Running head: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Southwest Airlines William F. White Grand Canyon University Introduction Southwest Airlines took their first flight in June 18‚ 1971. The company got underway more then four years earlier but had a number of tough lawsuits against them before they were able to get their first plane up in the air. Southwest Airlines began serving the Texas cities of Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio. And then in 1979‚ Southwest Airlines finally made their first voyage outside
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Strategic Management “American Airlines ” Case Study Strategic Management Prepared By Fathi Salem Mohammed Abdulla 2009 37 Introduction American Airlines‚ Inc. (AA) is a major airline of the United States. It is the world ’s largest airline in passenger miles transported and passenger fleet size; second largest‚ behind FedEx Express‚ in aircraft operated; and second behind Air France-KLM in operating revenues. A subsidiary of the AMR Corporation‚ the airline is headquartered in Fort Worth
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Malaysia Airline should reduce the price of ticket to attract more passengers. Although the profit will be reduce‚ but the increase of the number of passengers will cover it back. In long term‚ it will bring more benefit to the company. Malaysia Airline also needs to have more promotion to attract the low income of passengers. For example‚ promote special ticket for a group of students or for family to travel during the school holiday. This is because during holiday‚ many of the students and family
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The airline was formed by the Dubai Government under a management agreement with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) Using a PIA leased 737 and A300. On 25th October 1985‚ Emirates flew its first routes out of Dubai. In 1987 flights were started to London‚ Frankfurt and Istanbul. In 1992 Emirates Airlines expanded its services to Djakarta‚ Paris‚ Rome and Zurich. With a fleet of 113 aircraft‚ Emirates currently fly to over 100 destinations in 62 countries around the world. Unlike many other
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Southwest Airlines? How does this differ from the business model used at many other airlines‚ such as United and American Airlines? The business model that Southwest airline uses can be characterize as "keep it simple" that are they don’t fly everywhere they employ a point to point route system‚ no seating class distinctions‚ no choices on type of aircraft and simplest pricing structure. Southwest Airlines flies point to point which a lot differ from other operators like American Airlines and United
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1. Indian Airlines Corporation vs Sm. Madhuri Chowdhuri And Ors. on 27 May‚ 1964 The suit arose out of an unfortunate and tragic air crash at Nagpur when a Dakota air plane VT-CHF crashed soon after it started flying from Nagpur to Madras. All the passengers and the crew were killed and the only person who escaped with severe injuries and burns was the Pilot‚ Desmond Arthur James Cartner. This accident took place on the 12th December‚ 1953 at about 3-25 a.m. In that Aircraft travelled one Sunil
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ASTRO AIRLINES (case analysis) NAME : MUSTAFA KAYNAKCI DATE : 10.11.2011 Issue in the case The main issue in the case is all about failing to manage success after successful beginning. The leader in Astro Airlines Arthur Burton could not maintain the growth of its company. Being visioner‚ dynamic‚ stirring speaker and inspirational leader of Burton could start the airlines with reduced fare‚ innovating ticketing style‚ low cost service
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Marketing Excellence Southwest Airlines “fees don’t fly with us” Prof. Dr. Osman Karatepe Ghazal Adel Fahmideh 115120 Tour 504 Introduction Southwest Airlines Co. is the largest low-cost carrier in the United States‚ and is headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. The airline was established in 1967‚ by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. Southwest begins flying within the state of Texas (between Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio) with three Boeing 737 aircraft. Today Southwest operates nearly 400
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Metropolitan University Turkish Airlines Marketing Plan (Portfolio) Summer/Winter 2010/11 UK By Nikola Georgiev Student ID: 07059973 CA3002C Aviation Commercial Planning and Marketing Tutor: Nicholas Coleman London Metropolitan University Table of Contents: 1. Introduction 2. Business Strategy 2.1. Airline Overview 2.2. Existing Market 2.3. Competitors Overview and Situation analysis 2.4. The Competitors 2.4.1. British Airways 2.4.2. Pegasus Airlines 2.4.3. Easyjet 2.4.4. Competitors
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American Airlines Marketing cases AMERICAN AIRLINES 1. Issues 2. American Airlines’ objectives 3. The airline industry 4. Market 5. Consumer needs 6. Brand image 7. Distribution system 8. Pricing 9. Marketing related strategies 10. Assumptions and risks 1- Issues The main issue of this case is the lack of profits of the airline industry‚ an industry that should be more than profitable due to the large amount of customers‚ the necessity of using airlines’ services and the high prices charged by most
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