Instructor Case: Southwest Airlines in 2010 Dr. Deb Sircar University of Greenwich Business School http://create.mcgraw-hill.com Copyright 2012 by The McGraw-Hill Companies‚ Inc. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976‚ no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means‚ or stored in a database or retrieval system‚ without prior written permission of the publisher
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Case study: Southwest Airlines 1. Southwest Airlines has been a highly successful undertaking. This is due in part to the marketing objectives it has set for itself. Its main objective was to create brand awareness/preference‚ customer value and be a market share leader. The next step was to come up with a marketing mix strategy of price‚ place‚ product and promotion to achieve its objective. Southwest cut out many amenities in order to differentiate itself from its competitors. Its main objectives
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1.0 Introduction – Singapore Airlines Ltd Singapore Airlines (SIA) once again is hitting the headlines with plans to restart the world’s longest commercial flight between Singapore and Los Angeles‚ and Newark with the fuel efficient ultra-long-range Airbus-350s in 2018; its new First Class and Business Class designs launched on its next batch of 5 A380 superjumbos in 2017. In 2013‚ SIA made a strategic decision to cut long haul direct flights to New York & Los Angeles after high fuel charges and
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1. What role has leadership played in the success of Southwest Airlines? In an era where all the major players in the U.S. airline industry experienced problems‚ only Southwest Airlines remained profitable throughout that period. This amazing and continued success is attributed to its great leader Herb Kelleher. He has been a very successful leader who knows the employees and marketplace well and can effectively take action for the success of the organization. He applies flexibly to the growth
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success of Southwest Airlines? 2. How significant is the 10 to 15 minutes turnaround time of Southwest’s aircraft in terms of savings in investment and utilization of its aircraft compared to competitors? 3. What challenges is Southwest facing in the future and how should they meet those challenges? 4. What should their business and operations strategy be for the future? 5. Has Gary Kelly‚ the new Southwest CEO since 2004‚ been able to maintain the profitability of Southwest Airlines while insuring the
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using its pricing strategy of cheap fares backed by seriously controlling costs. The central business of Southwest is the short-haul domestic route. The airplanes of Southwest are always on time which make the customers very delighted. Southwest Airlines¡¯ used market penetration pricing strategy with low-fare‚ no frills‚ low cost service on relatively short flights. Moreover‚ it also provides benefits to customers such as simple scheduling‚ ticketless travel‚ and point-to-point service. It used
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Song Airlines Case Song airline was a low cost carrier subsidiary of Delta airlines that started in 2003. It was formed to compete with JetBlue and other low cost airlines for the Florida market. The market environment at the time of the case was extremely difficult with the rising costs of fuel‚ increasing security requirements after 9/11 and customers’ expectations of lower fares. It has forced many big players in the airline industry into bankruptcy. The operational costs which include gate
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Leadership Analysis: Emirates Airlines 1. Introduction Each and every organisation is trying to use strategies that would sustain or enhance their competitive advantage in the market‚ and Emirate Airline is never an exemption. Accordingly‚ the corporate strategy and management of a business describes the process of directing and leading the business operations within the company by exhausting their available resources extensively in order to attain the organizational objectives
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The World Airline Industry A European Perspective (Case Study) MCS-M-160 International Strategy Student Name: Siyuan Li Student ID: 2800712 Unit Coordinator: Robin John Question 1 Through PESTEL analysis‚ identify the major external environmental drives influencing the airline industry. Since the end of the case (2003)‚ to what extent have these driving force changed? Question 4 Analysis the business model of the low cost airline‚ discuss their
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As of Year 2004‚ the American Airline industry stood at around 783 Million USD/year in terms of operating revenue with American Airlines‚ United and Delta being the biggest players. Southwest was the 6th largest player in the market. Since 2001‚ the airline industry on the whole has been suffering he losses annually. The seat-miles flown have increased manifold over the long term (from 1989 to 2004) indicating increase in adoption of air travel among the population while the revenue per mile has
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