Pergamon PII: European Management Journal Vol. 17‚ No. 1‚ pp. 20–38‚ 1999 © 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain S0263-2373(98)00059-0 0263-2373/99 $19.00 0.00 Case Study easyJet’s $500 Million Gamble DON SULL‚ London Business School‚ and Commentators‚ Constantinos Markides‚ Walter Kuemmerle‚ Luis Cabral. This Case Study details the rapid growth of easyJet which started operations in November 1995 from London’s Luton airport. In two years‚ it was widely
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Ryanair Internal analysis Resources and capabilities In 2006 Ryanair was in ownership of a total of 103 Boeing 737 aircraft‚ and also a set order to increase this number by 138 in the next six years. Currently its fleet flies out from 127 destinations. Ryanair replaced its old fleet with new more efficient and environmentally friendly aircraft and has the youngest fleet of any major airline with an age of just 2.4 years. The new aircraft were effective in increasing efficiency as there was no
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Business Models in the Airline Industry January 30‚ 2013 Winter term 2013 Outline Evolution Hub-and-spoke route networks Legacy carriers Low cost carriers (LCCs) Ultra low cost carriers (ULCCs) Regional and charter carriers Evolution Before deregulation Full service network carriers No low cost models No price competition (same price on a given route) Full-quality service Point-to-point route networks After deregulation Proliferation
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diverted from the sea ferries. On the London-Dublin route‚ where traffic had been stagnant for three years‚ passenger numbers more or less doubled in the next three years in response to the low fares introduced by Ryanair and to the lower fares forced on Aer Lingus and British Airways. But Ryanair was not profitable. Its unit costs‚ though lower than those of Aer Lingus‚ were not low enough to sustain its low fares strategy. By 1991 its accumulated losses amounted to close on (Sterling) £18 million and
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Dogfight over Europe: Ryannair Dogfight over Europe: Ryannair 1- What’s your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? Nowadays‚ the strategy of the airlines companies it’s easier to understand than before. What we want to say is that‚ at the beginning‚ the governments supported the Airlines; ant hey had the monopole of the flies. So they can fix the price but they could also fix the service that they were going to present to the customers. As we see in the
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Ryanair - The Low Fares Airline Strategic Analysis / 222621-0004 Strategic Management dr Maria Aluchna Ivan Martinov № 50170‚ e-mail: imartinov@gmail.com S. M. Sabbir № 50185‚ e-mail: ssmm0002@student.umu.se Assignment | 222621-0004 Strategic Management | Fall Semester 2010 | SGH Table of Contents 1. 2. Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 3 Strategic Analysis .....
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Evaluation and Analysis of Ryanair Strategic Position Between 2006 and Today 1. Introduction According to Barrett (2004)‚ the emergence of budget carrier in Europe is due to the economic recession‚ deregulation of the European aviation industry and integration of market. Ryanair is one of the most successful low budget carriers in Europe as it claimed itself as the biggest budget carrier in Europe by passenger number according to its 2010 annual report. Ryanair is renowned for its clear-cut
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Juan Batista MBAA Business Research Methods ERAU With airline deregulation and the spread of increased competition to airline markets around the world‚ control of operating costs and improved productivity have become critical to the profitability of airlines. The emergence and rapid growth of “low-cost” airlines is due in large part to their ability to deliver air transportation services at substantially lower costs and at higher levels of productivity than the traditional “legacy” airlines
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electronic procurement and electronic payment. As in the given case of RYANAIR AIRLINES. {text:bookmark-start} Ryanair Airlines in brief {text:bookmark-end} In January 2000‚ Ryanair introduced Europe`s largest travel website-www.ryanair.com. And within three months the site was recording 50000 bookings per week. The website also facilitated car and hotel rentals‚ rail service and travel insurance. Comparing the bookings profiles of Ryanair with its industry competitor‚ Aer Lingus‚77.9% of booking were
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CAVENDISH COLLEGE Strategic Marketing Management EasyJet Assessment – Task Two Lecturer: John Heather Danilo Gomes de Matos – Group C – DMS/MBA Date: 03/06/2008 List of Contents Company selection and background 4 Customer base 4 Product/Service 4 Target market 5 Financial information 5 1. External Analysis – Macro Environment 6 1.1 PESTEL Analysis 6 2. External Analysis – Micro Environment 12 2.1 Porters Five Force 12
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