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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A British airway was the worst rated airlines in 1981 and was called Very Troubled airlines with severe losses‚ bad quality‚ overstaffed and very near to bankruptcy. But with the Survival Plan Initiated by John King‚ the chairman in 1981 changed the image and turned failure into success. The things which he did was simple following the SWOT analysis by analyzing the internal and external factors leading to failure and dissatisfaction. By 1990 British Airways was converted into a profitable entity
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Presented by: Allan Abutin Rick Boone Peter Bond Bethany Lam Phuong Nguyen A. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Southwest Airlines has been serving its customers since 1971 and has focused its business on convenience‚ customer service and low-cost flights. From the outset‚ the two founders were dedicated to success and the company has taken many steps since then to accomplish this. Through the use of technology‚ strategic placement of travel routes and keeping the business person
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Organisations should make sure they deliver clear and consistent messages to all their employees and management should lead by example and make sure they are having one to one meetings with their employees to keep them up to date with company strategies that may affect them specifically. They and should also hold regular team meetings so that the team all get the same message and know how it will affect the team. The teams should also be able to provide feedback on any communications they are involved
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Disney Strengths: •Disney’s collection of brands includes some of the most globally-recognized and durable names: Disney‚ ESPN‚ ABC‚ Pixar‚ Marvel‚ and now‚ Lucasfilms •Disney has proven over and over again that it is able to make profitable and smart investments to boost growth‚ as its Marvel brand has already produced Iron Man‚ Thor‚ Captain America‚ and the Avengers‚ and Pixar consistently produces blockbuster hits •The financial growth of the company remains solid even through financially
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