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    Background: Southwest Airlines is the largest airline measured by number of passengers carried each year within the United States. It is also known as a ‘discount airline’ compared with its large rivals in the industry. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher founded Southwest Airlines on June 18‚ 1971. Its first flights were from Love Field in Dallas to Houston and San Antonio‚ short hops with no-frills service and a simple fare structure. The airline began with one simple strategy: “If you get your passengers

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    Distribution Strategy WS5A4 Southwest Airlines - Case Study Operating under an intensely competitive environment‚ Southwest Airlines carefully projects its image so customers can differentiate its product from its competitors. Southwest positions itself in all its marketing communications as the only low-fare‚ short-haul‚ high-frequency‚ point-to-point carrier in America that is fun to fly (Cheng‚ 2010). Its low-priced fares are a brand equity which it "owns" in the mathematical sense of being the

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    Case Study: Distribution Strategy Distribution strategies exist in three forms: exclusive distribution‚ selective distribution‚ and intensive distribution. Kotler and Keller (2009) define each of the distribution strategies as: exclusive distribution limits the number of intermediaries used; selective distribution depends on a limited number of intermediaries; and intensive distribution works with as many outlets as feasible. The distribution strategy of the airlines industry was not a part of

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    The domestic US airline industry has been intensely competitive since it was deregulated in 1978. In a regulated environment‚ most of the cost increases were passed along to consumers under a fixed rate-of-return based pricing scheme. This allowed labor unions to acquire a lot of power and workers at the major incumbent carriers were overpaid. After deregulation‚ the incumbent carriers felt the most pain‚ and the floodgates had opened for newer more nimble carriers with lower cost structures

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    Business Strategy – BAD 4013 – SUMMER 1999 Case Study Southwest Airlines I. Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and company spirit. Twenty-seven years ago‚ Rolling King‚ owner of floundering commuter airline‚ and Herb Kelleher‚ King’s lawyer‚ got together and decided to start a different kind of airline that would provide a short-haul

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    Strategy and Policy Case 2. Southwest Airlines. I- Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose Southwest airlines were founded in 1971 by King and Herb Kellerher. They started with a low cost strategy in a risky market where profitability depends a lot on fuel prices and external factors‚ such as the willingness of consumers to pay ticket prices. They started growing a lot with various strategies that permitted them beat a lot of their competitors‚ but in order to stay in the market they

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    Corporate Strategy Southwest Airlines faced many barriers to entry from the fierce competition of other airlines in the industry. Though competition was fierce‚ Southwest Airlines managed to succeed by doing things differently. Their mission was to provide affordable air travel to those who would not normally fly. Contradictory to the rest of the airline industry‚ Southwest maintained a profit while keeping its fares low. Southwest was unique to the industry in two ways. They focused on the short

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    Running head: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Southwest Airlines William F. White Grand Canyon University Introduction Southwest Airlines took their first flight in June 18‚ 1971. The company got underway more then four years earlier but had a number of tough lawsuits against them before they were able to get their first plane up in the air. Southwest Airlines began serving the Texas cities of Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio. And then in 1979‚ Southwest Airlines finally made their first voyage outside

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    Knowledge Management and Effective Leadership Style at Southwest The fundamentals of Knowledge Management in building an effective leadership style will focus on establishing the importance and relationships between leadership practices and knowledge management in any organization. The business concept must be identified with the emphasis on detailed features and essential role of leaders while developing the organization goals. This paper will provide a framework addressing the relationship between

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    Southwest Airlines in 2010 : Culture‚ Values‚ and Operating Practices Corporate Business Strategy Group Assignment Domeniko Wikarda | Endah Widiastuti | Haris Suhendra | Marisa Karsen | Pramita Wardani 1 Table of Contents:  The Journey of Southwest Airlines  Business Strategic Analysis  Recommendations 2 The Journey of Southwest Airlines in 2010 : 3 Southwest Airlines Is a low-cost/lowfare airline. • Their concept is attract passengers by flying convenient schedules‚

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