Instructor’s Manual 368 © Pearson Education Limited 2005 CASE TEACHING NOTES Ryanair – The Low-Fares Airline Eleanor O’Higgins 1. Introduction Ryanair was the first budget airline in Europe‚ modelled after the successful US carrier‚ Southwest Airlines. The case offers students the opportunity to evaluate the strategy of Ryanair against the backdrop of the European airline industry and the burgeoning budget sector. Business students at all levels enjoy this case and relate to it‚ since air
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Introduction Ryanair is one of the most profitable low-cost and low-fare airlines in the world. Even though it was merely bankruptcy in 1991‚ it could stand up and become very successful by 1999. An issues was what led Ryanair to huge losses in 1991‚ how did it re-gain its position‚ and what lay ahead in the next century. Analysis Prior to 1991‚ Ryanair had suffered from continuous losses from 1985 to 1989. The first reason that put it into this situation was that it tried to position itself
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Marketing Audit How to conduct a marketing audit The marketing audit is a fundamental part of the marketing planning process. It is conducted not only at the beginning of the process‚ but also at a series of points during the implementation of the plan. The marketing audit considers both internal and external influences on marketing planning‚ as well as a review of the plan itself. There are a number of tools and audits that can be used‚ for example SWOT analysis for the internal environment‚ as
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Case study on low cost airlines (RYANAIR) Preliminary questions: 1. What are your first impressions regarding Ryanair? 2. How would you characterize its marketing strategy? Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA‚ LSE: RYA‚ NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an Irish low cost airline‚ with headquarters at Dublin Airport and its largest operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport. Ryanair operates 182 aircraft on 729 routes across Europe and North Africa from its 31 bases.[1] The airline has been characterised
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transportation for this route. Ryanair recognized the profitability of the Dublin-London route‚ which was the only route that was profitable for Aer Lingus. While the direction of British Airways and Aer Lingus‘business models diversified worldwide‚ Ryanair saw an opportunity to streamline its costs by specializing on this specific route. Ryanair introduced a low cost‚ unrestricted fare‚ which undercut BA and Aer Lingus by £110 per ticket‚ while still focusing on first rate service. Ryanair was able to offer
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Marketing Audit Report on Hot n Spicy- Group Case Study Submitted by: Zhang Lin (4341958) Saltanat Yelgonova (4630014) Waqas Nadir (4634305) Sara Al Zaabi (4619961) Sagar Patel (4632618) Submitted to: Dr. Prakash Vel University of Wollongong Dubai 1 Table of contents 1. Executive summary ......................................................................................................................... 1 2. Introduction to the restaurant industry ..................
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CORP 2463 MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY Report of Ryanair Management issue – Poor Customer Service P12006777 TUTOR: George Kokkindis DATE:06/12/2013 Executive Summary This report mainly evaluates the organizational culture and leadership style of Ryanair with the management issue – poor customer service and in relation to management theories. As one of the best low cost airlines‚ Ryanair consistently focus on cost-cutting but at the same time reveal many problems on its Human Resources
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Ryanair was founded in 1985 by the Ryan family to provide scheduled passenger airline services between Ireland and the UK‚ as an alternative to the then state monopoly carrier‚ Aer Lingus. It started out a full service conventional airline‚ with two classes of seating and leasing three different types of aircraft. However despite growth in the passenger volumes financial problems were of a growing concern. In its fight to survive the airline went through a dramatic restyle to become Europe ’s first
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THE MARKETING AUDIT PROCESS How is a marketing Audit conducted? We recommend that the following simple three-step procedure be followed when carrying out a marketing audit. 1. Setting the Objectives and Scope The first step calls for a meeting between the student (the auditor) and a company officer(s) to explore the nature of the marketing operations and the potential value of the marketing audit. If the company officer is convinced of the potential benefits of the marketing audit‚ he and
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Marketing Audit Report ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Cover Page ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Ashwin S. 1 Marketing Audit Report ____________________________________________________________ ____________ Executive Summary Because many surprises occur during the implementation of marketing plans‚ the marketing department must practice constant marketing control. Marketing control involves
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