Case #20 – Southwest Airlines Company History 1966 Rollin King approached Herb Kelleher’s law office with plan to start low-cost/lowfare airline Ran into legal problems‚ rival airlines in Texas did everything they could to block new airline Herb Kelleher was determined to start up airline 1971 – Lamar Muse Southwest CEO‚ background in industry to get it up and starting Raised $7 million in capital and private investors to purchase planes and equipment Flights started between Dallas
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Southwest Airline Analysis The goal of this paper is to explain the prominent success of Southwest Airline in the United States through a single case study analysis making use of the McKinsey’s 7-S framework. Developed in the early 1980s at the McKinsey & Company consulting firm by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman‚ this framework looks at 7 internal factors (Structure‚ Strategy‚ Systems‚ Style‚ Staff‚ Skills‚ Super-ordinate goals) which‚ according to its authors‚ need to be aligned for an organization
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How is Singapore promoting herself as a luxury destination and what can be better done to meet future trends? 1. Defining Luxury Tourism 2.1 Luxury Travel Sectors According to International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM)‚ the luxury travel sector is characterized by uniqueness and brand imagery. Uniqueness is the fusion of quality‚ creativity and a reputable culture of knowledge‚ skill and expertise while brand imagery is the emotional communication that one feels with the image associated
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................20-21 I. Corporate Governance BaronsAir has a dynamic group of people in its management team. Each has their own duties to benefit the success of the airline. Organization‚ responsibility‚ and knowledge will drive the airline and each of the team players to success. was a former manager of Mid-Continent Airlines. The new company re-formed‚ BaronsAir‚ was named after her after she came up with the idea to have the employees buy all the company stock. The three other executives were
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Tale of Two Airlines Memo Dear Elizabeth Windsor‚ CEO‚ I ’m writing in regards of recommendations for service improvement. These findings are based on the McPherson complaint and the following issues have been identified. 1. Information technology and operation strategy failure for not identifying a full fare customer through the (RMS) revenue management system or (CRS) computer reservation system. This may have caused the airline to lose a loyal 10
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CASE 3 – SINGAPORE AIRLINES GROUP IDENTIFY ISSUES 1. Global financial crisis (mid 2007 onwards) - further burdened by the collapse of some of the largest financial institutions in the world. b. As demand for air travel is significantly impacted by income levels‚ customers tend to be more price sensitive during crisis time and will usually opt for budget travel or in some cases will not travel at all. c. Led to reduced demand for travel d. Airline reduced the passenger and cargo capacity
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Airlines Differentiation In the world of airlines there is a huge market for varies airlines that offer different services to the customers to gain the competitive advantage. In the following article we will outline the differences between airlines like: “Emirates airline”‚ “Qatar” and “Air Arabia”. Those airlines will mainly differ in following criteria’s: • Price is one of the most important differences that airlines would have among each other. Looking at Emirates that has competitive
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE STUDY BY Aurelio Montelongo Jr. June 22‚ 2012 Southwest Airlines is in an environment whose conditions for most in this type of industry have been anything but profitable. So why is it that Southwest Airlines‚ who has been profitable in this volatile market been able to make money? Though Southwest did have a losing quarter it was not due to lack of fliers or its service to its customers‚ but an investment in its fuel hedging cost. As fuel dropped in price‚ Southwest
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Threat of Entry There is a high barrier entering airlines industry since it requires high capital to set up everything such as purchase or lease air craft‚ set up office‚ hire staffs‚ and etc. Thus‚ this has reduced the treat to Malindo Airline. Moreover‚ brand awareness is quite important in this industry. Hence‚ to enter this industry not only required high capital but also have to take some time to create brand awareness. Consumers always choose the product or service they really trust. Thus
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Friends and Relatives‚ the Group Inclusive Tour‚ the Overseas Filipino Workers‚ and Niche Market. b. Competitors Major: Cebu Pacific * The airline was established on August 26‚ 1988‚ and started operations on March 8‚ 1996. It is based on the grounds of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (Manila Terminal 3)‚ Pasay City‚ Metro Manila.The airline is a subsidiary of JG Summit Holdings. It is currently headed by Lance Gokongwei‚ presumptive heir of John Gokongwei‚ the chairman emeritus of JG Summit
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