Southwest Airlines: Leading the Airline Industry one Statistic at a Time Victoria Mack May 6th‚ 2013 Quantitative Research Methods Term Paper I. Introduction “The mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and company spirit.” (Kelly‚ Gary) By providing the highest quality of customer service‚ Southwest Airlines business model is set up to provide
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Australia Threat of new entrants – The airline industry has been around for over 100 years and due to large capital requirements and overhead (high cost of planes)‚ the industry would not be greatly affected by new entrants and therefore the threat of new entrants is high. With low operating margins and high initial investment‚ a high market share is needed to ensure full flights (maximizing profits on each flight). This would be difficult for a new entrant. Industry is mature so is probably not attractive
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Report for: Ford motor company Title: Economics and the Business World Date: 20th December 2012 2012 Table of content Introduction 1) PESTLE Analysis 2) BP Market Structure 1.0 Introduction I am an economist that has recently joined Ford motor company‚ and I have been asked to compile a report to investigating the PESTEL factors which ford are or have been faced with and identifying their main area of concern. This report will also provide a detailed look on the market
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Executive Summary Southwest Airlines has been a strong growth company over the last 35 years. Using its low-cost‚ passenger friendly‚ point-to-point operational strategy‚ Southwest has been able to sustain considerable growth year after year and remain profitable for 33 straight years. While Southwest has gained market share in recent years‚ legacy carriers have struggled due to depressed market conditions. The entire airline industry has endured expensive labor contracts‚ soaring energy costs and
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it was opposed by the indigenous Malay community so it was cancelled. The current Malaysian Constitution was drafted instead on the basis of a report from the Reid Commission before the independence of the nation. The Reid Commission was formed because of the urge of the then Malaya to claim independence and was lead by Lord Reid with many experts from commonwealth nations to assist him. The reason why the Malaysian Constitution exists is to ensure political stability‚ preventing abuse of power‚ to
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1Toyota the world largest automaker. Continuing gas pedal problems prompted Toyota to recall 2.17 million cars Thursday - marking the third time the automaker has made such a move since 2009. Toyota issued the recall at the urging of the U.S. Department of Transportation. The world’s No. 1 automaker said the recall will address a problem with accelerator pedals getting jammed under floor mats or driver’s side carpeting. The new recall includes 600‚000 4Runner SUVs made between 2003 and 2009
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framework to show how the structure of the airline industry has caused low profitability during the past twenty years. Below are Porter’s five forces of competition. In them you will understand what has caused low profitability. The bargaining power of suppliers: Labor is the airline industry’s largest single expense. Most airline workers belong to one of a dozen unions‚ which give the airline workers strong power in negotiations with the airlines. Airline operations are also energy-intensive‚ and
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product and airline travel‚ an elastic product. Thanks to the addictive nature of coffee‚ consumers prioritize this good and the retail coffee industry has been able to push the envelope on price. On the other hand‚ the history of the airline industry has shown that air travel is thought of as a lavish good and only when feasible will consumers purchase airline travel. Consumer preferences reflect coffee as a necessity and airline travel as a luxury; therefore‚ the two industries have opposing
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SWOT & PESTLE Analysis SWOT and Pestle analysis is a strategic analysis tool that feeds important information into the business strategy formulation process. SWOT stands for Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats. SWOT is used to determine the current position of an organization. The first two components pertain to internal factors and the latter two concern external issues. Pestle (or PEST) is an acronym for Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ Technical‚ Legal and Environmental analysis. Pestle
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Introduction of United Airlines/Industry History Helen M. Petrucci Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract An abstract is a single paragraph‚ without indentation‚ that summarizes the key points of the manuscript in 150 to 250 words. For simpler papers in Paul Rose’s classes‚ a somewhat shorter abstract is fine. The purpose of the abstract is to provide the reader with a brief overview of the paper. When in doubt about a rule‚ check the sixth edition APA manual rather than
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