OUMM2103 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO AIR ASIA AirAsia 1 : The AirAsia Logo AirAsia was established in 1993 by DRB-Hicom‚ a Government-owned conglomerate. It started operations in 1996. Tune Air Sdn Bhd‚ Tony Fernandes’s company purchased this heavily indebted airline business from DRB-Hicom in 2001. AirAsia managed to become profitable and world renowned low-cost airline through visionary leadership and innovative business approach. Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International is AirAsia’s
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E-Commerce in AIR ASIA 11 3.2 Benefits of E-commerce to Air Asia 12 4 Data Management 13 5 Organizational ISs 15 6 Enterprise Systems 17 7 Management Decision Support 19 8 IT/IS for Competitive Advantage 20 8.1 Porter’s 5 Forces 20 8.2 Value Chain Analysis 20 8.3 Competitive Advantages using IT/IS 21 9 Recommendation and Conclusion 22 REFERENCES 23 APPENDIX A: AirAsia’s Marketing Strategy 24 APPENDIX B: Potential Suggestion for AirAsia 27 Organization – AirAsia 1 Overview Air Asia
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low-cost airline that provides both domestic and international flights. AirAsia started operating on 18 November 1996‚ it pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. In 2001‚ the airline which was heavily indebted was purchased by Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd. Under his charge‚ AirAsia has become one of the biggest low cost airlines operating in Asia today. Its main hub is based in the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). As such‚ AirAsia consumers tend
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airline based in Kuala Lumpur‚ Malaysia. It is Asia ’s largest low fare‚ and also the first budget no-frills airline in the region. Settle in 2001 – despite the fact that investing in the airline industry was not a good deal to make at that time‚ because of the combined effects of the September 11 terrorist attacks‚ the economic downturn and the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) pandemic – AirAsia – pass that over and brought dynamism to Asia airline industry – within three years of operation
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SWOT : AIR ASIA Strengths 1. low cost operation 2. target mass customers 3. efficiency workforce 4. Staffs have multi skill to do their job. 5. single type fleet to service the customer‚ it easies to maintenance. 6. lowest fare more than others. 7. Sell the ticket direct to the customer. Weakness 1. Limited service to the customer. 2. charge every things except the ticket 3. A lot of competitor. 4. Brand positioning lower than other brand. 5
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Links: below). Air Asia is currently the largest and the most successful budget airline in the whole of Southeast Asia‚ pioneered by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes. He privately bought Air Asia‚ then an ailing government-linked airline and turned it around as a no-frills budget airline until it was profitable and publicly listed. Possibly the only
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Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit. Fernandes proceeded to engineer a remarkable turnaround‚ turning a profit in 2002 and launching new routes from its hub in Kuala Lumpur International Airport at breakneck speed‚ undercutting former monopoly operator Malaysia Airlines with promotional fares as low as RM1 (US $0.27). AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since 2001‚ to become an award winning and the largest low cost carrier in Asia. Organization A new budget
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high efficiency in every part of the business. Efficiency creates savings that are then passed on to guests so that affordable air travel can become a reality. Through AirAsia’s philosophy of ‘Now Everyone Can Fly’‚ Air Asia has sparked a revolution in air travel with more and more people around the region choosing AirAsia as their preferred choice of transport. As Air Asia continuously
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to passenger traffic. Further strengthening its ASEAN network‚ the Group in December 2010 signed an agreement to establish a Philippine-based low-cost affiliate‚ which is expected to be operational by end 2011. The quest to democratise air travel began when Tune Air Sdn. Bhd. – founded in 2001 by Dato’ Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes‚ Dato’ Pahamin Ab. Rajab‚ Dato’ Kamarudin Meranun and Dato’ Aziz Bakar - bought over the loss-making‚ debt-riddled AirAsia from HI COM Holdings Berhad (now DRB-HICOM Berhad) for
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POLITICAL ASPECTS • Political uncertainty in Malaysia with Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi set to step down in March 2009. • Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak is expected to take over the ruling-coalition party‚ but with a cloud of allegations. • Political unrest in Thailand recently when anti-government protesters recently blocked flights for a week at Bangkok’s main airports. • ASEAN nations have been pushing Indonesia to scrap its Rp.1 million ‘Fiscal’ charge to all Indonesian citizens and
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