determine strengths and weaknesses of the industry. Those five forces are now used to determined Air Asia’s strengths and weaknesses which are shown as below: Threat of Entry There is a high barrier entering airlines industry since it requires high capital to set up everything such as purchase or lease air craft‚ set up office‚ hire staffs‚ and etc. Thus‚ this has reduced the treat to Air Asia. Moreover‚ brand awareness is quite important in this industry. Thus‚ to enter this industry not
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AirAsia is one of the award winning and largest low fare airlines in the Asia expanding rapidly since 2001. 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.(Wong Pui Man Cary‚ March 2009). Air Asia has their own associate companies as well for instance‚ Air Asia Thai Air Asia and also
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Marketing Principles Assignment one Air Asia Section 101 Ibrahim K. Al-Zuwaid 200800196 Company Case Q. What are the micro and macro environmental factors that have contributed to the early success of Air Asia? Micro factors: 1. Fernandes (the CEO of Air Asia) contributed heavily to the success of Air Asia. He was seen working alongside with the employees as a baggage hander to get to know his staff members and to listen to the customer’s wants and needs. Mr. Fernandes
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Airways Limited (MAL) on 12 October 1937. It was a joint initiative of the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool‚ the Straits Steamship of Singapore and Imperial Airways which led to a proposal to the Colonial Straits Settlement government to run an air service between Penang and Singapore. On 2 April 1947‚ MAL took to the skies with its first commercial flight as the national airline. Fuelled by a young and dynamic team of visionaries‚ the domestic carrier turned into an international airline in
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Air Asia Background AirAsia is one of the award winning and largest low fare airlines in the Asia expanding rapidly since 2001. 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. Today‚ AirAsia has flown over 55 million guests across the region and continues to create more extensive route network through its associate companies. AirAsia believes
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AKNOWLEDGEMENT First and foremost‚ I would like to express in depth gratitude to AirAsia Berhad for giving me an opportunity to become one of their team member. I am very glad and proud to be one of the team members in Ground Support Equipment Department. I would like to dedicate my most sincere gratitude to host supervisor Mr. Faisal Riza B. Adnan for opportunities given‚ unceasing patience‚ guidance‚ priceless knowledge and supports given to me during the internship. I would also like to express
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over long periods of time. AirAsia approaches to prevent this occurring and to generate continued growth is to frequently re-assess its strategy so that they build strong businesses in the attractive industries of the future Company overview - Air Asia Berhad AirAsia’s leading airline was established with the dream that everyone can fly. Since 2001‚ the company has swiftly broken travel norms around the globe. It has risen to become the world’s best. With a route network that spans through more
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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 will also contribute to the air transport. Example: between East and West Malaysia
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costs. Consumer confidence dwindled‚ causing a drop in up to 70 percent in global airline load and a 25 percent drop in air traffic (Travel Research Ltd‚ 2001). This
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distribution method that uses a container as a way of tranporting the cargo. Is an inter-modal system of transporting the general cargo or product in lots. With containerization goods are moved easier from one place to another with the help of the containers which can be loaded intact onto the container ships‚ trucks‚ railroad cars and planes. Nowadays‚ containerization is the innovative key in the field of logistics that helps to organize cargo in an efficient‚ better and save way. Benefits of containerization
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