Southwest Airlines Tracy D. Braswell Benedictine University The domestic airline industry is emerging from its lost decade. Carriers suffered two recessionary swoons (one due to September 11) and a fivefold jump in fuel prices causing fifteen carriers to go bust. As frequent fliers know too well the salvation for most airlines has been to stick passengers with fees‚ reservation changes‚ bags‚ food‚ movie and headset to name a few. None of it‚ however‚ went to Southwest Airlines two and a
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Classic Airlines with a fleet of 375 airplanes and more than 2‚300 daily flights‚ has been one of the Largest airlines in the aviation market. The company had over 8.7 billion dollars in sales with nearly 10 million dollars in profit (University of Phoenix Material‚ 2010). However‚ with rising overhead costs and decrease in consumer travel‚ the company is facing a 10 % decrease in share prices. With the economic slowdown‚ Classic Airlines needs to analyze critically and
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The product The first market mix element is Product. A product is anything that can be offered to a market for attention‚ acquisition‚ use or consumption that might satisfy a need or want. Product decision normally base on brand name‚ functionality‚ styling‚ quality‚ safety‚ packaging‚ repairs and support‚ warranty‚ accessories and services. These product attributes can be manipulated depending on what the target market wants. Also‚ customers always look for new and improved things‚ which is
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Management Information System (MIS) All info © Planitas Systems Ltd. 2006 Management Information System (MIS) While the Planitas MIS uses modern IT technology it is‚ first and foremost‚ a tool that provides mission-critical information to airline managers. It is designed to overcome the lack of vital real-time management information relating to revenue‚ past and future. “Planitas’ commitment to working with us to customize and fine tune their MIS software to fit Hawaiian’s needs has proven
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Task Three: Budget Airlines CONTENTS • Who and what are budget airlines • Marketing environment - Micro environment - Macro environment • Sources of information • Segmentation • Targeting • Positioning • Marketing mix – price • Questions Budget Airline Definition Budget airlines don’t have free meals and entertainment • Budget airlines don’t issue tickets • Budget airlines have only one class – budget class
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launched in 1971‚ to Australia‚ followed by flights to Europe in 1972‚ and to North America in 1980.Thai Airways International growth was greatly accelerated on April 1‚ 1988 as a result of its merger with Thai Airways Company (TAC)‚ the domestic airline‚ which raised the Company’s share capital from 1‚400 million to 2‚230 million Baht . Under the Cabinet policy‚ as authorised by General Prem Tinsulanonda‚ Prime Minister at the time‚ Thai Airways International would be responsible for commercial aviation
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Selection of and Justification for Alternatives Competition There is no doubt the advent of readily-obtainable pricing and availability for airline travel via the internet has changed competition drastically. Not only are customers able to search and select flight times and destinations from each individual airline’s own website‚ but they now also have the ability to compare everything regarding the flights from plane types‚ durations‚ layovers‚ connecting flights‚ additional fees and fares on
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Emirates Airlines is one of the leading airlines in the industry. It has maintained many sources of competitive advantage in terms of cost and uniqueness which had led to a cost advantage and differentiation advantage. Although cost advantage and differentiation advantage are mutually exclusive‚ Emirates Airlines was able to sustain both. As for the competitive scope‚ the company can have either a broad target or a narrow target. Most probably Emirates Airlines is favouring the broad target because
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would survive this restructuring. NOTE 1. Source: Jupiter Communications‚ 2000. WESTjET AIRLINES (A): THE CULTURE THAT BREEDS A PASSION To SuccEED Prepared by Ken Mark under the supervision of Professor Gerard Seijts Copyright© 2001‚ lvey Management Services INTRODUCTION It was April 17‚ 2001‚ and WestJet ’s market capitalization had just surpassed that of Air Canada ’s‚ the country ’s leading airline. "We ’re in the hospitality business and our culture is everything to us‚" stated Don Bell
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1/ The marketplace characteristics have three main elements : * Common Product Types : Members of an oligopoly provide similar products‚ perhaps with no distinction at all (eg raw materials such as metals and foodstuffs) or perhaps with distinction/branding but very similar functionality (eg automobike) Air services. • A few large firms dominate the market‚ who between them control most of the market : We’ve spoken before about measuring markets in terms of the total share owned
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