Discussion on U.S Airline Industry Discussion Question 1: Use the model of the general environment (Chapter 2‚ Table 2.1) to evaluate the opportunities and threats facing the U.S. airline industry and Southwest Airlines in particular. What are the key opportunities and threats? The health of the overall U.S airline industry is still tenuous in-spite of the passenger traffic volumes returning to pre-9/11 levels. A survey estimated that from 2001 through 2003‚ the US airline industry reported
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Introduction…………………………………………………………………………… 2. Business Strategy…………………………………………………………………… 2.1. General profile of the Airline Industry…………………………………………. 2.2. Competitors Overview and Situation analysis………………………………... 2.3. The Competitors………………………………………………………………… 2.3.1. Air Arabia………………………………………………………………… 2.3.2. Etihad Airways……………………………………………………………. 2.3.3. RAK Airways……………………………………………………………… 2.3.4. Competitive advantage of Emirates Airlines…………………………... 3. Strategic Marketing Focus…………………………………………………………... 3.1. Mission……………………………………………………………………………
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Airline Industry and Its Economic Outline Frank L Mannino Jr. Axia College of University of Phoenix ECO/205 Economic Theory May 09‚ 2010 Airline Industry and Its Economic Outline The question can be is. How has the economy of the airline industry performed throughout the many decades it has been? In addition‚ what did the industry do as it has gone through many events that have challenged its survival? In this type of industry‚ we can say that it has seen their share of success in profits
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* Economic slowdown and crises * External changes * Lower cost competitors * Price wars and revolution * Oil Price growth * Terrorism | Strength: 1. Innovation: * Delta earned the top 5 in the rank of most innovative airline * “Track checking bag” new service launched by Delta to allow customer to track their luggage in real-time. Also they can do it via their smartphone using the bag tag number. * On board the plan delta offers the full-lie bed in the business
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Case 1: Southwest Airlines 1. What is SWA’s strategy? What does it take to execute the strategy? Southwest’s strategy is to maintain low cost‚ low fares and frequent flights. SWA execute this strategy through emphasizes point to point routes‚ which means customers fly directly to their final destination. According to annual report of 1993‚ 80 percent of its customers fly non-stop to their final destination. Furthermore‚ SWA also pays off in shorter turnaround times and higher equipment. Therefore
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MGT489 Industry Analysis of US airlines Industry Structure US airlines have been improved substantially over past few years | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013(Q1) | On-time arrival rate (% of domestic flights within 00:15) | 73.4 | 76 | 79.5 | 79.8 | 79.6 | 81.9 | 80.01 | Involuntary denied boardings (per 10000 passengers) | 1.12 | 1.10 | 1.19 | 1.09 | 0.82 | 0.99 | 1.06 | Mishandled bags (per 1000 passengers) | 7.05 | 5.26 | 3.91 | 3.57 | 3.39 | 3.09 | 3.15 | Flight
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Southwest Airlines Case Study Manohar Gadiraju Overview Southwest Airlines has been a cost leader in the airline industry with continuous growth and profits for the past 35 years. It has been the fourth largest domestic carrier with low priced routes and a no frills policy - free of in-flight meals and baggage transfers. The low cost fares‚ almost comparable to automobile transportation costs‚ have created both an unprecedented growth and new markets for this airline. Southwest was
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this motto‚ Westjet becomes one of the lowest operating costs and the most successful airline company nowadays. In the early 1990s‚ the airline industry suffered a serious threat‚ caused by high fuel costs and a decline in air travel. At that time‚ only few airlines with low price of fare‚ such as Southwest airline‚ were able to make profit.(Hoover‚ 2010) Thus‚ the executives of Westjet decided to follow Southwest airline’s business model‚ which featured a low cost‚ high efficiency structure. To be
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Marketing Plan for United Airlines Jayne Diaz BUS 620: Managerial Marketing Professor David Kalicharan February 20‚ 2012 Marketing Plan for United Airlines Airline companies are becoming more and more competitive as the low budget discount airlines are becoming popular. It is key for airlines to differentiate themselves among the various airlines to choose from‚ and United Airlines wanted to ensure that it offered products and services for all marketing segments. “United realized
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The U.S. airline industry has been in a chaotic state for a number of years. In 1993‚ a U.S. government report indicated that the industry had “Lost huge amounts of money in the past three years‚ and it has never made a sustained‚ substantial return on investment…” According to the Air Transport Association‚ the airline industry trade association‚ the loss from 1990 through 1994 was about $13 billion‚ while from 1995 through 2000‚ the airlines earned about $23 billion and then lost about $35 billion
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