emeraldinsight.com/0960-4529.htm MSQ 15‚3 A case study of service failure and recovery within an international airline David Bamford Manchester School of Management‚ UMIST‚ Manchester‚ UK‚ and 306 Tatiana Xystouri Ministry of Finance‚ Nicosia‚ Cyprus Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of internal processes of service quality recovery for an international airline. Design/methodology/approach – An action research methodology was adopted. The research involved: a review
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Spirit Airlines (SAVE) is an ultra low-cost‚ low-fare based in Fort Lauderdale‚ Florida that provides affordable travel opportunities. The IPO for Sprit airlines was offered on June 11th‚ 2011. The price of the stock at the IPO date was of $12.00. According to NASDAQ.com‚ the money that was raised on the IPO was $187.2 million dollars‚ with 5 million dollars in expenses. After the underwriting cost eliminated they approximately raised171.0 million. After the IPO sale
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Assessing Corporate Culture: Southwest Airlines Q Organizational Philosophy‚ Mission‚ Vision‚ Values Southwest Airlines clearly outlines their values in their corporate mission statement: 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 (www.southwest.com). This mission both describes the company ’s approach to its workforce‚ and the customer at large. Rather than
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Introduction Case studies Learning excellence: Southwest Airlines’ approach Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes The authors Ulla K. Bunz and Jeanne D. Maes are based at the University of South Alabama‚ Mobile‚ AL‚ USA. Abstract In an era in which adapting to change means survival‚ it is important to study what successful organizations have done. While the airline industry in the USA has not made thriving financial headlines‚ one small company has been able to satisfy its customers completely
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Southwest Airlines’ Corporate Strategy & Control System Southwest Airlines became one of the most admired airlines in the world based on their dedication to their customers and the corporate strategies their leadership instituted. Their leadership created a different corporate culture that CEO Herb Kelleher and his company are devoted to the philosophy of putting employees first (Govindarajan‚ pg. 115). In doing so‚ Southwest was able to instill a management control system that relied on
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proceeds from the Virgin transport companies‚ including Virgin Atlantic‚ in biofuels research and development and projects to tackle global warming. We want our customers to feel sure that we are making every effort to become the most sustainable airline in the world and to reduce the impacts of aviation on our environment. regards Steve The aim of this policy is to communicate our key environmental policies and targets. We will provide twice yearly updates on our progress against these targets
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INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES Air travel remains a large and growing industry. Despite being plagued by several factors such as overcapacity‚ commoditization of offerings and cutthroat rivalry to name a few‚ it facilitates economic growth‚ world trade‚ international investment and tourism. This case study will analyze the external factors affecting the airline industry‚ analyze the internal factors affecting Singapore International Airlines (SIA) and critically discuss the different generic strategies in the
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tangible and intangible). Pharmaceutical companies used this strategy to maintain their market competitiveness and guarantee the returns on the investment on research and development of their products. The patent law and policy also protect and encourage manufacturing companies to invest in the research and development of new products that ultimately will benefit the end users. The enforcement of patent law in the pharmaceutical industry is particularly important. A recent report by Ernst and Young
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(International Air Trasportation Association) and the cost of fraud to the commercial aviation industry is estimated around 1‚5 billion USD every year. This estimation comes from IATA Fraud Prevention Group’s (FPSG) The Annual Fraud Loss Survey among airlines. Airline industry is a labor intensive service sector as much as capital intensive and mainly white collor workers are employed. In the industry computerized electronic systems are highly used. In order to produce an aviable seat for sales
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North America for Euro-Air. Euro-Air‚ a major European-based commercial airline‚ operated daily service to its European hub from fourteen cities in North America and onward service to more than 300 locations in 90 countries around the world. The fax letter (see Exhibit 1) suggested that Euro-Air had recently caused a lot of problems for at least one of its passengers. Passenger complaint letters were not unusual at any airline. What was unusual about this letter was the litany of problems described
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