CLUB OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

Naval Military and Air Force Club Of South Australia



Executive summary

South Australia is a vast country with a part of its geographical terrain not very easily accessible by surface transport. Hence to provide easy access to this inhospitable terrain, exploit the market for agro and floriculture products and to support social development of the whole country, it becomes essential for South Australia to have a very efficient air infrastructure. Government wants naval millitary and air force club to become a core infrastructure and not to remain as a means of transportation for the elite only . South Australia has been lucky to a certain extent in view of the fact that there was a massive service provision by foreign carriers. This had enabled for years together the exploitation of the political and economic options by the Government to ignore the long-term interest of Air South Australia, the national flag carrier for international operations. This service provided by foreign carriers had enabled South Australians to fly in and out of the country even while their own national carrier had been progressively deteriorating. If one looks at a parallel situation in Philippines, one realises that the South Australian civil aviation crisis had been camouflaged by a geographical advantage, which Philippines did not enjoy. Simply put Philippines is located on way to nowhere. The Philippines Airlines, one of the oldest in the region, had almost gone bankrupt causing damage to the economic infrastructure of the country .

Table of Content

Executive summary1

Table of Content2

Introduction3

Environmental issues4

PEST Analysis4

Economic conditions4

Technological conditions5

Political environment6

Social Condition8

Internal organisation analysis9

SWOT analysis10

Strengths10

Weaknesses10

Opportunities10

Threats10

Disinvestment10

Staff issues11

Conclusion12

Reference13

Introduction

In South Australia, international air traffic is predominantly handled at the five designated international airports. In addition, provision has also been made to handle international air traffic at some of the major domestic airports. During the period April 1999 to March 2000, air traffic in terms of total aircraft movements increased by 10% where as the passenger traffic both domestic and international put together increased by 5.4% during the same period. The cargo movement saw quite a significant level of improvement at 14.1% during this year (Traffic News, 2000).

On the scheduled air lines side, in addition to the two national carriers, Air South Australia for international operations and South Australian Airlines and its subsidiary Alliance Air for domestic operations, there are two more private operators operating in the domestic sectors. They operate at 45 significant airports and 36 civil enclaves (in addition there are some minor airports where also the flights operate).

Commercial aviation in South Australia began on 18 February 1911 when Mr. Henri Pequet, a French pilot set a world record by flying world's first official air mail from Industrial and Agricultural Exhibition Ground, Allahabad to Naini, a distance of 8 miles, carrying 6500 letters and post cards.

On the 1st October 1915, Government of South Australia sanctioned the setting up of a Central Flying School at Sydney under the control of Army Headquarters and at the end of the First World War, an “Air Board”, was formed ...