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Week 2 - Summary of Readings and References
Week 2 - Summary of Readings and References
Please make a point of focusing on these readings/articles/videos for this week’s topic:
2. The Routledge Companion to Air Transport Management by Nigel Halpern & Anne
Graham:-
Articles:
Choosing financial Key Performance Indicators: the Airline Industry case (May 2011) -
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260357466_Choosing_financial_Key_Performance_Indic
ators_the_Airline_Industry_case
Articles:
The economics of airline financial performance and wider economic benefits_Brian Pearce (6 April
2018) - https://www.iata.org/en/iata-repository/publications/economic-reports/the-economics-of-
airline-financial-performance--wider-benefits/
Videos:
The following series of short videos, review how to read airline financial statements and do
basic financial analysis. It looks at the income statement, the balance sheet, and the cash
flow statement and covers metrics such as ROIC, EBITDA, and free cash flow. It is useful to
help you to either reinforce or refresh these concepts, without having to spend a great deal
of time re-reading up on it.
Similarly, the following series of short videos is also useful as it covers key airline financial
concepts and terminology:
Airline Profit and Main Costs - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jF2IHa9CEIw