utilised by the low cost airline‚ Ryanair. Specific analysis of its target market will identify that whilst its cost leadership strategy is hugely successful in its appeal to the mass market‚ closer analysis of the increasing ‘budget business traveller’ segment reveal opportunities for further industry growth poignantly amidst the current economic climate. Analysis of Ryanair’s market position as ‘Europe’s largest airline carrier’ shows that the airline is currently market leader and cost leader. This
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homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/jtrangeo The geography of European low-cost airline networks: a contemporary analysis Frédéric Dobruszkes ⇑ Transport Studies Unit‚ School of Geography and the Environment‚ Oxford University‚ South Parks Road‚ Oxford OX1 3QY‚ UK a r t i c l e i n f o Keywords: Low-cost airlines Low-fare airlines No-frills airlines Air transport Airline networks Europe a b s t r a c t Low-cost airlines (LCAs) have become essential actors supplying nationwide and continental
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Low cost strategy is one of the three generic marketing strategies. Companies use this strategy to offer low price in its products/services by focusing on various points in its value chain activities. In order to be a successful low-cost competitor in a competitive environment‚ companies focus on several issues; which all pass from the ways of margin improvement (in terms of increasing revenue and reducing cost) and asset effectiveness (in the sense of minimizing working capital and maximizing
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INTRODUCTION: Aviation industry plays a key role in economic development‚ growth of tourism and social development. The Indian Aviation industry has witnessed a turbulent phase over the last few years. In the recent years‚ the industry saw the emergence of the low cost carriers and liberalisation of government norms which impacted the global aviation industry. More recently‚ the global economic downturn of 2008 dealt a severe blow to the aviation industry the world over. The article gives a brief
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RYANAIR – THE LOW FARES AIRLINE: WHITHER NOW? 1. Ryanir is the airline company that would become Europe’s most popular‚ and possibly most controversial one in the following years. Ireland’s Ryan family founded it in 1985. That year‚ Ryanair flew a single route‚ from Waterford‚ Ireland‚ to London in a small 15-seater aircraft. In the early years‚ Ryanair flew primarily between Ireland and the U.K. However two big shifts in the 1990s changed that. Firstly the European Union’s "Open Skies" policies
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different strategic competitive models? What is relationship between different clusters of HR practices and organizational performance? For companies looking for ways to gain a competitive advantage‚ the implication of HR strategic choices for company’s performance is certainly the key factor. Recently business strategy researchers turned their attention to internal attributes of top firms looking at growth and utilization of human resources. This essay will aim to demonstrate how Strategic Human Resource
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Key Success Factors in the Low Cost Airline Business: Low cost airlines strive to meet the basic demand of airline customers - a safe air transport from one location to another location - at a relatively low price. In order to be successful‚ they have to carry out their business from a certain value-based perspective - “less for much less” – and concentrate their attention on the following Key Success Factors of their industry: - Overall low costs: Overall low costs are essential to be able
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Industry Overview The airline industry is a large and growing industry. In the past years‚ air travel has been growing by 6% a year and scheduled airlines carried more than 1 billion passengers in 2008. The airline industry involves large capital requirements. For example‚ the requirements for aircraft‚ close monitor by the government regulations‚ competition from other tourist transport and the requirement to have high level of expertise to operate and manage. In the airline industry‚ aircraft manufacturer
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Best-Cost Strategy VS Low-Low Cost Strategy Q1: What is the difference between best-cost strategy and low-cost strategy? Best-cost strategy is when the company makes an upscale product at a lower price which in turn gives more value to customers in exchange of money. This means that the strategy involves focusing towards customers who are value-conscious and are willing to pay money in exchange of a good that has upscale features. Low-cost strategy focuses on niche customers. They sell their
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A strategic group is a concept used in strategic management that groups companies within an industry that have similar business models or similar combinations of strategies. For example‚ the fast-food industry can be portrayed as consisting of several strategic groups. The number of groups within an industry and their composition depends on what dimensions you use to define the groups. Strategists often use a two dimensional grid to display the position of each company along to the two most important
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