Southwest Airlines in 2010: Culture‚ Values‚ and Operating Practices Summary Southwest Airlines was founded by Herb Kelleher in 1967 to provide low-cost service between Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio. Although the U.S. airline industry had lost money in 15 of the 30 years between 1980 and 2009‚ Southwest has reported profit every year since 1973. Southwest Airlines is considered to be the most successful budget airline in the U.S. Since 2000‚ the number of passengers flying Southwest has
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Importance to economy The revenue of international airlines industry has increased from 476 billion USD in 2009 to 567 billion USD in 2011‚ a 9.3% year-on-year increase. This industry employs 56.5 million workers and accounts for US $2.2 trillion of the global GDP. Indian Aviation industry contributes to 0.5% of the India’s GDP and generates 1.7 million jobs. Technological Trends Major cost items for airlines are fuel‚ labour and maintenance. Airlines are able to reduce the cost/increase profit by
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OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT ONLY‚ DISCUSS HOW SIA MIGHT DEVELOP IN THE FUTURE IN ORDER TO REMAIN COMPETITIVE. 2 1.1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.2 CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS OF SINGAPORE AIRLINES 3 1.2.1 Product/Service Differentiation 3 1.2.2 Human Assets 4 1.2.3 Fleet management 5 1.2.4 Strategic Alliances/Partnerships 5 1.2.5 Superior Service 5 1.3 COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE STRATEGIES (PORTER’S) 6 1.4 ANSOFF’S PRODUCT/MARKET GRID 8 2.0 REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY 14 1.0 With reference to Operations Management only
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Turkish Airline Industry Overview June 12‚ 2011·by AC· in Aviation. · Today‚ I would like to provide brief information regarding the marketing and survival strategies of the airline industry‚ both locally and internationally. I should probably stress that the airline industry is too global to be considered as only domestically so a marketing analysis ignoring the international market situations would be off balance and superficial. The airline industry in Turkey was first constructed as a monopolistic
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Southwest Airlines Co. is a major U.S. airline and the world’s largest low-cost carrier‚ headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. It was established in 1967 that operates Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways to fly among three major Texas cities – Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio. It is the biggest operator of the Boeing 737 in the world. Flight distances ranged from 190 to 250 miles and flight time were about 45 minutes. Today Southwest operates nearly 400 Boeing 737 aircraft to 59 U
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Recommendations to Management While performing the SWOT analysis‚ the several key issues are to be recommended to the management. These recommendations are intended to assist the Singapore Airlines in in keeping its pre-eminent position as it continue strives to be one of the best airline companies in the Today’s airline industry. 1) The Singapore Airlines needs to keep its superiority and stay on top of the competition in the international market‚ despite the bad times associated with a global
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Southwest Airlines 2008 Introduction : While the airline industry in the USA has not made thriving financial headlines‚ Southwest Airlines has emerged as a successful organization. It has been able to make profit consistently and has sustained itself through difficult situations like recession‚ energy crisis‚ and September 11 terrorist attacks. Problem Statement : The problem under consideration here is: How can Southwest Airlines achieve a sustainable growth in future in spite of increasing
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how the airline industry does to make up for the profits with their new “simplified low-cost pricing.” It’s also the sign that major carriers like AA‚ Delta‚ and UA are being forced to cut some of their expensive prices as rival discount airlines rapidly expand. So far‚ the price-cutting is still happening only in certain cities‚ and not nationwide. They are doing that technique to attract customers from other airlines and to create customer loyalty among regular flyers. Meanwhile‚ the airline needs
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has never been more important for an airline to have the right public image. If the national flag and perhaps a catchy logo on planes‚ counters and ticket covers were sufficient in the olden days‚ today branding is a science of its own. Half a dozen branding agencies‚ most of them based in London and the USA‚ are fighting not just on behalf of toothpaste or cars but‚ with dogged determination‚ in the aviation industry over budgets worth millions. "The airlines are much more conscious today that branding
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At Southwest Airlines‚ "We Love Your Bags" MRKT 5000 1. Describe the various promotion elements that Southwest Airlines uses in its integrated marketing communications. Southwest Airlines Company is an American airline with headquarters in Dallas‚ Texas. Based on domestic passengers carried‚ Southwest Airlines is the largest airline in the United States. (2010 -06-30)[upThe The airline operates more than 3‚400 flights a day [update]utilizing a fleet of 552 aircraft. While operating in an extremely
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