has never been more important for an airline to have the right public image. If the national flag and perhaps a catchy logo on planes‚ counters and ticket covers were sufficient in the olden days‚ today branding is a science of its own. Half a dozen branding agencies‚ most of them based in London and the USA‚ are fighting not just on behalf of toothpaste or cars but‚ with dogged determination‚ in the aviation industry over budgets worth millions. "The airlines are much more conscious today that branding
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Spirit Airlines (SAVE) is an ultra low-cost‚ low-fare based in Fort Lauderdale‚ Florida that provides affordable travel opportunities. The IPO for Sprit airlines was offered on June 11th‚ 2011. The price of the stock at the IPO date was of $12.00. According to NASDAQ.com‚ the money that was raised on the IPO was $187.2 million dollars‚ with 5 million dollars in expenses. After the underwriting cost eliminated they approximately raised171.0 million. After the IPO sale
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Situation Synopsis: Margins in air industry have been shrinking for decades. Low Cost Carriers (LCCs) such as JetBlue and Southeast have made inroads to Delta’s Florida market which stands for 30% of Delta’s revenues. After 911 Attacks‚ the demand decreased. DeltaExpress‚ Delta’s low-cost subsidiary‚ is launched to respond LCCs threat but it is not as successful as it was thought it would be. Delta’s current Strategy: Delta mainline is a legacy airline and competes utilizing its low price and
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This case is just a description of the situation without any details on possible questions or further actions. Southwest Airlines (A) Stanford Graduate School of Business Case Study HR-1A (1995) A Summary This case is about Ann Rhoades‚ vice president of people for Southwest Airlines (LUV). She is preparing for a meeting with the top executives of the airlines to discuss the airline’s competitive position in the light of United’s and Continental’s recent engagement in the low fare market
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CASE 3: STRATEGIC CHOICES AT THE SINGAPORE AIRLINES GROUP Strategic Management and strategic Competitiveness Productivity Enhancement 1) Deployment of Technology 2) Total Involvement 3) Incentives The External Environment A) General Environment 1) Demographic • Malaysian Airlines (regional competitor)‚ which is geographically closed to Singapore‚ were imitating SIA’s strategy (threats) 2) Economic • Global financial crisis – reduced demand
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Alaska Airlines Strategic Management Model Linda Gay Cahill Table of Contents: Strategic Profile Company Introduction 3 Strategic Analysis PEST Analysis (Political‚ economic‚ social & technological factors) 4 Resource-Based View 6 Value Chain Analysis 8 SWOT Analysis 11 Strategy recommendations 13 References 14 Company Introduction Alaska Airlines is the ninth–largest U.S. airline based on passenger traffic and is the dominant
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE STUDY BY Aurelio Montelongo Jr. June 22‚ 2012 Southwest Airlines is in an environment whose conditions for most in this type of industry have been anything but profitable. So why is it that Southwest Airlines‚ who has been profitable in this volatile market been able to make money? Though Southwest did have a losing quarter it was not due to lack of fliers or its service to its customers‚ but an investment in its fuel hedging cost. As fuel dropped in price‚ Southwest
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(International Air Trasportation Association) and the cost of fraud to the commercial aviation industry is estimated around 1‚5 billion USD every year. This estimation comes from IATA Fraud Prevention Group’s (FPSG) The Annual Fraud Loss 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
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North America for Euro-Air. Euro-Air‚ a major European-based commercial airline‚ operated daily service to its European hub from fourteen cities in North America and onward service to more than 300 locations in 90 countries around the world. The fax letter (see Exhibit 1) suggested that Euro-Air had recently caused a lot of problems for at least one of its passengers. Passenger complaint letters were not unusual at any airline. What was unusual about this letter was the litany of problems described
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Southwest Airlines Over 35 years ago‚ Rollin King and Herb Kelleher decided to create a different type of airline. They began with the simple notion: If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there‚ on time and at the lowest possible fares‚ and make darn sure they have a good time doing it‚ people will fly your airline. They were right (Southwest Airlines‚ 2004)! What began as a small Texas airline has grown to become one of the largest airlines in the United States
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