Comprehensive Case Analysis Southwest Airlines: What¡¦s Next? April 11‚ 2000 They Took a Great Idea and Made It Fly Southwest Airlines Company is a domestic airline that provides primarily short-haul‚ high-frequency‚ point-point‚ low-fare service to 53 airports in 52 cities in26 states throughout the United States. Southwest focuses primarily on point-to-point service‚ providing more direct nonstop routes for short-haul customers and‚ therefore‚ minimizing connections‚ delays and total
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Strategy and Policy Case 2. Southwest Airlines. I- Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose Southwest airlines were founded in 1971 by King and Herb Kellerher. They started with a low cost strategy in a risky market where profitability depends a lot on fuel prices and external factors‚ such as the willingness of consumers to pay ticket prices. They started growing a lot with various strategies that permitted them beat a lot of their competitors‚ but in order to stay in the market they
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Southwest Airlines provides short haul‚ high frequency‚ point-to-point‚ low-fare services to and from 58 cities across the United States. The company is known for its low-cost fares and superior customer service in the airline industry. The company was started in 1971 with a motto still lived by today‚ "If you get your passengers to their destinations when they want to get there‚ on time‚ at the lowest possible fares‚ and make darn sure they have a good time doing it‚ people will fly your airline." This
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1. a. Delta Airlines Depreciation Method Depreciation Method Salvage Value For every $100 mil Depreciated Annual Depreciation Prior to 1986 Straight-line‚ 10 years 10% 100-(.1*100)=90 90/10=9 $9 mil 1968 – 1993 Straight-line‚ 15 years 10% 100-(.1*100)=90 90/15=6 $6 mil After 1993 Straight-line‚ 20 years 5% 100-(.05*100)=95 95/20=4.75 $4.75 mil b. Singapore Airlines Depreciation Method Depreciation Method Salvage Value For every $100 mil Depreciated Annual Depreciation Prior to 1989 Straight-line
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At the onset of the airline industry in the United States‚ major network airlines were the sole providers of air travel. This multifaceted industry was a difficult industry to break into as a consequence of “sophisticated customer segmentation‚ hub-and spoke models and costly information systems for reservations‚ fare wars and intense competition” (Thompson 2008). Shrinkage in airline ticket prices augmented the demand for airline travel. Many markets were simply deserted or over-looked by major
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| American Express | Consumer Behavior | | | | To: Prof Anupam Narula By: Paridhi Agarwal FMG 20 B 201102 American Express Q1. Visit the American Express Web site (www.americanexpress.com) to learn more about the different cards that American Express offers. Discuss the target market and positioning strategies for each. Ans. Personal cards: These cards involve all the individuals who are ready to substitute cash with cards. These cards changed the habit of individuals
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Case Analysis: The US Airline Industry in 2009 Introduction Throughout it’s more than 100 years of existence; the Airline Industry has struggled with firms’ ability to cover their costs of capital. The industry experienced many years of difficult with relatively short durations of sustained profitability (Grant‚ 2010). The airline industry history can be broken down into two distinct eras‚ the regulation era‚ prior to 1978‚ and the deregulation era‚ post 1978. During the regulation era‚ with
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Chungking Express If there was a foreign‚ eccentric‚ intangible movie to watch it would be Chunking Express. Chungking Express is a serious art film‚ independently made by Wong Kar Wai. The film shows many different and abstract scenes that let the viewer have a perspective of the picture. Opposed from Hollywood cinema‚ this film has more of an episodic narrative and a loose chain of cause and effect. The movie has two stories‚ one before and after. In the end we get to see the three main
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Management Control System Case UPDEPO By Bert Enriquez JR Background Southwest: of June 18‚ 1971: Headquartered at Love Field in Dallas‚ it began flying with three Boeing 737 serving following Texas cities: Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio 2002: Recognized by Fortune magazine as the most admired Airline Company and listed in “100 Best Corporate Citizen” by Business Ethics 2004: Total operating revenue of $6.5 billion and 31‚000 employees. Evaluation Problem: 1. What is Southwest’s Strategy
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office with a plan to start a low-cost/low-fare airline that would shuttle passengers between San Antonio‚ Dallas‚ and Houston. Thought of this idea because businessmen were complaining about the commute. 1967: Kelleher filed papers to incorporate the new airline and submitted an application to the Texas Aeronautics Commission for the new company to serve Dallas‚ Houston‚ and San Antonio. ------4 year legal and regulatory battle from rival airlines------ 1971 (January): Lamar Muse brought in
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