Introduction JetBlue Airways Corporation‚ or JetBlue‚ is New York’s Hometown Airline. The airline was‚ incorporated in‚ 1998‚ is a passenger carrier company. The Company operates various kinds of aircrafts‚ including Airbus A321‚ Airbus A320 and Embraer E190‚ providing air transportation services across the United States‚ the Caribbean and Latin America. JetBlue is the sixth largest passenger carrier in the U.S. (ref). The airline’s business model places emphasis on product and culture differentiation
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JetBlue was established with a goal to make itself a leading low-fare‚ low-cost passenger airline by offering customers high-quality customer service and a differentiated products. During a period when all major airlines were posting losses and going out of business‚ JetBlue emerged successful and posted profits in its first year of operation in 2000. In this case we will analyze the competitive strengths of JetBlue that helped it achieve its goals‚ and the possible internal and external
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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 Airways airline was established by David Neeleman as a low-fare airline with high-quality customer service. His goal was to create an airline that was innovative for the current market. Their main focus was to provide service to areas that were underserved as well as to large cities with overpriced fares. He aimed to establish a strong brand that differentiated itself from its competitors by being a safe‚ reliable and low cost-airline. Neeleman managed to achieve this partially by hiring
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currently only 4% of commercial pilots are women? So when I was told of two women who not only are airline pilots‚ but sisters who both work for JetBlue and had a dream come true recently‚ I wanted to know more. The women recently operated JetBlue flight 1480 from Ft. Lauderdale to Washington‚ DC making them the first ever sister-sister flight crew at JetBlue! Pia and Anna-Maria Kymalainen grew up in an aviation family in Finland. With their father in aeronautical engineering and an older brother following
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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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External Environment: Opportunities and Threats for JetBlue Airway Societal environment After September 2001‚ air travel decreased sharply and major airline companies had lost the money. This makes those airline companies to increase the debt by tapping their credit lines and/or issuing bonds. These actions were vital to help the carriers survive the dramatic decline in passenger levels and fares‚ and the sharp increase in losses‚ but left most of the major airlines burdened with huge debt
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P Please po ost your answers s in the s same she eet T This is a t take hom me exam mination. D Delivery should b be on or before July 16th 2011 Nam me: __ ____ ____ ____ ____ _ Inta Num r: __ ____ ake N mber ____ _ Date e: _ ____ _ ____ ____ 2011 ©ESLSCA A – Strategic c Manageme ent & Busines ss Policies ‐ 2 2011 – Ramy y Khodeir Strateg gic Manag gement Mid‐Term Examination – th of July 2011 – 16 1 Please re ead through the followin ng case and f
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Competitive Analysis Porter’s Verdict The Porter framework shows that the airline industry is exceedingly unattractive. Nevertheless‚ JetBlue has quickly attained profitability while maintaining its unusual low cost‚ low-fare‚ and high-quality service strategy. Rivalry is High Consolidation notwithstanding‚ rivalry is high as numerous competitors remain in the airline business. Major airlines such as Delta‚ United and American offer a substantially similar flying experience to the customer
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JetBlue Mission/Vision Statements and Their Equivalents JetBlue Mission/Vision Statements and Their Equivalents This portion of the paper outlines the formation of a vision statement and the mission and values JetBlue embraces. A firm can initiate strategic management once it forms a mission statement. That statement allows the firm to aspire to its potential while bearing in mind what it wants to avoid as is
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