Ryanair was established by the Ryan family with a staff of 25. Its first route was launched in 1985 with a 15-seat aircraft ferrying passengers between Waterford in Ireland and London. In 1986‚ Ryanair launched its route from Dublin to London to challenge British Airways and Aer Lingus‚ the two dominant airline carriers on that route‚ by offering fares at lower prices. With two routes in operation‚ Ryanair carried 82‚000 passengers in its first full year of operation. By 1993 Ryanair has carried
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this executive summary is to give recommendations on Ryanair‚ along with supporting logic for the recommendations. In the following paragraph‚ I will focus on Ryanairs’ strategic analysis‚ game theory application for the strategic analysis‚ and finally give recommendations based on reasonable analysis. Strategic Analysis The main strategy for Ryanair is its low cost structure. Ryanair undercut its Dublin-London service at I£98. The reason Ryanair was able to offer low fares was because they only
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Opportunities and Threats. A SWOT analysis focuses on the micro environment of one of the above entities‚ i.e. “factors which the organisation has some control over”. – Business Management Course Text‚ AIT Ireland (2013-20134). SWOT ANALYSIS OF RYANAIR Strengths Weaknesses Lowest Cost Base of any European Airline Strong financial performance despite current economic climate Innovation Negative Public Perception Over-reliance on Seasonal trends to increase profit margins Poor customer service
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Introduction Ryanair is an airline with the straight of low fare. Ryanair operate over 1500 flights per day from 51 bases‚ across 28 countries. The firm has over 1‚500 routes‚ connecting 168 destinations. Ryanair has 290 new Beoing 737-800. They plan to buy a further 13 new aircraft. Ryanair has the average youngest aircraft group in the Europe. The firm runs with more than 8500 employees. First part of the report is analysing the external environment of airline industry through the model of
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- Dec 2011 Z0928183 INTRODUCTION Ryanair was founded in 1985 with only two aircrafts and a single Dublin-London route . By 2010 Ryanair had transformed itself into Europe ’s leading low cost airlines with 232 aircrafts flying to 153 destination. Ryan Air ’s strategic objective has been to offer the lowest possible air fare to its passengers and strive towards becoming europe No.1 Low Cost airlines. In this paper we will explore and analyze Ryanair ’s competitive position‚ strategic capabilities
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Words count : 3244 Contents Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review on CSR 2.1 CSR Theories and Strategies 2.2 CSR Challenges and Issues 2.3 Summary of Key CSR Elements 3. Ryanair CSR Audit 3.1 Company Background 3.2 CSR Audit of the company 4. Analysis and discussion of the company CSR performance 5. Strategies CSR recommendations for the company 6. Conclusion 7. References Executive Summary Aim
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Master’s thesis M.Sc. in EU Business & Law An analysis of the European low fare airline industry - with focus on Ryanair Student: Thomas C. Sørensen Student number: 256487 Academic advisor: Philipp Schröder Aarhus School of Business September 13‚ 2005 1 Table of contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Preface 1.2. Research problem 1.3. Problem formulation 1.4. Delimitation 6 6 7 7 2. Science and methodology approach 2.1. Approaches to science 2.1.1. Ontology 2.1.1.1. Objectivism 2.1.1.2. Constructivism
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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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INTRODUCTION Company Mission Statement: "We fulfill dreams through the experience of motorcycling‚ by providing to motorcyclists and to the general public an expanding line of motorcycled and branded products and services selected market segments" Company Vision Statement: "Harley-Davidson is n action-oriented‚ international company‚ a leader in its commitment to continuously improve our mutually beneficial relationships with stakeholders (customers‚ suppliers‚ employees‚ shareholders‚ government
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Although Ryanair inspired its strategy from the low cost model Southwest has created‚ we can easily notice that there is now major differences between Ryanair and Southwest Airlines. 1. They are not targeting the same market. In 2009 Ryanair had over 850 routes across 26 countries in Europe‚ while Southwest is only focused on the domestic market (except from Mexico and the Caribbean‚ after its acquisition of AirTran Airways). Even if Ryanair considered the opportunity to go overseas‚ they dropped
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