gaining additional recognition and market share is consistent with owner Tony Fernades’ company goal; however‚ the strategy changes required to be a successful long-haul airline significantly differ from and conflict with its current resource base (i.e. aircraft types‚ hubs‚ employee skills) and core competencies and capabilities (i.e. cost and efficiency optimization/utilization) as a low-cost carrier (LCC) airline. Analysis The airline industry as a whole is quite competitive with multiple players
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A Cost Leadership Strategy is based on the concept that you can produce and market a good quality product or service at a lower cost than your competitors. These low costs should translate to profit margins that are higher than the industry average. Some of the conditions that should exist to support a cost leadership strategy include an on-going availability of operating capital‚ good process engineering skills‚ close management of labor‚ products designed for ease of manufacturing and low cost distribution
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Cost leadership Strategy Strategy used by businesses to create a low cost of operation within their niche. The use of this strategy is primarily to gain an advantage over competitors by reducing operation costs below that of others in the same industry. For example‚ The Swedish furniture retailer Ikea revolutionized the furniture industry by offering cheap but stylish furniture. Ikea is able to keep its prices low by sourcing its products in low-wage countries and by offering a very basic level
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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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It were also recognized as ‘Asia’s Leading Airline’ and the ‘Best Airline in SoutheastAsia’( Malaysian Airline System Berhad‚ 2011). MASkargo meanwhile was recognized as the ‘Best Air CargoCarrier in Asia’ at the 2009 while Malaysian Aerospace Engineering(MAE)‚ Repair and Overhaul (MRO) arm wasawarded the ‘2009 Best Asia-Pacific Airline MRO Operation’by two leading magazines in the industry( Malaysian Airlines System Berhad‚2010). Furthermore‚ Fireflywas recognized as the Best Value Airline of The
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33-35 Bangunan Systematic‚ Jln Hang Lekiu‚ 50100 KL SEGi College Kuala Lumpur (SCKL) PRINCIPLE OF MARKETING EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There are 4 marketing mix for Air Asia such as product‚ price‚ place and promotion. Air Asia should improve their service to satisfy their customer. ASSIGNMENT ALLOCATION OF MARKS NO. DESCRIPTION OF CRITERIA ADOPTED THAT WILL BE USED FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF THE ASSIGNMENT WEIGHTINGS MARKS ALLOTTED BY LECTURER 1. Relevance of content to assignment-Executive
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Air Asia is a carrier which was built up in 1993 and began its operations on November eighteenth‚ 1996. On 2nd December 2001‚ the vigorously obligated carrier was obtained by Tony Fernandes‚ proprietor of Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token whole of RM1 (Jusmpstart Malaysia‚ 2011). As a feature of the buy‚ Tony likewise took up the RM40million obligation. In any case‚ under the initiative of Tony Fernandes‚ today‚ Air Asia is a world renowned ease carrier that works broad systems both locally and globally
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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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GENERIC STRATEGIES: A firm positions itself by leveraging its strengths. Michael Porter has argued that a firm’s strength usually falls into one of two headings: • Cost advantage • Differentiation By applying these strengths in either a broad or narrow or narrow scope‚ three generic strategies result: • Cost leadership • Differentiation • Focus These strategies are applied at business unit level. They are called generic strategies because they are not firm or industry dependant. Cost Leadership:
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moderately high due to almost no switching cost for customers to switch from one LCC to another. In addition‚ the access to the internet allows customers to have close to full information on prices charged by the LCCs. Threat of substitutes is moderately low; there are several substitutes such as cruises‚ rail‚ bus‚ and car. However‚ the archipelago geographical structure of Asia has made air travel the viable‚ efficient‚ and convenient mode of transportation. Threat of new entry is moderate;
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