British Airways plc‚ widely recognised as the largest airline of the United Kingdom‚ has very recently signed an agreement with the Spanish airline‚ Iberia‚ for the merger of the two organisations. The merger agreement‚ when complete‚ will result in the formation of the world’s sixth largest airline‚ in terms of revenues. In Europe the merged airline will rank third in the pecking order‚ behind Air France-KLM and Lufthansa. The new company‚ valued at USD 7.5 billion‚ will be known as the International
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Contribution to the Competitive Advantage and its Sustainability 10 6.1 Segmentation‚ Targeting and Positioning 10 6.2 Strategic Alliances and Sponsorship 10 7.0 Conclusion 11 8.0 References 12 Word Count: 3282 1.0 Introduction Etihad Airways‚ the national airline of the United Arab Emirates‚ has in just eight years established itself as the world’s leading airline. Set up by Royal Decree in July 2003‚ Etihad commenced commercial operations in November 2003 and became the fastest growing
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QANTAS SHARE PRICE EVALUATION 6 3.1. Share Price Definition 6 3.2. Share Price Behavior 2012 6 3.3. Share Price History 7 4. Recommendation 8 REFERENCES 9 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The aim of this report is to evaluate whether Qantas airways is a suitable company for ethical investment. Firstly‚ Qantas has currently been incurring in an ethical issue‚ because it has reduced in almost 50 % its staff in order to obtain better profits‚ however‚ the flight safety has been affected due to
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yINDIGO AIRLINE How India ’s youngest airline became the largest . Reticent and low-profile are not the usual personality traits of a CEO in a high-profile business like aviation. Image: Aditya Ghosh But Aditya Ghosh‚ 37‚ has defied convention in many ways. His regular office wear is T-shirt with jeans‚ he doesn ’t have a B-school degree and before joining IndiGo‚ he was a lawyer at J Sagar. Ghosh has justified his aversion for the spotlight by saying that people don ’t fly IndiGo because
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Ratio Analysis Activity Ratios This ratios show how efficient Kenya Airways has been in managing its working capital. Being a service industry this ratio is a key indicator possible area to reduce inefficiency in future. KQ Activity Ratios Years | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | Average Collection Period (Debtors ratio) | 48.6 | 58.8 | 46.7 | 51.0 | 43.6 | Inventory Day (Inventory Conversion Period) | 9.19 | 8.70 | 8.17 | 7.94 | 8.52 | Creditor’s Period | 50.93 | 65.31 | 75.27 | 67
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References: 1. Wikipedia‚ Tiger Airways – http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiger_Airways 2. Tiger Airways Annual report 2011 - www.tigerairways.com/news/Annual_Report_2011.pdf 3. AirAsia Analysis - http://kulothunkan.blogspot.com/2008/07/swot-analysis-for-airasia.html 4. Finnair Angry Birds - http://techielobang.com/
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the world and had a 35% year-on-year growth rate. With the government’s support of the carrier and aviation infrastructure investment‚ Qatar’s air transportation development has been stimulated. The government is commited to the success of Qatar Airways which is exemplified by the fact that in 2002 they decided to withdraw their 25% share in Bahrain-based carrier Gulf Air in order to develop their own national airline. The government also invested into the development of a new Doha International
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BRITISH AIRWAYS CASE STUDY BUS661: LEADING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE KIMBERLY JOHNSON DR. JIM JEREMIAH JUNE 23‚ 2013 The British Airways (BA) Debacle occurred because the management team introduced a swipe card system which would allow management to use staff more efficiently and to record employees start and end time for each work day. This was a unilateral decision by BA to introduce the swipe card because the staff was not adequately consulted. (Palmer‚ Dunford‚ & Akin‚ Managing Organizational
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JetBlue: Delighting Customers Through Happy Jetting JetBlue is relentlessly focused on making sure that every customer experience lives up to the company slogan‚ “Happy Jetting.” At JetBlue‚ customer well-being is ingrained in the culture. The discount airline has focused on providing niceties that are simply not the norm when it comes to commercial air travel. Things like more legroom‚ comfortable leather seats‚ gourmet snacks‚ LCD entertainment at every seat‚ and free e-mail onboard. These things
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INTRODUCTION British Airways is one of the fastest growing airlines in the world. It has grown by its own leadership qualities and unique culture. Bob Ayling‚ Chief Executive implemented changes in the organization without getting support from its employees. He thought a change is necessary‚ even when BA was making record profit‚ because in the long run some decision has to be made. On one side he tried to raise staff morale by reinventing training programmes and by building a hotel at Heathrow
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