Case Study: Air Asia Identify the competitive advantages of Air Asia as a low cost carrier. Air Asia has a number of competitive advantages as a low cost carrier that fall into the following general categories; low cost operations‚ efficiency of operations‚ proven business model and management expertise and finally a distinctive corporate culture. Low cost operations: Air Asia has gone to great lengths to ensure all of their operational costs are kept to an absolute minimum‚ and have passed
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AIR ASIA Executive Summary Strategic management has played a key role in the success of many business organizations in the world including airlines and Air Asia is no exception. Commencing in 1996‚ within fifteen years‚ Air Asia managed to expand its operations into another ten countries. In addition‚ through its associate company AsiaX‚ it launched long-haul low-cost air services from Malaysia to Australia and the United Kingdom. This paper will look at the award winning Malaysian low cost carrier-
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Air Asia Berhad Background Founded : 1993 Hubs : Kuala Lumpur International Airport Secondary hubs: * Kota Kinabalu International Airport * Senai International Airport * Penang International Airport Subsidiaries: * Thai AirAsia * Indonesia AirAsia * VietJet AirAsia * AirAsia RedTix Fleet size : 103 (+ 121 orders) Destinations : 70 in 19 countries Company slogan : Now Everyone Can Fly Parent company : Tune Group Headquarters Registered office : Petaling Jaya‚ Selangor
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AirAsia spearheaded ease airfares in Asia and is presently as of now the biggest low toll‚ no nonsense aircraft in Asia. It is too one of the biggest aircrafts in all of Asia regarding travellers conveyed. AirAsia has moreover been voted the World’s Best Low Cost Airline in 2009 and 2010. AirAsia Berhad is as of now situated in the Low Cost Carrier Terminal
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structure of Asia has made air travel the viable‚ efficient‚ and convenient mode of transportation. Threat of new entry is moderate; high capital requirement and government barrier such as air service agreement can act as barriers to entry. However‚ the deregulation of aviation industry in Asia Pacific region has resulted in more competitors entering the market. Furthermore‚ many full service airlines enter the LCC industry by launching their LCC version. For example‚ Nok Air set up by Thai
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AirAsia current issues The leading low fare airline in the Asia – AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since 2001‚ to become an award winning and the largest low cost carrier in Asia. With a fleet of 72 aircrafts‚ AirAsia flies to over 61 domestic and international destinations with 108 routes‚ and operates over 400 flights daily from hubs located in Malaysia‚ Thailand and Indonesia. To date‚ AirAsia has flown over 55 million guests across the region and continues to spread its wings to create more
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Version 1.0 Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats Analysis for AirAsia 1.0 Strengths Ø Air Asia has a very strong management team with strong links with governments and airline industry leaders. This is partly contributed by the diverse background of the executive management teams which consists of industry experts and ex-top government officials. For example‚ Shin Corp (formerly owned by the family of former Thai Prime Minister - Thaksin Shinawatra) holds a 50% stake in Thai AirAsia
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Air It is an inexhaustible natural resource. It is very essential for the survival of all the living organisms on earth. In atmosphere‚ about 95% of the total air is present up to a height of 20 km above the earth’s surface. The remaining 5% of air is present up to a height of about 280 km. Air is a mixture of different gases; nitrogen and oxygen are the major components. Thus‚ total volume of air present in atmosphere consists of 78% nitrogen 21% oxygen and remaining 1% is made up of other gases
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Resource Management BUS303 Human Resources Management Human Resource Management The human element is the most valuable asset in the Air Force and it takes precision people to get the job finished day in and day out. The thousands of individuals in their specific jobs are required to keep the Air Force functioning. Not everyone is suited for each type of job though‚ depending on various dynamics during the recruitment process in the human resource process‚ each individual is rated
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“The financial services industry is complicated‚ just like airlines‚ and we are reaching a market that they generally missed and we are utilizing AirAsia’s customer base‚ which is huge.” The 48-year-old is targeting emerging wealth in Southeast Asia where an increasing number of its 598 million inhabitants can afford to travel and buy consumer goods such as mobile phones for the first time. Fernandes will relocate to Jakarta this month to focus on regional growth. He will also step down as
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