Ecole supérieure libre des sciences commerciales appliquées (ESLSCA) Strategic Management Paper Southwest Airline Strategic Audit Prepared By : Hesham Gamal El Din El Desouky Mohamed Dandash Wael Youssef Professor : Dr. Saneya El Galaly Group : 21-A Table Of Contents I. Executive Summary 5 II. SouthWest Airlines History 6 III. Current Situation 8 III.1. Current Performance 8 III.2. Strategic Posture 13 III.2.1. Mission & Vision 13 III.2.2. Objectives 14
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Strategy Southwest Airlines faced many barriers to entry from the fierce competition of other airlines in the industry. Though competition was fierce‚ Southwest Airlines managed to succeed by doing things differently. Their mission was to provide affordable air travel to those who would not normally fly. Contradictory to the rest of the airline industry‚ Southwest maintained a profit while keeping its fares low. Southwest was unique to the industry in two ways. They focused on the short haul traveler and
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expected in Hong Kong (4%) And their market share for air travel there is very low (2%). Their goal is to increase their market share and grow their revenue. * Brick-and -Mortar agencies: the traditional travel agencies. They have been there for a long time now and they have a huge share of the market‚ almost all of it. They don’t want the people to shift to online booking taking away their market in the process. They are assuming that online booking websites‚ like Huella Hong Kong‚ are trying to
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Household Computer Solutions My company will be called Household Computer Solutions and will start off consulting‚ planning and deploying customized computer and networking services. As the company grows I would like to open a store in which I will be able to display some of the many‚ little known‚ things you can do with computers through open source software. In addition to this once a week we will hold various classes based on the needs of my client base to assist in making computers easier
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The U.S. Airline Industry The U.S. airline industry provides a unique service to its customers. It transports people and goods with efficiency and convenience which is not achieved by any other service. The purpose of this article is to collect data on the U.S. airline industry and analyze the state of the industry today. Data came from sources such as the Federal Aviation Administration‚ scholarly articles‚ and websites such as dallas.culturemap.com and airwise.com. Tools used to analyze the data
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Business Models in the Airline Industry January 30‚ 2013 Winter term 2013 Outline Evolution Hub-and-spoke route networks Legacy carriers Low cost carriers (LCCs) Ultra low cost carriers (ULCCs) Regional and charter carriers Evolution Before deregulation Full service network carriers No low cost models No price competition (same price on a given route) Full-quality service Point-to-point route networks After deregulation Proliferation
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understand the external factors which Southwest Airlines is dealing with. Firstly the demographical factor that influence strategies of Southwest Airlines. The aging population in the United States is a big issue. It is known that older people‚ does not prefer to travel by plane‚ not for the short or long-haul. They are still too conservative and rather take a bus‚ train or drive themselves to the places they want to be. Because Southwest Airlines is very customer orientated they are providing low
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Introduction Southwest Airlines is one of the largest domestic carriers in the United States‚ with over 3400 flights every day from 64 domestic destinations. Since 2011‚ Southwest Airlines is the airline that “carries the most domestic passengers of any US airline” ("Scheduled passengers carried"‚ 2011). The major factor that contributes to the success of Southwest Airlines and makes it different from the other airlines is its approach in designing and managing the processes. Measuring capacity
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transportation for people and products; It has been a way to travel faster and better overall. The airline business is a major industry‚ relied upon by millions not only for transportation but also as a way of making a living. In 2001‚ the industry dealt with the effects of another economic downturn‚ as business travel decreased substantially while labor and fuel costs increased. The events 9/11 greatly magnified the airlines’ issues‚ leading to a sharp decline in customers and significantly higher operating costs
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AIR CARRIER PLANNING & OPERATION MANAGEMENT Objective Airlines are no more used by the rich. Now they have become Essential for the modern day of transportation system the objective of this topic is to make the student aware of it operation and also its management. .From outside to a passenger it seems a very simple means of transport but its operation and management it an absolute professional and it requires highly professional approach. This
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