Outline two possible ‘likely futures’ for the low-cost airline industry. The low-cost model in the airline industry‚ pioneered by Southwest Airlines‚ continues to bring profitability‚ success and challenges to airlines in markets across the world. Low-cost airlines continue to put pressure on the traditional ‘legacy’ airlines to compete while engaged in an intense rivalry with direct low-cost competitors. This paper argues that the low-cost airline industry is likely to (i) look to long haul operations
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LCCs (Low Cost Carriers) first emerged in 1950‚ by the Pacific South Airlines started offering nothing but low prices on air travel. Followed by the great success of Southwest Airlines from 1967 onwards‚ as well as facilitated by the liberalisation in air transport market‚ it has been in centre stage of the global civil aviation industry ever since. In spite of facing many challenges such as high oil prices‚ softening demand‚ surplus capacity‚ new participants as well as subsidiaries from FCCs (Full
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The Low-cost Orange Flying Machine: The Case of easyJet Introduction The colour orange is increasingly becoming synonymous with the firm easyJet as it has become one of the world’s most profitable low-cost airlines (Alamdari and Fagan‚ 2005). This paper examines the basis of their success and argues firstly‚ that easyJet from its inception essentially adopted and stayed with the original low-cost model that was pioneered by Southwest airlines in the USA. Moreover‚ this is a model that has served
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TABLE OF CONTENTS QUESTION 1 1.1 Key Success Factors in the low-cost airline industry 3 1.2 Strategic group map example in the low-cost airline industry 5 QUESTION 2 2.0 Comprehensive analysis of SA low-cost airline industry 6 2.1 Buyer Power 10 2.2 Supplier Power 10 2.3 Substitutes 10 2.4 Rivalry 10 2.5 New Entrants 11 2.5.1 Government Policy barriers 11 2.5.2 Capital Requirements 11 2.5.3 Economies of Scale 11 2.6
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Wiradikarta Anda Low Cost Airlines In Indonesia Group Member: VOUSEMER Sandy WANG Liao Xue Qiujing Table of Contents I. General introduction of low cost carrier 3 1. Definition 3 2. History of low cost carrier 3 3. Business Model 4 a. Reducing operation cost 5 b. Simplifying in-flight services 6 4. Trends in the industry 6 a. Differentiation 6 b. Long distant low cost carrier 7 5. Criticism 7 II. Why is Indonesia such an important market? 8 III. Low Cost Airlines That Fly To and/or
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Question 1 A new low-cost‚ “no- frills” airline has just announced that it will enter the South AFran airline industry. Conduct a competitor analysis for the new airline. Answer: The company must understand the current competitors‚ aspect to consider include size‚ growth and profitability‚ image and positioning strategy‚ competitor objectives and commitment‚ current and past strategies of competitors‚ competitive culture‚ cost structures‚ and exit barriers. Size‚ Growth
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Proceedings of the 13th Asia Pacific Management Conference‚ Melbourne‚ Australia‚ 2007‚ 431-436 Competitive Strategy for Low Cost Airlines Hongwei Jiang RMIT University‚ Australia Abstract The aim of this paper is to identify challenge faced to Low-Cost Carriers (LCCs) or Low-Cost Airlines and provide new insights into the development and competitive strategy for LCCs. LCCs are still a relatively new phenomenon in Australia since Virgin Blue and Jetstar came to the market. There are over 30 LCCs
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study - Low cost airlines History of low-cost airlines The idea of LCC originated in the US. Founded in Dallas Texas on June 18‚ 1971 by Herb Kelleher‚ Southwest Airlines offered tickets that worked out to be cheaper than a car or coach ride. It is the fourth largest US airline in terms of domestic customers carried annually. It has been profitable every year since 1973. Low cost airlines in India But a booming economy‚ a congested and crumbling train network and the emergence of low-cost
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The Low Cost Airline: AirAsia A study of opportunities‚ challenges and critical success factors LGT 3007 Air Transport Logistics Introduction History of low cost airlines The low-cost concept became a moneymaker in the United States‚ where it was pioneered in the 1970s by Southwest Airlines‚ the model for budget carriers elsewhere like Ryanair and easyJet in Europe. Definition of low cost airlines A low cost airline generally has many features that differentiate it from the traditional
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