Access and excel both have been used widely in different area of different types of work. My classmates already have mentioned many eras; there are another area of use is how do airlines use access and excel. One is databased program and another is spreadsheet program. They use access to schedule their 365 days of plan that are regional forecasting, elaboration of transport,regional splits within sectors, assumption of new survives, new activities by existing carriers as well as new carrier activities, disseminated to a planning days of schedule, traffic forecasting,airline schedule , average passenger per flight within each region, hub based activity levels.
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