evaluate the adaptation of the marketing mix (MM) of two airlines with respect to a certain marketing tactic. Therefore‚ Etihad Airways‚ the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the South African low-cost carrier Mango have been chosen for the comparison. Hence‚ brand positioning and awareness will be appraised as a marketing tactic for both airlines. Secondly‚ this report will compare and evaluate how these two airlines adapt product and promotion as part of the MM in order
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South Africa’s airline industry’s companies have been fighting to stay in the black over the past year‚ with SAA getting a R6bn recapitalization (which they claim is not a bail-out)‚ new entrants like Velvet Sky not lasting a full 12 months in the industry and established low cost carrier company Kulula.com’s parent company Comair slipping into the red for the year ended December 2011 (Comair declares six-month loss amid rising costs‚ (n.d)). I will be discussing the macro-environmental forces that
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Selection of and Justification for Alternatives Competition There is no doubt the advent of readily-obtainable pricing and availability for airline travel via the internet has changed competition drastically. Not only are customers able to search and select flight times and destinations from each individual airline’s own website‚ but they now also have the ability to compare everything regarding the flights from plane types‚ durations‚ layovers‚ connecting flights‚ additional fees and fares on
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relating to the Porter’s 5 forces framework that affect the Airline industry. M.Porter’s framework Source http://www.investopedia.com/features/industryhandbook/airline.asp A -Threat of New Entrants is low (=The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The airline industry is so saturated that there is hardly space for a newcomer even to squeeze its way in. The main concern for this is the cost of entry. The airline industry is one of the most expensive industries‚ due to the
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1) How does this company make money even when other airlines don’t? What are the most important contributors to its financial success? ANS: - Southwest airlines founded specially to create intrastate between Dallas and Texas and their main agenda is to provide services at low cost as compared to other airlines. Even it’s very competitive to achieve this goal but southwest succeeded by keeping operations simple and consistent‚ cost saving strategy and meet customer expectation(on-time) at low cost
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fly the 14 hours to Seattle. Another stroke of genius was to bring the used Singapore Airlines 747s into consideration. He also had done a good job during the 1995 (another bad market year for the aircraft makers) negotiations with Airbus by including the resale price guarantees. Bright (Boeing) was in trouble from the start. But‚ in a down market he could hardly ignore a big order even from a European airline with cozy connections to Airbus. He did do well on the creativity dimension by guaranteeing
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Philippine Airlines‚ Asia’s first and oldest airline‚ started its operations in 1941. Since then‚ the Philippines was opened up to foreign countries and foreign trade. The Philippine Airlines opened up the country to tourism. It thrived from 1970s to early 1980s but during the mid-1980s‚ the tourism growth slowed down dramatically compared to other neighbouring Southeast Asian countries. Despite the Philippines’ huge head start‚ it was left behind. How did this happen? The Philippine government
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the Vietnam domestic air services market‚ there are Vietnam Airlines (VNA)‚ Jetstar Pacific Airlines (JPA)‚ Vasco‚ Viet Air‚ Air Mekong‚ Blue Sky Air. Espealcially‚ Vietnam Airlines is playing the commanding position on the net of domestic flying pathway. On the other hand‚ although The law of air service was newly promulgated in 2006 and give econmic components chance to join air transportation. However‚ up to now‚ Vietnam Airlines is still the firm commanding the market with the % of concentration
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resources of our airline company? Wisconsin World Flights airline company resources can be divided into two types: tangible and intangible resources. Tangible resources Tangible resources are the assets we have in possession and the products we offer towards our customers. It can be divided into two main part which are physical resources and technological resources. Physical resources Since without aircraft‚ airlines could not function‚ aircraft become a major resource for any airline company. For
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Imagine Widgets Airlines‚ Inc. operates 18-seat commercial flights between New York City and Washington‚ DC. After 10 seats have been sold on each aircraft‚ the company has reached the break-even point. Should Widgets consider offering a discounted fare for seats 11 through 18? Yes. Widgets Airlines‚ Inc. should offer a discount on the remaining seats. What are the advantages and disadvantages of not offering a discount on seats 11 through 18? The advantages of selling at a discounted price
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