type of the person that he is. He is an independently-minded person who knows when to trust his gut. With his marketing and entrepreneurial ability‚ he was able to make his dream come true. Dato ’ Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes – founder CEO of AirAsia 2. Entrepreneurial Strategies of Tony Fernandes. a. A good grasp of finance. Fernandes is an accountant by training and good at numbers. Educated at the London School of Economics‚ from 1987 to 1989 he worked as the financial controller of
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dream. This idea is generated when he was studyingin England and wanted to go home during term break but was rejected by his father becausethe flights tickets are expensive. Later‚ he started a company under the name of TuneAir Sdn.Bhd to take over AirAsia‚ Malaysia’s second national carrier with the tagline “now everyonecan fly”. I like his idea that everyone can fly because not much people afford to go overseaswhen the flight ticket are expensive‚ especially it happens when only one company dominatethe
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Entry strategy for Airasia Marketing Management Table of Contents Objectives………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 SWOT Analysis 4 PESTEL analysis 5 Market Segmentation and Target Market 6 Positioning 7 Pricing Strategy 8 Placement Strategy: 9 Promotion Strategy: 9 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11 Appendices 12 References……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..14 AirAsia is a Malaysian low-cost airline headquartered near
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Mahathir suggested that Tune Air could acquire an airline by taking over the ailing AirAsia‚ a sister airline of Malaysia’s national carrier‚ Malaysia Airlines‚ that was set up to cater flying domestic routes not serviced by the national carrier. Mahathir felt that the needs of the Government and Fernandes’ ambition were deemed to be suitable and a good match at the time. Fernandes had reinvented and remodeled AirAsia based on the highly successful Irish budget airline‚ Ryannair. It targeted millions
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projected that the total figure of air travelers in the country will be as much or higher than 100 million this year‚ 11 percent up from 2013’s estimated 93.56 million. To comply with the towering demand‚ budget airlines Citilink‚ Lion Air and AirAsia have all set increase plans for this and the coming years. The budget airline unit of national flag carrier Garuda Indonesia‚ Citilink‚ will receive eight Airbus A320s sometime between June and December this year to make-up international routes
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profitable airline." when the oil prices is in an increasingly competitive environment. AirAisa‚ the most famous budget airline in Asia won the Skytrax World’s best low-cost airline award in 2009 and 2010. The operation strategy and business model of AirAsia is similar with Ryanair‚ seems that there are no differences in the attitude and perception of passengers from two very different continents. Spring Airlines‚ as the only low-cost airline in China‚ earnings nearly 4 million in the first 8 months of
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Case: The ascendance of AirAsia 1. What is the macro and industry environment for new budget airlines in the Asia- Pacific region? What opportunities and challenges are associated with that environment? People in the Southeast Asian have low average incomes. The low average incomes should boost the cheap fares demands. In recent years‚ because of the government decreased the entry barrier of airline industry‚ more and more carriers entered the airline market
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Kuratko (2009) Introduction to Entrepreneurship. 8th ed. Asia: South-Western. C. Henry‚ F. Hill‚ C. Leitch (2003) Entrepreneurship Education and Training. Great Britain: Ashgate Publishing Limited. Anon. (2007) Tony Fernandess [Online]. Malaysia: AirAsia. Retrieved from: http://www.etawau.com/Who/T/TonyFernande.htm [Accessed 20th October 2010]. Jeff Chu (2007) The $3 Flight [Online]. Malaysia: Portfolio.com. Retrieved from: http://www.entrepreneur.com/growyourbusiness/portfoliocombusinessnewsandopinion/article185664
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that that the less productive it will be therefore‚ AirAsia decided to do a quick turnaround time. With this method‚ AirAsia is able to gain more profits which means that the planes are usually up in the sky. How this come about was by removing frills service‚ chair booking and extensive crew drilling on performing quick turnaround. (Shari‚ 2003) Low-cost short haul management Another resource is the low cost short haul management where AirAsia conferred with mechanics on how to coddle spare parts
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Can the Five Forces model assist AirAsia to analyze low cost strategy effectively? Introduction To begin with the purpose of this essay will analyze that can the Five Forces model assist Air Asia to analyze low cost strategy effectively. Firstly‚ the discussion of this essay will explain the model of five forces. Afterwards‚ in order to make points clearly and demonstrate helpfully‚ there will be an analysis of a company‚ which is from airline industry‚ named Air Asia. In addition‚ it will
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