1.0 Introduction This paper deals with the strategic review of Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd (CX)‚ an airline which operates passenger and cargo flights to and from Hong Kong. For the purpose of this paper‚ only the passenger operation is reviewed. The review will analyse the strategy and direction of the company‚ its strengths and weaknesses‚ the state of the company and the market in which it operates. Based on the review‚ recommendations will be made for the future of CX. 2.0 CX described
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Air Transport Industry in Hong Kong Overview As one of the regional hubs for Asia‚ Hong Kong is connected with most urban centres in Asia and half of the world’s population within 5 hours of flight time. Currently‚ more than 100 airlines operate about 1‚000 flights daily‚ linking the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) to about 180 destinations worldwide including 48 cities on the Chinese mainland. Handling 56.5 million passengers and 4.03 million tonnes of cargo and in 2012‚ HKIA was Asia’s
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SPD4287 Public Relations and Crisis Management Semester One‚ 2012/13 Group Project [pic] [pic] TABLE OF CONTENTS Item Content Page Executive Summary 1 Part A – Crisis Analysis 1. Crisis 2 – 3 2. Analysis 4 – 5 3. Response 6 – 8 4. Comment 9 5. Recommendation 10 Part B – Public Relations Plan 1. 5-step PR Management Process 11 – 14 2. Image Restoration 15 3. Reputation Rebuild 16 – 17 Executive Summary
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Capabilities Capabilities are valuable‚ rare‚ costly to imitate and non substitutable are core competencies. Core competencies are sources of competitive advantage for the firm over its rivals. A sustained competitive advantage is achieved only when the competitors cannot duplicate the benefits of a firm’s strategy or when they lack the resources to attempt imitation. Sustainable competitive advantage results only when all four criteria are satisfied. For a capability to be a core competence
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baggage handling and engineer. This also helped them to control supplier and aircraft maintenance cost. • Oneworld Alliance Oneworld Alliance is a management company founded by Qantas‚ American Airlines‚ British Airways‚ Canadian Airlines and Cathay Pacific. Purpose of this centralized management company is to helping each other with non‐core business activity such as marketing‚ engineering/maintenance‚ and online ticketing to reduce cost thus give the company allowance to cut ticket price. Members
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Describe the SWOT analysis and the VRIO model and compare them. Highlight their main similarities and differences. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.) Student’s Response The SWOT analysis is used to describe the Strength‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats that face a corporation. The purpose of this analysis is to identify the particular competencies that the corporation has as well as to identify the opportunities that they are facing but unable to take advantage of due to the
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Leading Asia-Pacific carrier Singapore Airlines (SIA) is caught between a rock and a hard place‚ much like any other airline in this prolonged global recession. Positioned as a premium global brand‚ SIA is struggling in 2009 to offset a decline in demand in the commercial sector. This‚ coupled with losses from hedging fuel‚ higher unit costs‚ and taking delivery of five Airbus 380s by January 2010 or risk paying heavy penalties for delay‚ the airline‚ which flies to about 35 countries‚ must rely
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Mercado‚ Klydine Gecyrille O. TM09303 August 31‚ 2013 Transportation Management TOP TEN AIRLINES WORLDWIDE The following airlines listed below are from the result of an online survey questionnaire about the passenger’s experience with the airlines on the ground and onboard‚ during a 10-month period; The survey measures passenger satisfaction across more than 40 key performance indicators of airline front-line product and service - including check-in‚ boarding‚ onboard seat comfort‚ cabin cleanliness
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Introduction In recent years‚ affected by natural disasters‚ emergencies‚ oil price volatility‚ the international financial crisis and other factors‚ especially the oil price‚ that is the most major factor of the airline cost‚ and still increasing‚ made the airline industry’s production decline shaply. The main source of profit for the airline industry are passenger and cargo revenue primarily‚ in addition‚ the fuel surcharges and exchange gains constitute the major part of its profits. According
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conference calls instead of flying to other places for meetings because cutting cost became a trend and it saves time. HongKong Airlines is strong in this Force because it is a low-cost airline. The air fare is cheap comparing to its main competitors‚ Cathay Pacific Airways and Dragonair. The fare is low so it is affordable to more people. If there is not a big difference between train or ferry fare‚ people prefer to go by air because it saves time on travelling. On the other hand‚ travelling by
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