Delta Airlines Board of Directors Presentation October 18‚ 2013 Consultants: General Overview of Delta Airlines Strategy DELTA’S CURRENT STRATEGY COMPANY’S SANDBOX High rivalry makes industry unattractive Profitability increasing‚ but still below cost of capital Consolidation trend has reduced rivals helping profits Trainer refinery acquisition: using vertical integration to address Delta’s largest expense Metrics of improving flight completions‚ on-time arrival rate and
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Revised and Enhanced Version THE STRATEGIC DIAGNOSIS: EMIRATES AIRLINES Nowadays‚ we cannot imagine the world without the airline industry‚ because of its fast services and huge benefits‚ which offers for many other industries and societies. Also‚ its role is critical in term of creating the new global economy. According to the U.S. department of transport‚ this industry is divided into four categories: 1. International: Airlines which provide services from continent to another. 2. National:
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Ryan air‚ an Irish airline started in 1985 by Ryan family with a capital share of £1 and a staff of 25. Over the past few years the company has shown tremendous ontogeny. Indeed it is Europe’s largest low cost carrier and fastest growing airlines. Currently it’s operating more than 1‚500 flights every day from over 50 bases and around 1400 low fare routes across 28 countries which connect 165 destinations. Now I am going to discuss Ryan air’s (RA) current strategic position by analysing its macro
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* Identify the generic strategy adopted by a product or division of your firm and also a major competitor. Attempt to justify your answer by comparing with the industry average benchmarks (Price and Cost data). * Draw a value chain of your firm‚ mentioning key points of functional fit/ misfit with the above generic strategy. E.g. how will Operations /marketing support the identified strategy. Make recommendations for any change needed. ------------------------------------------------- 1a
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Background to Emirates Airline: Emirates Airline is a commercial aviation operator. Funded entirely by the Government of Dubai it was established in 1985. For a relatively young enterprise it has achieved great success and become a major competitor within the air transport industry. Today Emirates is one of the most successful global airline services‚ with its annual growth having never fallen below 20% per annum (Emirates‚ 2010). Focusing its efforts at providing long haul flight travel
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Business Generic A firm positions itself by leveraging its strengths. Michael Porter has argues that a firm’s strengths ultimately fall into one of two headings: cost advantage and differentiation which are applied at the business unit level. The two basic types of competitive advantage combined with the scope of activities for which a firm seeks to achieve them‚ lead to three generic strategies for achieving above average performance in an industry: cost leadership‚ differentiation‚ and focus
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The budget airline industry in Singapore presents an interesting situation for analysis. It has 3 main local players plus a foreign player‚ namely Valueair‚ Tiger Airways‚ Jetstar Asia Airway and Airasia but Jetstar Asia Airways has effectively merged with Valueair. There are also possibilities of more foreign budget airlines operating in Singapore‚ and big airlines may also slash their prices to compete with the budget airlines. The higher fuel price‚ terrorist threat and restrictive govt policies
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Contents Introduction 2 Work break down process 3 Gantt Chart 4 Network Diagram 5 The critical paths are as follows:- 5 Types of costs 6 FIXED COST 6 VARIABLE COST 6 SEMI VARIABLE COST 6 STEPPED COST 6 SWOT analysis 7 Strengths 7 Weaknesses 7 Opportunities 8 Threats 8 PEST ANALYSIS 9 POLITICAL 9 ECONOMICAL 9 SOCIAL 9 TECHNOLOGY 9 BUISNESS FUNCTIONS 10 HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT 10 MARKETING DEPARTMENT 10 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 10 FINANCE AND ACCOUNTS
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1.Use Porter’s five forces of competition’ framework to show how the structure of the airline industry has caused low profitability during the past twenty years. Below are Porter’s five forces of competition. In them you will understand what has caused low profitability. The bargaining power of suppliers: Labor is the airline industry’s largest single expense. Most airline workers belong to one of a dozen unions‚ which give the airline workers strong power in negotiations with the airlines. Airline
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A CASE STUDY OF DELTA AIRLINES Creative Media Services Research Team: Todd Beals‚ Matt Tucker‚ Mary Vick 12/02/03 Mission – to be an air carrier with superior customer service that provides air transportation for passengers and cargo‚ utilizing low-cost carriers and regional jets throughout the United States and around the world. SWOT ANALYSIS Strengths: 1. 3rd largest mega carrier; established name; excellent reputation; worldwide brand recognition. Delta has been among the DOT’s top
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