aviation industry in 1985‚ Ryanair adopted a two prong strategy of focusing intently on providing first rate customer service and charging a simple‚ single fare for a ticket with no restrictions. This generic strategy was in contrast with British Airways and Aer Lingus which focused on providing a wide variety in its’ choice of ticket offerings to cater to the different market segments and in diversifying its business to derive more sources of revenue. Ryanair’s strategy to focus on customers’
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BRIEF HISTORY ABOUT BRITISH AIRWAYS Based on the size of fleet‚ international flights and destinations‚ British Airways is the largest airline in the United Kingdom. It is the second largest in terms of the number of passengers carried. It is based in Waterside and its main hub is at the London Heathrow Airport. The British Airways Board was set up in the year 1971‚ to operate two nationalized airline companies- BOAC and BEA‚ along with two smaller airlines Cambrian Airways and Northeast Airlines. These
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United Airlines Case United Airlines was founded in 1926‚ which gives the airline nearly 90 years of experience. United faced many challenges throughout its years of operation‚ however the airline has still managed to be relevant and competitive in its industry. Theses challenges include: mergers‚ acquisitions‚ war‚ the Great Depression‚ labor union strikes‚ buyout attempts‚ terrorist attacks‚ bankruptcy‚ and recessions. The Airline deregulation Act of 1978 was the genesis for the airline industry we know
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British Airways It was in 1919 when the first British airline was established‚ the Aircraft Transport and Travel. British Airways first scheduled flight was in August 25th 1919‚ and its route was Le Bourget - Honslow. The airport was the home of the airline. Later two other airlines were established‚ the Instone and the Handley Page. These companies had to face many difficulties and also had to face the competition of French airlines with lower fares. In 1976‚ Concorde started flying with
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Eithad airways the national airline of the United Arab Emirates has in just eight years established itself as the world’s leading airline. “Eithad” is the Arabic word for “union”. Set up by Royal (Amiri) Decree in July 2003‚ Eithad commenced commercial operations in November‚ 2003‚ and has gone on to become the fastest growing airline in the history of commercial aviation. Abu Dhabi‚ the capital of the United Arab Emirates‚ is the airline’s hub. Etihad’s fleet of 66 aircraft operates more than
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Qantas is recognized as the world ’s leading long distance airways which were established in Queensland in 1920‚ being the second oldest airlines of the world. Today‚ with the partnership of Emirates‚ the airways provide flight services across a network of 173 destinations in 42 countries covering all over the world with approximately 35‚000 employees. Qantas and Emirates fly 14 times a day from Australia to Dubai‚ and provide ’one-stop ’ access to destinations across Europe‚ the Middle East and
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Etihad Airways Facts and figures Issue seven September 2009 1 Contents Etihad Airways Etihad Airways has in the last quarter seen a number of significant developments in product‚ sponsorship and network development. While these are challenging times for the aviation industry‚ the Middle East continues to defy the trend by reporting growth in traffic. Etihad views this as a time of opportunity and has sustained a strategy of measured and controlled growth. Through continued investment in
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International Oil Inflation & Airlines Industry Prepared for Prof. Mahima Sharma Faculty Member Jaipuria Institute of Management Prepared by Shailesh Bharadwaj (cft07_128) Sanjeev Prasad (cft07_130) Sarita Singh (cft07_131) Saurabh Bansal (cft07_135) Shashank Anand ( cft07_138) Students‚ PGDM- Trimester-4 July 31‚ 2008 INTRODUCTION This report has been made to draw the attention of the people how the aviation industry has been dependent upon the Oil prices. Since the research
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particular company to standout‚ they must be of high quality. Value adding is a way of differentiating a company from the pack. This paper through qualitative evaluation of JetBlue Airways case study is going to look at some of the reasons as to why value adding is an important marketing strategy. Introduction JetBlue airways‚ as stated by Bodouva & Bodouva (2004)‚ began its operation in February 2000 with the inauguration of services between Ft. Lauderdale in Florida and J. F. Kennedy airport
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carry out its business or operations. They represent a ‘code of conduct’ or key values. The goal here is to become an international airline. This target is a long process and will take a lot of time and effort to complete. The way in which Scotia airways will achieve this goal is by creating a plan which will cut down the goal in to doable steps. Then you will delegate sectors of the appropriate work force to begin creating objectives in order to achieve steps of the plan until it has been completed
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