full-service regional airline under DRB-Hicom. They started their operations on 1996. After starting their operations for several years‚ AirAsia failed to attract enough passengers to establish its own niche market due to the demise of Tan Sri Yahaya Ahmad and financial crisis. Hence‚ AirAsia was heavily indebted. In 2001‚ Tony Fernandes’s company‚Tune Air Sdn Bhd bought this airline from DRB-Hicom with estimation of RM 40 million debts. There are many continuous transformations that Air Asia makes
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Information Service‚ being able toreserve tickets through its short-messaging service (SMS). AirAsia with its politically powerful backermay well grow up to bite. This helps it open the Thailand market he IPO strengthens AirAsia balance sheet‚ further cuts its existing lowcosts at 2.5 US cents per ASK and accelerates our growth plans throughout Asia. The IPO also allowsAirAsia to expand its fleet of 18 Boeing 737-300s. Low cost airlines are anticipated to have greater potential in Asia as there
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environment‚ we could see that the major threats are increasing competition from other airlines and increase in operation cost. AirAsia needs to maintain its competitive advantage by maintaining low operation cost but also provides sufficient customer service in order to gain differentiation in the industry. Few solutions are proposed to address the threats and challenges. The solutions are to implement mobile applications and the ‘Roving Agent’ system. Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is highly
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CRM Air Asia is using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) as their performance measurement system. This performance measurement system is putting customer at the heart of the business. It satisfies the customer needs and wants. It is strategy and process of acquiring‚ retaining‚ and partnering with selective customer to create superior value for company and the customer. This will then increase the shareholders wealth and company value in the long term. According to the Chairman of Air Asia
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fares are often the deciding factors for budget-conscious travelers in Southeast Asia. This region represents a huge population‚ which offers low-fare airlines a vast market with promising profits. China’s huge population alone offers a great market for low-fare airlines. Demand may differ for low-fare services between the South East Asian region and in North America and Europe. In Europr and America customers the Asia Pacific region low airfare is the main driving force for choosing an airline carrier
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SWOT : AIR ASIA Strengths 1. low cost operation 2. target mass customers 3. efficiency workforce 4. Staffs have multi skill to do their job. 5. single type fleet to service the customer‚ it easies to maintenance. 6. lowest fare more than others. 7. Sell the ticket direct to the customer. Weakness 1. Limited service to the customer. 2. charge every things except the ticket 3. A lot of competitor. 4. Brand positioning lower than other brand. 5
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Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit. Fernandes proceeded to engineer a remarkable turnaround‚ turning a profit in 2002 and launching new routes from its hub in Kuala Lumpur International Airport at breakneck speed‚ undercutting former monopoly operator Malaysia Airlines with promotional fares as low as RM1 (US $0.27). AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since 2001‚ to become an award winning and the largest low cost carrier in Asia. Organization A new budget
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Links: below). Air Asia is currently the largest and the most successful budget airline in the whole of Southeast Asia‚ pioneered by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes. He privately bought Air Asia‚ then an ailing government-linked airline and turned it around as a no-frills budget airline until it was profitable and publicly listed. Possibly the only
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providing services at a price that is simply lower than competitors price. Operation effectiveness and outstanding efficiency are the two main characteristics of low cost business including in AirAsia. (catatanraufmendunia‚ 2009) Moreover‚ AirAsia believes in the no-frills‚ hassle-free‚ low fare business concept and feels that keeping costs low requires high efficiency in every part of the business. Efficiency creates savings that are then passed on to guests so that affordable air travel can
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to passenger traffic. Further strengthening its ASEAN network‚ the Group in December 2010 signed an agreement to establish a Philippine-based low-cost affiliate‚ which is expected to be operational by end 2011. The quest to democratise air travel began when Tune Air Sdn. Bhd. – founded in 2001 by Dato’ Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes‚ Dato’ Pahamin Ab. Rajab‚ Dato’ Kamarudin Meranun and Dato’ Aziz Bakar - bought over the loss-making‚ debt-riddled AirAsia from HI COM Holdings Berhad (now DRB-HICOM Berhad) for
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