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    Southwest Airlines (A) Case Study 1. In June 1971‚ air transportation was not seen to be the primary transportation tool because of all the time wasted from checking in‚ expensive price‚ and air time. Therefore‚ SWA was not only competing with other airlines‚ but also on ground public transportations. SWA had to come up with a marketing strategy that will convince people that they are different from Braniff and other airlines that were seen to be inefficient and poor punctuality. SWA utilize

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    way to understand the external factors which Southwest Airlines is dealing with. Firstly the demographical factor that influence strategies of Southwest Airlines. The aging population in the United States is a big issue. It is known that older people‚ does not prefer to travel by plane‚ not for the short or long-haul. They are still too conservative and rather take a bus‚ train or drive themselves to the places they want to be. Because Southwest Airlines is very customer orientated they are providing

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    SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT – SUGGESTED STRUCTURE Cover page Contents page MAIN BODY INTRODUCTION (150 WORDS) Purpose of the report What does Southwest Airlines do? What is the background to the organisation? What industry does it operate in? What are its geographical markets? What products and services does it offer and what are the market segments? What are Southwest Airlines’ mission‚ vision and values? What generic strategy

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    Southwest Airlines  Executive Summary “The U.S. airline industry had lost money in 14 of the 28 years from 1980 through 2007‚ with combined annual losses exceeding combined annual profits by $15 billion. Yet in July 2008‚ Southwest reported record quarterly revenues‚ its 69th consecutive quarter of profitability‚ rising passenger traffic on its flights‚ and a record load factor.”5 With a brilliant strategy of ‘low cost/low fare/no frills’ Rollin King‚ along with Herb Kelleher‚ launched the

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    As with any company‚ Southwest Airlines has risks that have to deal with. For starters‚ co-founder and visionary leader Kelleher will soon be less involved in the firm ’s operations. Mr. Kelleher is responsible for the decision making of Southwest Airlines so it is going to be interesting to say the least when he takes a lesser role in the daily business of Southwest. Perhaps a more important risk‚ though‚ is the simple fact that Southwest is an airline. Past financial indicators have shown that

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    The airlines industry has historically been one of the most unprofitable industries. The reason can be explained when incorporating Michael Porter’s famous Five Forces Model. The threat of competition is Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is an American low-cost airline based in Dallas‚ Texas‚ with its largest focus city at Las Vegas ’ McCarran International Airport. It is the largest airline in the United States by number of passengers carried domestically per year and (as of December 31‚ 2007)

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    success of Southwest Airlines? 2. How significant is the 10 to 15 minutes turnaround time of Southwest’s aircraft in terms of savings in investment and utilization of its aircraft compared to competitors? 3. What challenges is Southwest facing in the future and how should they meet those challenges? 4. What should their business and operations strategy be for the future? 5. Has Gary Kelly‚ the new Southwest CEO since 2004‚ been able to maintain the profitability of Southwest Airlines while insuring

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    LOGO Southwest Airlines In a Different World Provided by: Razie Dehghani Mahsa Ghanbari Shima Effatpanahi Background • The most U.S. customers with the most flights and seats • To only 64 cities • Outstanding‚ passionate‚ caring Customer Service combined with an efficient‚ simple‚ low-fare Customer experience provided with high reliability and operating expertise.” • The most consistently profitable record in the world’s airline industry • Changed the rules with many imitators following such as:

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    Executive Summary Southwest Airlines is one of the most profitable airlines in the airline industry. During turbulent economic times Southwest has managed to continue strong revenue growth in a disastrous environment and has operated profitably for 39 consecutive years (Mintzmyer‚ 2012). Southwest Airlines has capitalized on the company’s strength of being the top low cost carrier by offering a simple and efficient business plan that prides itself on customer service. Southwest utilizes only the

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    Executive Summary The strategy of Southwest Airlines (SWA) has remained the same‚ which is to give customers low-cost‚ point-to-point airfare‚ with excellent customer service. This simple strategy has resulted in SWA posting profits for 30 consecutive years. While other airlines are downsizing‚ SWA is showing slow steady growth. This performance is evident throughout their SEC Filings. First we will look at SWA’s ROI and ROE compared to the rest of the industry. Two thousand and one and 2002 were

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