Ryanair’s average flight represents just 442 miles which is the equivalent of average length of passenger haul. This is a relatively small number that can be explained by the fact that Ryanair does not offer transatlantic flights‚ but focuses exclusively on routes between Ireland‚ the UK and Continental Europe. If one divides the number of employees at period end by the employees per aircraft served at period end one receives the number of airplanes‚ in this case 41‚38 airplanes. Furthermore one
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Europe. The market share leader is Ryanair. Important competitors are EasyJet‚ Air Berlin and the two smaller airlines: Norwegian Airlines and Wizz air. Also Aer Lingus can be seen as a competitor‚ despite the share of Ryanair in the carrier. Due to the economic recession opportunities for budget carriers increased. By mid-2009‚ budget airlines accounted for over 35% of scheduled intra-European traffic. Different players on the low-cost airline market Ryanair is an low-cost carrier‚ positioned
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focused on a S.W.A.T. analysis on Ryanair‚ was fully based on internet web sites. For full information‚ refer to the bibliography at the end of he report. 3. Findings 3.1 Strengths a. Leadership in the low-cost sector • “Ryanair was Europe’s original low fares airline and is still Europe’s largest low fares carrier. Currently the company carries over 35m. passengers on 325 low fare routes across 21 European countries”( Ryanair). As a matter of fact Ryanair is currently the largest low-cost company
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Power (one of Porter’s Five Forces) Buyer Power Definition Porter’s Five Forces of buyer bargaining power refers to the pressure consumers can exert on businesses to get them to provide higher quality products‚ better customer service‚ and lower prices. When analyzing the bargaining power of buyers‚ the industry analysis is being conducted from the perspective of the seller. According to Porter’s 5 forces industry analysis framework‚ buyer power is one of the forces that shape the competitive structure
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Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place to another. Although this is a simple definition‚ when we think about how we may communicate the subject becomes a lot more complex. There are various categories of communication and more than one may occur at any time. The different categories of communication are spoken or verbal communication‚ face-to-face‚ telephone‚ radio or television and other media. Non-verbal communication: body language‚ gestures‚ how we dress
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Individual report (20%): What are the strategic choices for Ryanair? a) The choice of business positioning relative to competitors. b) The choice of strategic directions to pursue. c) Evaluate the reactions of key stakeholders regarding the strategy of Ryanair bid for Aer Lingus. -The business report should be précised. - Length is 2‚000 words (1‚800 to 2‚200) plus 10% deviation. Too brief or too long will be penalized. You need to indicate the words count at the front page of your report.
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Nova School of Business and Economics 2012/2013 DOGFIGHT OVER EUROPE: RYANAIR Case Study This set of questions refers to Version (A): 1. Which kind of customers was Ryanair trying to attract when‚ in 1999‚ Michael O’Leary took charge of the firm? Those with a low price elasticity of demand or those with a high price elasticity of demand? Explain. Considering that we are talking about the same product‚ in an industry with many firms‚ where producers and consumers know all quoted prices
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MGT 472; Strategic Mgt. Ryanair Case Study 1.) What are the characteristics of the European aviation environment at the time of the case? (20 points) When Ryanair was established in April of 1986‚ there were many factors to consider in order to properly assess their current environment. In order to attain a firm grasp of their current atmosphere‚ we must delve deeply into its external‚ general‚ industrial‚ and competitive facets. European aviation at the time was dealing with different
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carriers. 5. Target market was fare conscious customers who otherwise wouldn’t have travelled by air. 2. How do you expect Aer Lingus and British Airways to respond? There could be 4 ways to respond: 1. Start price war with Ryanair by immediately reducing AL and BA prices: unsustainable due to high overheads. 2. Gradual cost cutting (staff reduction‚ less customer service‚ less perks‚ lower quality travel‚ outsourcing of services‚ etc.) to bring pricing structure in line with Ryanair: without
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opportunities‚ it is also essential to analyze the internal environment of the company‚ to identified the types of activities that form the production process. An analysis tool that helps identify what are the key activities of the production process of Ryanair and which are auxiliary or complementary is the analysis of the value chain (value chain). The value chain‚ in fact‚ lets to consider the enterprise as a system of value-generating activities. This value is defined as the price that the consumer is
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