Air Asia: Strategic management report Intoduction Air Asia was founded in 1993 and has since grown to be one of the biggest airlines in the world. It initially operated in Malaysia and currently operates in over 25 countries (Ricart and Wang 2005). It began operations in October 1996‚ operating out of Kuala Lumpur as its central location (Ricart and Wang 2005). The airline was bought by Tune Air in 2001 for one ringgit‚ the equivalent of 0.26 US cents‚ at a time when the company had $10.5 million
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Chapter 13 Communicating Customer Value: Personal Selling and Direct Marketing GENERAL CONTENT: Multiple-Choice Questions 1. These employees are well-educated‚ well-trained professionals who work to build and maintain long-term customer relationships by listening to their customers‚ assessing customer needs‚ and organizing the company’s efforts to solve customer problems. Who are these employees? a. Managers. b. Missionary salespeople. c. Salespeople.
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left his executive position in Warner Music. This proved to be the turning point for the Malaysian airline industry. With the help of Conor McCarthy‚ the Irish low cost carrier Ryanair’s former director‚ a new business model for AirAsia was developed. The low cost carrier (“LCC”) model involves providing a no-frills flight offering‚ which involves cutting off value added services such as in-flight meals‚ allocated seating‚ and in-flight entertainment. This cost reduction is then passed on to customers
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Marketing Principles Assignment one Air Asia Section 101 Ibrahim K. Al-Zuwaid 200800196 Company Case Q. What are the micro and macro environmental factors that have contributed to the early success of Air Asia? Micro factors: 1. Fernandes (the CEO of Air Asia) contributed heavily to the success of Air Asia. He was seen working alongside with the employees as a baggage hander to get to know his staff members and to listen to the customer’s wants and needs. Mr. Fernandes
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Group 2 Michelle De Jesus Beatrix Evangelista Keisha Dawn Flores April Danielle Marquez Korina Robles Nicole Zulueta Company Case (AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit) 1. What are the micro and macro environmental factors that have contributed to the early success of AirAsia? Micro Environmental Factors CEO Tony Fernandes – a strong believer in “leading by example”‚ he works alongside his team that allows him to get to know them better. Partners – although AirAsia has limited resources‚ it has
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low-cost carrier. 1.0 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 1.1 Industry Identification AirAsia belongs to the airline industry. Competition in the airline industry is very intense and is growing rapidly together with the increase in demand for budget fares across Asia. The different airlines are making use of several strategies to compete with one another in the airline industry and it is crucial for airline companies to identify their competitive advantages so as to be able to achieve profits and brand equity globally
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determine strengths and weaknesses of the industry. Those five forces are now used to determined Air Asia’s strengths and weaknesses which are shown as below: Threat of Entry There is a high barrier entering airlines industry since it requires high capital to set up everything such as purchase or lease air craft‚ set up office‚ hire staffs‚ and etc. Thus‚ this has reduced the treat to Air Asia. Moreover‚ brand awareness is quite important in this industry. Thus‚ to enter this industry not
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Air Asia Background AirAsia is one of the award winning and largest low fare airlines in the Asia expanding rapidly since 2001. 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. Today‚ AirAsia has flown over 55 million guests across the region and continues to create more extensive route network through its associate companies. AirAsia believes
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Doing Business in Asia Dennet R Watson INB-300-9574-International Business February 12‚2013 Robert Wengrzyn Doing Business in Asia Expansion of businesses into Asia has become popular with a lot of companies. In the article‚ “US Companies Head to Asia”; the author describes the reason for expansion and the success of several prosperous companies (Basar‚ 2011). Doing Business in Asia Anyone interested in doing business in Asia should definitely begin their research by visiting the website
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regarding AirAsia- World’s best low-cost airline was conducted in order to investigate the company. The main objective for this assignment is to evaluate the effectiveness of existing market mix which were being employed on the target segments of the business and followed by some useful suggestions to solve those obstacles. In order to accomplish the objective stated above‚ we made an effort by investigating the company’s background so that we know more about the company which will help us in our further
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