A Financial Analysis of Southwest Airlines Co. Accounting for Financial Decisions BA812 Professor Wayne Drake May 20‚ 1998 Gillian Ainsworth Jennifer Goidell Christine Ledoux Tarak Modi Gerald Owens Robin Walters Southwest Airlines: Twenty-Six Years of “LUV” Twenty-six years ago‚ Rollin W. King scribbled three lines on a cocktail napkin‚ leaned across the table‚ and muttered to his longtime friend: “Herb‚ lets start our own airline”. Herbert D. Kelleher loosened his tie and knitted
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JetBlue Airlines Strategic Management Case Analysis Introduction to the Company History of the Firm JetBlue was established in 1999‚ and was the third airline start-up for founder and CEO David Neeleman. Neeleman managed to gather $130 million‚ the most ever raised for a start-up airline‚ from investors that included Chase Capital and financier George Soros. With the large start-up capital he purchased new Airbus A320 jets equipped with satellite TV‚ a first in the industry. In 2004 the
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OASIS HONG KONG AIRLINES LIMITED – WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHAT SHOULD HAVE DONE TO SAVE IT FROM BANKCRUPTCY Table of Content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Company Background Liquidation Timeline Causes of Failure Impacts of Oasis’s Case What Should Have Done to Save Oasis from Bankruptcy Conclusion Company Background Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited • Long-haul budget airline • Hub at Hong Kong International Airport • Founder Mr. Raymond Lee Ms. Priscilla Lee • Started operation – Oct 26‚ 2006 Company
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Marketing Plan for Breeze Airlines 24 April 2010 Marketing Plan for Breeze Airlines Air has become the most preferred method of transportation for many people around the world and more travelers are looking for affordable ways to travel between destinations. Consequently‚ the increase in customer’s demand for cheaper fares has created an excellent business opportunity for low cost airlines to emerge. Low cost carriers have been successful satisfying customer’s demand for cheaper
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were significantly inefficient and ineffective compared with its competitors‚ it would lose business. Airline customers are typically operating under time constraints and pressures to catch flights and connections‚ and they do not want to be inconvenienced by inefficient and ineffective business processes. 2. What competitive advantages can an airline gain by using DSS and EIS? An airline can use both DSSs and EISs to uncover areas where the company can create competitive advantages and perhaps
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RM Flyaway Airlines ch13 1. The two measurements are an interesting insight into the mind of the consumer and the researcher torn between two types of different approaches. Looking at the results there are some drastic differences in the position of companies in the rankings. For example‚ Southwest Airlines went from second to last in the 19th spot all the way to second place. There are some major discrepancies for a leap like that to occur. One of the ways these approaches are similar is
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framework to show how the structure of the airline industry has caused low profitability during the past twenty years. Below are Porter’s five forces of competition. In them you will understand what has caused low profitability. The bargaining power of suppliers: Labor is the airline industry’s largest single expense. Most airline workers belong to one of a dozen unions‚ which give the airline workers strong power in negotiations with the airlines. Airline operations are also energy-intensive‚ and
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Airline Industry: Pricing Structure and Strategies ABSTRACT The profitability of an airline industry depends on filling seats‚ and on the company’s ability successfully to anticipate the cost and price structures of their competitors. However‚ many airline carriers have a hard time accomplishing this because the average airline passenger just needs to travel from one destination to another in the most convenient and shortest amount of time at a reasonable price. Therefore‚ customers in this
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Case Study – Magic Carpet Airlines Week 4 September 22‚ 2013 1. What did the union do to prepare for negotiations? What additional sources of information might it have used? What were the union’s primary objectives? The union began preparing by doing research to find out what other similar airline carriers were supplying for their flight attendants (i.e. average working conditions‚ benefits‚ and wage rates). They used government sources to compare wage‚ unemployment
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Airline Industry Competitive Structure The market structure of the Airline industry consists of a few corporations making its market structure an oligopoly. The airline industry is very volatile to changes in oil prices and can lead to fare increases and reducing overall profits. In 2011 for example jet fuel cost was at 2.84 a gallon up 243% from 1995 adjusted with inflation. In addition to what the current market is charging for a barrel of oil airlines have to deal with the “crack spread”‚ which
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