Case study on low cost airlines (RYANAIR) Preliminary questions: 1. What are your first impressions regarding Ryanair? 2. How would you characterize its marketing strategy? Ryanair (ISEQ: RYA‚ LSE: RYA‚ NASDAQ: RYAAY) is an Irish low cost airline‚ with headquarters at Dublin Airport and its largest operational bases at Dublin Airport and London Stansted Airport. Ryanair operates 182 aircraft on 729 routes across Europe and North Africa from its 31 bases.[1] The airline has been characterised
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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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travel to long haul destinations. In this report I will talk about how factors affect travelling to long haul destinations and in this I will include: time zones‚ climate‚ seasonality and extreme climate conditions‚ travel restrictions‚ entry and exit requirements‚ health issues and social situations. In this report I will cover all of those with destinations such as : Australia‚ North Africa‚ Thailand‚ Indonesia‚ South Africa and few more. Time zones have a big effect on travelling to long haul destinations
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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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Introduction Ryanair is one of the most profitable low-cost and low-fare airlines in the world. Even though it was merely bankruptcy in 1991‚ it could stand up and become very successful by 1999. An issues was what led Ryanair to huge losses in 1991‚ how did it re-gain its position‚ and what lay ahead in the next century. Analysis Prior to 1991‚ Ryanair had suffered from continuous losses from 1985 to 1989. The first reason that put it into this situation was that it tried to position itself
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P4- The appeal of long haul destination Goa-India Goa is India’s smallest State‚ with 1‚429 square miles‚ with a population of 1.5 million. Goa’s landscapes are remarkably varied‚ ranging from thickly forested western Ghats mountain range in its interior border through lush river valleys to the beaches of its roughly 75 mile long coast‚ this is what makes it a popular tourist destination. Accessibility The most popular way to travel long-haul is by plane‚ the cost for a flight for one individual
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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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Long haul truck drivers are suffering from heart attacks due to their work life style. Drivers physical health are at a high risk of having a heart attack. Compared to a stroke where the brain is being target with low blood flow heart attacks occur when the arteries connected to the heart are clogged‚ restricting the blood and oxygen to the heart. This effect cases muscles in the heart to start dying‚ and this is when the heart attack occurs. It takes many years for these arteries that supply the
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transportation for this route. Ryanair recognized the profitability of the Dublin-London route‚ which was the only route that was profitable for Aer Lingus. While the direction of British Airways and Aer Lingus‘business models diversified worldwide‚ Ryanair saw an opportunity to streamline its costs by specializing on this specific route. Ryanair introduced a low cost‚ unrestricted fare‚ which undercut BA and Aer Lingus by £110 per ticket‚ while still focusing on first rate service. Ryanair was able to offer
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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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