Marketing Strategy Air Asia’s quirky means of promotion has certainly helped make the airline a household name. Yet‚ barely eight years ago when it began operations‚ Air Asia had just two planes and a host of obstacles - Sars and the Sept 11 terrorist attacks included that preventing it from taking off. Today‚ the Malaysia-based budget airline boasts a fleet of 80 aircraft that ply over 122 routes‚ with 480 flights to more than 65 destinations daily. Group CEO Tony Fernandes has been
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AirAsia BERHAD MARKETING PLAN No. CONTENTS PAGE 1.0 Executive Summary 1-2 2.0 Introduction 3 2.1 Background and History of AirAsia 3-4 2.2 Vision Statement 5 2.3 Mission Statement 5 2.4 Objectives 5 3.0 Environmental Analysis 6 3.1 PESTEL Analysis 6 3.1.1 Political Factors 7-8 3.1.2 Economic Factors 8-9 3.1.3 Social Factors 9-11 3.1.4 Technological Factors 11 3.1.5 Environmental Factors 11-12 3.2
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------------------------------------------------- Image via Wikipedia . I read an article about Tony Fernandes‚ the CEO of AirAsia‚ in The Economist today that got me thinking. Thinking about the last few articles I’ve written about United Airlines‚ RyanAir and Southwest Airlines – on how they make money off their customers – what what works and what doesn’t. There’re a lot of airlines in the US and Europe can learn from Tony Fernandes and AirAsia (+ Azran and AirAsiaX). Here’s how the article in The Economist ended. “Mr Fernandes
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Question 1 Discuss the growing demand for logistics. (10m) The reason for the rapid growth of the logistics industry can be attributed to the fact that a majority of the companies dealing in logistics operations target clients of medium size instead of targeting the stalwarts of the logistics industry. Nowadays‚ the advance IT technologies had make the internet retail or online shopping is growing rapidly and this will be an increasing source of demand for both large and smaller logistics units
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AirAsia needs no introduction in ASEAN‚ where it is the leading low-cost carrier‚ connecting people and places across 132 routes‚ 40 of which are offered by no other airline. In 2010‚ the Group‚ which includes affiliates AirAsia Thailand and AirAsia Indonesia‚ reinforced its leadership position with two remarkable milestones: flying its 100 millionth guest and breaking the RM1 billion profit barrier. From an airline with two aircraft plying six routes in Malaysia in January 2002‚ AirAsia has soared
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Keywords: Brand image; brand satisfaction; brand trust; decision making; AirAsia. 1. INTRODUCTION AirAsia Berhad is the low-cost airline service provider in Malaysia. Airasia is operating scheduled international flights and domestic. Besides‚ Airasia is the largest low-fare‚ no-frills airline in Asia region. Airasia was the first airline in Asia region to implement fully ticketless travel. The main base of Airasia is Low
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Air Asia has successfully positioned itself in customers’ mind. Its net profit for the second quarter ending 31 December 2004 was reported RM 44.4 million‚ a 323% increase over the previous quarter. AirAsia until today has flown more than 55 million passengers in and around Asia (Air Asia‚ 2005). AirAsia has also ventured into other market that complements with the airlines business. It has started franchises like the tunes hotels and red box couriers to gain maximum efficiency in and around the airline
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Our top picks in order of preference are MAHB‚ MAS and AirAsia. Mohshin Aziz mohshin.aziz@maybank-ib.com (603) 2297 8692 2012 was tough‚ but relatively well managed. In 2012‚ passenger traffic growth in Malaysia was 5.0%‚ lower than its 10-year CAGR of 7.0% and the regional peers’ growth of 5%-14%. This slower growth was due to MAS cutting capacity by 12% on its underperforming routes. This action has benefited AirAsia and AirAsia X immensely as seen by their record load factors. Airlines
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airlines in Asia to hire female pilots. He says that his staff are his best asset and that he constantly uses their suggestions to improve and innovate within the company. For a low-cost airline‚ turnaround time is a crucial element. The more time AirAsia planes are in the air‚ the more revenue can be garnered. Innovative procedures and systems contributed towards the company having one of the fastest turnaround times (25 minutes) in the world . The credit for those successes lays squarely with their
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SWOT ANALYSIS FOR AIR ASIA Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats Analysis for AirAsia Strengths The first phase of the swot analysis is the strengths analysis for Air Asia. There are some unique strengths of Air Asia that others company could not defeat them. First and foremost‚ Air Asia has a very cooperative and strong management team with strong connections with the government and the airline industry leaders.This is partly contributed by the diverse background of
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