Southwest Airlines is a major airline company operating in the United States. The company was founded in 1967 in Houston‚ Texas by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King. The company’s vision was a low-cost‚ no-frills airline that was safe‚ affordable‚ and fun. Out of that vision‚ and following and arduous inception‚ the company has become one of the largest U.S‚ airlines‚ getting more travelers to their destinations than any other U.S. airline‚ and making a profit while doing it. Southwest Airlines
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[pic] [pic] AirAsia Company 1. Company Background: AirAsia‚ as the second Malaysian National Airline‚ provides a totally different type of service in line with the nation’s aspirations to benefit all citizens and worldwide travellers. Such service takes the form of a no frills - low airfares flight offering‚ 40%-60% lower than what is currently offered in this part of Asia. The story of emergence of AirAsia is similar to Ryanair‚ since both carriers underwent a
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for the Southwest Airlines (LUV NYSE symbol) : Various financial ratios are used by managers and investors to analyze company’s financial health. In this section we describe return on equity analysis to measure the Southwest’s performance. ROE is viewed as one of the most important financial ratios. It is used in an effort to evaluate management’s ability to monitor and control expenses and to earn a profit on resources committed to the business. Three levels of ROE ratios assess Southwest Airlines’
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Leadership Southwest airlines‚ a company that is known to have strong employee relationships‚ believes that the happier an employee the better productivity they will have. Southwest Airline CEO‚ Gary C. Kelly‚ has stated that in order to have a strong company he needs to take time building strong relationships as well. “Happy Employees = Happy Customers. Happy Customers keep Southwest flying” (Southwest). He created an environment that challenges employees to be innovative which lead to creative
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Southwest Airlines Company Financial Analysis Five Year Financial Overview Southwest Airlines Co. | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | Revenues | Not Available | $15‚658.00 M | $12‚104.00 M | $10‚350.00 M | $11‚023.00 M | Stock Price | Not Available | $8.56 | $12.98 | $11.43 | $8.62 | Profit Margin | Not Available | 1.14% | 3.79% | .96% | 1.61% | Net Income | | $178.00 M | $459.00 M | $99.00 M | $178.00 M | Employees | Not Available | 45‚392 | 34‚901 | 34‚726 | 35‚499 |
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Running Head: Yahoo and Amazon: Building a Competitive Advantage Assignment 1: Yahoo and Amazon: Building a Competitive Advantage BUS 599 1. Describe‚ in brief‚ the histories of both of Amazon.com and Yahoo.com‚ and determine the core business of each. Amazon.com has advertising banners at their partners’ sites like Yahoo‚ AltaVista and so on. When the potential customer searches for a topic; and clicks on the Amazon.com advertisement alongside the hits for the search‚ Amazon
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to put a buy or sell recommendation on the shares of Southwest Airlines and Continental Airlines. From the above we conclude that we would put a BUY recommendation on BOTH Southwest Airlines and Continental Airlines. These recommendations are based on the forecasted share prices below. LUV: Forecast - $19.61 Current Market Price - $12.48 CAL: Forecast - $30.39 Current Market Price - $29.48 In conclusion‚ we feel Southwest Airlines will continue to grow steadily into steady state
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Porter’s five forces framework 1. The threat of new entrants. In terms of economies of scale‚ Southwest fleet grew to 537 Boeing 737 aircraft providing service to 64 cities in 32 states throughout the United States‚ with 397 city pairs being served nonstop‚ by the end of 2008‚ thus has reached sufficient economies of scale. And Southwest Airline gains its cost advantage through the implementation of “low-cost strategy”. It not only flew planes point-to-point—short-haul flights bypassing the
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Despite operating in one of the most unattractive industries‚ Southwest Airlines has being very successful in its operations. Its operational success can be attributed to the use of a single aircraft type by the airlines targeted at minimizing the maintenance as well as the operational costs (Jackson et al.‚ 2011). The airline also targets the smaller as well as the less congested airports to minimize delays as well as schedule disruptions. The aircrafts are easily turned around easily minimizing
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Bus Boycott This year the event I have studied was the Bus Boycott in American‚ Montgomery‚ in 1955. The causes of the bus boycott are the racial discrimination that the African American community had been shown and also Rosa Parks protest and arrest. The consequences of the Bus Boycott is the involvement and the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision of desegregating all of America ‚ and also another consequence that is important to the event is the grand boost in the Civil Rights movement campaign
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