1. Strategy of Ryanair Overview of the Company Ryanair started in year 1985 with only 57 staff members and with one 15 seater turboprop plane from the south of east of Ireland to London-Gatwick which carried 5000 passengers on one route (Harrison‚ 2002). In 1986‚ inspired from the story of David and Goliath the company go after the big guys for a slice of the action and end up smashing the Aer Lingus or British Airways high fare cartel on the Dublin-London route. The staff increased
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(1) Describe and assess Ryanair’s launch strategy (In 1986‚ when they entered the Dublin-London route) Ryanair was launched at a time that did not seem highly favorable to the airline industry. As a matter of facts‚ in 1986‚ the market was still recovering from the aftermaths of the OPEC oil embargo and the 1979’s oil crisis which led to an important increase in the jet oil prices‚ along with a recession that cut demand for air travel and thus gave an impulse to the aircrafts’ cheaper substitutes
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Executive Summary This paper seeks to explore the marketing techniques utilised by the low cost airline‚ Ryanair. Specific analysis of its target market will identify that whilst its cost leadership strategy is hugely successful in its appeal to the mass market‚ closer analysis of the increasing ‘budget business traveller’ segment reveal opportunities for further industry growth poignantly amidst the current economic climate. Analysis of Ryanair’s market position as ‘Europe’s largest airline
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Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (A) 1) What is your assesment of Ryanair´s launch strategy? The Ryanair’s launch strategy was not the best for that moment. They began flying between Ireland and London‚ in a very saturated market‚ which competed with two strong companies owned by the government and with great experience: Aer Lingus and British Airways (who also had come together to improve their perform). And also entered the market independent carriers Such as British Midland. Another important
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Report: An Analysis of Ryanair’s business environment Introduction: Ryanair is Europe’s leading low cost airline. It currently operates over 1600 flights per day to 180 destinations in 29 countries. It has achieved this through developing and marketing itself as Europe’s only ultra-low cost carrier (ULCC). This has seen its profits rise by 13% for the fiscal year ending 2013 to over €569million and its passenger traffic grow by 5% to over 79.3 million people‚ this being in spite of an increase
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fly with Ryanair‚ especially if Ryanair could maintain the proclaimed high quality service to its passengers. 2. Ryanair’s 4 daily flights provide much flexibility to the travelers who could travel at their time of convenience in a day. 3. Ryanair’s usage of 44-seater turboprop would greatly enhance its occupancy rate and at the same time‚ cost Ryanair much less to operate when compared to BA’s operational cost since BA used bigger capacity planes for this route (67% occupancy). Ryanair will not
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Ryanair value chain analysis Ryanair strongly manages and forms relationships with various suppliers e.g. Boeing and food/beverages etc‚ to ensure goods are received of requirement standards and on time in-order to add value through out its value chain. In addition to this by forming strong relationships with Boeing‚ they are able to obtain spares and maintenance on favorable terms reducing costs‚ thus offering lower prices to passengers and safer flights (adding value). In-order to add
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Table of Contents 1.Introduction 2.Substitute products 3.Bargaining power of customers 4.Bargaining power of suppliers 5.Entrance barriers 6.Usefulness of the Five forces 7.Limitations of the five forces Model 8.Porter in the airline industry/Ryanair Introduction The model of the Five Competitive Forces was developed by Michael Porter in his book Competitive Strategy: "Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors" in 1980. Since that time it has become an important instrument for analyzing
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The Stony Brook Symphony Orchestra and Fady Deeb Saturday‚ October 6‚ 2012 Lontano by György Ligeti This piece has an eerie and dissonant aura throughout the piece‚ without having much musical resolve in its sounds. The entire orchestra was included in this piece‚ except for the percussion section. These polyphonic sounds of this piece were played extensively‚ reflecting no noticeable tempo or rhythm‚ therefore creating ambiguous sounds. However‚ the dynamic range was wide enough to create
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Case: Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (C) A. What is Ryanair’s strategy and why has it been successful so far? In 1911‚ Ryanair faced cash flow problem‚ and was going to be bankrupted. However‚ it found the way to overcome this crisis by transform themselves from ordinary high-price airlines into the lowest price airline in the EU. They focused on 5 things to rebirth their company. 1. Focused on cut down the costs: Ryanair aggressively cut most of its costs in many ways. Found the routes and airports
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