competitive business. After a few days of discussion‚ four of us decided to choose company in airline service sector. The reason we are choosing this sector is because we found out its interesting and attractive part. As a result‚ we had finally choose the AirAsia Sdn Bhd airline. The reason why we choose this company is due to its luxury and satisfied service that we had experienced and this had inspire us want to know more about this company. In general‚ this assignment had covers the company background
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Background information of AirAsia History The airline was established in 1993 and started operations on 18 November 1996. It was originally founded by a government-owned conglomerate DRB-Hicom. On December 2‚ 2001‚ the heavily-indebted airline was purchased by former Time Warner executive 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
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cost carrier - AirAsia Berhad on how they started this business and bring a huge change in the low cost carrier history globally. This report will discuss on how AirAsia business structure is‚ what is their culture and the expectation to maintain as well as get into the right track of tough time in airline services. The concept of low cost air travel was then new in Malaysia and how does they turned a loss to profit just in seven years? 2.0 Organization Overview AirAsia is the world most
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is to present the case study of e-commerce that related to the airline industry especially low cost carrier. The specified airline to be focused in this discussion is AirAsia. Mr. Tony Fernandes who had bought over AirAsia with the company value of so called “one dollar RM” established AirAsia in 2001. At that time‚ he expected AirAsia to carry nearly twenty millions passengers within the next five years. The company strategy is to provide a convenient service to people in order to make travelling
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to be an iterative one and one that remains alive and is continuously updated and adjusted to suit the changing competitive and economic landscape. Few companies in the world have managed to survive‚ let alone prosper‚ over long periods of time. AirAsia approaches to prevent this occurring and to generate continued growth is to frequently re-assess its strategy so that they build strong businesses in the attractive industries of the future Company overview - Air Asia Berhad AirAsia’s leading airline
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No in-‐Flight service No entertainment Baggage Handling fee High Turnover -‐ More flight per day -‐ No crew’s accommodation and allowance AirAsia introduced themself as the first LCC in SE Asia region‚ by providing no-‐frills‚ casual short-‐haul service without serving meal‚ mileage point‚ or lounge
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AirAsia – from obscurity to international prominence WRITTEN BY RACHNA KUMARI‚ ERN LI KOH‚ ONAISEE SYED‚ & EDITED BY SEOW KIAN TAN Background In December 2001‚ 5 years after its founder DRB-Hicom failed to establish profitability as a full-service regional airline‚ AirAsia was acquired by an eager maverick Tony Fernandes who had just left his executive position in Warner Music. This proved to be the turning point for the Malaysian airline industry. With the help of Conor McCarthy‚ the
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BACKGROUND AirAsia is Malaysia’s second national airline was incorporated in 1993 as a full-service regional airline under DRB-Hicom. They started their operations on 1996. After starting their operations for several years‚ AirAsia failed to attract enough passengers to establish its own niche market due to the demise of Tan Sri Yahaya Ahmad and financial crisis. Hence‚ AirAsia was heavily indebted. In 2001‚ Tony Fernandes’s company‚Tune Air Sdn Bhd bought this airline from DRB-Hicom with estimation
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Nicole Zulueta Company Case (AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit) 1. What are the micro and macro environmental factors that have contributed to the early success of AirAsia? Micro Environmental Factors CEO Tony Fernandes – a strong believer in “leading by example”‚ he works alongside his team that allows him to get to know them better. Partners – although AirAsia has limited resources‚ it has been able to fulfill customer’s needs by collaborating with its partners. AirAsia uses authorized travel agencies
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evaluate the financial performance of AirAsia Bhd. over its recent two years operation. * A brief description of the AirAsia Bhd.’s history‚ the nature of products/services in operation and the objectives. Figure 1.0 Air Asia Logo. AirAsia Berhad (MYX: 5099) is a Malaysian low-cost airline headquartered in Kuala Lumpur. AirAsia Berhad is Asia’s largest‚ and the world’s best‚ low-fare‚ no-frills airline and a pioneer of low-cost travel in Asia. AirAsia group operates scheduled domestic and
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