AERO 2058 – Airline Operations

Management

Report Writing Advice

SP5, 2018
 Report Guidance and Advice PDF

 A PDF has been developed to

help you with planning and
writing your report.

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site for a copy.

16 pages…
 Assessment 1: Overview & Guidance

 Topic: Create a new route for a current airline

 Word Count: 1,500 words (+/- 10%)
 Due Date: Monday 27th August 2018 – by 11pm (Week 6)
 Structure/Format: Academic Report
Exec.  Title Page
Summary
is placed  List of Abbreviations or Acronyms [Optional]
between
the Title  List of Tables & Figures
Page and
Table of
 Executive Summary
Contents  Table of Contents
 Introduction
 Main Body
 Conclusion NO Recommendations are needed here
Assessment 1: Structure is King and Queen

 Please remember that for this report –

STRUCTURE IS KING AND QUEEN

 No student will get a Distinction or a High

Distinction if their report is poorly structured
and lacks the expected structural elements
 Report vs Essay

 Reports and Essays differ:

Source: http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/write/report.jsp
Writing a Report

 Writing a report…

 Business reports tend to have Executive

Summaries, while scientific, academic
and technical reports often have
Abstracts

 The report should have an Executive

Summary

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 Assessment 1: Referencing

 Please APA referencing

 List of References or References or

Reference List starting on a separate
page at the end (although
Appendices; Appendix 1, 2, 3, etc.
come afterwards if used)
 Alphabetical order
 Only those used in the report

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 Assessment 1: Executive Summary

Executive summary
 An executive summary is a paragraph that provides the
reader with a quick overview of the entire report,
including its purpose, context, methods, major findings,
conclusions and recommendations.
 It is often easier to write the executive summary once
the report has been completed.
 This is placed on a separate page between the title
page and the table of contents. This may often be the
only part of the report that is actually read.
 See Queensland University of Technology (QUT):
http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/write/report.jsp
 Assessment 1 : Core Elements

 Beyond the core structure (Exec. Summary, Intro,

Main Body & Conclusion) your report should
cover the following:
 The new route including airport codes
 The aircraft type along with number of aircraft to
be added to the fleet
 Forecast likely demand (e.g. look at things like
directional and seasonal demand, business versus
leisure travellers, wider network benefits, etc.)
 The key rationale/s for adding this new route

 Select elements of SWOT and/or PESTE and/or

Porter’s five forces to help scaffold and guide your
report’s structure and focus
OPTIONAL
Assessment 1: Brainstorming to Typing

Steps to Assignment Success:

1. To develop any university assignment, you need to read,
read and read some more on the chosen or allocated topic
area
2. Brainstorm (and record/highlight) ideas, issues, debates and
key concepts
3. Plan and Structure: Develop a scaffold or plan covering how
you will structure your assignment
4. Start typing your first draft, leaving the conclusion (and
executive summary) to last