of the specific threats and opportunities confronted by AirAsia besides that‚ this analysis also helps to identify AirAsia’s competitive strategy and analyse how the strategy is implemented to gain competitive advantage. Background on AirAsia AirAsia was set up by Dato’ Tony Fernandes in 2001. In December 2001‚ Fernandes and his partners set up Tune Air Sdn Bhd (Tune Air)‚ an airline holding company then bought over AirAsia. Now‚ AirAsia has become one of the most successful airlines in the Southeast
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the form of buying of aircrafts‚ staff hiring‚ pilot hiring‚ etc. Thus‚ the threats of new entrants for AirAsia are very low. AirAsia uses a very simple and effective strategy of selling tickets. People have to buy tickets from AirAsia’s website which they do very easily. Thus‚ through this process‚ AirAsia saves a lot of money by not being liable to pay any travel agent. This Strategy of AirAsia is hard to imitate and makes them less vulnerable to new entrants. It also provides facilities to people
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PP16832/01/2013 (031128) Malaysia Initiating Coverage 10 September 2013 AirAsia X Buy (new) King Of Low-Cost‚ Long-Haul Share price: Target price: MYR1.05 MYR1.30 (new) High growth potential. AirAsia X is an excellent exposure to the low cost‚ long-haul (LCLH) industry which is enjoying breakneck growth rate and outdoing the general aviation market growth of 5.0% by a factor of 2-3x. The LCLH segment is relatively more defensive compared to full service carriers (FSC)‚ as more people switch
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Strategic Analysis of AirAsia 20442396 MGMT8700: Strategic Management 1 Strategic Analysis of AirAsia 20442396 MGMT8700: Strategic Management 2 Strategic Analysis of AirAsia 20442396 Contents Executive Summary 1. Introduction 1.1 Purpose 1.2 Scope 1.3 Method 1.4 Background 4 5 5 5 5 5 2. Findings 2.1 Stakeholder Analysis 2.2 Strategic Transformation 2.3 Core Foundation 2.3.1 Mission 2.3.2 Values 6 6 8 9 9 10 2.4 Strategic Intent 2.4.1 Vision 2.4
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Man‚ 2005) Welcome to AirAsia! AirAsia Berhad (AirAsia) is a one of the public listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia in November 2004.
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budget no-frills airline. However‚ his application for a license from the Malaysian government was rejected. [edit] Launching AirAsia It was through Datuk Pahamin A. Rejab‚ the former secretary-general of the Malaysian Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry that Fernandes got to meet up with the then Prime Minister‚ Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in October 2001. AirAsia‚ the heavily-indebted subsidiary of the Malaysian government-owned conglomerate‚ DRB-Hicom‚ was losing money speedily. Instead
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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). In 2003‚ AirAsia opened a second hub at Senai Airport in Johor Bahru near Singapore and launched its first international flight to Bangkok. AirAsia has since started a Thai subsidiary‚ added Singapore itself to the destination list‚ and commenced flights to Indonesia. Flights to Macau started in June 2004‚ while flights to Mainland
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Blue Ocean of Airasia: introduction Blue oceans might provide profitable high-growth for companies with new competitive advantages. Many companies over the worldhi have created blue oceans but these blue oceans only remain in a short periods and quickly become red oceans. Kim and Maugne claimed in their book that in order to have sustainable competition advantages‚ blue oceans should be different attached by low cost. However‚ the fact shows that innovations are expensive so it is difficult to
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Analysis Strengths The achievement that AirAsia received in 2012 is the world’s best low cost airline (AirAsia Berhad‚ 2013). The strength of AirAsia is that‚ they are leading low cost airline in today’s world and have good company strategic management with a successful story in the airplane industry. Their operational strategy that they have formulated at the beginning is consistent with their company’s objectives and was well conducted. Due to this‚ AirAsia able to create strong brand equity and
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perception of low-cost travel‚ giving rise to a diverse cross-section of passengers. The AirAsia chief executive says: "We show that low-cost does not mean low class. In the Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur flight‚ you’ll find women with diamonds sitting beside maids. You could not see that before. That shows we’re reaching everyone." 1) Geographic characteristics The geographic characteristics of the target market of AirAsia are within the Australasian region. Attract people from Australia who wish to visit the
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