Impact of Qatar Crisis on British Airways

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Dynamic Aviation Environment
Toolkit
A Chosen organisation
Choose one airline/airport affected by the crisis and provide a brief justification for your
choice.
Your focus throughout the assignment will be on the organisation chosen so make sure
you can access information related to it. If you choose an airport, be aware that financial
information may be more difficult to access and this may alter the approach required in
Task E. Your justification should be brief and should focus more on the organisation’s
relevance to the diplomatic crisis under consideration rather than availability of
information (100 words max.).
British Airway is the banner transporter aircraft of the UK. Qatar airways are working in
partnership with the British airways with the motive to provide great choice and experience
to its customers (Arabali and et.al., 2017). This association was fused in 1974 and is settled
in London, England. It is the second biggest UK based transporter, based and armada size
and travellers conveyed, behind simple fly. This aircraft organization was made in 1974
after a British Airways Board was joined through the British government to administrate
the two nationalized carrier foundations, British Overseas Airways Corporation and British
European Airways and two territorial aircrafts. This firm work its business globally in
different number of country and there are approx. in excess of 50,000 workers make their
commitment in maintaining the matter of big business in more created way. In current
time, this business is facing diplomatic crisis or issue in light of the fact that due this issue
they are facing problem with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Egypt
where these counties have banned the Qatar registered airplanes (Prather and Steele, 2015).
B Current trends in aviation
Based on the given data sets, determine the nature of current trends in the aviation sector.
You have three sets of data to consider, each represented by a table. These are given below:
Table 1: Passenger numbers (by year) in key airports across the Middle East
2016 2017 2018
Dubai (DXB) 83,654,250 88,242,099 89,149,387
Hamad (DOH) 37,322,843 35,867,752 35,400,000
King Abdulaziz (JED) 31,322,843 33,917,282 41,200,000
Abu Dhabi (AUH) 24,482,119 23,760,561 22,010,866
Riyadh (RUH) 23,400,000 25,038,000 26,772,525
(Source: ACI)

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Table 2: Traffic results for key airlines in Middle East, 2018
RPKs (m) % change ASKs (m) % change LF (%) Pax (m) % change
Emirates 299,967 2.7 390,582 3.6 76.8 58.6 0.2
Qatar 154,080 5.5 231,094 13.5 67.0 29.5 1.0
Etihad 84,269 -6.7 110,300 -4.1 76.4 17.8 -4.3
Saudia 68,500 8.4 102,000 8.0 67.2 34.0 8.3
Oman 25,033 14.0 31,656 7.7 79.1 9.5 10.6
(Source: Airline Business)
Table 3: Airline industry profitability and traffic, by region, 2018-20
2018 2019 2020 (Forecast)
Africa
Net post-tax profit ($
bn)
-0.1 -0.3 -2.0
- Per passenger ($) -1.09 -2.67 -42.02
RPK growth (%) 8.0% 4.5% -58.5%
ASK growth (%) 7.5% 4.2% -50.4%
Asia-Pacific
Net post-tax profit ($
bn)
6.1 4.9 -29.0
- Per passenger ($) 3.74 2.92 -30.09
RPK growth (%) 7.0% 4.8% -53.8%
ASK growth (%) 6.8% 4.5% -39.2%
Middle East
Net post-tax profit ($
bn)
-1.5 -1.5 -4.8
- Per passenger ($) -6.69 -6.75 -37.03
RPK growth (%) 7.0% 2.3% -56.1%
ASK growth (%) 4.9% 0.1% -46.1%
Latin America
Net post-tax profit ($
bn)
-0.8 -0.7 -4.0
- Per passenger ($) -2.78 -2.24 -27.83
RPK growth (%) 8.0% 4.1% -57.4%
ASK growth (%) 7.5% 3.0% -43.3%
N America
Net post-tax profit ($
bn)
14.5 17.4 -23.1
- Per passenger ($) 14.66 16.95 -38.95
RPK growth (%) 3.5% 3.9% -52.6%
ASK growth (%) 3.4% 2.9% -35.2%
Europe
Net post-tax profit ($
bn)
9.1 6.5 -21.5

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- Per passenger ($) 7.94 5.42 -34.39
RPK growth (%) 6.0% 4.3% -56.4%
ASK growth (%) 5.5% 3.6% -42.9%
(Source: IATA)
Note: % change represents the change between the figures for the year shown and the
ones for the year previously, expressed as a percentage of the previous year’s figure.
Higher values represent stronger growth; negative values show a decline.
So, e.g. in Table 2, the % change in the RPK figure for Emirates is given as 2.7%. This
means that RPKs grew between 2017 and 2018 by 2.7%. In Table 3, RPK growth for the
Middle East in 2018 was 7.0%. This tells us that that across the region, RPKs grew by this
amount between 2017 and 2018.
Consider each set of data and comment on the trends depicted (250 words max.)
From the above characterized chart and visual correspondence or table 1, it very well may
be presumed that in 2017 the amplification and development in number of travelers in
Dubai in contrast with last 2016 as in 2016 the quantity of travelers is 83,654, 250 and in
2017 the figure is 88,242,099. Further, in 2019, it is developing, and the number is
89,149,387. Additionally, in King Abdulziz and Riyadh, the quantity of travelers is created
in contrast with their past 2016 years to 2017 and 2018. In any case, it tends to be broke
down that in Hamad and Abu Dubai, the quantity of travelers is diminished as contrast with
2016 and afterward 2017 and less in 2018.
Structure the table 2, it tends to be viewed as that the in Middle East, 2018, the RPKs level
of Emirates is developed by 2.7% from 2017. The level of ASK is developed by 3.6%.
Essentially, in Qatar, Saudia and Oman, the level of RPKs and ASKs is expanded by 5.5,
8.4, 14 and 13.5. 8 and 7.7% individually. Though in Etihad, the RPKs rate is diminished
and it is - 6.7 and the ASKs is - 4.1.
Structure the table 3, it tends to be distinguished that in Africa district, RPKs and ASKs
development rate is 8 and 4.5% and 7.5 and 4.2% separately and in 2020, the gauge of
them is - 58.5% and - 50.4 % individually. Essentially, in Asia Pacific district, N America
is created in type of RPKs and ASKs rates while in Middle East, Latin America and
Europe, the rates of RPKs and ASKs is limited.
C Definitional analysis
Carry out a definitional analysis of the term ‘geopolitical’ using 3 appropriate sources.
(The maximum number of words for Task C is 250.)
Firstly, find 3 appropriate sources to carry out this analysis. Present the details of each

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source according to UCB referencing guidelines. (Remember, the guidelines vary
depending on the nature of the source.)
Secondly, complete the table below to show 3 definitions of ‘geopolitical’ (one from each
source) and some key points relating to the term.
Author (year) Definition Key points
Daniel H. Deudney, 2020 Geographic affairs is the
examination of the
geographic effects on
power connections in
worldwide relations. The
word international relations
was initially begat through
the Swedish political
specialist Rudolf Kjellen
about the turn of the
twentieth century, and it use
spread all through Europe
in the Period among World
Wars I and second and
came into universally use
during the last mentioned.
In contemporary debilitate,
international relations has
been generally utilized in
light of the fact that a free
equivalent word for
worldwide legislative
issues.
Geographic is the assurance
of the geographic effects
which is looked by a
business.
Andreas Haggman, 2019 The way to comprehension
and moderating
international dangers is an
all encompassing
perspective on the danger
scene. By deciding working
references by different focal
points, for example,
singular, business strength,
venture, digital, notoriety
and climate and
environment a whole range
It is a primary affirmation
of relieving international
danger which is looked by
business of different areas
like avionics and a lot more
just as impacted by it in
ominous way (Quilty,
2018).
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