SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE STUDY BY Aurelio Montelongo Jr. June 22‚ 2012 Southwest Airlines is in an environment whose conditions for most in this type of industry have been anything but profitable. So why is it that Southwest Airlines‚ who has been profitable in this volatile market been able to make money? Though Southwest did have a losing quarter it was not due to lack of fliers or its service to its customers‚ but an investment in its fuel hedging cost. As fuel dropped in price‚ Southwest
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Strategy Content Issue 1: SWA’s decision to acquire AirTran poses many obstacles for SWA’s sales strategy. The acquisition will threaten the pricing structure of SWA. It will give them the opportunity to raise its fair‚ as there is less competition in the Northeast (where AirTran serves) and major airlines have paired off leaving only five major players (Huffington post‚ 2010). Further promoting a fare increase is SWA’s refusal to charge for baggage. Although‚ this is a great sales tactic‚ it
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Continental Airlines Memo To: Lawrence Kellner From: Date: Re: The purpose of this memorandum is to address the profitability issues at Continental Airlines and to estimate the costs for 2009 to forecast the future outlook of the company. To address these issues‚ I used regression analysis to observe what effect the 11% reduction in flying capacity would have on the firm’s future operating costs. I also used the results from the regression analysis to verify the costs that‚ if reduced
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Diego Rodriguez‚ Deema Alomar‚ Seungyeon lee 10/05/09 Case Analysis Southwest Airline final draft Jennifer Uhler BPE reading‚ writing research Background Summary Southwest Airlines based in Dallas was founded in 1967 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. It is one of the major domestic airliners which provides carrier and transportation service. This company has 35‚499 employees and it runs over 500 Boeing 737 aircraft in 67 cities in the US. Southwest’s principal values are: Providing low-fare and
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Southwest Airlines Co. is a major U.S. airline and the world’s largest low-cost carrier‚ headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. It was established in 1967 that operates Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways to fly among three major Texas cities – Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio. It is the biggest operator of the Boeing 737 in the world. Flight distances ranged from 190 to 250 miles and flight time were about 45 minutes. Today Southwest operates nearly 400 Boeing 737 aircraft to 59 U
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Carlsberg in Malaysia Due to the heavy increases in excise duties Carlsberg losing share to their competitor GAB because they have no choice to increase price. Since Carlsberg’s customers are price sensitive‚ in near future they will switch to other cheap new local brands‚ which have more price flexibility due to subsidy given by government. In other scene‚ consumers now experience low price difference between two brands‚ so they tend to move more high-end beers such as Heineken‚ or switching
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Airline Deregulation act of 1978 Aston A Samms Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Abstract The United States Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 was a dramatic turning point in America. It was the first systematic dismantling of a comprehensive system of government control since the Supreme Court declared the National Recovery Act unconstitutional in 1935. It was also part of a broader movement that‚ with varying degrees of thoroughness‚ transformed such industries as trucking‚ railroads‚ buses
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Since independence in 1957‚ Malaysia has made remarkable progress in poverty reduction and human development. By 2005 it had achieved all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Throughout much of the post-independence era‚ Malaysian women and girls have enjoyed equal opportunities with men and boys in access to basic social services. Women have been increasingly mainstreamed into development processes‚ and by playing a variety of roles at the family‚ community‚ and society levels‚ they have been
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mainline is a legacy airline and competes utilizing its low price and productivity. DeltaExpress tries to build on Delta’s leading position. DeltaExpress is an integral part of Delta and centrally managed in terms of pricing‚ flight frequency and routing and all the resources are shared. It benefits from the high levels of productivity amongst flight attendants and ground crew. The relevant strategies for Delta are business level strategies (Cost leadership among Legacy airlines) and corporate level
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