2.0 Background to the organization Firefly is the wholly-owned subsidiary by the Malaysia Airline System Berhad (MAS). Firefly is launched on April 3rd 2007 as well as it is the Malaysia’s first community airline that operated under FlyFirefly Sdn Bhd. the Malaysia’s first community airline also known as a new Malaysian no-frills airline. The name of Firefly is come from the characteristics of agility‚ brilliance‚ charm‚ and fun. Firefly offers a full service point-to-point carrier. The
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AirTran poses many obstacles for SWA’s sales strategy. The acquisition will threaten the pricing structure of SWA. It will give them the opportunity to raise its fair‚ as there is less competition in the Northeast (where AirTran serves) and major airlines have paired off leaving only five major players (Huffington post‚ 2010). Further promoting a fare increase is SWA’s refusal to charge for baggage. Although‚ this is a great sales tactic‚ it provides no source of revenue‚ resulting in a fare increase
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Emirates Airlines is one of the leading airlines in the industry. It has maintained many sources of competitive advantage in terms of cost and uniqueness which had led to a cost advantage and differentiation advantage. Although cost advantage and differentiation advantage are mutually exclusive‚ Emirates Airlines was able to sustain both. As for the competitive scope‚ the company can have either a broad target or a narrow target. Most probably Emirates Airlines is favouring the broad target because
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Introduction of company Vietnam Airlines is the national carrier of Vietnam‚ which was established in 1956 under the name Vietnam Civil Aviation. Vietnam Airlines offers excellent service‚ high quality products‚ relaxing atmosphere at competitive price to their customers. They also generate a hospitable‚ effective and dynamic working environment for all their employees to perform the best abilities and skills to the company. Vietnam Airlines mission: Their mission is to be one of the best airlines in the
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Introduction Emirates Airlines started its journey in 1985 with very few resources to carry out its operation but as a result of continuously improving efforts and fast growth‚ Emirates Airlines has been in the sky for more than 24 years. Being the largest carrier in the UAE‚ also extending its hands into KSA the Emirates Airlines has been ranked as the largest carrier in Middle East and was reported in 2008 to be the 7th largest in the world on the basis of International passenger traffic. It has
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A2 Marketing Objectives 1. Explain why it is important for a business to have clear marketing objectives? It is important that a business has clear marketing objectives because it gives them a target to work towards. In 2010 Asda set its objective to overtake Tesco as Britain’s largest retailer of non-food items. It is important that its clear because objectives should be made using the acronym SMART goals‚ the objective set by Asda fits in with this really well apart from it does not state
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Management by ObjectivesMBO Management by Objectives (MBO) Can be defined as a process whereby the performance goals and objectives are set by each subordinate in collaboration with his superior at the start of the appraisal period. MBO is a Process A process consisting of a series of interdependence and interrelated steps: The formation of clear‚ concise statements of objectives The development of realistic action plans for their attainment‚ The systematic monitoring
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Chapter 2 Characteristics of the Airline Industry The real difficulty in changing any enterprise lies not in developing new ideas‚ but in escaping from the old ones. John Maynard Keynes 2.1 Introduction In recent years‚ the European airline industry has exhibited impressively dynamics. The sector has gone through a drastic change on both the supply and the demand side. Unlikely in other industries‚ the driving forces governing the recent changes do not depend mainly on technological factors
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Why are objectives so important and how do we define and refine them? Objectives can be defined as a mission‚ purpose‚ or standard that can be reasonably achieved within the expected timeframe and with the available resources. In general‚ an objective is broader in scope than a goal‚ and may comprise of several different goals. Objectives are the most basic planning tools underlying all planning and strategic activities. They serve as the basis for policy and performance appraisals‚ and act as
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Strategic Management The Concept of Market Position and The Strategic Objectives Objectives The Concept of Market Position Philip Kolter Ries and Trout The Strategic Objectives Strategic Thrust Strategic Objectives Build Hold Niche Harvest Divest The Concept of Market Position by Philip Kolter Market Leader Market Challenger The firm has a relatively large share of the market‚ but a smaller share than the market leader. Market Follower The firm
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