Summary i Table of Contents 1 About WestJet 1 Market Share 2 Domestic 2 International 3 Market Position and SWOT Analysis 5 WestJet Key Financial Ratios 7 Accounting‚ Finance‚ Legal and Environmental Issues 8 Shareholders and Company Ownership 8 Accounting Policy and Internal Control 9 Legal 9 Environmental 11 Investor Recommendations 12 Bibliography 13 THE COMPANY AND ITS POSITION IN THE MARKET Competitive Landscape Markets where WestJet competes: • Airlines • Consumer Services
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Westjet Company’s Business Plan By 2016‚ WestJet aims to be one of the five most successful international airlines in the world‚ based on profitability. WestJet plans to expand business globally at a rapid pace and grow company’s presence all around the world. WestJet plans to retain its existing customers while attracting new customers to build on its strong domestic market position by providing excellent‚ high quality services on an international scale. WestJet wants to be the airline
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Air Canada and WestJet Operations Management Case September 25‚ 2010 Presented by: Air Canada For an airline‚ what are the advantages of having new modern planes? What are the disadvantages? One advantage of having modern planes is that the new technology can result in subsequent cost savings due to better fuel efficiency‚ faster response times and ease of automated processes. Fuel is the greatest cost for airlines. A further advantage in line with technology is
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Problems at JetBlue On Valentine’s Day 2007‚ a severe winter storm hit the northeastern portion of the United States causing many airlines to cancel many flights that resulted in other airlines to divert other flights to the John F. Kennedy airport in New York. JetBlue Airways decided to wait out the storm and found it impossible and unable to continue flights. JetBlue Airways began receiving irate passengers due to being bumped or routed to New York. As problems progressed‚ passengers found
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JetBlue Airways David Slade BUS 630 Ashford University Milan Havel January 28‚ 2012 JetBlue Airways 1.) What is JetBlue’s strategy for success in the marketplace? Does the company rely primarily on a customer intimacy‚ operational excellence‚ or product leadership customer value proposition? What evidence supports your conclusion? JetBlue’s strategy for success in the marketplace can be summed up‚ as “a leading low-fare‚ low-cost passenger airline by offering customers high-quality
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SUBJECT: JetBlue Airways Key strategic issues faced by JetBlue Airways JetBlue Airways was established in USA as a low-cost domestic airline carrier. The company started operating as a point-to-point carrier‚ providing quality customer service at competitive prices. Basically‚ the main strategy of JetBlue is to offer its clients a combination of low fares and product differentiation. In terms of strengthening its market positions‚ the following key strategic issues
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1) Give examples of needs‚wants‚ and demands that Jet Blue customers demonstrate‚ differentiating these three concepts. What are the implications of each for JetBlue`s practices? A Need is states of felt deprivation. A Want is the form human needs take as they are shaped by culture and individual personality. A Demand is human wants that are backed by buying power. Jet Blue Needs‚ Wants and Demands: • NEEDS Get to the place you payed for. • WANTS To be comfortable‚ to have good service
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CASO JETBLUE: STARTING FROM SCRATCH Ann Rhoades‚ vicepresidenta ejecutiva de personas‚ estaba pensando sobre lo mucho y rápido que había crecido la aerolínea en este último tiempo y en lo mucho más que seguiría creciendo. Se sentía cansada de trabajar tanto‚ tenía que contratar 100 nuevos tripulantes por cada avión que compraban‚ y que en los próximos 4 años contratarían a 5.000 personas. Ella estaba a cargo de esto pero con la dificultad de crear una cultura organizacional basada en valores y
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is doing difficult to imitate?] 4. The Question of Organization: Are a firm’s other policies and procedures organized to support the exploitation of its valuable‚ rare‚ and costly-to-imitate resources?” ORGANIZATION : AIRLINE INDUSTRY – JETBLUE RESOURCES | CAPABILITIES | CORE COMPETENCIES | In-Flight Entertainment | JFK Airport hub: hub provides significant size and location capabilities political support from the state government | Firm’s infrastructure: Hierarchical and family oriented
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT & POLICY COMM 4005 / SP1 MODULE 3 JETBLUE AIRWAYS: A CADRE OF NEW MANAGERS TAKES CONTROL JETBLUE AIRWAYS Question 1 David Neelman’s original strategic vision was to ‘bring humanity back to air travel’ through combing low fares of a discount airline carrier with the comforts of a small cozy den in people’s homes. David’s strategic vision is a good one‚ but the strategic objectives‚ strategy development‚ and implementation and execution should be modified to
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