strategies of low-cost airlines: The Ryanair case study Paolo Malighetti a‚ *‚ Stefano Paleari a‚ Renato Redondi b a b Department of Economics and Technology Management‚ University of Bergamo– Universoft‚ Viale Marconi 5‚ Dalmine 24044‚ Italy Department of Mechanical Engineering‚ University of Brescia – Universoft‚ Via Branze‚ 38 – 25123 Brescia‚ Italy a b s t r a c t Keywords: Dynamic pricing Low-cost Ryanair Fares We analyse the pricing policy adopted by Ryanair‚ the main low-cost carrier in
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Ryanair’s Corporate Strategy Executive Summary Ryanair was founded in 1985 as a family business that originally provided full service conventional scheduled airline services between Ireland and the UK. The airline started to compete within the confines of the existing industry by trying to steal customers from their rivals‚ especially the state monopoly carrier Air Lingus‚ outlined by Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne (2004) as “Bloody or Red Ocean Strategy”. Ryanair seemed to follow a “me-too strategy”; according
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Task A- Introduction Ryanair Europe ’s Leading Low Fares Airline is an Irish airline with headquarters in Dublin and its biggest operational base at London Stansted Airport in the UK. It is Europe ’s largest low-cost carrier. As of 31 July 2007‚ Ryanair operates 516 routes across 26 countries from 26 bases. Ryanair has been characterised by rapid expansion‚ a result of the deregulation of the air industry in Europe in 1997. Ryanair is the third largest airline in Europe in terms of passenger numbers
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Ryanair Ryanair is the World’s favorite airline with 41 bases and 1100+ low fare routes across 26 countries‚ connecting 153 destinations. Ryanair operates a fleet of 232 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further 82 new aircraft (before taking account of planned disposals)‚ which will be delivered over the next 2.5 years. Ryanair currently has a team of more than 7‚000 people and expects to carry approximately 73 million passengers in fiscal year 2010/11. (http://www.ryanair.com/en/about)
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The managers of the Ryanair chose discovering the opportunities in the market. Evaluating all the facts‚ Ryanair chose low cost strategy which was quite successful decision. By using cost advantage strategy‚ the firm tries to maintaining lower cost (C) at the same time achieving willingness to purchase for customers (B) that is comparable to their competitors. The Ryanair had low costs compared to the competitors due to some reasons. To begin with‚ they were late movers which mean that they benefited
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Biblography……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..13 Objectives In this short project we will be discussing why management is important within an organisation. The organisation we will be reviewing is Ryanair. What is management? Functions of management Why is management important in an organisation? What are the benefits of management in an organisation? How can management be improved in an organisation?
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Motivation at Ryanair Ricardo Lopes UC - MBA 2010-2013 Organisational Behaviour Introduction Nowadays flying for a few pounds is a reality in Europe‚ due to low cost airliners‚ like Ryanair. Management at Ryanair has only one view‚ to reduce costs in all ways possible to give their customers the lowest price in the market (Boru‚ 2006). This was the type of management that changed civil aviation in the last 20 years. For this reason‚ human resources in Ryanair are considered one more resource in the
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History ATR-42 in 1991 Ryanair has grown since its establishment in 1985 from a small airline flying a short hop from Waterford to London into one of Europe’s largest carriers. After the rapidly growing airline was taken public in 1997‚ the money raised was used to expand the airline into a pan-European carrier. Revenues have risen from €231 million in 1998‚ to €1843 million in 2003 and €3013 million in 2010. Similarly net profits have increased from €48 million to €339 million over the same
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RYANAIR – THE LOW FARES AIRLINE: WHITHER NOW? 1. Ryanir is the airline company that would become Europe’s most popular‚ and possibly most controversial one in the following years. Ireland’s Ryan family founded it in 1985. That year‚ Ryanair flew a single route‚ from Waterford‚ Ireland‚ to London in a small 15-seater aircraft. In the early years‚ Ryanair flew primarily between Ireland and the U.K. However two big shifts in the 1990s changed that. Firstly the European Union’s "Open Skies" policies
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