BACKGROUND AirAsia is Malaysia’s second national airline was incorporated in 1993 as a full-service regional airline under DRB-Hicom. They started their operations on 1996. After starting their operations for several years‚ AirAsia failed to attract enough passengers to establish its own niche market due to the demise of Tan Sri Yahaya Ahmad and financial crisis. Hence‚ AirAsia was heavily indebted. In 2001‚ Tony Fernandes’s company‚Tune Air Sdn Bhd bought this airline from DRB-Hicom with estimation
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Nicole Zulueta Company Case (AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit) 1. What are the micro and macro environmental factors that have contributed to the early success of AirAsia? Micro Environmental Factors CEO Tony Fernandes – a strong believer in “leading by example”‚ he works alongside his team that allows him to get to know them better. Partners – although AirAsia has limited resources‚ it has been able to fulfill customer’s needs by collaborating with its partners. AirAsia uses authorized travel agencies
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(MAHB) made a statement to the press that blamed AirAsia for wishing to further delay its opening due to security and safety issues. MAHB later made another press statement saying that they have complied with all the requests of AirAsia in regards to building
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AirAsia Low Fare A Written Analysis of the Case Holy Cross College of Sasa‚ Inc KM. 9 Sasa‚ 8000 Davao City In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Subject Mktg 1: Principles of Marketing Mark Angelo B. Bugtac I – Executive Summary December 2000‚ AirAsia was an insolent subsidiary of deeply indebted Malaysian Conglomerate. Airline had only two planes. Tony Fernandes was a former managing director of Warner Musics Malaysian Operator. He assembled a group of small investors
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enables the market to grow. Political issues may cause problems in the outcome of the company. Some of the political factors that may affect a company are events that affect the operation of the company; therefore regarding an aviation company such as AirAsia political events will affect the result
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Introduction AirAsia is the airline industry started based on the low cost carrier (LCC) concept in Malaysia. The low cost concept is introduced in the year of 2001 with the belief that “Now Everyone Can Fly” by Tony Fernandes. AirAsia was first established in 1993 and began its operation on 18 November 1996. In the year 2001‚ Anthony Fernandes (or known as Tony Fernandes) bought the airline which is suffering a loss. It was re-established as the low cost carrier after the bought over. AirAsia’s
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AirAsia Berhad: The Rise and Rise of Asian Aviation ______________________________________________________________________________ Contents AirAsia Berhad: Sustaining a Competitive Advantage .................................................................. 2 AirAsia: A brief historical perspective ......................................................................................... 2 Company Growth Forecasts ......................................................................
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Company Case AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit Low-cost carriers (LCCs) provide an alternative for price-sensitive business and leisure travelers to maintain their travel plans at lower cost. AirAsia‚ Asia’s leading airline‚ was established with the dream of making air travel possible for everyone and it is now one of the world’s best low-cost airlines. AirAsia was the first airline in Asia to introduce the budget‚ nofrills airline concept. It was founded in 2001 by CEO Tony Fernandes and this
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’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for one ringgit. AirAsia Berhad is a Malaysian low-cost airline. It operates scheduled domestic and international flights and is Asia ’s largest low-fare‚ no-frills airline. AirAsia is a pioneer of low-cost flights in Asia and was also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticketless travel. Its main base is the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). In 2010 AirAsia won the Skytrax World ’s best low-cost airline
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Challenges Faced by AirAsia Airline 1. Asia’s Middle Class Growth Low cost airlines are expected to have greater potential in Asia as there are many Asian cities with a population above one million people each as well as a rising middle class population. This growth of middle class in Asia provides a huge market potential for AirAsia to grow. However‚ as the market is expanding further‚ more airlines or even new comers would like to get a piece of the action. For example‚ it is estimated that
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