Ryanair was founded in 1985 by the Ryan family to provide scheduled passenger airline services between Ireland and the UK‚ as an alternative to the then state monopoly carrier‚ Aer Lingus. It started out a full service conventional airline‚ with two classes of seating and leasing three different types of aircraft. However despite growth in the passenger volumes financial problems were of a growing concern. In its fight to survive the airline went through a dramatic restyle to become Europe ’s first
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RYANAIR Introduction This essay is initially going to analyse the LCC (Low Cost Carrier) industry and subsequently focus on Ryanair‚ the world ’s largest low cost international carrier (figure 1). The first part of the assignment is going to apply Porter ’s five forces to the above-mentioned industry‚ then it will look at how the company competes in such environment‚ referring to Porter ’s generic competitive strategies. Finally it will analyse how the company delivers on these competitive
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In April 1986‚ the Ryan brothers announce that Ryanair will offer service between Dublin and London‚ a route dominated by Aer Lingus and British Airways. AL and BA offer a range of tickets with varying restrictions and varying classes of service‚ but the least expensive‚ unrestricted round-trip fares were priced at IL208‚ far higher than the IL98 that Ryan Air announced. Ryanair’s strategy to launch a single far no restriction ticket at such a low price will gain market share quickly as well as possibly
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Examining Ryanair’s Launch Strategy Ryanair was set up in 1985 by Cathal and Declan Ryan‚ as one of the first independent airline servicing the Dublin-London (Luton) route. Ryanair launched its service focusing on delivering first-rate customer service and lowest – simple‚ single – fare @ I£ 98‚ compared to I£ 208 full fare and I£ 99 discounted fare offered by competition‚ Aer Lingus and British Airways. Ryanair Executives believe that Aer Lingus and British Airways’ flights are typically 60-70%
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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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Assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy One possible reason why Ryanair chose to enter the Dublin-London route is because the route was reputed to be quite lucrative for both Aer Lingus and BA. It is easy to see why this route is lucrative because the least expensive fare for both carriers were priced at I£208 but operating expenses per passenger was only I£155.1. Ryanair’s publicized fare of only I£98 will help it to attract more passengers than both carriers given that it cost only half the
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features(such as reliability‚ clarity of fees‚ availability of fares‚ on-board comfort‚ service‚ etc.) under control‚ which Ryanair cannot handle in various ways‚ resulting in negative thoughts of customers about this company. 3.2 Related problems: Ryanair accumulates ‘hidden’ taxes and other fees‚ restricted customer services‚ and deceiving advertisements. Ryanair imposes charges for anything from checking bags into the hold‚ up to £40‚ to changing the name on your ticket‚ for £110
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What do your overall assessment of Ryanair’s strategy? Although the strategy of Ryanair seems sound‚ I don’t expect it to succeed on the Dublin-London route. By matching service and amenities but pricing well below Air Lingus and BA‚ Ryanair stands to steal customers up to capacity of it’s 44-seat turboprop 4 times a day. This loss of customers‚ though small at this point‚ could likely elicit a strong response from both AL and BA. The Dublin-London route represents one of the few lucrative routes
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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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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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