market that is unprofitable for most of its competitors to serve.
Spirit Airlines: flying high on excessive fees and terrible customer service
Spirit's ultra low cost operations and crappy customer service yield surprising financial dividends
Virgin America: An Invisibly Lean Approach to Premium Service
Virgin America leverages operational smarts to deliver the hippest customer experience in the skies.