Running head: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Southwest Airlines William F. White Grand Canyon University Introduction Southwest Airlines took their first flight in June 18‚ 1971. The company got underway more then four years earlier but had a number of tough lawsuits against them before they were able to get their first plane up in the air. Southwest Airlines began serving the Texas cities of Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio. And then in 1979‚ Southwest Airlines finally made their first voyage outside
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Strategy in the Market Place: Malaysia Airlines (MAS) has announced their new business plan for year 2012‚ aiming to restore their profitability on the premium sector‚ as to become the preferred premium carrier. (Business Plan‚ Our Way Forward‚ December 2011‚ page7) By achieving the vision as to become the preferred premium carrier‚ they will be launching a new regional premium airline. In the first half of 2012‚ they will launch new short-haul brand‚ flying an entirely new Boeing 737-800 fleet
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Delta Song Case Analysis Possible cost drivers that will allow us to estimate a salary cost function for Delta are: available seat miles‚ number of departures‚ available ton miles‚ revenue passenger miles‚ and revenue ton miles. The two cost drivers we chose were revenue passenger miles and available ton miles. The salaries consist of payments to pilots‚ flight attendants and ticket agents. Their salaries are determined by the number of passengers and cargoes and the miles or hours flown. This is
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Friends and Relatives‚ the Group Inclusive Tour‚ the Overseas Filipino Workers‚ and Niche Market. b. Competitors Major: Cebu Pacific * The airline was established on August 26‚ 1988‚ and started operations on March 8‚ 1996. It is based on the grounds of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila Terminal 3)‚ Pasay City‚ Metro Manila.The airline is a subsidiary of JG Summit Holdings. It is currently headed by Lance Gokongwei‚ presumptive heir of John Gokongwei‚ the chairman emeritus of JG Summit
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Malaysia Airline should reduce the price of ticket to attract more passengers. Although the profit will be reduce‚ but the increase of the number of passengers will cover it back. In long term‚ it will bring more benefit to the company. Malaysia Airline also needs to have more promotion to attract the low income of passengers. For example‚ promote special ticket for a group of students or for family to travel during the school holiday. This is because during holiday‚ many of the students and family
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AEA 11‚5 9‚4 8‚3 TK 26‚6 35‚3 29‚9 2009 AEA -5‚8 -4‚2 -4‚5 TK 15‚8 15‚2 19‚0 2010 PAX Middle East 2007 4‚1 4‚2 5‚1 15‚5 11‚6 13‚8 -1‚7 3‚0 1‚2 12‚3 19‚7 24‚3 AEA TK AEA TK 2008 2009 AEA TK 2010 PAX Source: AEA= Association of European Airlines (Scheduled Traffic) AEA 7‚6 12‚6 6‚1 14‚0 13‚6 15‚7 8‚2 0‚8 3‚8 TK ASK 2‚7 0‚0 2‚6 8‚9 1H’11 22‚0 17‚4 AEA RPK AEA TK AEA -10 20 9‚9 11‚8 9‚2 30 11‚7 17‚4 18‚0 50 ASK 1H’11 RPK 9‚0 10‚4 9‚1 10 20 30 -10 0
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Singapore Airlines (SIA) began in 1947 as Malayan Airlines in a joint venture between the Malaysia and Singapore governments. However‚ due to political disagreements between Singapore and Malaysia in 1965‚ the two governments agreed to set up separated airlines‚ resulting in the formation of two bodies namely‚ Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines System. Thus‚ Singapore Airlines was established in 1972 after the Republic of Singapore’s Independence from the Malaysia Federation. Singapore
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The airline was formed by the Dubai Government under a management agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Using a PIA leased 737 and A300. On 25th October 1985‚ Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai. In 1987 flights were started to London‚ Frankfurt and Istanbul. In 1992 Emirates Airlines expanded its services to Djakarta‚ Paris‚ Rome and Zurich. With a fleet of 113 aircraft‚ Emirates currently fly to over 100 destinations in 62 countries around the world. Unlike many other
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CASE PREPARATION : SINGAPORE AIRLINES 1. WHAT IS THE ‘SERVICE CONCEPT’ OF SINGAPORE AIRLINES?Singapore Airlines handles a strategy of Service Excellence which means they have to deliver an outstanding service to their customers all the time and on every aspect of the flying-experience. Furthermore they want to provide this high quality service in a safe‚ reliable and economical way‚ so this excellence also has to be cost-effective. Singapore Airlines understands that to give their customers the
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Southwest Airlines? How does this differ from the business model used at many other airlines‚ such as United and American Airlines? The business model that Southwest airline uses can be characterize as "keep it simple" that are they don’t fly everywhere they employ a point to point route system‚ no seating class distinctions‚ no choices on type of aircraft and simplest pricing structure. Southwest Airlines flies point to point which a lot differ from other operators like American Airlines and United
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