Diego Rodriguez‚ Deema Alomar‚ Seungyeon lee 10/05/09 Case Analysis Southwest Airline final draft Jennifer Uhler BPE reading‚ writing research Background Summary Southwest Airlines based in Dallas was founded in 1967 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. It is one of the major domestic airliners which provides carrier and transportation service. This company has 35‚499 employees and it runs over 500 Boeing 737 aircraft in 67 cities in the US. Southwest’s principal values are: Providing low-fare and
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Survey among airlines. Airline industry is a labor intensive service sector as much as capital intensive and mainly white collor workers are employed. In the industry computerized electronic systems are highly used. In order to produce an aviable seat for sales‚ there are many interconnected services are gathered such as resevation‚ ticketing‚ operations‚ passenger traffic‚ handling of passenger‚ baggage and cargo‚ catering‚ maintenance (MRO)‚ training‚ fuelling etc. While airlines render many
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Deregulation of the airlines in 1978 forced the industry to rethink their business strategy in order to be successful during a period of widespread operating losses due to an economic recession‚ striking air traffic controllers and brutal price wars. The poster child for innovation during this period was Astro Airlines founded in 1980 by its charismatic leader‚ Arthur Burton. Enthusiasm‚ excitement and optimism were watch words used to describe the atmosphere at Astro Airlines in the initial years
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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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commentary‚ I chose my artefact as a newspaper article on PSLE stress because of many reasons. 1) I had always harbored a strong interest on what everyone is saying about this hot topic and it seemed very interesting‚ stating just one problem that Singapore currently face. 2) Other than that‚ it is a topic that is easy to research‚ unlike some historic things which are little-mentioned (e.g. the banana note‚ the merdeka talks‚etc) 3) Last but not least‚it is a topic that is widely discussed
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how the airline industry does to make up for the profits with their new “simplified low-cost pricing.” It’s also the sign that major carriers like AA‚ Delta‚ and UA are being forced to cut some of their expensive prices as rival discount airlines rapidly expand. So far‚ the price-cutting is still happening only in certain cities‚ and not nationwide. They are doing that technique to attract customers from other airlines and to create customer loyalty among regular flyers. Meanwhile‚ the airline needs
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development of the STB as the NTO. Singapore Tourism Board (STB)‚ which was formally known as Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB)‚ was formulated to increase Singapore’s attractiveness to tourists. It’s primary roles were to coordinate activities with tourist enterprises‚ enhance and develop the infrastructure and superstructure of tourist facilities and attractions‚ regulate policies and standards within the tourism industry‚ and continually market Singapore as a tourism destination. Over the
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Southwest Airlines Tracy D. Braswell Benedictine University The domestic airline industry is emerging from its lost decade. Carriers suffered two recessionary swoons (one due to September 11) and a fivefold jump in fuel prices causing fifteen carriers to go bust. As frequent fliers know too well the salvation for most airlines has been to stick passengers with fees‚ reservation changes‚ bags‚ food‚ movie and headset to name a few. None of it‚ however‚ went to Southwest Airlines two and a
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Case 14: AMR - American Airlines VALUATION: VALUING A CORPORATE BOND ISSUE AMR is the parent company of American Airlines. In addition to its primary subsidiary‚ AMR also operates several airline support companies such as the SABRE group (reservations)‚ the Management Services Group‚ and American Eagle (a regional carrier). American Airlines is currently considering the issuance of a series of $1‚000 par bonds. The coupon rate offered‚ based on current market interest rates and the Standard
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ARTICLE IN PRESS Journal of Air Transport Management 11 (2005) 259–272 www.elsevier.com/locate/jairtraman Passengers’ perceptions of low cost airlines and full service carriers: A case study involving Ryanair‚ Aer Lingus‚ Air Asia and Malaysia Airlines John F. O’Connell George Williams Air Transport Group‚ College of Aeronautics‚ Cranfield University‚ Bedfordshire‚ MK43 OAL‚ UK Abstract Direct competition between full service airlines and no-frills carriers is intensifying across
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