3110 L1 Case Report: Southwest Airlines What is SWA’s competitive strategy? What does it take to execute the competitive strategy? The SWA has adopted ‘Cost Leadership’ as its competitive advantage. And it has achieved low cost through numerous ways. To commence with‚ the Southwest workforce routinely turn around an aircraft in only 15 minutes and its gates are manned by a single agent and have a ground crew of six or fewer‚ which are much lower than other airlines. In other words‚ the SWA needs
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Deregulation of the airlines in 1978 forced the industry to rethink their business strategy in order to be successful during a period of widespread operating losses due to an economic recession‚ striking air traffic controllers and brutal price wars. The poster child for innovation during this period was Astro Airlines founded in 1980 by its charismatic leader‚ Arthur Burton. Enthusiasm‚ excitement and optimism were watch words used to describe the atmosphere at Astro Airlines in the initial years
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The history of the airline industry went through a period described as challenging and soaring. The reason behind this description is the rapid increase in oil price which caused major financial losses and a cut in airline profits. Airlines which declared bankruptcy between 2004 and 2007 have all been a case of such losses. As of 2009‚ in the UK‚ airline analysts expected that airlines will have to face great challenges in the future. An example of this is British Airways which predicted a profit
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The company I chose to research is Southwest airlines. It has been one of the most successful airlines in the US‚ and with very high customer service ratings. This is very impressive to attain by such a small company in a very tough industry. Southwest is able to achieve such levels by having a clear mission of providing low-fare travel using a point-to-point system and not having a hub-based system. The company operates in relatively shorter routes and only maintains one plane type‚ its famous Boing
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emeraldinsight.com/0960-4529.htm MSQ 15‚3 A case study of service failure and recovery within an international airline David Bamford Manchester School of Management‚ UMIST‚ Manchester‚ UK‚ and 306 Tatiana Xystouri Ministry of Finance‚ Nicosia‚ Cyprus Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of internal processes of service quality recovery for an international airline. Design/methodology/approach – An action research methodology was adopted. The research involved: a review
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When comparing the airlines‚ three factors must be considered. The financial state of the company now‚ the business structure now‚ and the future outlook of the airline. The airline that clearly demonstrated balance when compared with its competitors is United Airlines. While it is not the best at every category‚ it is competitive in areas such as profit margin and debt-equity ratio. United also was very dominant in most of ratios that didn’t concern itself with covering liabilities. United stands
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the Number One Airline in Asia by 2015. To deliver distinguished service to both business and leisure travellers who value Our Mission comfort and personalised service. With To be a Consistently Profitable Airline. Malaysian Hospitality in mind‚ at Malaysia Airlines‚ we make our guests feel welcome and special‚ enabling them to enjoy a consistently comfortable and comforting travel experience. Non-stop MH. This is Malaysian Hospitality. Malaysia Airlines welcomed its first
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carrier for air travelling passengers. Prior to 2006 there were three low cost airlines operating within the country‚ on 15 November 2006 funded by SAA the emerging of Mango airlines took place. Tickets sales for the airline were sold out for almost a month‚ the prices of air tickets were either the same or cheaper than any other mode of transport within the country. This boosted consumer confidence and the other airlines weren’t able to compete with Mango’s reduced prices. Mango’s marketing strategies
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AEA 11‚5 9‚4 8‚3 TK 26‚6 35‚3 29‚9 2009 AEA -5‚8 -4‚2 -4‚5 TK 15‚8 15‚2 19‚0 2010 PAX Middle East 2007 4‚1 4‚2 5‚1 15‚5 11‚6 13‚8 -1‚7 3‚0 1‚2 12‚3 19‚7 24‚3 AEA TK AEA TK 2008 2009 AEA TK 2010 PAX Source: AEA= Association of European Airlines (Scheduled Traffic) AEA 7‚6 12‚6 6‚1 14‚0 13‚6 15‚7 8‚2 0‚8 3‚8 TK ASK 2‚7 0‚0 2‚6 8‚9 1H’11 22‚0 17‚4 AEA RPK AEA TK AEA -10 20 9‚9 11‚8 9‚2 30 11‚7 17‚4 18‚0 50 ASK 1H’11 RPK 9‚0 10‚4 9‚1 10 20 30 -10 0
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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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