Background: Southwest Airlines is the largest airline measured by number of passengers carried each year within the United States. It is also known as a ‘discount airline’ compared with its large rivals in the industry. Rollin King and Herb Kelleher founded Southwest Airlines on June 18‚ 1971. Its first flights were from Love Field in Dallas to Houston and San Antonio‚ short hops with no-frills service and a simple fare structure. The airline began with one simple strategy: “If you get your passengers
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A CASE ANALYSIS ON NORTH-SOUTH AIRLINE I. CASE BACKGROUND Northern Airlines merged with Southeast Airlines to create the fourth largest U.S. carrier in which it inherited both an aging fleet of Boeing 727-300 aircraft and Stephen Ruth. As the new president of the airline‚ Stephen’s first concern is to create a financially solid company since it is a common presumption for airline industries that maintenance costs rise with the age of aircrafts. He noticed that there have been significant differences
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Case Study: Distribution Strategy Distribution strategies exist in three forms: exclusive distribution‚ selective distribution‚ and intensive distribution. Kotler and Keller (2009) define each of the distribution strategies as: exclusive distribution limits the number of intermediaries used; selective distribution depends on a limited number of intermediaries; and intensive distribution works with as many outlets as feasible. The distribution strategy of the airlines industry was not a part of
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Table of Contents Table Page # Introduction 4 Emirates Airline and Emirates Group 5 Business Objectives 6 Business Goals 6 PART - 1 Strategic capabilities of Emirates Airline 7 Threshold Capabilities and Distinctive Capabilities of an organization 8 Threshold Capabilities of Emirates 8 Distinctive Capabilities of Emirates 9 Cost Efficiency of Emirates Airline 10 Core Competences for Accomplishing and Sustaining Competitive Advantage
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TURKISH AIRLINES MARKETING STRATEGY 1. Airline Overview Turkish Airlines‚ Turkey’s national flag carrier‚ was founded in Ankara on 20 May 1933 as “State Airlines Administration‚” under the direction of the Ministry of Defence. In 1955‚ it was restructured into “Turkish Airlines”. 25% of the company was sold via an SPO under a privatisation programme in 2005. Today 50.9% of the company shares are public‚ while the rest remain state-owned. In 2008‚ Turkish Airlines has kept its position ranked
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The U.S. Airline Industry in 1995 2. a) American Airlines’ 1992 air fare strategies resembled its early to mid-80s SuperSavers program. It offered discounts of up to 45% on round-trip flights of at least 7 days‚ purchased 30 days in advance. Previously‚ air fare pricing was a simple structure of first class/coach and peak/off-peak categories. Robert Crandall‚ of American Airlines‚ introduced a new air fare system known as yield management. The simple price structure was unbundled to unleash multiple
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Pricing Analysis Report AIRASIA BUDGET AIRLINE I. Executive summary Budget airline industry Singaporean airlines industry grew by 10.3% in 2007 to reach a value of S$6.5 billion‚ growing by more than 10% up to now. Noticeably‚ low-cost carriers have been the industry’s success story over the past decade. It has won huge number of passengers‚ stealing full-service market share and forcing full-service airline such as SIA to run its own low-cost options such as Scoot
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Corporate Strategy Southwest Airlines faced many barriers to entry from the fierce competition of other airlines in the industry. Though competition was fierce‚ Southwest Airlines managed to succeed by doing things differently. Their mission was to provide affordable air travel to those who would not normally fly. Contradictory to the rest of the airline industry‚ Southwest maintained a profit while keeping its fares low. Southwest was unique to the industry in two ways. They focused on the short
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The domestic US airline industry has been intensely competitive since it was deregulated in 1978. In a regulated environment‚ most of the cost increases were passed along to consumers under a fixed rate-of-return based pricing scheme. This allowed labor unions to acquire a lot of power and workers at the major incumbent carriers were overpaid. After deregulation‚ the incumbent carriers felt the most pain‚ and the floodgates had opened for newer more nimble carriers with lower cost structures
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Strategy and Policy Case 2. Southwest Airlines. I- Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Purpose Southwest airlines were founded in 1971 by King and Herb Kellerher. They started with a low cost strategy in a risky market where profitability depends a lot on fuel prices and external factors‚ such as the willingness of consumers to pay ticket prices. They started growing a lot with various strategies that permitted them beat a lot of their competitors‚ but in order to stay in the market they
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