Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines has long been one of the stand-out performers in the U.S. airline industry. It is famous for its low fares which are often some 30% lower than those of its major rivals. These are balanced by an even lower course structure‚ enabling it to record superior profitability even in bad years such as 2002‚ when the industry faced slumping demand in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks. Indeed‚ from 2001 to 2005‚ quite possibly the worst 4 years in the
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working on the problem‚ he chose to eliminate the problem by using reverse psychology such as penalizing their incentives such as downgrading their accommodation such as from five stars to three stars. The aim of the company was to re-structure the airline without putting their publicity at risk. The need to hire younger staffs to be in line with the new image became crucial for Silvertail. The existing pool of older crews suffered tremendous consequence such as benefits and privileges was reduced and
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Budget Airlines Threats and opportunities within the industry‚ a brief Report Mr. Craig Haldane Glasgow‚ 30th November 2014 Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Introduction: What is a Budget or Low Cost Airline……………………………………………………… 1 Strategies Within the Industry……………………………………………………………………………………… 1 Threats Within the Industry…………………………………………………………………………………………. 2 Opportunities within the Industry………………………………………………………………………………… 2 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………... 3 1. Introduction: What
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South Africa’s airline industry’s companies have been fighting to stay in the black over the past year‚ with SAA getting a R6bn recapitalization (which they claim is not a bail-out)‚ new entrants like Velvet Sky not lasting a full 12 months in the industry and established low cost carrier company Kulula.com’s parent company Comair slipping into the red for the year ended December 2011 (Comair declares six-month loss amid rising costs‚ (n.d)). I will be discussing the macro-environmental forces that
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DATE 14 October‚ 2014 SUBJECT Case Analysis Danville Airlines Step 2 Notes on Relevant Information/Underlying Assumptions Julie Taylor is the director of human resources at Danville Airlines and she would have to make a difficult recommendation to the airlines board members. She need to recommend a solution about David Reigers case. David Reiger is one of the airlines best pilots‚ and his genetic test shows that he has Huntington disease gene. He has not showed any symptoms yet‚ and he still qualifies
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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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aircraft fuel price increases‚ wages‚ work rules and work patterns‚ chapter 11 bankruptcy airlines‚ excess capacity‚ a very capital intensive business and too many years as regulated airlines. In fact‚ during the Gulf war and recession in 1990-92‚ it took them four years to return to profit‚ even though traffic recovered within a year. The industry experienced a profit slump. From 1994 to 1997‚ airlines have had to recognize the need for radical change to ensure their survival and prosperity‚
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Singapore Airlines’ strategy Singapore Airlines is positioned as a premium carrier with high levels of innovation and excellent levels of service‚ and has made a strategic choice of giving priority to profitability over size. The internal organizational practices outlined in this paper‚ such as continuous people development and rigorous service design are key aspects of operationalizing and sustaining this positioning and strategic choice. At the corporate level‚ SIA follows a strategy of
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programs that provide credit for self-employment and other financial and business services like savings and technical assistance to low income people. The meaning of Micro finance includes small scale financial assistance to people who work in agriculture‚ animal husbandry‚ fishing‚ poultry farming‚ trading‚ herding and running small or micro enterprises etc. It also renders services like insurance‚ group empowerment programme‚ and technical assistance in various income generating activities etc. According
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pilots‚ technicians and other service providers. 3) Morning flights are usually unavailable. 4) Only one class of seating is offered. 5) Operates mainly its own booking service‚ booking flights is not available except directly through Southwest Airlines. 6) Can only carry a limited amount of cargo and freight. 2.3 Opportunities 1) Further expansion in the international market. Pursuing code-sharing deals with
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