1.0 Summary of Southwest Airlines: Does “LUV” Last?* First time in history‚ Southwest Airlines had its “LUV” for customers questioned. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) levied a record $10.2 million fine on Southwest Airlines. They accuse them after missing mandatory safety checks of flying 117 planes on nearly 60‚000 flights between June 18‚ 2006‚ and March 14‚ 2007. Both the FAA and Southwest testified. FAA officials were blamed for being “too close” to the airline
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tumultuous battle with other Texas-based airlines‚ Southwest Airlines inaugurated its initial flight (Inkpen 2008). As one of the United States’ new low-cost carriers‚ Southwest Airlines predominantly distributed “short haul‚ high frequency‚ point-to-point‚ low-fare service” (Keller 2008) serving “64 cities in 32 states” on the wings of Boeing 737 aircraft (Thompson 2008). In each successive year since 1973 Southwest has turned a profit (Keller 2008). Southwest Airlines “revenues of $9.8 billion‚ operating
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As of Year 2004‚ the American Airline industry stood at around 783 Million USD/year in terms of operating revenue with American Airlines‚ United and Delta being the biggest players. Southwest was the 6th largest player in the market. Since 2001‚ the airline industry on the whole has been suffering he losses annually. The seat-miles flown have increased manifold over the long term (from 1989 to 2004) indicating increase in adoption of air travel among the population while the revenue per mile has
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Overview and Background. Southwest Airlines‚ since the beginning has struggle and fight to get in the airline business. Starting with Dallas‚ Texas. Southwest had to fight to stay at Love field airport‚ when all the airlines moved to the new Airport of Dallas-Fort worth International airport. Winning this battle gave Southwest the opportunity to get all the customers they wanted‚ from the near downtown airport‚ instead of driving 15 miles for the new airport‚ pay for expensive parking and having
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Southwest and Continental Airlines: A Managerial Economic Perspective Introduction In order for companies to maximize profits and productivity‚ it is important that they implement managerial economics on both a day-to-day and strategic basis. This paper will compare and contrast Southwest and Continental Airlines from a managerial economic perspective. The goal of the paper is to critically analyze both companies on their use of managerial economic practices. The Airline industry is a capitally
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Core IT Capabilities Information technology (IT) is the application of computers and telecommunications equipment to store‚ retrieve‚ transmit and manipulate data. The term is commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks‚ but it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones. Several industries are associated with information technology‚ such as computer hardware‚ software‚ electronics‚ semiconductors‚ internet‚ telecom equipment
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TB00417 The Southwest Spirit Customer service far beyond the norm in the airline industry was not unexpected at Southwest and hadits own name—Positively Outrageous Service. Some examples of this service included: a gate agentvolunteering to watch a dog (a Chihuahua) for two weeks when an Acapulco-bound passenger showedup at the last minute without the required dog crate; an Austin passenger who missed a connection toHouston‚ where he was to have a kidney transplant operation‚ was flown there by a
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Southwest Airlines Culture‚ Values And Operating Practices Essay retrieved from http://www.antiessays.com/free-essays/12682.html Case Study Southwest Airlines: Culture‚ Values and Operating Practices (in Thompson‚ A. A.‚ Strickland. A. J. and Gamble‚ J. (2005) Crafting and Executing Strategy (Fourteenth Edition)‚ McGraw-Hill‚ New York‚ pages C-636– C-664). Tasks The case study‚ prepared by Arthur A. Thompson‚ University of Alabama‚ and John E. Gamble‚ University of South Alabama‚ focuses on
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History Southwest Airlines has been a model of admiration for the airline industry and businesses from around the world combined. Southwest Airlines is a rag to riches story that has had to fight for everything it has become. Before Southwest was able to take on its first passengers‚ they had to fight competitors in the court system for nearly three and a half years. In 1966‚ Fortune Magazine states‚ “A San Antonio lawyer‚ Herb Kelleher‚ founded Southwest with one of his clients (now a Board member)
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Southwest started its service in 1971. It becomes famous by using its pricing strategy of cheap fares backed by seriously controlling costs. The central business of Southwest is the short-haul domestic route. The airplanes of Southwest are always on time which make the customers very delighted. Southwest Airlines¡¯ used market penetration pricing strategy with low-fare‚ no frills‚ low cost service on relatively short flights. Moreover‚ it also provides benefits to customers such as simple scheduling
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