Introduction The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the business strategy of JetBlue Airways. JetBlue was founded by David Neeleman in 2000 and quickly became one of the largest discount airlines in the United States. It was started in the east coast primarily and expanded throughout the country and entered the international market soon after that. JetBlue received the “#1 Airline Brand” rating10 even while keeping its advertising costs significantly lower than Southwest Airlines. Jet Blue’s
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Business Finance Policy: FINA 380-01 Dr. William Brent February 3rd 2009 JetBlue Airways: IPO Valuation Table of Content I. Statement of Problem II. Alternative Solutions III. Analysis of the Alternatives IV. Final Recommendation V. Appendix I. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM David Neeleman‚ CEO of JetBlue Airways and his management team have realized that JetBlue is still making profit despite the many challenges facing the airline industry after the September
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MANAGEMENT AT JETBLUE 1 Human Resources Management Analysis JetBlue Airways Case Study: JetBlue Airways: Starting from Scratch (Gittell & O’Reilly‚ 2001) Running Head: HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AT JETBLUE 2 Abstract This paper identifies the various impacts of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws on JetBlue Airways and
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Ch.2. Business: How Businesses Use Information Systems Case: JetBlue Hits Turbulence? pp. 74-76. 1. What type of information systems and business functions are described in this case? Streamlined information System and a leaning staff 2. What is JetBlue’s business model? There business model was to fly one type of plane from one vendor: Airbus A320. They figured this approach enabled the airline to standardize flight operations and maintenance procedures
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Brockunier Abstract This paper outlines the formation of a vision statement‚ the mission and the values that JetBlue and Southwest airlines embrace. A firm can initiate strategic management once it forms a mission statement. That statement allows forms to aspire to its potential while bearing in mind what it wants to avoid as it successfully grows. JetBlue and Southwest airlines mission has been primarily to govern the way they conduct business and the desire to serve customers
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JetBlue Managing Growth JetBlue Case JetBlue’s main strategy is to be a low cost carrier (LCC) and use differentiation as a competitive advantage. The main problem that concerns this case is that JetBlue has the need for slower capacity growth but the exact size of the cuts from each of the airlines’ two aircrafts was far from obvious. The contents of this case analysis will show how they managed to get to this point through the use of business strategy tools. Also I will give some recommendations
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JetBlue Case Analysis Executive Summary JetBlue airline was founded by David Neeleman who is a Brazilian born entrepreneur. His goal was to single handedly create a unique airline that was innovative for the current market. The low fare airline was designed for customers who needed to travel at affordable prices‚ and which would essentially create a new strand of business. Named JetBlue‚ Neeleman’s airline originally traveled to various cities around the United States‚ but has recently entered
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Industry Profile: Market Size: Approximately $95 billion Market growth rate: Domestic 2.9%‚ International 5.0% (forecasted to 2017) Stage in life cycle: mature for domestic‚ growth for international Number of companies in industry: 43 mainline carriers and 79 regional airlines Scope of competitive rivalry: primarily major carriers (revenue more than $1 billion). Legacy carriers developing low-cost offshoots Customers: 661 million domestic passengers. Expected growth in business customers
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Most everyone is familiar with the 4 P’s of Markting‚ Product‚ Place‚ Positioning and Price- but have you heard of the 4 E’s of Marketing? Christopher Graves‚ President & CEO‚ Asia Pacific‚ Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide‚ authored a presentation found on Scrib’d that explains just how the P’s have become the E’s‚ highlighting how: • Product >>> has changed to >>> Experience • Place >>> has changed to >>> Everyplace • Price >>> has changed to >>> Exchange • Promotion >>> has changed to >>>
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“JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth” Samuel Natkovitch I. Introduction The airline industry is one of a highly complex and unpredictable nature. “JetBlue Airways: Managing Growth” presents a case about a brand that can attest to this fact‚ a brand that also happens to be one of the big airline corporations of America- JetBlue. Former Executive Vice President of Morris Air‚ David Neeleman‚ founded JetBlue in 1999. Neeleman entered the market with 10 planes and in just under 6 years‚ the JetBlue fleet
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