November 1996. In the year 2001‚ Anthony Fernandes (or known as Tony Fernandes) bought the airline which is suffering a loss. It was re-established as the low cost carrier after the bought over. AirAsia’s vision is to be the largest low cost airline in Asia and serve the 3 billion people who are currently underserved with poor connectivity and high fares. Their low fare model is made possible through the implementation of the key strategies including Safety First‚ High Aircraft Utilisation‚ Low Fare‚
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to passenger traffic. Further strengthening its ASEAN network‚ the Group in December 2010 signed an agreement to establish a Philippine-based low-cost affiliate‚ which is expected to be operational by end 2011. 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
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POLITICAL ASPECTS • Political uncertainty in Malaysia with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi set to step down in March 2009. • Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to take over the ruling-coalition party‚ but with a cloud of allegations. • Political unrest in Thailand recently when anti-government protesters recently blocked flights for a week at Bangkok’s main airports. • ASEAN nations have been pushing Indonesia to scrap its Rp.1 million ‘Fiscal’ charge to all Indonesian citizens and
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Yee Mon Phu Member of Management Team Business Strategy Air Asia Revenue: 4Q 12 USD 1.62 Billion Number of employees: 8‚000+ HQ location: Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia Ownership: Listed on the Malaysian stock exchange Year founded: 2001 The company grew from two planes in 2002 to a feet of 120 aircraft fying 30 million people Vision “To be the largest low cost airline in Asia and serving 3 billion people who are currently underserved with poor connectivity and high fares.” Mission • To
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records. Information System is present to support the organizational activities. IS providing organizations with advantages as follow: * allow organization to increase market share/profit * to better negotiate with suppliers‚ to compete with competitors * help in managing/keeping records‚ organizing information‚ analyzing data * help in make a better decision Assume that you work as a Manager at IT Department in your organization and you plan to implement new system for organization/department
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the same concept in Asia. Air Asia executed the cost leadership strategy with introduced ticketless travelling‚ one type cabin‚ free seating‚ and online booking trough internet that able slash the price into 40% - 60% cheaper than regular airlines (Declanegan‚ 2012) “Now Everyone Can Fly” described AirAsia’s value. Operational effectiveness and cost advantages created efficiency go directly to end user. Customer enjoy more surplus with price falls‚ and encourage more air travel among Malaysians
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and functional”. AirAsia has achieved its title as “The World Lowest Cost Airline‚” and was also one of the world’s most profitable airlines. This report provides an analysis and evaluation of internal and external of the company. Methods of analysis includes of internal and external assessment and financial analysis. SWOT analysis provided in this report will shows the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats of AirAsia. At last of this report‚ we have provided the recommendations for AirAsia
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Case Study: Air Asia Identify the competitive advantages of Air Asia as a low cost carrier. Air Asia has a number of competitive advantages as a low cost carrier that fall into the following general categories; low cost operations‚ efficiency of operations‚ proven business model and management expertise and finally a distinctive corporate culture. Low cost operations: Air Asia has gone to great lengths to ensure all of their operational costs are kept to an absolute minimum‚ and have passed
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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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1. INTRODUCTION TO AIR ASIA 1. COMPANY BACKGROUND AirAsia Berhad was established in 1993 and began operations on 18 November 1996. It was originally founded by government owned conglomerate‚ DRB Hicom. On 2 December 2001‚ the heavily in debted airline was bought by former Time Warner executive Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit (about USD 0.26 at the time) with USD 11 million (MYR 40 million) worth of debts. Fernandes turned the company around
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