Set Up to Fail: Charter Passenger Airlines and the Civil Reserve Air Fleet

Abstract

The charter passenger airlines which participate in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet (CRAF) supply ninety percent of all Department of Defense (DOD) passenger airlift because the DOD has not invested in its own organic passenger aircraft. In the past decade, the charter passenger airlines have experienced an erosion of their commercial business base due to competition from low-cost carriers as well as larger airlines seeking to bolster flagging revenues by expanding into the vacation markets once dominated by the charter passenger airlines. As DOD requirements diminish with the conclusion of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn, the future solvency of these airlines and their ability to support DOD CRAF commitments is in doubt.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 21, 2011
Accession Number
AD1030803

Entities

People

  • Charles J. Metzgar

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Engineered Resilient Systems
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Afghanistan Conflict
  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Commerce
  • Contractors
  • Department Of Defense
  • Economics
  • Governments
  • Iraqi-War
  • Market Economy
  • Money
  • National Security
  • Passenger Aircraft
  • Transport Aircraft
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • United States Transportation Command

Fields of Study

  • Business

Readers

  • Aerospace logistics and air mobility.
  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Strategic Security Studies