JetBlue Airlines Strategic Management Case Analysis Introduction to the Company History of the Firm JetBlue was established in 1999‚ and was the third airline start-up for founder and CEO David Neeleman. Neeleman managed to gather $130 million‚ the most ever raised for a start-up airline‚ from investors that included Chase Capital and financier George Soros. With the large start-up capital he purchased new Airbus A320 jets equipped with satellite TV‚ a first in the industry. In 2004 the
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International Airlines: Company Analysis [pic] A Marketing Study in partial fulfillment of the Module ADPM/01 Supervised by Ms. Charmie Jayaweera Abstract This report is a comprehensive study on the chronological overview of the Singapore International Airlines (SIA) and gives a brief profile of its various businesses. The report then identifies and discusses the influence of the environmental factors that have given it a dominant position in the global airlines industry. A critical
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Southwest Airlines: A Case Analysis ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS It is evident that the greatest strength that Southwest Airlines has is its financial stability. As known in the US airline industry‚ Southwest is one of those airlines who are consistently earning profits despite the problems the industry is facing. With such stability‚ the corporation is able to make decisions and adjust policies‚ which other heavily burdened airlines may not be able to imitate. Having a low amount of cost in their
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UNITED AIRLINES SLEPT ANALYSIS Q1: What is meant by the external business environment and what are its main components? External environment refers to the environment that has an indirect influence on the business. The factors are uncontrollable by the business. The external environment of an organization is those factors outside the company that affect the company ’s ability to function. Some external elements can be manipulated by company marketing‚ while others require the organization to
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Summary: Southwest Airlines has been making changes over the past few years that helped them become the largest low-cost carrier in the United States. Most other airlines have been struggling to make it through this economy‚ but Southwest has found a way to thrive. The airline has dropped their prices and eliminated fees for extras that have allowed them to fill up most flights. One cost they continue to struggle with is offsetting the increasing fuel prices. This has caused some airlines to merge or
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SWOT Analysis: Southwest Airlines SWOT Analysis: Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines made its first voyage back in 1971 with service based in the cities of Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio (Brief History‚ 2009). 38 years later‚ Southwest Airlines has more than 3300 flights a day and serves 66 cities in 33 states (Factsheet‚ 2009). Southwest Airlines has demonstrated a variety of strengths in its 38 year presence. Recent economic events have also caused a renewed focus on the company’s weaknesses
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PESTEL FACTORS PESTEL analysis stands for "Political‚ Economic‚ Social‚ and Technological‚ Environmental and Legal analysis". It is a part of the external analysis when conducting a strategic analysis or doing market research and gives a certain overview of the different macro-environmental factors that the company has to take into consideration. Political factors or how and to what degree a government intervenes in the economy. Specifically‚ political factors include areas such as tax policy
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Country report PERU Summary Now that the worst of the economic crisis is over‚ the balance can be made up for Peru as well. GDP growth will fall to 1% in 2009‚ a steep drop from the 9.8% registered in 2008. However‚ in comparison to its peers‚ this can be considered a good result. Monetary and fiscal stimuli have supported growth so far. However‚ with regard to the fiscal stimulus‚ the bottom of the treasury chest is in sight. On the back of higher spending and falling revenues‚ the budget deficit
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technologies‚ increased competition and Yahoo! He had a weak strategic plan to face this. Google had 72% of the Internet traffic during Yahoo! Only owns 17 percent followed by an elderly at 6 percent and a lassie at 4 percent. The emergence of new industry trends. External Issues for Yahoo! Inc. The US economy and around the
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Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is one of the most successful airlines in the United States. There has never been layoffs or strikes in the history of the company‚ although there were several times when layoffs could have been justified‚ including the months following the September 11‚ 2001 terrorist attacks. However‚ Southwest’s Mission statement says “Above all‚ Employees will be provided the same concern‚ respect‚ and caring attitude within the organization that they are expected to share
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