Case Study: Southwest Airlines Jeremy Potter Oakland City University Introduction Southwest Airlines is one of the most successful airlines in the world. Their success comes from many different sources within the company. Today‚ most airlines are purely focused on growth‚ and tend to “nickel and dime” their customers to make up for profit losses. Southwest‚ on the other hand‚ has put an increased focus on their customers. They’re constantly striving to provide low ticket prices and excellent
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As with any company‚ Southwest Airlines has risks that have to deal with. For starters‚ co-founder and visionary leader Kelleher will soon be less involved in the firm ’s operations. Mr. Kelleher is responsible for the decision making of Southwest Airlines so it is going to be interesting to say the least when he takes a lesser role in the daily business of Southwest. Perhaps a more important risk‚ though‚ is the simple fact that Southwest is an airline. Past financial indicators have shown that
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Abstract Airline companies are facing many challenges keeping their cost down and profits up. Some of the main issues are gas prices and pilots pay. CEO of Southwest Airlines‚ Gary Kelly‚ has been able to work with fuel companies to provide one of the lowest costs for gas than any other company. With his great knowledge and social personality‚ he has been a very effective leader for Southwest. The company’s core competencies is treating their customers with respect and showing them that they are
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT – SUGGESTED STRUCTURE Cover page Contents page MAIN BODY INTRODUCTION (150 WORDS) Purpose of the report What does Southwest Airlines do? What is the background to the organisation? What industry does it operate in? What are its geographical markets? What products and services does it offer and what are the market segments? What are Southwest Airlines’ mission‚ vision and values? What generic strategy
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The airlines industry has historically been one of the most unprofitable industries. The reason can be explained when incorporating Michael Porter’s famous Five Forces Model. The threat of competition is Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is an American low-cost airline based in Dallas‚ Texas‚ with its largest focus city at Las Vegas ’ McCarran International Airport. It is the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically per year and (as of December 31‚ 2007)
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Southwest Airlines was started over 38 years ago as a small Texas airline and has grown to become one of the largest airlines in the United States because it differentiates itself as the most successful low-fare‚ high frequency‚ point-to-point carrier. Since 1987 Southwest has consistently led the entire airline industry with the lowest ratio of complaints per passenger boarded. What does Southwest do differently that no one else in airlines does? It keeps things simple and consistent‚ which drives
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ALINEANDO LA ORGANIZACIÓN Case in Point Southwest Airlines: consistencia y coherencia a lo largo del tiempo Logo: www.southwest.com Southwest Airlines (SWA) es la primera aerolínea norteamericana: transporta millones de pasajeros anuales (102 millones‚ en 2008)‚ llega a 67 ciudades en 34 estados y opera más de 3.300 vuelos diarios.4 Tiene 35.000 empleados‚ 36 años consecutivos de beneficios y un récord de reconocimientos‚ que van desde estar entre las empresas más admiradas del mundo hasta
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Operations Southwest Airlines operates as a major passenger airline that provides scheduled air transportation in the United States and near international markets (southwest.com). In addition‚ at December 31‚ 2016‚ South West functioned with a total of 723 Boeing‚ 737 aircraft and 101 destination in 40 states‚ the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico‚ and eight near International countries such as Mexico‚ Jamaica‚ The Bahamas‚ Aruba‚ The Dominican Republic‚ Costa Rica‚ and Cuba (Nasdaq.com). Southwest was originally
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Case 3-1 : Southwest Airlines Corporation Ringkasan Kasus : Pada Januari 2005‚ hasil akhir tahun yang dihasilkan oleh Southwest Airlines Corporation (Southwest) mencapai 32 tahun dengan profitabilitas berturut-turut. Southwest merupakan perusahaan yang bergerak dibisnis pelayanan transportasi udara yang didirikan di Texas pada 18 Juni 1971‚ dengan semakin berkembang usahanya‚ armada pesawat yang dimiliki juga semakin banyak dengan total pada tahun 2004 memiliki 417 pesawat Boeing 737 dan menyediakan
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success of Southwest Airlines? 2. How significant is the 10 to 15 minutes turnaround time of Southwest’s aircraft in terms of savings in investment and utilization of its aircraft compared to competitors? 3. What challenges is Southwest facing in the future and how should they meet those challenges? 4. What should their business and operations strategy be for the future? 5. Has Gary Kelly‚ the new Southwest CEO since 2004‚ been able to maintain the profitability of Southwest Airlines while insuring
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