I.INTRODUCTIONThis report outlines the analysis of two low-cost airlines performance in Europe‚ namely easyJet PLC and Ryanair Hldgs during their financial year between 2006 and 2008. It examines the companies’ portfolio‚ future prospects and competitors to analyse the threats and opportunities facing their business. In conclusion‚ there is a recommendation whether to invest on easyJet and/or Ryanair’s shares. II.FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL RATIO ANALYSISIn terms of the completed financial analysis
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Porter’s 5 Forces Before the idea of Ryanair or indeed any low cost carrier was even devised the European airways industry was‚ as already illustrated‚ highly regulated. Therefore post 1992 and deregulation‚ great changes came about. By identifying with Porter’s “five forces‚” one is able to ascertain what this meant for Ryanair within the European air transport market. These five factors are threat of entry‚ competitive rivalry‚ bargaining power of suppliers‚ bargaining power of buyers and the
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Value of e-business system e-business used to describe businesses run on the internet. increasingly‚ much direct selling is taking place on the internet of computer-related equipment and software. most of the company start to run their business on the internet because e-business is able to reach a much wider consumer base than the traditional one and also bring back much more benefit for the company. tangible benefits since they have online store and customers around the world start to
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PR Corporate Communications Proposal : Ryanair Module Code: MC6002 Module Title: Corporate Communications and Strategy Individual Project: Corporate Communications and Strategy Plan (70%) Prepared for: David Longbottom and Emmanuel Ohohe Prepared by: Donike Pacarada Student Number: 11008902 11th April 2014 Individual Project: Corporate Communications Strategy and Plan (70%) Table of Contents 1.0 Abstract 2.0 Executive Summary 3.0 Situation Analysis 3.1 Macro Environnent 3.1.1- Swot Analysais
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Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? Ryanair’s strategy to launch airline with single fare no restriction ticket at price less than half of other players would certainly get it the market share quickly. However‚ the success of this strategy would require Ryanair to manage the expenses and keep costs low. Ryanair has decided to offer full service (meals and amenities) while offering lower price. This would definitely put strain on the costs
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Airline industry‚ this is the most important force today‚ especially since the market is completely saturated. First Mover Advantage Ryanair were among the first movers because many copycat’ airlines have tried to follow suit. There are only two pan-European low cost operators where first mover advantage and scale and cost efficiencies gave the two largest players‚ Ryanair and Easyjet‚ a significant advantage. Since deregulation‚ of the 80 low cost operators that had begun operations‚ 60 had gone bankrupt
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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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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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very important when a small company like RyanAir is entering a market where Aer Lingus and BA pretty much own the market. 2. How do you expect the incumbents to respond? Why? I would expect the incumbents to lower their prices for tickets for the London-Dublin route to try and keep RyanAir from gaining a significant portion of the market share. This price cut would eat into the immediate financials of these two companies but if they don’t do this‚ RyanAir will pose a bigger threat when they gain
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