AIR ASIA AIRLINES COMPANY COMPANY BACKGROUND AirAsia was established by a Malaysian conglomerate in 1993 and commenced operations in 1996. In 2001‚ due to the airline heavily in debt‚ AirAsia was bought by Tony Fernandes of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd from DRB-Hicom. Tony took up the RM40million debt as part of the purchase. In 2002‚ AirAsia generates a profit and launching new routes from its hub in Kuala Lumpur. In 2003‚ the airline opened a second hub at Senai International Airport‚ Johor Bahru and launched
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of the specific threats and opportunities confronted by AirAsia besides that‚ this analysis also helps to identify AirAsia’s competitive strategy and analyse how the strategy is implemented to gain competitive advantage. Background on AirAsia AirAsia was set up by Dato’ Tony Fernandes in 2001. In December 2001‚ Fernandes and his partners set up Tune Air Sdn Bhd (Tune Air)‚ an airline holding company then bought over AirAsia. Now‚ AirAsia has become one of the most successful airlines in the Southeast
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17th AnnuAl GenerAl MeetinG Date: Time: Venue: Thursday‚ 24 June 2010 10.00 a.m. AirAsia Academy Lot PT 25B Jalan KLIA S5 Southern Support Zone KLIA‚ 64000 Sepang Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia Notice of Annual General Meeting page 151 19.1% Truly ASEAN 2009 saw AirAsia Berhad (“AirAsia”) maintain its strong growth trajectory despite being a challenging year for the aviation industry. Underpinning our growth is our increasing penetration of the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations)
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SUCCESS STORY OF AIRASIA The business world is a tough one. Unless one is lucky enough to establish itself in the market that has very few competitors‚ every business usually have a very rough time. And in today’s scenario‚ where there is high level of competition not only on the local‚ regional‚ and national front‚ but also from global enterprises‚ the business world has become a place where it is difficult to even get by. The airline industry too is one of the toughest and most challenging
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PEST and SWOT analysis of AirAsias international business operations 1.1Background AirAsia was set up by Dato’ Tony Fernandes in 2001. In December 2001‚ Fernandes and his partners set up Tune Air Sdn Bhd (Tune Air)‚ an airline holding company then bought over AirAsia. Now‚ AirAsia has become one of the most successful airlines in the Southeast Asian region and the pioneer of low cost and no frills travel in Malaysia. The leading low fare airline in the Asia - AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since
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Blue Ocean of Airasia: introduction Blue oceans might provide profitable high-growth for companies with new competitive advantages. Many companies over the worldhi have created blue oceans but these blue oceans only remain in a short periods and quickly become red oceans. Kim and Maugne claimed in their book that in order to have sustainable competition advantages‚ blue oceans should be different attached by low cost. However‚ the fact shows that innovations are expensive so it is difficult to
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Man‚ 2005) Welcome to AirAsia! AirAsia Berhad (AirAsia) is a one of the public listed on the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia in November 2004.
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Chapter I: Introduction 1.1 Company Background AirAsia Berhad‚ which is also known as AirAsia‚ is an airline company that provides air transportation service. The airline was established in 1993 and started operation 18 November 1996. A government-owned conglomerate DRB-Hicom originally founded it. They were having heavily indebted on December 2‚2001. An executive from company Tune Air Sdn‚ Tonny Fernandes‚ purchased it. The company’s headquarters is in Sepang‚ Selangor‚ Malaysia. After Tonny
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HOW TO EVALUATE A THEORY The purpose of a good theory is to provide a conceptual framework for viewing and understanding phenomena. From this perspective a theory is either useful or not useful. A theory helps guide and focus attention‚ identify and define important variables‚ and postulate the relationships among them. A good theory is not just another ’good idea‚’ but it is based on empirical data that makes it an adequate map of the territory for the current time. Furthermore‚ a good theory
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perception of low-cost travel‚ giving rise to a diverse cross-section of passengers. The AirAsia chief executive says: "We show that low-cost does not mean low class. In the Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur flight‚ you’ll find women with diamonds sitting beside maids. You could not see that before. That shows we’re reaching everyone." 1) Geographic characteristics The geographic characteristics of the target market of AirAsia are within the Australasian region. Attract people from Australia who wish to visit the
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