Background British Airways is the national airline company of the UK and one of the largest in Europe. They were formed in 1972 but faced stiff competition when Richard Branson’s ‘Virgin Atlantic’ airline company was formed in 1984. Both companies had a tense relationship with each other which ended ‘one of the most bitter and protracted libel actions in aviation history’. (Quote from www.wikipedia.org) Objectives of British Airways Like all businesses one of their objectives were to
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From each change perspective what are the key issues to understanding the wildcat strike? The key issues that brought on the wildcat strike was the discomfort of the employees‚ the imposing power of management‚ and the impending busy season. The workers have been scared for their jobs already with one in four jobs being cut. The imposing power of management only furthered the discomfort. Coming into the busy season was poor timing because everyone was preparing for that‚ then a sudden change gave
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Foreign Exchange Management at British Airways The overall foreign exchange position of a co. may be complex as illustrated in the case of BA. BA does business in approx. 140 foreign currencies‚ which account for approx. 60% of group revenue & 40% of operating expenses (the rest being UK sterling). The group generates a surplus in most of these currencies. The main exceptions are the US dollar & the pound sterling in which BA has a deficit‚ arising from capital expenditure on fuel‚ which is payable
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0 Appendices This report identifies through research‚ the impact that marketing environmental issues have on British Airways. It clearly outlines the macro and micro environmental factors and internal factors that the new Chief Executive‚ Willie Walsh‚ has to consider in order for him to successfully drive the company forward and receive a 10% operating margin. British Airways (BA) is the UK’s largest international scheduled airline‚ operating international and domestic scheduled and charter
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Encourage customers to communicate. An opportunity occurs somewhere on the network every 15 seconds. Make it more convenient to register complaints. Make it truly worth their while. Market your CRM program. What more could be done for British Airways? Looking at the monthly data allows us to track any movement of a service issue in terms of complaints and defection rate. Again‚ it’s worth looking at seat allocation. It rose steadily throughout the quarter‚ peaking at 16.6% of customers
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Liquidity Liquidity is vital to the survival of a business for there to be sufficient liquid resources available to meet maturing obligations. Liquidity refers to the ease with which assets can be converted to cash in the normal course of business. The current ratio compares the ‘liquid’ assets of a business with the current liabilities. The higher the ratio‚ the more liquid the business is considered to be. Some people seem to suggest there is an ‘ideal’ current ratio (usually 2:1) for all
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INTRODUCTION: It was time when British Airways showed the world the future of travel with the opening of Heathrow Airports spectacular new Terminal 5. Opening on the 27th of March 2008‚ inaugurated by Queen Elizabeth (the second)‚ the terminal completely failed in the first two weeks of its operation. Insufficient staff training and testing‚ coupled with a disruption in the Terminals IT systems led to around 500 flights being cancelled. SEGEMENTED ANALYSIS (What went wrong): 1. Logistics and
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Liquidity Ratio’s. 1)CURRENT RATIO: CURRENT ASSETS CURRENT LIABILITIES Interpretation: The ideal ratio 2:1 . The liquidity position of the company is not satisfactory because it is not reached the ideal ratio 2:1 . Thecompany should increase the current assets and decrease thecurrent liabilities. Quick Ratio Current assets –inventories. Current liabilities Interpretation: the liquidity position of the company is not satisfactory because the ratio is decrease and not reached the
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