Chapter 2 Characteristics of the Airline Industry The real difficulty in changing any enterprise lies not in developing new ideas‚ but in escaping from the old ones. John Maynard Keynes 2.1 Introduction In recent years‚ the European airline industry has exhibited impressively dynamics. The sector has gone through a drastic change on both the supply and the demand side. Unlikely in other industries‚ the driving forces governing the recent changes do not depend mainly on technological factors
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TOPIC: Privatization‚ commercialization and deregulation of airports – incentives for airport to compete and maximize profits. Increasing importance of airport concession revenue – affects performance of different airport regulations‚ and leads to evolving vertical relationships. As competition in the airline market intensifies‚ airport-airline relationship becomes increasingly important. Discuss the impacts of airports on airline competition – focus on airport performance and airline-airport
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Study-Ryanair: the low-fares airlines-future directions‚ Johnson‚ G.‚ Scholes‚ K.‚ Whittington‚ R.‚ Angwin‚ D.‚ and Regner‚ P. (2014) “Exploring Strategy‚ text and cases”. Publisher: Prentice Hall‚ pp. 612-623. Questions: 1. Why has Ryanair been successful so far? 2. Is Ryanair’s strategy sustainable? 3. Would you recommend any changes to Ryanair’s approach in changing environmental circumstances? Does the proposal to introduce long-haul flights make strategic sense? 4. What should Ryanair do with
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location: Ryan air has 73 operating bases‚ with major operations in secondary airports across airport. This is an important valuable resource because airports which are not usual travel destinations are always potential business opportunities thus Ryanair which has bases in many primary and secondary airports has more negotiating power with these airports when discussing slots‚ fees terms and marketing & training support for as long as 20 years with the airports. Thus operating in secondary airports
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transportation so they can spend more on the activities. Ryanair‚ the largest budget airline in Europe‚ "The Economist Magazine" labeled it as "the world’s most profitable airline." when the oil prices is in an increasingly competitive environment. AirAisa‚ the most famous budget airline in Asia won the Skytrax World’s best low-cost airline award in 2009 and 2010. The operation strategy and business model of AirAsia is similar with Ryanair‚ seems that there are no differences in the attitude and
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international circuits without realizing the profits in domestic arena. Airports Ryanair: alternative airports for major cities and servicing airports in small cities reduced landing fees and efficient operations. SW: small airports closer to major cities; also began to enter to primary airports. SIA: major international airports. KFA: moved to expensive new terminals in Delhi and Mumbai. Route structure Ryanair: discourages connections‚ and will not accommodate passengers who book two separate
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expectations‚ differentiate ourselves from our competitors and drive long-term loyalty and customer value” (easyJet‚ 2014). By following this mission statement‚ easyJet has created a strong brand name for their company. Also‚ by making it easy to buy low fare tickets through their website‚ which has over one million visits everyday‚ and through mobile device applications‚ they have attracted people to the well-known easyJet brand and service offering. Apart from having a well-known brand name‚ easyJet
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measures regarding the increasing use of online check-in. As Ryanair expands to the Balkan states and turkey the flights get longer therefore entertainment technology may be “taken on board” (Ancillary revenue). The video entertainment industry is heavily endorsed socially. Technological advances in the research and development of engines and airframe play an important role with respect to lowering an airlines’ major expense‚ fuel costs. Ryanairs’ decision to upgrade its fleet to an average age of 2.9
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IT in travel ROLE OF IT IN TRAVEL AND TOURISM INDUSTRY GROUP - BK Rajnikant Patel - 111 Dr. Sushant Patel - 112 Rachita Patnaik - 113 Yashasvi Patravali - 114 Navjot Singh - 115 Preview IT has touched every aspect of commerce and turned those industries into gold mines. Travel & tourism industry is also one of those which IT has not spared. And how it has brought about transformation and revolution will be seen in the due course of the presentation. Let
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Questions. 1. Leadership a. Michael O’Leary is credited with the fabulous expansion of ryanair. Compare his managerial style with Richard Brandson of Virgin and Stelios Haj-Ioannou of Easy Jet. Do you see similarities‚ differences? O’Leary is said to have a pugnacious and aggressive management style‚ using a flat management hierarchy whose ethos is to provide a low cost‚ reliable and competitive service. Ryanair decided to hire O’Leary and sent him to the States for studying the Southwest low cost
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