emeraldinsight.com/0960-4529.htm MSQ 15‚3 A case study of service failure and recovery within an international airline David Bamford Manchester School of Management‚ UMIST‚ Manchester‚ UK‚ and 306 Tatiana Xystouri Ministry of Finance‚ Nicosia‚ Cyprus Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of internal processes of service quality recovery for an international airline. Design/methodology/approach – An action research methodology was adopted. The research involved: a review
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Executive Overview: Lufthansa is the largest airline in Europe in terms of passengers carried. By 2002‚ Lufthansa had become of the strongest airlines and top aviations groups in the world. Lufthansa had undergone a decade of fundamental change. Lufthansa was transformed from a state-owned‚ unprofitable national airline into one of the most profitable‚ privately owned aviation groups in the industry. The group turned a record loss of €350 million in 1992 into a pre-tax profit of €952 million in
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Gate Turnaround at Southwest Airlines Video Case Study Southwest Airlines was started in 1971 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. Their idea was simple. If they could take airline passengers where they want to go‚ on time‚ at the lowest possible price; all while having fun doing it‚ then people would love to fly on their airline. As a result of this‚ no other airline in the industry’s history has enjoyed the customer loyalty and extended profitability which Southwest
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In what ways do they contradict each other? Ans. Southwest Airlines is one of the important Airline of USA. Southwest Airlines may only rank 317 on the Fortune 500 List but the company ranks highly on most publications’ Most Admired Companies lists. Efficiency means using resources wisely and in a cost effective way. The Southwest Airline exists point on behalf of the case. ✓ Southwest didn’t adopt the hub-and-spoke system ✓ It preferring a short-haul ✓ Point to point
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has never been more important for an airline to have the right public image. If the national flag and perhaps a catchy logo on planes‚ counters and ticket covers were sufficient in the olden days‚ today branding is a science of its own. Half a dozen branding agencies‚ most of them based in London and the USA‚ are fighting not just on behalf of toothpaste or cars but‚ with dogged determination‚ in the aviation industry over budgets worth millions. "The airlines are much more conscious today that branding
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Introduce the firm: a. who is the firm? Iberia Airlines i. whom does it serve? In 1944‚ the civil Aviation Conference was held in Chacigo‚ where fifty two states siged an International Convention that established the basic principles for the functioning of the air market: each country could negotiate bilateral agreements with other countries in order to regulate the market conditions that would govern air traffic. Before the 1980’s‚ the planning system used was basically “ point to point”‚ that
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Continental airlines case The biggest challenge that the continental Airlines is grappling with is with regards to their operational efficiency. Their previous decision of oursourcing key functions like reservations‚ payroll and EDS were causing a delay in flow of information thus hindering data based decision making in the company. Most decision thus were being made not by what data said but by the “hunch” or “intuition” which often proved wrong. Lack of real time data‚ complex system of booking
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scope Southwest airline provides point-to-point service between midsize cities and secondary airports in large cities. This can help avoiding congestion in large airports and hence save an average 20% of average flight time. b) Choice of business (corporate portfolio) SWA focuses on only airlines services‚ especially the short-haul flights. c) Vertical Integration decision Southwest airline does all of its own ticketing‚ not making its seats available through computerized systems such as Appllo
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The company I chose to research is Southwest airlines. It has been one of the most successful airlines in the US‚ and with very high customer service ratings. This is very impressive to attain by such a small company in a very tough industry. Southwest is able to achieve such levels by having a clear mission of providing low-fare travel using a point-to-point system and not having a hub-based system. The company operates in relatively shorter routes and only maintains one plane type‚ its famous Boing
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Identify Current Strategy Southwest Airlines Co. is a major domestic air carrier that is "the world ’s only short-haul‚ high-frequency‚ low-fare‚ point-to-point carrier" according to the President and CEO Herb Kelleher. Southwest has always been able to quickly seize any strategic opportunities whenever they arise. Southwest is the only company to ever hold the Triple Crown for annual performance. Some of the key factors that contribute to Southwest ’s success are its conservative growth pattern
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