Running Head: Rising Fuel Costs and the Airline Industry Rising Fuel Costs and the Airline Industry Of all the changes that we have seen in the economy‚ fuel has to be at the top of the list as an item whose pricing affects more than just the price we see at the pump. In addition to increased prices at the gas pump‚ we have also seen products‚ services‚ and virtually every item sold increase due to the high cost of fuel. Although fuel prices have dropped today versus what they were in
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network with neighboring countries in an effort to develop an open-skies agreement and grant landing rights to Air Asia. This worked to the advantage of the company now it could penetrate a bigger market and target a wider pool of customers. 2. Low price was the smartest marketing strategy Air Asia used. The company has done its research and found that there were a huge mass middle-class people that love to travel by plain. They targeted these people and offered them convenient and affordable
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INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY AirAsia is a very successful low cost carrier. In a very short time‚ it became a market leader in the Asia region. The company successfully adopted cost leadership through operational efficiency and effectiveness. Using the slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly‚” AirAsia positioned itself successfully in the niche LCC market. AirAsia was the creation of former music publisher Tony Fernandes. After watching a television show in a pub about easyJet successfully competing against British
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segmentation‚ targeting‚ positioning‚ differentiation and branding For many organizations today to be successful they must know what consumers needs are‚ so as to satisfy them successfully and profitably to avoid wastages of resources. For these organizations to be successful they have to undertake segmentation‚ so as to know their target market and also to know the available competitors in the market producing the same goods. As a matter of fact‚ for Colgate to be successful they must segment
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Marketing Segmentation Theory based on selling Oxygen bars 1) Demographic Consumer age‚ gender‚ income‚ occupation are considered to be the main factors for demographic segmentation. Other factors like race‚ religion‚ nationality is not emphasized here because product usage will be less affected by those factors. Currently‚ similar-functioned products available in the market have a wide consumer age base‚ ranging from 20+ to 50+. I believe that this age difference does reflect the difference in
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LOW COST AIRLINES: A FAILED BUSINESS MODEL? Kenneth Button University Professor Director of the Center for Transportation‚ Policy‚ Operations‚ and Logistics‚ and Director of the Aerospace Policy Research Center School of Public Policy George Mason University (MS 3C6) Fairfax‚ VA 22030‚ USA. E-mail: kbutton@gmu.edu “You fucking academic eggheads! You don ’t know shit. You can ’t deregulate this industry. You ’re going to wreck it. You don ’t know a goddamn thing!” Robert L. Crandall‚ CEO American
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Market segmentation allows businesses to satisfy the diversity in a resource-effective manner and is held up as the panacea of modern marketing (Dibb‚ 2001). Marketing segmentation is more and more vital for business in the modern time. This essay‚ therefore‚ tend to introduce the concept of market segmentation first‚ then and the merits and difficulties will be illustrated. Finally‚ different approaches are going to be demonstrated. Market segmentation is the process by which a diverse market
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I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Airline industry nowadays already have a lot of player that bring the industry to the fierce competition‚ the competition not only in one country anymore‚ it competition with the world player. From the full service carrier until the low cost carrier‚ no one can avoided the competition‚ it’s about competing or die. Low Cost Carrier in airline industry begin more famous start since 36 year ago by southwest airline‚ which now is the third largest airline in the world. AirAsia from
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STRATEGIES TO FIGHT LOW COST RIVALS In this new era‚ which global industry is growing very fast‚ it makes most company everywhere in the world trap on war of price. Most companies should invest a lot of money‚ people‚ and time to fight they rivals .Last but not Least‚ each company has to grow with a right strategy. The steps to get the best strategy on the Price War situation is strategy development and implementation : A. Critical Success Factors : 1. Environmental Analysis - identify
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Geographic Segmentation Geographic segmentation calls for dividing the market into different geographical units such as nations‚ regions‚ states‚ counties‚ cities‚ or even neighborhoods. A company may decide to operate in one or a few geographical areas‚ or to operate in all areas but pay attention to geo-graphical differences in needs and wants. ACI Logistic Ltd (shwapno) today is localizing their products‚ advertising‚ promotion‚ and sales efforts to fit the needs of individual regions
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