carriers (LCC) entered the market‚ as well as charter airlines (CC) (cheap cause crappy times) Change is costs (hubs and smoke vs point-to-point without a home base)‚ based on several routes Concentration became lower‚ amount of competition became bigger and market share distribution over larger amount of companies. Concentration looking at intercontinental flights changed less‚ mainly international and domestic flights. Momentarily 240 airlines covering 84% of total passenger travel. Top 10 companies
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____________________________________________________________ ____ Completed By Woo Gim Chuan Marcus (J0704245) Name of Tutor (T01) XXX BUS 488 Strategy - T01 Question 1 AirAsia‚ which is one of the earliest low cost carriers (LCC) in Asia‚ has become a LCC since 2001. So far‚ it has expanded its network from Malaysia to Thailand to Singapore‚ Macau and even the Mainland China in 2006. In short‚ AirAsia “jumped out” from an intra-Malaysia and Thailand market to a “real AirAsia” in the
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An Airbus A380 plane operated by Singapore Airlines was forced to make an emergency landing in Azerbaijan due to loss of cabin pressure. The plane was flying from London to Singapore and had 467 passengers and 27 crew members on board. The airline said that oxygen masks were deployed and the aircraft landed "uneventfully" at the Baku airport. It said that none of the passengers or crew was injured and that it was investigating what caused the problem. Nathan Phelps‚ an electrical supervisor from
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US earned it cost of capital. Why do such low rates of return on investment persist in the airline industry? 2. Despite the challenging industry environment‚ airlines like Southwest Airlines and JetBlue earn enviable returns. How? 3. Why have all of the subsidiaries of legacy airlines‚ including Delta Express‚ failed? 4. What will happen to Delta Airlines if it continues to respond to low-cost airlines in the way it has in the past? Can you size up‚ roughly‚ the financial consequences of continuing
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case case Continental Airlines: One Company’s Flight to Success In the last decade‚ Continental Airlines has had a spotty track record. The airline twice filed for bankruptcy‚ realized diminished performance culminating in a $613 million loss in 1994‚ and was ranked dead last in industry indicators such as on-time performance among the major carriers. During these years‚ employees at Continental had undergone several series of layoffs and withstood both wage cuts and delayed wage increases in
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Continental airlines case The biggest challenge that the continental Airlines is grappling with is with regards to their operational efficiency. Their previous decision of oursourcing key functions like reservations‚ payroll and EDS were causing a delay in flow of information thus hindering data based decision making in the company. Most decision thus were being made not by what data said but by the “hunch” or “intuition” which often proved wrong. Lack of real time data‚ complex system of booking
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Southwest Airline in Baltimore Assignment Questions 1. How does Southwest Airline (SWA) compete? What are its advantages relative to other airlines? Draw an influence‚ i.e.‚ cause-and-effect‚ diagram to explain the company’s competitive advantage. 2. The plane turnaround process requires coordination among twelve functional groups at SWA to service‚ in a brief period of time‚ an incoming plane and match it up with its new passengers and baggage for a prompt departure. Please evaluate the plane
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INTRODUCTION China Airlines Introduction In Dec 2010‚ China airlines Ltd‚ announced that it had recorded sales revenues of 138.14 Million dollar as for flights carrying people. The company’s Sales Revenue increased by 41 % from Dec 2009 in which the company had achieved 98 Million Dollars. This increase was followed after the company’s announcement in January 2010 that its recorded Sales reached an amount of 358 Million dollars in Dec 2009 including civil and cargo services. These numbers show a
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SWOT analysis of AirAsia Strengths Firstly‚ Air Asia has indeed a strong management team. This is clearly known as it has very strong links with the governements and airline industry leaders.This is partly contributed by the diverse background of the executive management teams which consists of industry experts and ex-top government officials. For example‚ Shin Corp (formerly owned by the family of former Thai Prime Minister - Thaksin Shinawatra) holds a 50% stake in Thai AirAsia. This has
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Emirates Airline: Penetrating the North American Market Emirates Airline is known for going against conventional thinking when running its business. Thus far‚ this strategy has been profitable for the company. In November 2001‚ the airline announced that it would begin a 13 ½ non-stop flight from Dubai to New York starting in June of 2003. However a postponement in the delivery of the Airbus A380-800 aircraft that would service the new route has caused a delay. This will be Emirates’ attempt
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