Culture at Southwest Airlines on the Eve of Merger with AirTran In looking at Southwest’s values and norms‚ it’s helpful to examine how the company’s culture is described by all stakeholders (internal – employees‚ management; external – investors‚ customers). Five key values emerge that guide the company at all levels. 1. Zealous passion for customer satisfaction Southwest’s relentless commitment goes beyond the lip service most companies uphold. From line level to the C-suite‚ everyone
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BASIC STRATEGY: In order to make up for increasing expenses Southwest needs to expand. My recommended strategy for Southwest to pursue‚ is to merge with Air-Tran and expand into areas where Air-Tran has a heavy presence and Southwest has none. With Southwest having a weak presence in the southeastern U.S.‚ a key area to expand would be Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson International‚ which is the busiest airport in the U.S. There is obviously a need for the low air-fare company at this site. Southwest’s
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Southeastern University 2. H. Wayne Huizenga School of Business & Entrepreneurship 3. Assignment for Course: ISM 5014 – Enterprise Information Systems 4. Submitted to: 5. Submitted by: 6. Date of Submission: 7. Title of Assignment: Southwest and Air-Tran Merger 8. CERTIFICATION OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author of this paper and that any assistance I received in its preparation is fully acknowledged and disclosed in the paper. I have also cited any sources from which I used data
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Group report Strategic Vision for AirTran Airways? New Strategy for AirTran Airways? (4228 Words) Executive Summary On September 27‚ 2010‚ a merger of AirTran Airways and Southwest Airlines‚ two major low-fare carriers in the U.S‚ was officially announced and lead to a nearly-establishment of a “most competitive low-fare airlines”. The U.S Airlines industry had grown in competitiveness since “the deregulation act” in 1978‚ seeing increasing entry of new carriers into the industry and continuous
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AirTran 5 forces analysis New Entrant * The 1978 deregulation of the U.S. airline industry * The increasing of fuel price and labor costs * High competition * Brand loyalty The 1978 deregulation of the U.S. airline industry has attracted many new entries of low-cost airlines. However‚ as the competition in low-cost airline industry is very high‚ as well as the price of jet fuel and labor costs‚ many airline companies declared bankruptcy. Moreover‚ consumers start to have brand loyalty
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Executive Summary Southwest Airlines is the largest low cost airline carrier in the United States. Southwest is headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. The airline was established in 1967. It carries the most domestic passengers of any US airline‚ as of June 5‚ 2011. Southwest uses only Boeing 737’s‚ except for a short time during the 1970’s and 1980’s when they used Boeing 727’s. As of August 2012‚ Southwest is the largest domestic passenger airline operator of the Boeing
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History of the Company Southwest Airlines was founded by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher and was incorporated in 1967. The airline launched its first route in 1971‚ servicing Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio. By 1975 Southwest went public on the American stock exchange. By 1979‚ the airline was flying outside of Texas to New Orleans and expanded its service to the West Coast in 1982. Beginning in 1990‚ Southwest’s revenues exceeded one billion dollars‚ making it a major airline company. On May
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Southwest Culture Southwest Airlines: “We Love your Bags.” Taylor‚ April R. Strayer University Business 508 Contemporary Business Dr. Faith Glaspie-Ellis July 21‚ 2012 “The Mission of Southwest Airlines is dedication to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and company spirit.” Southwest Airlines was born in 1971‚ to Herb Kelleher and Rollin King. And this baby has yet to stop growing. Kelleher and King wanted
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Strategy Content Issue 1: SWA’s decision to acquire 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
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Southwest Airlines: SWOT Analysis Mollika Thaing‚ Khoa Tran‚ Tonielia Thomas‚ Hiwot Tesfaye‚ Kai Spear Mgmt. Prin. & Org. Behavior Professor Leon Prieto 11/18/2013 Southwest Airlines’ Description Southwest Airlines was introduced in Texas on June 18‚ 1971 with three Boeing 737 airplanes and only serving three cities of Texas which included Houston‚ Dallas and San Antonio. The company came a long way since 1971; today Southwest Airlines has 537 Boeing 737 airplanes and serving 68
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