The mission of southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride and Company Spirit (Ruppel‚ 2012). The people of Southwest are the single greatest strength and most enduring long term competitive advantage (Kelly‚ 2012). Southwest Airlines started out as Air Southwest Co in 1967; serving only three local airport hubs in Texas. The hubs were San Antonio (SAT)‚ Dallas (DAL) and Houston International Airport
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office with a plan to start a low-cost/low-fare airline that would shuttle passengers between San Antonio‚ Dallas‚ and Houston. Thought of this idea because businessmen were complaining about the commute. 1967: Kelleher filed papers to incorporate the new airline and submitted an application to the Texas Aeronautics Commission for the new company to serve Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio. ------4 year legal and regulatory battle from rival airlines------ 1971 (January): Lamar Muse brought in
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Introduction Air travel remains a large and growing industry. It facilitates economic growth‚ world trade‚ international investment and tourism and is therefore central to the globalization taking place in many other industries (Airline Industry‚ 2000). In Globalization era‚ Airplane industries are really important to move people to another place. It’s really reliable and secure. Compare with five decades ago. Airplane was frightening and costly. People try to find new technological innovation
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tagline. This short-haul airline believes that by focusing on friendly service‚ speed and frequent point-to-point departures‚ its low pricing is able to compete against car transportation. While other competitors try to delight customers by investing in meals‚ airport lounges and seating selections‚ Southwest chooses to eliminate or reduces investments in these industry’s competitive factors. As a result‚ Southwest’s low prices are unbeatable making them the preferred airline in the industry. With a
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Singapore Airlines is without a doubt‚ one of the leading airlines in the aviation industry. However‚ the fact that there are over a hundred other airlines companies within this region should not be ignored. The primary objective of this study is to identify the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats of Singapore Airlines and come up with recommendations and strategies for the group to further improve their business operation. Company Background The Singapore Airlines Group (thereafter
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7:20 American Airlines Matt Vinas 10/1/2012 1. Political: “In some cases‚ foreign governments limit U.S. air carriers’ rights to carry passengers beyond designated gateway cities in foreign countries.” This can affect the American Airlines company in the competitive airline industry because if some foreign governments deny the rights to U.S. air carriers to carry passengers beyond designated cities‚ the loyal customers of American Airlines would choose another airline that would be accepted
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Critical Analysis of Delta Air Lines‚ Inc. Financial Reporting and Disclosure Table of Contents Description of Delta Air Lines‚ Inc. Background‚ Industry‚ Market 3 Financial Reporting Similarities and Differences 4-5 Direction of Disclosure Three Year Comparison 5-6 Disclosure Techniques 7-8 Financial Derivatives 8-9 Financial Statement Analysis Three Year Ratio Analysis 10-13 Disclosure of Note Items Application of GAAP 13-18
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MALAYSIA AIRLINE SYSTEM BHD (MAS). Company Profile Malaysia Airlines started when a joint initiative of the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool‚ the Straits Steamship of Singapore and Imperial Airways led to a proposal to the Colonial Staraits Settlement government to run air service between Penang and Singapore. The result was incorporation of Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) on 12 October 1937. On 2 April 1947‚ MAL took to the skies with its first commercial flight as the national airline. However
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Customer analysis Disney Primary target market So who are the customers of Walt Disney? Walt Disney’s target market is 4-12 year old boys and girls. Thus it targets a very widely diverse market. Including the younger half that are still little children and the older half that are more or less becoming adolescents. This segmentation is made because the older half has a lot more influence over their parents decision making. These children are also heavy users of the brand because they experience
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Phoenix‚ California‚ Hawaii‚ and Savannah GA. Allegiant Airlines offers low prices travel packages. These packages include air‚ rental car and hotels. Allegiant was founded in 1997 in Fresno‚ California. In 1999‚ the company flew passengers between Fresno and Las Vegas utilizing a DC-9 aircraft. In December 2000‚ Allegiant filed for bankruptcy and Maurice J. Gallagher Jr. obtained control of the company. In June 2001‚ Gallagher reorganized the airline to a low cost model. He moved the company to moved
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