AirAsia current issues The leading low fare airline in the Asia – AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since 2001‚ to become an award winning and the largest low cost carrier in Asia. With a fleet of 72 aircrafts‚ AirAsia flies to over 61 domestic and international destinations with 108 routes‚ and operates over 400 flights daily from hubs located in Malaysia‚ Thailand and Indonesia. To date‚ AirAsia has flown over 55 million guests across the region and continues to spread its wings to create more
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Air Asia Berhad Background Founded : 1993 Hubs : Kuala Lumpur International Airport Secondary hubs: * Kota Kinabalu International Airport * Senai International Airport * Penang International Airport Subsidiaries: * Thai AirAsia * Indonesia AirAsia * VietJet AirAsia * AirAsia RedTix Fleet size : 103 (+ 121 orders) Destinations : 70 in 19 countries Company slogan : Now Everyone Can Fly Parent company : Tune Group Headquarters Registered office : Petaling Jaya‚ Selangor
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INTRODUCTION Air Asia Berhad was set up by Dato’ Tony Fernandes in 2001. In December 2001‚ Dato’ Tony Fernandes along with Dato’ Pahamin Ab. Rajab (Chairman‚ AirAsia)‚ Dato’ Kamarudin bin Meranun (Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer‚ AirAsia) and Abdul Aziz bin Abu Bakar (Director‚ AirAsia) formed a partnership and set up Tune Air Sdn Bhd (Tune Air)‚ an airline holding company then bought over AirAsia from government-owned conglomerate DRB-Hicom on December 2‚ 2001 which Air Asia was originally
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Porter’s 5 forces analysis on Air Asia 1. Threat of new Entrants The extent of barriers to entry depends on the strength of: Customer has little brand loyalty. If consumers of Air asia do not have brand loyalty‚ then the strength of the threat of new entrants is very high. The high numbers of competitors in the industry also decrease Air asia’s customer loyalty. Most of the travelers prefer low cost. New competitors which want to come in the industry have to spend little to compete
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Company overview: Air Asia After acquiring Air Asia from the Malaysian government in 2002‚ Tony Fernandes completely altered the business model of its previous owners and re-established the company with just 3 air planes. Owing debts of about 11 million U.S‚ this move was very risky; however by offering low cost prices‚ the company was able to attract sufficient travellers. After acquisition‚ 5 years later Air Asia became renowned globally as the least expensive airline in terms of cost per seat
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Analysis of the External Environment of Business In today’s highly competitive market‚ businesses must be aware of the environment in which they operate and the external factors that influence them. These factors can affect the main internal factors of the business and its objectives or marketing strategies. The external environment is rarely stable and many of the external forces can change quickly and dramatically and are usually beyond a firm’s control. Although some external factors can
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Hongliang Wang 7/24/2014 Does eBay deal effectively with its external environment? First of all‚ I want to separate the eternal environment to three parts‚ one is eBay’s American external environment‚ one is European and Australian external environment and another one is eBay’s international external environment. In my opinion‚ eBay’s was good at dealing effectively with American and European and Australian external environment. The reason is eBay’s creator Pierre Omidyar and his wife found
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EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS There are 7 external environmental factors. They are political‚ economic‚ sociocultural‚ technology‚ customers‚ competitors and suppliers. Each of these factors have a great impact to an organization. They offer both opportunities and treats to organization. POLITICAL factors refer to the relationship between a business and a government. Every organization must spend a great time and money to meet with governmental regulation. ECONOMIC factors refer to the conditions
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discussing uncertain and dynamic external environments and if they require more effective application of analytical tools and framework and to what extent they do. The external environment refers to the range of factors that influence the operation and performance of an organisation that happens out-with the organisation which they have limited control over and by applying analytical tools and framework they try to prepare themselves best for what may come. As the environment is constantly uncertain and
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External Environment: Opportunities and Threats for JetBlue Airway Societal environment After September 2001‚ air travel decreased sharply and major airline companies had lost the money. This makes those airline companies to increase the debt by tapping their credit lines and/or issuing bonds. These actions were vital to help the carriers survive the dramatic decline in passenger levels and fares‚ and the sharp increase in losses‚ but left most of the major airlines burdened with huge debt
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