passengers to establish its own niche market due to the demise of Tan Sri Yahaya Ahmad and financial crisis. Hence‚ AirAsia was heavily indebted. In 2001‚ Tony Fernandes’s company‚Tune Air Sdn Bhd bought this airline from DRB-Hicom with estimation of RM 40 million debts. There are many continuous transformations that Air Asia makes in order to become outstanding‚ to accomplish its strategic mission and vision and maintain sustainability in the industry. Using the catchy and effective slogan of "Now everyone
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be achieved by maximizing passenger number per flight • MAS‚ under Idris Jala cut several unpopular flight routes due to irregular number of passengers and increased number of flights in high demand routes to cut unnecessary expenses and costs • Air Asia benefits from the lowest flight cost‚ USD$0.02 ASK* (Southwest Airline [US LCC] – USD$0.04‚ MAS - $0.41‚ Cathay Pacific $0.59) b. Technological Change i. Technology is a key determinant however change is not very rapid ii. Releases of new aircraft
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cultural‚ political and economic factors. However‚ these factors may vary depending with the company. In this study case of Air Asia‚ low price was the smartest marketing strategy Air Asia used. The company has done its research and found that there were a huge mass middle-class people that love to travel by plain. They targeted these people and offered them convenient and affordable air travel experience. By this approach‚ the company has satisfied its slogan “Now everyone can fly”. Second factors in
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Air Asia A. Introduction 1. Objective and scope This paper will analyze the internal and external environment of Air Asia and will look into how it uses Management Information System ( MIS )‚ specifically its online reservation system to gain competitive advantage. And also discuss why and how important is MIS to Air Asia in running its business. 2. The Important of MIS Low Cost Carriers (LCC) business model is based on no frills service. This means that cost savings is a critical success factor
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Ryanair emphasize those strategies in order to differentiate themselves from a large number of low-cost providers in their highly competitive and relatively saturated American and European markets‚ respectively. On the other hand‚ AirAsia is an imitator in a market with limited competition and growing demand from a previously nonexistent market segment. AirAsia chose to be centered on cost leadership. According to Porter’s generic strategies (1985)‚ one of the generic strategies is the cost leadership
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SWOT : AIR ASIA Strengths 1. low cost operation 2. target mass customers 3. efficiency workforce 4. Staffs have multi skill to do their job. 5. single type fleet to service the customer‚ it easies to maintenance. 6. lowest fare more than others. 7. Sell the ticket direct to the customer. Weakness 1. Limited service to the customer. 2. charge every things except the ticket 3. A lot of competitor. 4. Brand positioning lower than other brand. 5
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help to build the future airlines successfully. The emergence of the Internet in the mid1990s as well as the development of Intranets and Extranets forced airlines to refocus their strategy on technological innovations in order to enhance their competitiveness. (Buhalis 2004). AirAsia believes in the low fare business concept and feels that keeping cost low requires high efficiency. The major threat and challenges which AirAsia is facing right now are competitive environment due to industry rivalry
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The quest to democratise air travel began when Tune Air Sdn. Bhd. – founded in 2001 by Dato’ Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes‚ Dato’ Pahamin Ab. Rajab‚ Dato’ Kamarudin Meranun and Dato’ Aziz Bakar - bought over the loss-making‚ debt-riddled AirAsia from HI COM Holdings Berhad (now DRB-HICOM Berhad) for a token sum of RM1. The enterprising group quickly settled the airline’s debts and set about rebranding and relaunching AirAsia as a low-fare carrier. The Group’s entire business model centres around a low-cost
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Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit. Fernandes proceeded to engineer a remarkable turnaround‚ turning a profit in 2002 and launching new routes from its hub in Kuala Lumpur International Airport at breakneck speed‚ undercutting former monopoly operator Malaysia Airlines with promotional fares as low as RM1 (US $0.27). AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since 2001‚ to become an award winning and the largest low cost carrier in Asia. Organization A new budget
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Links: below). Air Asia is currently the largest and the most successful budget airline in the whole of Southeast Asia‚ pioneered by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes. He privately bought Air Asia‚ then an ailing government-linked airline and turned it around as a no-frills budget airline until it was profitable and publicly listed. Possibly the only
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