Southwest Airlines (SWA) has remained the same‚ which is to give customers low-cost‚ point-to-point airfare‚ with excellent customer service. This simple strategy has resulted in SWA posting profits for 30 consecutive years. While other airlines are downsizing‚ SWA is showing slow steady growth. This performance is evident throughout their SEC Filings. First we will look at SWA’s ROI and ROE compared to the rest of the industry. Two thousand and one and 2002 were difficult years for the airline industry
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1 INTRODUCTION The aim of this report is to carry out a strategic analysis of Ryanair. This will involve investigating the organisation ’s external environment‚ to identify opportunities and threats it might face‚ and its strategic capability‚ to isolate key strengths and any weaknesses that need dealing with. Finally‚ a SWOT analysis will be carried out to assess the extent to which Ryanair ’s strategies are suitable to what is happening in its task environment. Ryanair is Europe ’s largest
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ec Economic Analysis of the Airline Industry Tisha Smith Axia College of UOP ECO 305 Economic Theory George Harris March 18‚ 2007 Economic Analysis of the Airline Industry Introduction The airline industry is one that is both costly and necessary to the economy. Costly because of the funding provided by the government‚ recent layoffs; which has a hand in rising inflation‚ dealing with negative externalities and high security risks;
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1. Rift Airlines’ operating costs are considerably higher than those of the competitor companies. The company‚ also‚ cannot reach the desired productivity level. Unless its operating costs decline‚ company cannot compete with other organizations that operate at very low costs. The company is spending too much for the employees. Other expenditures are rather high so the managers have to think about a way to reduce the costs and to increase the productivity. 2. Armstrong suggests reducing the number
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Situation Analysis: Entrepreneur Robert Deluce introduced Porter Airlines in 2006 aiming to create a higher value experience for its customers compared to other major players and competitors in the Canadian airline industry such as Air Canada and West Jet. The brand image is designed to provide upscale and refined service to its customers‚ giving the sense of traveling in first class with free amenities that competitors provide at very high prices such as meals‚ beverages‚ wine‚ etc. Even thought
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International Airlines Introduction Regarded as the national symbol and icon‚ Singapore Airlines is also the national carrier of Singapore. Living up to their vision‚ “ To position the airline for continued growth in a globalizing industry while maintaining the airline’s loss free record”‚ for the past 43 years‚ it is now one of the world’s most largest and successful airline industry. Singapore Airlines is majority-owned by the Singapore government followed by Temasek Holdings. It has 3 airline subsidiaries
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PESTEL analysis is factors that may affect the business environment during operation. The factors determine to understand the organization that impacts the strategy and technology information and could use for decision-making (Yeates and Wakefield 2004 p. 265). Emirates find a broad range of environmental factors from outside of the business is being undertaken‚ ranging from political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ environmental and legal (Yeates and Wakefield 2004 p. 265). The main environmental
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Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is one of the most successful airlines in the United States. There has never been layoffs or strikes in the history of the company‚ although there were several times when layoffs could have been justified‚ including the months following the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks. However‚ Southwest’s Mission statement says “Above all‚ Employees will be provided the same concern‚ respect‚ and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share
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SWOT analysis Strength 1. Innovation: * “Track check bags” 2. Market share leadership 3. Strong management team 4. Strong brand equity 5. Flights are usually on time 6. The merger and acquisition | Weakness * The number of cancelling flights is a little high * The customer service is bad because in some occasion the customer can’t found the delta representative in the airport. * Lack of online presence * In some aircrafts the seats are uncomfortable and narrow
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Airline Industry SWOT Analysis A SWOT analysis--a review of strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities‚ and threats--is a core requirement of any organization‚ and essential to understand any industry. The volatile airline industry is no exception. While individual airlines each analyze and make decisions based on their own situations‚ there are overall industry similarities that all airlines face‚ with each endeavoring to maximize strengths and opportunities while minimizing weaknesses and threats
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