Introduction to AirAsia Established in 1993 and officially started its operation on 18 November 1996‚ AirAsia is a low cost carrier (LCC) airline in the aviation industry. On 2 December 2001‚ the heavily-indebted government-linked commercial airline was bought over by the current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AirAsia‚ Tony Fernandes. From then‚ AirAsia cleared its former debts which worthed USD 11 million and became a profit-making low cost carrier. The main hub of AirAsia is in Kuala Lumpur
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Dato’Sri Anthony Francis Fernandes (also known as Tony Fernandes) is a Malaysian Entrepreneur and the founder of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd.‚ who introduced the first budget no-frills airline‚ AirAsia‚ to Malaysians with the tagline "Now everyone can fly". 30 April 1964 1977 ~ 1983 1987 1987 ~ 1989 1989 ~ 1991 Born in Kuala Lumpur Educated at Epsom College (London) Graduated from the London School of Economics Work as Finance Controller in London Became the youngest-ever Managing Director of Warner
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2.0 Research Client Research AirAsia Berhad is a low cost airline located near Kuala Lumpur. AirAsia covered flights to 22 countries with 100 destinations. Its main Terminal is KLIA2. AirAsia started with MYR 40 million in 2001 with 2 old aircraft. Back then‚ AirAsia face a lot of problems like global financial crisis due to the aftermath of the 9/11 disaster. AirAsia can make it till so far is because of their low fares‚ low cost aircraft and also high quality products and services. There are
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1. Abstract This report consists of an internal and external analysis of AirAsia using various methods including a PEST‚ Organization analysis‚ SWOT analysis and Porter’s 5 forces model. The main outcomes of the report are: 1.1 Conclusions reached: 1.2 Recommendations reached: 2. Introduction The company chosen for this report was AirAsia. The assignment required that: • A management report of 3‚500 to 4‚000 words is written on an organization. The report should describe‚ analyze and assess
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AirAsia is a Malaysian low-cost airline. It operates scheduled domestic and international flights and is Asia’s largest low fare‚ no frills airline. AirAsia was a pioneer of low cost flights in Asia. It is also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticket-less travel and unassigned seats. The airline was established in 1993 and started operations on 18 November 1996. It was originally founded by a government-owned conglomerate DRB-Hicom. On 2 December 2001‚ the heavily-indebted airline
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I choose the two companies are AirAsia Berhad and Malaysian Airline System Berhad. This two companies are the flying company in Malaysia. AirAsia Berhad (MYX: 5099) is a Malaysian-based low-cost airline. AirAsia is Asia’s largest low-fare‚ no-frills airline and a pioneer of low-cost travel in Asia.AirAsia group operates scheduled domestic and international flights to over 400 destinations spanning 25 countries. Its main hub is the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport
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Salim Ahmad (G1022179) Sulaiman daud (G1031351) Naeem Nasser (G1139591) for Dr. Dolhadi Zainudin Graduate School of Management‚ International Islamic University‚ Malaysia MGT 6263 – Management Policy and Corporate Strategy AirAsia AirAsia Can Sustain Its Low Cost Strategy in the Long Run? Can Sustain Its Low Cost Strategy in the Long Run? Table of Contents Table of Contents 1 Introduction 3 History 3 Vision 3 Mission 4 Values 4 The Management Team
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International Element/ Global Condition The main global competitors of AirAsia are Firefly‚ Tiger Airways and Jetstar Asia. All these international airlines have adapted the AirAsia’s low cost concept and can be a threat to AirAsia. “Knowing the increase of competition in the market‚ AirAsia applied the adaptation process (Hanan & Freeman‚ 1984) by expanding its operation to long haul services to various destinations. Moreover‚ AirAsia realised the price is destructive and try to avoid direct price
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1. Introduction of Air Asia 1.1 Corporate profile Air Asia since its foundation in 2001 with the vision to make “Everyone can fly” by focusing on the low cost aviation business sector through Air Asia’s own innovative solutions‚ efficient processes and a passionate approach to business as initially proposed and still facilitated now by the company’s original founder and the current CEO of the group‚ Tony Fernandes‚ it has successfully paved a viable way for its continual
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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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