Southwest Airlines 2002: An Industry Under Siege Case Study “Discussion Format” MGMT 5113 Team 7 Dag Yemenu Sachin Gupta Michelle May Shaun Evans November 22nd 2003 Problem Overview Southwest Airlines has employed unique operational strategies‚ incorporating industry revolutionizing methodologies‚ while developing and sustaining a strong corporate culture that has allowed Southwest Airlines to be profitable for a phenomenal 30 straight years and capture the Airline Industry
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1) How does this company make money even when other airlines don’t? What are the most important contributors to its financial success? ANS: - Southwest airlines founded specially to create intrastate between Dallas and Texas and their main agenda is to provide services at low cost as compared to other airlines. Even it’s very competitive to achieve this goal but southwest succeeded by keeping operations simple and consistent‚ cost saving strategy and meet customer expectation(on-time) at low cost
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Philippine Airlines‚ Asia’s first and oldest airline‚ started its operations in 1941. Since then‚ the Philippines was opened up to foreign countries and foreign trade. The Philippine Airlines opened up the country to tourism. It thrived from 1970s to early 1980s but during the mid-1980s‚ the tourism growth slowed down dramatically compared to other neighbouring Southeast Asian countries. Despite the Philippines’ huge head start‚ it was left behind. How did this happen? The Philippine government
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BBC news 2012‚ Malaysia Airlines have recorded a significant net loss of RM2.5 billion for the year ending 31 December 2011. Malaysia’s national airline claimed that it was due to the 21% rise in the fuel cost during the year. However‚ the Group Chief Executive Officer of MAS‚ Ahmad Jauhari Yahya‚ stated that labor productivity also contributed in the incident. Malaysia Airlines have developed alternatives courses of actions such as launching new regional premium airline and collaborate with Air
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Southwest Airlines’ Corporate Strategy & Control System Southwest Airlines became one of the most admired airlines in the world based on their dedication to their customers and the corporate strategies their leadership instituted. Their leadership created a different corporate culture that CEO Herb Kelleher and his company are devoted to the philosophy of putting employees first (Govindarajan‚ pg. 115). In doing so‚ Southwest was able to instill a management control system that relied on
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12 Conclusion 13 Reference 14 Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to present the business operating in the tourism sector and how the company segments its products and services in the market. Malaysia Airlines System (MAS) is a well-known aircraft carrier company that delivers their services to all passengers around the world to ideal destinations. MAS use marketing mix such as Product‚ Price‚ Promotion and Place to broaden‚ advertise‚ and promote their
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Southwest Airlines Tracy D. Braswell Benedictine University The domestic airline industry is emerging from its lost decade. Carriers suffered two recessionary swoons (one due to September 11) and a fivefold jump in fuel prices causing fifteen carriers to go bust. As frequent fliers know too well the salvation for most airlines has been to stick passengers with fees‚ reservation changes‚ bags‚ food‚ movie and headset to name a few. None of it‚ however‚ went to Southwest Airlines two and a
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Eunice Kelly MBA 522 Marketing Southwest Airlines case analysis 1. In what ways might airline customers be segmented? Airline customers might be segmented when groups with varying needs and wants are recognized. They can be segmented on a number of different types of things; such as age‚ gender‚ location‚ buying behavior‚ and demographics. a. Which segments or niches would you consider Southwest’s prime targets? Southwest’s prime targets would be that of business and leisure travelers.
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Imagine Widgets Airlines‚ Inc. operates 18-seat commercial flights between New York City and Washington‚ DC. After 10 seats have been sold on each aircraft‚ the company has reached the break-even point. Should Widgets consider offering a discounted fare for seats 11 through 18? Yes. Widgets Airlines‚ Inc. should offer a discount on the remaining seats. What are the advantages and disadvantages of not offering a discount on seats 11 through 18? The advantages of selling at a discounted price
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Page 1. An Introduction to Southwest Airlines 1.1 Beginnings 1 1.2 Culture
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