Portland International Airport (PDX) is located 20 minutes to the northeast of downtown Portland near the Columbia River. PDX is the largest airport in the state of Oregon and serves over 13 million passengers annually. Arriving & Departing Public Transfer from PDX Going from PDX to the downtown of Portland using public transport is easy‚ because airport is well connected by public transit. It will take around 40-45 minutes for such trip. MAX train‚ operated by Trimet‚ is a light-rail system‚ which
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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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Warren E. Buffett‚ 2005 Case Questions: 1. What is the possible meaning of the changes in stock price for Berkshire Hathaway and Scottish Power plc on the day of the acquisition announcement? Specifically‚ what does the $2.17-billion gain in Berkshire’s market value of equity imply about the intrinsic value of PacifiCorp? Based on the multiples for comparable regulated utilities‚ what is the range of possible values for PacifiCorp? What questions might you have about this range? Assess the bid for
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Today there are quite a few of large cap companies with variable revenue drivers. This feature makes it challenging to find a relevant peer group‚ company‚ or even industry multiples. In our selected comapnies‚ Delta Air Line’s (DAL)‚ Jetblue (JET) and American Airlines (AAL) are large airline service companies for business and personal use. However‚ both DAL and JET revenue also are derived from the flight service business. AAL is also a competitor in this area‚ but American Airlines
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East Boston of Boston‚ Massachusetts. With an average of 27 million passengers a year‚ and handling 30.2 million passengers in 2013 alone‚ Boston is the 19th busiest airport within the United States. Presently‚ Boston serves as a focus city for JetBlue airways‚ a low-cost carrier‚ and a hub for a number of airlines‚ such as Delta Airlines‚ regional airline Cape Air‚ and commuter airline PenAir. U.S Airways carries out many operations from this airport as well‚ and all major airlines fly to Boston
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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY SPRING 2010 Office Phone Email Chiung-Hui Tseng 61411A (Institute of International Business) (06) 275-7575 ext.53512 ctseng@mail.ncku.edu.tw Texts Ireland‚ R.D.‚ Hoskisson‚ R.E.‚ and Hitt‚ M.A. (2009) The Management of Strategy: Concepts and Cases‚ 8th Edition‚ South-Western Press. Course Objectives In the past a few decades‚ the trend of globalization has rendered the world economies more interdependent. All businesses today (both international
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Southwest Airlines 2002: An Industry Under Siege Case Study “Discussion Format” MGMT 5113 Team 7 Dag Yemenu Sachin Gupta Michelle May Shaun Evans November 22nd 2003 Problem Overview Southwest Airlines has employed unique operational strategies‚ incorporating industry revolutionizing methodologies‚ while developing and sustaining a strong corporate culture that has allowed Southwest Airlines to be profitable for a phenomenal 30 straight years and capture the Airline Industry
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Southwest Airlines in 2010: Culture‚ Values‚ and Operating Practices Summary Southwest Airlines was founded by Herb Kelleher in 1967 to provide low-cost service between Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio. Although the U.S. airline industry had lost money in 15 of the 30 years between 1980 and 2009‚ Southwest has reported profit every year since 1973. Southwest Airlines is considered to be the most successful budget airline in the U.S. Since 2000‚ the number of passengers flying Southwest has
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Juliana Peterson BUS 310-01 October 20‚ 2011 Chapter 10 Case Study 1. What has been Southwest’s traditional pricing strategy? Why has this pricing strategy been so successful throughout the airline’s first three decades? Traditionally‚ Southwest used a low-price strategy. They were known as always offering the cheapest flights. The air line did not serve meals‚ had no assigned seats‚ no electronic entertainment‚ and no retirement plans for employees. Because Southwest had such lower
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and more leg room). Southwest airlines have already purchased larger 737’s capable of longer haul flights and intends to introduce wi-fi in all aircraft by 2012. This is a clear signal of the airlines intent to grow into new longer-haul markets. Jetblue has already experienced success though their entrance into Mexican and Caribbean markets. This trend of international expansion looks set to continue as low cost airlines look outside already crowded domestic markets for growth. The low-cost model
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