The U.S. Airline Industry in 1995 2. a) American Airlines’ 1992 air fare strategies resembled its early to mid-80s SuperSavers program. It offered discounts of up to 45% on round-trip flights of at least 7 days‚ purchased 30 days in advance. Previously‚ air fare pricing was a simple structure of first class/coach and peak/off-peak categories. Robert Crandall‚ of American Airlines‚ introduced a new air fare system known as yield management. The simple price structure was unbundled to unleash multiple
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Pricing Analysis Report AIRASIA BUDGET AIRLINE I. Executive summary Budget airline industry Singaporean airlines industry grew by 10.3% in 2007 to reach a value of S$6.5 billion‚ growing by more than 10% up to now. Noticeably‚ low-cost carriers have been the industry’s success story over the past decade. It has won huge number of passengers‚ stealing full-service market share and forcing full-service airline such as SIA to run its own low-cost options such as Scoot
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Corporate Strategy Southwest Airlines faced many barriers to entry from the fierce competition of other airlines in the industry. Though competition was fierce‚ Southwest Airlines managed to succeed by doing things differently. Their mission was to provide affordable air travel to those who would not normally fly. Contradictory to the rest of the airline industry‚ Southwest maintained a profit while keeping its fares low. Southwest was unique to the industry in two ways. They focused on the short
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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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Strategy and Policy Case 2. Southwest Airlines. I- Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose Southwest airlines were founded in 1971 by King and Herb Kellerher. They started with a low cost strategy in a risky market where profitability depends a lot on fuel prices and external factors‚ such as the willingness of consumers to pay ticket prices. They started growing a lot with various strategies that permitted them beat a lot of their competitors‚ but in order to stay in the market they
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Business Strategy – BAD 4013 – SUMMER 1999 Case Study Southwest Airlines I. Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and company spirit. Twenty-seven years ago‚ Rolling King‚ owner of floundering commuter airline‚ and Herb Kelleher‚ King’s lawyer‚ got together and decided to start a different kind of airline that would provide a short-haul
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Background: Southwest Airlines is the largest airline measured by number of passengers carried each year within the United States. It is also known as a ‘discount airline’ compared with its large rivals in the industry. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher founded Southwest Airlines on June 18‚ 1971. Its first flights were from Love Field in Dallas to Houston and San Antonio‚ short hops with no-frills service and a simple fare structure. The airline began with one simple strategy: “If you get your passengers
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................20-21 I. Corporate Governance BaronsAir has a dynamic group of people in its management team. Each has their own duties to benefit the success of the airline. Organization‚ responsibility‚ and knowledge will drive the airline and each of the team players to success. was a former manager of Mid-Continent Airlines. The new company re-formed‚ BaronsAir‚ was named after her after she came up with the idea to have the employees buy all the company stock. The three other executives were
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USAWC STRATEGY RESEARCH PROJECT AIRLINE SECURITY AND A STRATEGY FOR CHANGE by Colonel Timothy J. Welch United States Army Reserve Colonel Slim Connors Project Adviser This SRP is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Master of Strategic Studies Degree. The U.S. Army War College is accredited by the Commission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools‚ 3624 Market Street‚ Philadelphia‚ PA 19104‚ (215) 662-5606. The Commission
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Currently the airline industry as a whole seems to be on the road of recovery. We‚ American Airlines‚ the fourth largest carrier recently avoided bankruptcy‚ but had a summer full of pressure due to ongoing union struggles and questionable executive compensation packages. After having incurred such big losses‚ this recovery has come about because of the government bailout and many of our large competitors’ abilities to survive the turbulence in the industry. So far‚ the prospects look promising
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