Introduction Singapore Airlines (SIA) has developed into one of the most respected travel brands around the world. Its mission statement: "Singapore Airlines is a global company dedicated to providing air transportation services of the highest quality and to maximizing returns for the benefit of its shareholders and employees". Singapore Airlines has grown from a regional airline into one of the world ’s leading carriers. They have a young‚ efficient fleet‚ an educated staff attuned to quality‚
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aircraft fuel price increases‚ wages‚ work rules and work patterns‚ chapter 11 bankruptcy airlines‚ excess capacity‚ a very capital intensive business and too many years as regulated airlines. In fact‚ during the Gulf war and recession in 1990-92‚ it took them four years to return to profit‚ even though traffic recovered within a year. The industry experienced a profit slump. From 1994 to 1997‚ airlines have had to recognize the need for radical change to ensure their survival and prosperity‚
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Southwest Airlines 2008 Introduction : While the airline industry in the USA has not made thriving financial headlines‚ Southwest Airlines has emerged as a successful organization. It has been able to make profit consistently and has sustained itself through difficult situations like recession‚ energy crisis‚ and September 11 terrorist attacks. Problem Statement : The problem under consideration here is: How can Southwest Airlines achieve a sustainable growth in future in spite of increasing
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pilots‚ technicians and other service providers. 3) Morning flights are usually unavailable. 4) Only one class of seating is offered. 5) Operates mainly its own booking service‚ booking flights is not available except directly through Southwest Airlines. 6) Can only carry a limited amount of cargo and freight. 2.3 Opportunities 1) Further expansion in the international market. Pursuing code-sharing deals with
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Conduct a strategic planning analysis of Kulula.com by critically evaluating the following strategic concerns: What are the importance attributes and the positions of the airlines within the South African domestic and international passenger airline industry? What are the Key success factors in the low-cost airline industries? (40 marks) Would the marketing strategy still be appropriate or would certain aspects of it need to be modified as kulula.com became more established and the
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Introduction Case studies Learning excellence: Southwest Airlines’ approach Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes The authors Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes are based at the University of South Alabama‚ Mobile‚ AL‚ USA. Abstract In an era in which adapting to change means survival‚ it is important to study what successful organizations have done. While the airline industry in the USA has not made thriving financial headlines‚ one small company has been able to satisfy its customers completely
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Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines has long been one of the stand-out performers in the U.S. airline industry. It is famous for its low fares which are often some 30% lower than those of its major rivals. These are balanced by an even lower course structure‚ enabling it to record superior profitability even in bad years such as 2002‚ when the industry faced slumping demand in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Indeed‚ from 2001 to 2005‚ quite possibly the worst 4 years in the
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Proposal to avoid managerial derailment and failure Southwest Airlines strict adherence to its mission to provide the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and company spirit is a key factor to the company’s success (About Southwest Airlines Co‚ 2013). The airlines ability to commit to employees to provide them with a stable work environment that ensures equal opportunity for learning and personal growth. Southwest prides itself on
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leadership While the other airlines in the industry purchased rivals‚ flew different models of planes and tried to offer costly services‚ Indigo stuck to single model planes with a reputation of being a no frills airline. Indigo has stuck to operating the world’s largest selling single-aisle aircraft‚ the Airbus A320. This has helped the airlines to not just survive the economic slump in the industry but infact to post profits year-on-year end. Capacity utilization of IndiGo airlines fleet The utilization
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Situation Following the Deregulation in 1978‚ a competitive price war ensued among the airline industry as a direct result of the new freedom for airlines to set their own fares as well as route entry and exits. This gave rise to the operating structure of the airlines as it exists today‚ consisting of the point-to-point system and the hub and spoke system. With this came the change of focus for major airlines to non-stop‚ cross-country routes in densely populated cities‚ which‚ in a regulated environment
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