INTRODUCTION :AirAsia Berhad is a Malaysian low-cost airline headquartered in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. It has been named as the world’s best low-cost airline‚ and a pioneer of low-cost travel in Asia. AirAsia group operates scheduled domestic and international flights to 78 destinations spanning 25 countries. Its main hub is the Low-Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). Its affiliate airlines Thai AirAsia‚ Indonesia AirAsia‚ Philippines AirAsia‚ HYPERLINK "http://en
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AIR ASIA – FLYING LOW COST WITH HIGH HOPES 1. Synopsis Air Asia was taken over by Tony Fernandes when the global economic crisis happened in 2001. It was restructured into the first no-frills and low cost carrier (LCC) in Asia. It is now the award winning with the largest operation low fare in Asia. The approach is to be easy to book‚ pay and fly and most of the seats are sold through online‚ this is in line with its motto ‘Now Everyone Can Fly’. Not only in Malaysia‚ Air Asia expanding the business
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Asia has experienced decades of peace and stability with many experts providing competing views as to whether this stability will continue or would it be just the ‘calm before the storm’ as depicted by some experts foreseeing inevitable use of force by Asian states to achieve its respective political means. I intend to provide a brief summary on the argument made by Alagappa in the chapter ‘Introduction: Predictability and Stability Despite Challenges’ of his book ‘Asian Security Order: Instrumental
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Case Study of Air-Asia : Strategic Role of Information System in Business Air Asia is established on 12 December 2001 by Mr. Tony Fernandes‚ the CEO of Air Asia and expanding rapidly since that. Air Asia is the leading low fare airline in Asia and Air Asia succeed to become the award winning‚ ‘Asia Pacific Airlines of the year 2003’ by Centre for Air Pacific Aviation (CAPA) in 2003. Air Asia has successfully positioned itself in customers’ mind by using the “ Now Everyone Can Fly” slogan. Air
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Introduction The first part of this assignment based around the case study of Carrefour in Russia is to analyse the macro environment in Russia at the time of the case. Opportunities and challenges associated with that environment will also be considered. The best way to understand the macro environment in Russia is to carry out a PEST analysis. PEST stands for the political‚ economic‚ social and technological environments. This type of analysis can be considered an external appraisal of the business
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“accepted by the Sinhalese Buddhists of Sri Lanka as well as by Theravada Buddhists in Southeast Asia.” to which we will return Space obviously would not permit a full review of the wide range of papers included in these volumes. Let us then simply note that … “that Buddha died within a few years of 480 B.C.” – to quote from the Cambridge History of India In addition to the individuals cited above‚ studies by Etienne Lamotte‚ Hajime Nakamura‚ P.H. Eggermont‚ Gananath Obeyesekere‚ Akira Hirakawa
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years ago when it began operations‚ Air Asia had just two planes and a host of obstacles - Sars and the Sept 11 terrorist attacks included that preventing it from taking off. Today‚ the Malaysia-based budget airline boasts a fleet of 80 aircraft that ply over 122 routes‚ with 480 flights to more than 65 destinations daily. Group CEO Tony Fernandes has been instrumental in building the Air Asia brand. Known for its strong marketing and branding culture‚ Air Asia was recognized as one of Malaysia’s 30
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Fauna of Asia is all the animals living in Asia and its surrounding seas and islands. Since there is no natural biogeographic boundary in the west between Europe and Asia‚ the term "fauna of Asia" is somewhat elusive. Asia is the eastern part of the Palearctic ecozone (which in turn is part of the Holarctic)‚ and its South-Eastern part belongs to the Indomalaya ecozone (previously called the Oriental region). Asia shows a notable diversity of habitats‚ with significant variations in rainfall‚ altitude
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Beyond Tokyo: Disney’s Expansion in Asia Beyond Tokyo: Disney’s Expansion in Asia 1) The cultural challenges are posed by Disney’s expansion into Asia are limited attractions based on size and local regulations‚ hot weather‚ and high ticket prices. Cultural barriers happened such as the decision to serve shark fin soup‚ a local favourite‚ greatly angered environmentalist. For example‚ the decision to serve shark fin soup‚ a local favourite‚ greatly angered environmentalists. It is different
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threat is low for Airasia. iii) Different product offered. Airasia offers different product compared to other competitors in Asia like Bangkok Airways‚ Tiger Airways‚ and Air Philippines. Other than the passenger sales ticket‚ Airasia also include holiday packages which is affordable around Asia. Airasia has good connection with hotels and tourism companies around Asia‚ which it is hard for new competitors to compete. iv) Low switching costs. Customers do not need to spend more on switching
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