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Airline Industry Analysis Page 1 of 15 Memorandum Date: Subject: To: From: July 13‚ 2009 Airline Industry Analysis Dr. Matt Ford Adam Brown‚ Radmila Gogzheyan‚ Greg Huwel‚ Marie Meininger‚ Josh Riedel‚ Christina Ryan Introduction The following is an analysis of the airline industry. Using collected information and Porter’s “Five Forces” model‚ we will provide information about the attractiveness of the airline industry and provide a recommendation based on that information. Industry Background
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Southwest Airlines (LUV) Anonymous University of Phoenix‚ AXIA MGT – 245 Organizational Behavior Andrea Benjamin February 10‚ 2008 "You are now free to move about the country." -- SWA Introduction Southwest Airlines was founded more than 36 years ago by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher who decided to create a different type of airline. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher started with the simple idea: “If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there
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Service Offering The invention of the airplane has had a profound impact on how people are able to experience the world today‚ thus the airline industry can be credited with shaping travel in a way that was once perceived as impossible. Because air travel is a commodity‚ the airline industry has found itself an extremely competitive market‚ where creating more value for their customers is essential in order to succeed. United Airlines leaves no room for confusion that they recognize this necessity
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Strategy Content Issue 1: SWA’s decision to acquire AirTran poses many obstacles for SWA’s sales strategy. The acquisition will threaten the pricing structure of SWA. It will give them the opportunity to raise its fair‚ as there is less competition in the Northeast (where AirTran serves) and major airlines have paired off leaving only five major players (Huffington post‚ 2010). Further promoting a fare increase is SWA’s refusal to charge for baggage. Although‚ this is a great sales tactic‚ it
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back--and catapult new products forward--into the growth phase. The author describes three positioning strategies that marketers use to shift consumers’ thinking. Reverse positioning strips away "sacred" product attributes while adding new ones (JetBlue‚ for example‚ withheld the expected first-class seating and in-flight meals on its planes while offering surprising perks like leather seats and extra legroom). Breakaway positioning associates the product with a radically different category (Swatch
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Executive Summary In 2009 Gary Kelly‚ the CEO of Southwest airlines‚ was contemplating what it would take for Southwest to survive the economic downfall‚ due to high oil prices and decline in demand‚ that was upon the airline industry. One might argue that in the face of many options Southwest both diversified in there solutions as well as stayed true to the brand they had created. We will argue they did both. They branched out in terms of expansion and customer service‚ while remaining true to
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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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Introduction The course Aligning People and Strategy has helped me to recognize the importance of including human resources in the strategic management process‚ whether it is with respect to hiring talent‚ retaining talent or managing talent during an organizational change. Through the cases and articles discussed in class‚ I have also learned that Human Resource Management (HRM) plays a vital role in a company’s success. For instance‚ Cirque de Soleil would not be able to pursue its mission
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The challenges that US companies face in doing business with Cuba are in many different ways. The legally prohibiting of business and finance is expensive and the embargo does hurt the Cuban economy‚ as well as cost US organizations a lot of money. Indeed‚ the Cuban government had estimated that embargo costs $685 million every year but for the United States‚ it’s even more than $1.2 billion in forfeited profit each year. Cuba has its people have faced many difficulties many professionals like teachers
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