A Financial Analysis of Southwest Airlines Co. Accounting for Financial Decisions BA812 Professor Wayne Drake May 20‚ 1998 Gillian Ainsworth Jennifer Goidell Christine Ledoux Tarak Modi Gerald Owens Robin Walters Southwest Airlines: Twenty-Six Years of “LUV” Twenty-six years ago‚ Rollin W. King scribbled three lines on a cocktail napkin‚ leaned across the table‚ and muttered to his longtime friend: “Herb‚ lets start our own airline”. Herbert D. Kelleher loosened his tie and knitted
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OASIS HONG KONG AIRLINES LIMITED – WHAT WENT WRONG AND WHAT SHOULD HAVE DONE TO SAVE IT FROM BANKCRUPTCY Table of Content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Company Background Liquidation Timeline Causes of Failure Impacts of Oasis’s Case What Should Have Done to Save Oasis from Bankruptcy Conclusion Company Background Oasis Hong Kong Airlines Limited • Long-haul budget airline • Hub at Hong Kong International Airport • Founder Mr. Raymond Lee Ms. Priscilla Lee • Started operation – Oct 26‚ 2006 Company
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Marketing Plan for Breeze Airlines 24 April 2010 Marketing Plan for Breeze Airlines Air has become the most preferred method of transportation for many people around the world and more travelers are looking for affordable ways to travel between destinations. Consequently‚ the increase in customer’s demand for cheaper fares has created an excellent business opportunity for low cost airlines to emerge. Low cost carriers have been successful satisfying customer’s demand for cheaper
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were significantly inefficient and ineffective compared with its competitors‚ it would lose business. Airline customers are typically operating under time constraints and pressures to catch flights and connections‚ and they do not want to be inconvenienced by inefficient and ineffective business processes. 2. What competitive advantages can an airline gain by using DSS and EIS? An airline can use both DSSs and EISs to uncover areas where the company can create competitive advantages and perhaps
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RM Flyaway Airlines ch13 1. The two measurements are an interesting insight into the mind of the consumer and the researcher torn between two types of different approaches. Looking at the results there are some drastic differences in the position of companies in the rankings. For example‚ Southwest Airlines went from second to last in the 19th spot all the way to second place. There are some major discrepancies for a leap like that to occur. One of the ways these approaches are similar is
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ECO2 Airline Deregulation: A Comparative Report Submitted by: Jan Abigail Maravilla Harold De Guzman Mario Giordano Sarmiento Lady Valles Marlon Antojado Submitted to: Mr. Paul Caampued III ABSTRACT This study provides a comparative analysis of the state of the airline industry before and after deregulation. The paper considers most if not all possible areas of growth and development that will affect the airline transportation industry. It generates
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Understanding the Chaos of Airline Pricing By Alex Kons I. INTRODUCTION “The airline industry’s pricing system is a billion-dollar house of cards in which every customer is a futures speculator and Economics 101 is turned onto its head” (Fredrick‚ 1995). This statement highlights one of the most hidden frustrations that many air travelers feel. Airline pricing is so distorted that often a full-fare paying passenger is seated next to a passenger who paid more then three hundred percent less for
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of alliances has also occurred in the Airline industry; this report discussed how these alliances gain economies of scales and synergies. The deregulation of the airline industry has open doors to more competition sand to further agreements such as the “open skies”‚ these agreements allows airlines to serve consumers more efficiently by offering extensive domestic‚ continental and intercontinental service networks. Through the formation of alliances‚ airlines have created economies of scale through
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of this structure for the organization." Southwest Airlines is part of an oligopoly. An oligopoly is defined as an instance where there are only a small number of producers in a market; due to the small numbers‚ if one company changes their prices of their goods or services‚ the others will do the same in order to keep it competitive. Running as an oligopoly can be both helpful and painful for the consumer. For instance‚ Southwest Airlines has set prices they have for certain flights to certain
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Singapore Airlines is without a doubt‚ one of the leading airlines in the aviation industry. However‚ the fact that there are over a hundred other airlines companies within this region should not be ignored. The primary objective of this study is to identify the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ opportunities and threats of Singapore Airlines and come up with recommendations and strategies for the group to further improve their business operation. Company Background The Singapore Airlines Group (thereafter
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