Air Asia is a carrier which was built up in 1993 and began its operations on November eighteenth‚ 1996. On 2nd December 2001‚ the vigorously obligated carrier was obtained by Tony Fernandes‚ proprietor of Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token whole of RM1 (Jusmpstart Malaysia‚ 2011). As a feature of the buy‚ Tony likewise took up the RM40million obligation. In any case‚ under the initiative of Tony Fernandes‚ today‚ Air Asia is a world renowned ease carrier that works broad systems both locally and globally
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Industry Overview The airline industry is a large and growing industry. In the past years‚ air travel has been growing by 6% a year and scheduled airlines carried more than 1 billion passengers in 2008. The airline industry involves large capital requirements. For example‚ the requirements for aircraft‚ close monitor by the government regulations‚ competition from other tourist transport and the requirement to have high level of expertise to operate and manage. In the airline industry‚ aircraft manufacturer
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Airline Industry SWOT Analysis A SWOT analysis--a review of strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats--is a core requirement of any organization‚ and essential to understand any industry. The volatile airline industry is no exception. While individual airlines each analyze and make decisions based on their own situations‚ there are overall industry similarities that all airlines face‚ with each endeavoring to maximize strengths and opportunities while minimizing weaknesses and threats
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Case Study: Air Asia Identify the competitive advantages of Air Asia as a low cost carrier. Air Asia has a number of competitive advantages as a low cost carrier that fall into the following general categories; low cost operations‚ efficiency of operations‚ proven business model and management expertise and finally a distinctive corporate culture. Low cost operations: Air Asia has gone to great lengths to ensure all of their operational costs are kept to an absolute minimum‚ and have passed
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Table of Contents Objectives………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….3 SWOT Analysis 4 PESTEL analysis 5 Market Segmentation and Target Market 6 Positioning 7 Pricing Strategy 8 Placement Strategy: 9 Promotion Strategy: 9 Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 11 Appendices 12 References……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..14 AirAsia is a Malaysian low-cost airline headquartered near Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. AirAsia group operates scheduled domestic
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1. INTRODUCTION TO AIR ASIA 1. COMPANY BACKGROUND AirAsia Berhad was established in 1993 and began operations on 18 November 1996. It was originally founded by government owned conglomerate‚ DRB Hicom. On 2 December 2001‚ the heavily in debted airline was bought by former Time Warner executive Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit (about USD 0.26 at the time) with USD 11 million (MYR 40 million) worth of debts. Fernandes turned the company around
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Introduction Singapore Airlines is one of the world ’s leading carriers with an advanced fleet and it is internationally respected as the innovative market leader combining a quality product with excellent service .Being a international company in the competitive International business environment ‚it has to face a number of competitions ‚challenges ‚changing environmental trends and options .To deal with these issues ‚SIA pursue a number of management strategies while maintaining it’s key
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MGT489 Industry Analysis of US airlines Industry Structure US airlines have been improved substantially over past few years | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013(Q1) | On-time arrival rate (% of domestic flights within 00:15) | 73.4 | 76 | 79.5 | 79.8 | 79.6 | 81.9 | 80.01 | Involuntary denied boardings (per 10000 passengers) | 1.12 | 1.10 | 1.19 | 1.09 | 0.82 | 0.99 | 1.06 | Mishandled bags (per 1000 passengers) | 7.05 | 5.26 | 3.91 | 3.57 | 3.39 | 3.09 | 3.15 | Flight
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the strategy changes required to be a successful long-haul airline significantly differ from and conflict with its current resource base (i.e. aircraft types‚ hubs‚ employee skills) and core competencies and capabilities (i.e. cost and efficiency optimization/utilization) as a low-cost carrier (LCC) airline. Analysis The airline industry as a whole is quite competitive with multiple players and various elements effecting the industry environment. AirAsia has developed a specific set of resources
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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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