Southwest Airlines Module: Business Management Vanessa Eelma Alyssa Julianna Farkas Thomas Schillinger Peter Lukacs Attila Radvanszki Adam Radvanszki 29th November‚ 2010 Word Count : XXXX Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review 4 2.1 General Introduction of Theories Used 4 2.2 SWOT Analysis 4 2.3 External Factors 4 2.4 Organizational Structures 4 2.5 Hofstede’s Theory 5 2.6 Cultural Elements 5 2.7 Motivation 5 3 Analysis of Southwest Airlines 5
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Southwest Airlines 2008 Problem Identification: Will Southwest Airlines able to maintain its top position and level of customer satisfaction whilst expanding its business domain? SWOT Listing: Strength: * Attractive fares and marketing strategies. * Point to Point flights. * Best turnaround time compared to its competitors. * First to sell seats through Internet sites. * Positively Outrageous customer service. * Maintained Co-operative labor relations. * They always
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concluded through a PESTLE analysis that the expected rise in Nordic GDP will affect the passenger traffic positively whereas the future increasing oil prices were found to impact especially the low-cost-carriers negatively. The competition in the airline industry was found fierce particularly because of the success of the low-cost-carriers Ryanair and Norwegian but the focus of SAS on business travellers reduces the competitive rivalry. As a consequence of this focus SAS was concluded to be stuck-in-the-middle
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colleagues who are a constant source of motivation and for their never ending support and encouragement during this project. The Airline Industry The aviation industry in India has grown by leaps and bounds in recent years in terms of kilometres flown as well as customers serviced. The economy of a country is substantially determined by the quality of air transport. The airlines today have made themselves more popular among its customers by various marketing tactics like: * Reduced costs of air tickets
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CSR practiced by Southwest Airlines To build a reputation as a leader in corporate social responsibility‚ companies should focus on strong governance practices‚ positive working conditions‚ and a commitment to supporting the needs of communities and the environment Southwest airlines has consistently been on top‚ in the American companies that are nominated as the best practitioners of CSR in the country. Southwest divides its social responsibility among three principal categories; Community outreach/volunteerism
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privately owned online travel agency in the UK‚ representing one of the biggest transactions in the company’s history. Marhaba celebrates its 20th anniversary and unveils new look. In tennis‚ Emirates becomes the Official Airline of the US Open and title sponsor of the Emirates Airline US Open Series. Emirates become the Team Sponsor of cricket’s Indian Premier League side Deccan Chargers. 2011 Emirates places the largest single order in Boeing’s history - 50 777-300 ER aircraft‚ worth $18 billion
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1. Srilankan Airlines Srilankan Airlines is the national airline of Sri Lanka‚ is an award winning carrier with a firm reputation as a global leader in service‚ comfort‚ safety‚ reliability‚ and punctuality. Launched in 1979‚ Srilankan is currently expanding and further diversifying its wide range of products and services in order to drive the country’s ongoing boom in tourism and economic development. The airline’s hub is located at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo‚ providing
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Problem statement The main challenge facing Virgin Atlantic Airlines is identifying and executing a strategy that will help it become a more profitable and established airline in the industry going forward. Virgin had an income loss of 14.5 M pounds in 1991-92‚ and a small profit of 0.4 M pounds in 1992-93(Exhibit 2). In contrast‚ British Airways had $297.7 M profit which is 3.19% of its total sales in 1992 (Exhibit 10). VAA has been pursuing a marketing strategy to serve all classes of passengers
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will provide an insight to how American Airlines is using mindfulness in the organization today. The company is taking large strives to become the best airline in the world with the best employees. This is a great concept the company is trying to achieve. American Airlines leadership team are providing many items to accomplish this goal. American Airlines send out many different surveys to see what type of products the employees are considering. American Airlines then uses employees from different hubs
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While the major airlines in the United Stated were making a lost of approximately $8 billion‚ Southwest was the only airline company that was profitable as well as facing a rapid grow-with a 25 percent sales increase in 1992. In 2005‚ Southwest was the sixth largest airline in United Stated. The success of Southwest is mainly linked to its pricing strategy‚ it positioned itself as a low-price‚ short hauls and bare bones operation. There are numerous distinctive characteristics that had lead to
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