story of Malaysia Airlines starts in the golden age of travel. A joint initiative of the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool‚ the Straits Steamship of Singapore and Imperial Airways led to a proposal to the Colonial Straits Settlement government to run an air service between Penang and Singapore. The result was the incorporation of Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) on 12 October 1937. On 2 April 1947‚ MAL took to the skies with its first commercial flight as the national airline. Fuelled by a young
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RISE OF AN AIRLINE Malaysia Airlines’ journey to achieving its current reputable position has been a remarkable one. A small airline operator‚ it has grown by leaps and bounds to be the force it is within the industry today. A joint initiative of the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool‚ the Straits Steamship of Singapore and Imperial Airways led to a proposal to the Colonial Straits Settlement government to run an air service between Penang and Singapore. On 12 October 1937‚ Malayan Airways Limited
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The U.S. airline industry has been in a chaotic state for a number of years. In 1993‚ a U.S. government report indicated that the industry had “Lost huge amounts of money in the past three years‚ and it has never made a sustained‚ substantial return on investment…” According to the Air Transport Association‚ the airline industry trade association‚ the loss from 1990 through 1994 was about $13 billion‚ while from 1995 through 2000‚ the airlines earned about $23 billion and then lost about $35 billion
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Airline Industry Overview History The airline business has been in existence for over 75 years. There have been many upward and downward swings in the overall airline business economy. History has recorded that while 140 airlines have declared Chapter 11; only two have emerged. Today‚ the U.S. airline industry is facing an unprecedented financial crisis and the outlook is bleak. Only one major carrier that has shown a profit over the past four years and‚ in the same timeframe‚ the other major
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v 2.0 / 1.7.2008 Indian Institute of Management Bangalore The Indian Airline Industry in 2008 By Rishikesha T. Krishnan Professor of Corporate Strategy & Policy 1 v 2.0 / 1.7.2008 The Indian Airline Industry in 2008 1 A 19% hike in the price of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) announced by India’s oil companies at the end of May 2008 jolted the Indian airline industry. With this hike‚ ATF prices had roughly doubled in a year‚ and tripled in four years. A concerned Civil Aviation Minister‚ Praful
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Company Chosen: British Airways Existing Line of Business: Aviation New Market: Indian Aviation Industry British Airways Future Indian Plans: British Airways global CEO Willie Walsh finds India to be one of the fastest growing aviation markets in the world. Walsh‚ who was in Mumbai on September 3rd‚ 2010 to announce a code-share agreement with Kingfisher Airlines‚ says that despite the airline facing mounting competition from other international carriers operating in India‚ he is not worried
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Information management of Air Asia Air Asia adopted information technologies strategically to integrate the operations and coordinate all the business and management functions. There are respectively 3 information management system used by Air Asia. Air Asia has implemented all the three systems in their marketing‚sales activity and as well as in their operating chain. (1) Yield Management System (YMS) • YMS has aided AirAsia to increase the revenue by offering higher discounts‚ more frequently
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INTRODUCTION An airline is an organization providing aviation services to passengers and/or cargo. It owns or leases airlines with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for reasons of mutual benefit The scale and scope of airline companies ranges from those with a single airplane carrying mail or cargo‚ through full-service international airlines operating many hundreds of airplanes in various types. Airline services can be categorized as being
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Macro-Environment Analysis for AirAsia The factors of Macro-enviroment suggest that there is a huge scope of growth for AirAsia in Asia. The huge population with rise in middle class and a lot of disposable income together with the absence of affordable forms of transportation post a high demand for AirAsia as a low cost airline. It is also anticipated that due to the rapid urbanization trends the air travel market will continue to grow at a fast pace. The geographical structure of Asia which is archipelago
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SWOT Analysis Stake holder 1: Labor Strength In spite of internal challenges‚ there remain several assets in Malaysia Airlines (MAS) arsenal. This includes strong technical capabilities and MAS well-trained cabin crew who continue to win awards and is the hallmark of Malaysian hospitality‚ from year 2008 until 2011‚ MAS cabin crew ranked 1 and 2 only (Malaysia Airlines Business Plan‚ 2011). The crew’s dedication is to be credited for the strong brand equity continues to enjoy. Both at home and
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