BlackBerry aims to go private in $4.7bn deal with Fairfax Financial group Troubled smartphone maker‚ whose shares have plummeted in recent times‚ ready to be sold to Canadian buyer for $9 a share Heidi Moore in New York‚ The Guardian theguardian.com‚ Monday 23 September 2013 19.36 BST BlackBerry‚ the once-dominant maker of smartphones that fell on hard times in recent years‚ has found a suitor willing to pay $4.7bn for the troubled company. Fairfax Financial‚ a Canadian firm that already owns
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1. Introduction In this report‚ i’m selected AirAsia Berhad. The objectives and scope of this report was included conduct an analysis of industry environment and organisation capability. Besides that‚ there were also included sources of competitive advantage and the ways were used to sustain these competitive advantages. 2. Brief description of the Company Core business of AirAsia Berhad is broken travel norms around the globe and has risen to become the world best. Route
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from internet‚ books and journals. 1.0 Introduction AirAsia‚ company that provides lowest cost flight. AirAsia was a representative of the lowest fares with the slogan “Now everyone can fly”. The scope of business includes domestic Malaysia and international‚ it includes 25 countries in the world. AirAsia corporate headquarters is in Kuala Lumpur international airport. Thought they provide lowest cost but they can still operating profits. AirAsia was established in 1993 and it was started operations
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2.0 OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATION… 3 2.1 Organization background 3 2.2 Organization Missions and Objectives 4 2.3 Organization Business Strategies and Success factors 5 2.3.1 AirAsia’s Business Strategy 5 2.3.2 AirAsia Success factors 6 2.5 Analysis on AirAsia Porter ’s Five Forces Model 8 2.5.1 Bargaining Power of Supplier 8 2.5.2 Bargaining Power of Buyer 8 2.5.3 Threats of Substitutes 9 2.5.4 Threats of New Entrants 9 2.5.4 Rivalry Intensity 9 2.6 Problem Statement
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INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Executive Summary AirAsia will be the top airline company with low-priced tickets and allowing everyone to fly around the world. AirAsia was suggested to offer more selections of foods and drinks to increase the satisfaction of passengers and to improve the company. Moreover‚ AirAsia should consider giving extra luggage allowance of 25 kg to the passengers. An upright leadership style might affect the whole company and workers
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Accounting & Finance TP 023513 UC1F1007BMP (AF) Utari Asmelia Introduction of Management 08 Fall AirAsia Company Analysis Background of AirAsia Company Dato’ Tony Fernandez was the entrepreneur that brought up AirAsia to be the one of the award wining the largest low fare airlines that is currently well known for now in Asia. Since then it has been flying to over 61 domestic and international destination with 108 routes‚ and furthermore it operates over 400 flights daily from hubs
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The Treat of New Entrants The unparallel success of AirAsia had stimulated many LCC to enter the market in its region‚ some of which are large full-service airlines’ subsidiary companies. Knowing that the new-comers would copy its low cost strategy‚ AirAsia introduced a series of unique services. For example‚ it was the first airline in Malaysia to allow online check-in. What’s more‚ it offered more choice for those who wanted to pay more for convenience‚ such as the Xpress boarding service and
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marketplace (Chaffey et al‚ 2009). 1. Customer Airasia provides to its customers the basic flight carrier service and carry the customer ‘s purpose of traveling between different destinations‚ but at a lowest fare among other airlines.(AirAsia Annual Report‚ 2010) The customers of Airasia are mostly from low and middle class people in society. The customers choose the company not only for the purpose of traveling but also for cheaper price. AirAsia airline is well known as a low cost leader in Asia
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AirAsia current issues The leading low fare airline in the Asia – AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since 2001‚ to become an award winning and the largest low cost carrier in Asia. With a fleet of 72 aircrafts‚ AirAsia flies to over 61 domestic and international destinations with 108 routes‚ and operates over 400 flights daily from hubs located in Malaysia‚ Thailand and Indonesia. To date‚ AirAsia has flown over 55 million guests across the region and continues to spread its wings to create more
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chosen organisation. Market Entry AirAsia is facing many competitors in the market. Thus‚ AirAsia needs to have a new strategy so that it can maintain a sustainable growth. Since the company has a new strategy‚ they need to have a way that helps the new strategy to enter the market. AirAsia should apply this new strategy which is selling healthier and lower price foods in all routes instead of certain routes only. This will help all the customers who using AirAsia are able to enjoy the healthy food
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