Crisis on Air Transportation: Case Studies.

Transportation companies comprise a big risk because of its homogeneous structure and can be affected very quickly from any negative events occurring in the world. In particular, crises seen as a major threat for the transportation companies and an imminent threat can cause great harm to these companies. Therefore, transportation companies must be prepared to deal with the crisis, learn from the lessons and this should turn into a learning resource. This study is aimed to analyse of crisis management practices on the air transportation. This research adopts the case study approach to test the current state of crisis management on the air transportation. The methodology of the study is determined as descriptive analysis. In the first part of the study, crisis and crisis management were defined. The second part of the study includes the methodology of the study, the reactions of airline companies towards the crisis and lessons learnt from the crisis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]