Southwest Airlines: Using Human Resources for Competitive Advantage Executive Summary Southwest was founded in 1971 with a fleet of three Boeing 737 aircraft. Headquartered at Love Field in Dallas‚ the airline followed a strategy of low fares‚ few frills‚ and excellent customer service. Early on‚ the airline faced many political and regulatory challenges including the Wright Amendment‚ which prohibited the carrier from offering direct service into Love Field from any state other than Texas
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of Southwest’s competitive advantage? Southwest Airlines’ successful and profitable business model has been driven by several strategies: high aircraft utilization; standard fleet; charismatic leadership; low fare carrier; excellent customer service practice; attractive frequent flier program; innovative and creative marketing program; performance focused organizational culture; strategic human resources management and a lean operations. Southwest fleet is made up of mainly Boeing 737 fuel
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Case Study Highlights Southwest Airlines case: 1993 (A) Behnam Tirandazi History In my opinion for operating management of a system like this three categories is important: geographic‚ economic and politic. Reason of Geographic category is locations and weather forecasting. The first thing I interested about that is location of Southwest’s corporate offices. It were located at Dallas’s Love Field. Love Field was located six miles from downtown Dallas. All Southwest flights out of Dallas originated
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Tim Smith – Four P’s (Product‚ Price‚ Place‚ and Promotion) SurveyMonkey Assignment MKT-268-W01 6 December‚ 2013 STAGE ONE: INDUSTRY COVERED - This marketing model would be based on a business that helps non-profit organizations create and implement ‘charity events’ that would help raise money for that organization. Any non-profit organization that has to gain attention and credibility within their community would be the target industry. Helping these organizations to be successful
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CEO Gary Kelly and Southwest Airlines Salvador Herrera Jr. MAN103-015-001 October 27‚ 2012 Jean Anderson In this report I am going to talk about Southwest Airlines. I will discuss the culture of Southwest Airlines‚ and how it is displayed. I will talk about the traits and skills Gary Kelly possesses that make him an effective leader. I will also identify Southwest Airlines core competencies. Southwest Airlines is well-known for its pared-down‚ unconventional model. It’s focus on on-time
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Southwest Airline Co. and Cost Accounting Southwest Airline Co. is a major passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States. Southwest provides point-to-point service which allows the use of key assets‚ including aircrafts‚ gates‚ employees‚ and the ability to provide frequent‚ conveniently- timed flights and low fares. Southwest Airlines has built its culture from the inside out and believes that the satisfied employees will keep customers coming back. Southwest
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When the airline industry getting mentioned negative thoughts and emotions rush to peoples’ mind. 9/11 was not too long ago causing a huge drop in revenues and putting many large companies to the brink of bankruptcy. High ticket prices as well as a plethora of additional fees continue to plague frequent air travelers. However amongst all the chaos and disarray‚ one company continued to show profits and wow its customers. Every year since 1973 Southwest Airlines has continued to be profitable where
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Satisfaction Levels between Southwest Airline Customers and Delta Airline Customers Executive Summary Success for commercial airline companies is determined by their profit and their profitability is increased by making the most of satisfying their customers and retaining loyalty. Survey results in 2007 indicated that “airlines have work to do to improving customer satisfaction‚” (AP‚ 2007). Delta Airlines ranked among the lowest and Southwest Airlines ranked among the highest in the
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discussing airlines‚ one small but powerful name stands out; Southwest Airlines. This airline positions itself as different for a number of reasons. The most logical is that they are the only short haul‚ low-fare‚ high-frequency‚ point to point carrier in America. The airline flies to fifty eight cities in thirty states and they offer numerous flights to the same cities each day. This makes them very convenient for travelers. Southwest Airlines also values their employees very much. The airline prides
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Ireland and Gatwick Airport‚ the second busiest airport in London after Heathrow. Later on‚ regulatory authorities permitted the Ryanair Airlines to have at least four flying flights a day on Dublin-London route‚ with more seating capacity. Nowadays‚ Ryanair‚ with its rapid growth‚ occupies the most sought position in its own field‚ being "Britain’s favorite airline" and the oldest-low cost air carrier in Europe. The goal of my internal analysis on Ryanair is to focus on resources and capabilities
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