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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1. What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy. After establishing its ability to transport passengers from Ireland to secondary London airports (i.e. Luton and Gatwick)‚ Ryanair entered competition with British Airways and Aer Lingus to provide air travel from Dublin to London. They were able to complete with these well-established carriers by: A. focusing intently upon first-rate customer service and amenities comparable to BA and AL B. offering a simple ticket w/ no restrictions
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2 1.0 BE able to assess personal and professional skills to achieve strategic goals. 2 1.1 Use appropriate methods to evaluate personal and professional skills required to support the strategic direction of the organization 3 2.0 BE ABLE
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Case 5 - A Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair Key Issue: The key issue in this case is that Ryanair’s competitive advantage is based on offering customers an easy-to-imitate low price. While it may be operationally effective‚ they have no strategic positioning. Supporting Arguments: Ryanair’s low prices were not a strategy to gain market share. They were simply out of necessity to stay afloat as their sales plummeted. However‚ as their prices dropped to increase sales‚ they did manage to generate
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Yat-Sen University Strategic Management Professor: Richard Lihua Individual Reflection Date:April 13‚ 2013 Student: Wu Yanfei (12211208) 1 目录 1. Knowledge Reflection ........................................................................ 3 2. Individual Experiences on Strategic Management Reflection ............. 6 3. Future Expectations ........................................................................... 7 2 1. Knowledge Reflection Strategic Management is the spirit
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Date: 9 March 2014 To: Ryanair Holdings‚ Plc From: Master Mind Consulting Subject: Overview issues of Ryanair management and the actions should be taken to overcome the problem. 1.0 Introduction Our group will be outlining the internal issues faced by Ryanair such as inappropriate advertisement published by Ryanair‚ poor customer service‚ inconvenience airport location‚ poor incentives system and management style of Ryanair. So we will discuss these issues and provide some of the recommendations/actions
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evaluating its impact upon business performance. Definition of market orientation Market orientation can be conceptualised in two different ways. First way‚ is as a managerial philosophy and strategic orientation or corporate culture. From this approach‚ market orientation is ‘‘one of the several strategic orientations that an organization may posses’’ (Noble et al.‚ 2002). Also‚ market orientation has been defined by Narver and Slater (1990) as well as Day (1994) as a corporate culture. They perceive
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framework33. SWOT analysis of Ryanair44. Challenges and recommendations for the future75. References81. BackgroundThe subject of this report is Ryanair - the first Low Cost Carrier in Europe - which was founded in 1985 (Ryanair.com History 2008). The firm began operations with a staff of 25 and a single 15-seat airplane flying between Waterford and London. In 1986 Ryanair received permission to begin flying four flights a day on the Dublin-London route. In doing so‚ they challenged the monopoly of British
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Ryanair and the External Environment Executive summary This report explores Ryanair’s domain in relation to the external environment and outlines the concerns for the company within these sectors. The environmental uncertainty of Ryanair is dealt with and ways in which it can adapt to this uncertainty are outlined. This report also explores possible strategies for minimizing environmental uncertainty for the organisation. 1. Ryanair’s domain in relation to the external environment and sectors of
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.............................................8 Bibliography.............................................................................9 1. Introduction This report studies one of the largest low cost airlines in Great Britain and Europe – Ryanair. This company is a 20-year-old international air carrier based in Dublin (Ireland)‚ with 36 bases and 950+ low fare routes across 26 countries‚ connecting 151 destinations. The organisation
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