Southwest Airlines Case Study Manohar Gadiraju Overview Southwest Airlines has been a cost leader in the airline industry with continuous growth and profits for the past 35 years. It has been the fourth largest domestic carrier with low priced routes and a no frills policy - free of in-flight meals and baggage transfers. The low cost fares‚ almost comparable to automobile transportation costs‚ have created both an unprecedented growth and new markets for this airline. Southwest was
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Case 1: Southwest Airlines 1. What is SWA’s strategy? What does it take to execute the strategy? Southwest’s strategy is to maintain low cost‚ low fares and frequent flights. SWA execute this strategy through emphasizes point to point routes‚ which means customers fly directly to their final destination. According to annual report of 1993‚ 80 percent of its customers fly non-stop to their final destination. Furthermore‚ SWA also pays off in shorter turnaround times and higher equipment. Therefore
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Southwest Airlines: SWOT Analysis Mollika Thaing‚ Khoa Tran‚ Tonielia Thomas‚ Hiwot Tesfaye‚ Kai Spear Mgmt. Prin. & Org. Behavior Professor Leon Prieto 11/18/2013 Southwest Airlines’ Description Southwest Airlines was introduced in Texas on June 18‚ 1971 with three Boeing 737 airplanes and only serving three cities of Texas which included Houston‚ Dallas and San Antonio. The company came a long way since 1971; today Southwest Airlines has 537 Boeing 737 airplanes and serving 68
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Philippine Airlines Lucio Tan‚ the owner and Chairman of Philippine Airlines (PAL) was faced with a problem. Despite unacceptable levels of profitability‚ higher levels of passenger boardings for the summer of 1997 indicated that a sharp increase in staffing levels was required. Faced with this request from his management team‚ Mr. Tan‚ having heard of some effective consulting work carried out by Renoir Consulting in the Philippines‚ asked Renoir to conduct an assessment of his Manila operation
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Importance to economy The revenue of international airlines industry has increased from 476 billion USD in 2009 to 567 billion USD in 2011‚ a 9.3% year-on-year increase. This industry employs 56.5 million workers and accounts for US $2.2 trillion of the global GDP. Indian Aviation industry contributes to 0.5% of the India’s GDP and generates 1.7 million jobs. Technological Trends Major cost items for airlines are fuel‚ labour and maintenance. Airlines are able to reduce the cost/increase profit by
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I. INTRODUCTION A. Introduction U.S. Flightways (USF) is a large-sized airline which is publicly traded and has 80.000 employees. It serves more than 50 countries and 250 destinations. Latest airline related measurements show that the Available Seat Mile for USF is 169.9 and the Revenue Passenger Mile is 138.4. The Passenger Load Factor shows 81.5 and The Cost per Available Seat Mile is 11.3 cents per mile‚ whereas the Revenue per Available Seat Mile shows 10.7 cents per mile. USF has a total
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PHILIPPINE AIRLINES: What’s next? Philippines airlines started its history on March 15‚ 1941 on a small twin-engine Beech Model 18 flying 212 of pure skies from Manila to Baguio with a full load of five passengers. Upon the outbreak of the pacific war‚ PAL’s two aircraft were pressed into service with the US army Air Corps. Post-war operations began on February 14‚ 1946 with five ex-military Douglas DC-35. In July‚ the airline chartered DC-4s to carry American service men home to Oakland‚ making
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[pic] Eagle Airlines Business Decisions with Data Models Assignment on Risk Analysis Team Members: Sfykti Dimitra Goumas Evangelos Manikas Athanasios Papaspirou Yiannis As assigned by Mr. Hadjistelios‚ President of Eagle Airlines‚ a simulation analysis is developed in order to evaluate company’s intention to proceed with the purchase of a new aircraft. According to the President’s estimations‚ the uncertain parameters which affect the annual cash flow are the below;
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carrier for air travelling passengers. Prior to 2006 there were three low cost airlines operating within the country‚ on 15 November 2006 funded by SAA the emerging of Mango airlines took place. Tickets sales for the airline were sold out for almost a month‚ the prices of air tickets were either the same or cheaper than any other mode of transport within the country. This boosted consumer confidence and the other airlines weren’t able to compete with Mango’s reduced prices. Mango’s marketing strategies
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Case Study in Marketing Pegasus Airlines Abalajon‚ Laila Marie Abellar‚ Jay Ann Acosta‚ Ma. Victoria Allado‚ Nile Alric Anoran‚ Rayshei Barbas‚ Raiza Grace Tuesday and Thursday‚ 3:00-4:30pm June 25‚ 2013 I. Statement of the Problem It is a challenge to Pegasus Airlines to provide a sustainable competitive advantage against prevailing competitors and to have the most economical flight opportunities for its customers. II. Areas of Consideration A. Strengths • Offers customer
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