�� Case Analysis Strategic Marketing in Asia ~ CATHAY PACIFIC ~ INTRODUCTION Since its establishment in 1946‚ Cathay Pacific has been a profitable airline company‚ which experienced periodical growth. In 1998 however‚ the airline experienced a loss of US $70 million‚ a stark contrast from earning $218 million in profits in the previous year. For Cathay Pacific‚ this was the first loss experienced by the air carrier since 1963�. Cathay Pacific ’s economic hardship was mainly the result of a
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1 CAPACITY UTILIZATION IN INDIAN AIRLINES Danish A. Hashim* Sir Ratan Tata Fellow Institute of Economic Growth Delhi. 110 007. INDIA. E-mail: danish_hashim@yahoo.com April 2003 Abstract The financial performance of the state -owned Indian Airlines has deteriorated since 1989- 90. The main reasons cited for the poor financial performance of Indian Airlines include: rising fuel prices‚ excess staff‚ serving uneconomic routes and increasing expenses on insurance. However‚ low capacity utilization
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him with an empty glass bottle. After they pushed the decreased into a creek bed and continued the savage attack‚ as the decreased was still lying still with his face in the water and looked unconscious but the decreased actually drowned and died. Factors that might have caused Mr Farrell to commit murder: Mr Farrell was born on 16 January 1981 and born in a Suburban Melbourne area. He and his older brother suffered violence at the hands of his own father and mother. Officers of the health department
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leadership While the other airlines in the industry purchased rivals‚ flew different models of planes and tried to offer costly services‚ Indigo stuck to single model planes with a reputation of being a no frills airline. Indigo has stuck to operating the world’s largest selling single-aisle aircraft‚ the Airbus A320. This has helped the airlines to not just survive the economic slump in the industry but infact to post profits year-on-year end. Capacity utilization of IndiGo airlines fleet The utilization
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1) How does this company make money even when other airlines don’t? What are the most important contributors to its financial success? ANS: - Southwest airlines founded specially to create intrastate between Dallas and Texas and their main agenda is to provide services at low cost as compared to other airlines. Even it’s very competitive to achieve this goal but southwest succeeded by keeping operations simple and consistent‚ cost saving strategy and meet customer expectation(on-time) at low cost
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Singapore Airline Strenght: Premium product and brand SIA has been at or near the top in premium product rankings since the years. Although the gap has been closing‚ but its leading premium product remains an important differentiator . Meanwhile‚ SIA brands product still remain one of the best known and popularity. Airlines around the world use SIA as the benchmark for product and brand; there cannot be a higher compliment. The logo of Singapore Airline is special.It is a bird‚ inspired by a silver
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Southwest Airlines Tracy D. Braswell Benedictine University The domestic airline industry is emerging from its lost decade. Carriers suffered two recessionary swoons (one due to September 11) and a fivefold jump in fuel prices causing fifteen carriers to go bust. As frequent fliers know too well the salvation for most airlines has been to stick passengers with fees‚ reservation changes‚ bags‚ food‚ movie and headset to name a few. None of it‚ however‚ went to Southwest Airlines two and a
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JETBLUE AIRLINES OCTOBER 2006 JetBlue started their business in a positive approach‚ by ensuring the main elements were in place prior to starting operations. Compared to JetBlue ’s counterparts that started up their airlines in the 1980 ’s and 1990 ’s‚ JetBlue began with a highly experienced senior management team‚ dedicated core values‚ and plenty of capital to ride out the low times. JetBlue ’s strengths and opportunities compared to the industry are: Strength & Opportunities:
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Survey among airlines. Airline industry is a labor intensive service sector as much as capital intensive and mainly white collor workers are employed. In the industry computerized electronic systems are highly used. In order to produce an aviable seat for sales‚ there are many interconnected services are gathered such as resevation‚ ticketing‚ operations‚ passenger traffic‚ handling of passenger‚ baggage and cargo‚ catering‚ maintenance (MRO)‚ training‚ fuelling etc. While airlines render many
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Selection of and Justification for Alternatives Competition There is no doubt the advent of readily-obtainable pricing and availability for airline travel via the internet has changed competition drastically. Not only are customers able to search and select flight times and destinations from each individual airline’s own website‚ but they now also have the ability to compare everything regarding the flights from plane types‚ durations‚ layovers‚ connecting flights‚ additional fees and fares on
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