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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of the specific threats and opportunities confronted by AirAsia besides that‚ this analysis also helps to identify AirAsia’s competitive strategy and analyse how the strategy is implemented to gain competitive advantage. Background on AirAsia AirAsia was set up by Dato’ Tony Fernandes in 2001. In December 2001‚ Fernandes and his partners set up Tune Air Sdn Bhd (Tune Air)‚ an airline holding company then bought over AirAsia. Now‚ AirAsia has become one of the most successful airlines in the Southeast
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Introduction of AirAsia In Malaysia‚ there are 3 main airlines which are Malaysian Airline (MAS)‚ AirAsia‚ and Firefly. AirAsia Berhad is starting its operation in November 2004‚ which is listed on the main board of Bursa Malaysia. It start developing a low cost airline model (LCC) in Asia since 2001‚ it has grown from a domestic flight in Malaysia for more than 55 destinations served for 5 leading airline hub in Malaysia which are Thai AirAsia‚ Indonesia AirAsia‚ Philippines AirAsia and Japan AirAsia. AirAsia
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AIR ASIA AIRLINES COMPANY COMPANY BACKGROUND AirAsia was established by a Malaysian conglomerate in 1993 and commenced operations in 1996. In 2001‚ due to the airline heavily in debt‚ AirAsia was bought by Tony Fernandes of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd from DRB-Hicom. Tony took up the RM40million debt as part of the purchase. In 2002‚ AirAsia generates a profit and launching new routes from its hub in Kuala Lumpur. In 2003‚ the airline opened a second hub at Senai International Airport‚ Johor Bahru and launched
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Analysis Strengths The achievement that AirAsia received in 2012 is the world’s best low cost airline (AirAsia Berhad‚ 2013). The strength of AirAsia is that‚ they are leading low cost airline in today’s world and have good company strategic management with a successful story in the airplane industry. Their operational strategy that they have formulated at the beginning is consistent with their company’s objectives and was well conducted. Due to this‚ AirAsia able to create strong brand equity and
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AIRASIA’S BACKGROUND......................................................................3 SWOT ANALYSIS FOR AIRASIA.............................................................3 * Strength * Weakness * Opportunities * Threats LIST OF REFERENCES...........................................................................6 AirAsia’s Background AirAsia was previously owned by DRB-Hicom‚ a government-linked company. Its airline had not been able to take off and was
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17th AnnuAl GenerAl MeetinG Date: Time: Venue: Thursday‚ 24 June 2010 10.00 a.m. AirAsia Academy Lot PT 25B Jalan KLIA S5 Southern Support Zone KLIA‚ 64000 Sepang Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia Notice of Annual General Meeting page 151 19.1% Truly ASEAN 2009 saw AirAsia Berhad (“AirAsia”) maintain its strong growth trajectory despite being a challenging year for the aviation industry. Underpinning our growth is our increasing penetration of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
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of alternatives 4.4. Purchase decisions 4.5. Postpurchase decisions 5.0. Conclusion 6.0. Bibliography 1.0. Introduction AIRASIA: AirAsia is a Malaysian company‚ that introduced the Low Cost Carrier service to the domestic market and eventually the asian region. Currently AirAsia is the leader in this market segment. Before it becomes the AirAsia that we all know today‚ AirAsia was a poorly performed company owned by a government-link company (GLC) in Malaysia‚ DRB-HICOM. In 2001‚ it was sold to
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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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AIRASIA BERHAD 284669-W annual report 2005 www.airasia.com AIRASIA BERHAD 284669-W annual report 2005 NOW EVERYONE CAN FLY 13 million guests and counting ... AirAsia corporate ad contents 2 3 4 6 8 9 10 12 16 18 22 25 Our People Financial Overview Corporate Profile Major Milestones AirAsia Group Corporate Information Board of Directors Directors’ Profile Senior Management Senior Management Profile Chairman’s Statement Group Chief Executive Officer’s Review 30 AirAsia
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