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A recent editorial from Mercury News reported that despite astounding improvements in recent times that the San Jose Airport was still struggling to meet their financial needs in order to stay fully operational. During tough financial times, businesses need a steady customer flow in order to keep the proverbial doors open. The San Jose Airport does [...] The downtown airport in Kansas City Missouri has had a major twenty million dollar upgrade project which includes self service gas pumps that pilots can pull right up to for re-fueling. The gas will be competitively priced compared to other local sources, but pilots will be able to fill up on their own and pay [...] The Keokuk Municipal Airport in Iowa has received about $300 thousand dollars in government funds to go toward much needed repairs for the ailing runway. This is just one example of many in recent times of airports attempting to make the necessary adjustments and repairs in order to be able to provide the service that [...] Businesses spend thousands of dollars to create and promote their brand. Building brand awareness is a way to distinguish yourself from your competitors. Some describe branding as a promise you make to potential customers that you will consistently provide them with a valuable product. When you deliver on your promise, customers learn to associate your [...] Helicopters are an incredibly versatile tool in the aviation industry; they are widely used by emergency medical personnel to transport critical patients for care, they are used by police to track criminals who are on the run in vehicles or on foot, and they are used by radio and television news crews to provide up [...] Enterprise, the rental car and airport shuttle powerhouse, recently made the announcement for plans to convert its entire fleet of buses to 20% biodiesel over the course of the next five years. They are putting the plan into action immediately with a conversion of every bus across nine of the fifty North American markets [...] It’s not only major companies like Air Canada and Air France (who both reported losses last quarter), that are suffering, pretty much every company in the aviation industry is feeling the pinch. Airlines are having to up the costs of many amenities like: checked bags, in-flight drinks and blankets to try and make up [...] Although they may be happy to have a job in the midst of a recession, American workers are increasingly unhappy with their jobs. A survey by the Conference Board research group found job satisfaction is at its lowest in 22 years. Only 45% of U.S. workers said they were satisfied with their jobs. This is [...] Economic recovery is slowly gaining traction in the U.S. but conditions are improving so slowly that job losses are not expected to recover for some time. Employment figures typically lag other recovery indicators, yet economists say higher employment is the key to full recovery. A circuitous conundrum. The bottom line is that both employers and [...] I’m too young to remember 10 cent Cokes, but I can remember when the guy at the filling station used to pump your gas and clean your windshield, no extra charge. Today, it’s self-service pumps and debit card swipes. I remember when stock boys bagged your groceries and carried them to the car for you. [...] |
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