An airline alliance is an agreement between two or more airlines to cooperate on a substantial level. The three largest alliances are the Star Alliance‚ SkyTeam and Oneworld. Alliances also form between cargo airlines‚ such as that of WOW Alliance‚ SkyTeam Cargo and ANA/UPS Alliance. Alliances provide a network of connectivity and convenience for international passengers and international packages. Benefits and costs Benefits can consist of: An extended and optimized network: this is often
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Allocated firm: Fortescue Metal Group Memorandum DATE: Monday 23 May‚ 2010 TO: The Board of FMG FROM: Truman Chun Wai ‚ a senior financial officer SUBJECT: Future growth strategy analysis Dear the Board‚ I am glad to present to you the future growth strategy analysis report for Fortescue Metal Group. This report had been prepared requested by the Board. The content of this report concentrated on evaluating the performance of
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(CRM) in Airline Industry: Today’s global marketplace‚ airlines are countered with unstable and highly competitive business environment. Most airline companies perceive that it is increasingly important to react quickly and effectively to changing demand patterns of the customers. The challenge is maintaining profits in the face of forceful competition. The opportunities are in managing customer relationships to earn customer profitability that can contribute to the firm profits. If airlines do not
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company Vietnam Airlines is the national carrier of Vietnam‚ which was established in 1956 under the name Vietnam Civil Aviation. Vietnam Airlines offers excellent service‚ high quality products‚ relaxing atmosphere at competitive price to their customers. They also generate a hospitable‚ effective and dynamic working environment for all their employees to perform the best abilities and skills to the company. Vietnam Airlines mission: Their mission is to be one of the best airlines in the world
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emeraldinsight.com/0960-4529.htm MSQ 15‚3 A case study of service failure and recovery within an international airline David Bamford Manchester School of Management‚ UMIST‚ Manchester‚ UK‚ and 306 Tatiana Xystouri Ministry of Finance‚ Nicosia‚ Cyprus Abstract Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the effectiveness of internal processes of service quality recovery for an international airline. Design/methodology/approach – An action research methodology was adopted. The research involved: a review
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INDUSTRY BACKGROUND & HISTORY Company Overview Vodafone Group PLC is one of the leading mobile telecommunication companies in the world. It won the third mobile license in Australia in 1992 and by 1993 it had established Vodafone Australia and began actively marketing its digital mobile services (Vodafone‚ 2011). Vodafone first launched a wireless network under the brand name “Arena” in 1993‚ while Hutchison started under the brand name “Orange” says Business Monitor International Ltd (2008)
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3110 L1 Case Report: Southwest Airlines What is SWA’s competitive strategy? What does it take to execute the competitive strategy? The SWA has adopted ‘Cost Leadership’ as its competitive advantage. And it has achieved low cost through numerous ways. To commence with‚ the Southwest workforce routinely turn around an aircraft in only 15 minutes and its gates are manned by a single agent and have a ground crew of six or fewer‚ which are much lower than other airlines. In other words‚ the SWA needs
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engineering‚ Porter achieved an economics doctorate at Harvard‚ where he was subsequently awarded university professorship‚ a position he continues to fulfil at Harvard Business School. His research group is based at the Harvard Business School‚ and separately he co-founded with Mark Kramer the Foundation Strategy Group‚ ’a mission-driven social enterprise‚ dedicated to advancing the practice of philanthropy and corporate social investment‚ through consulting to foundations and corporations’. A prime example
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The company I chose to research is Southwest airlines. It has been one of the most successful airlines in the US‚ and with very high customer service ratings. This is very impressive to attain by such a small company in a very tough industry. Southwest is able to achieve such levels by having a clear mission of providing low-fare travel using a point-to-point system and not having a hub-based system. The company operates in relatively shorter routes and only maintains one plane type‚ its famous Boing
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When comparing the airlines‚ three factors must be considered. The financial state of the company now‚ the business structure now‚ and the future outlook of the airline. The airline that clearly demonstrated balance when compared with its competitors is United Airlines. While it is not the best at every category‚ it is competitive in areas such as profit margin and debt-equity ratio. United also was very dominant in most of ratios that didn’t concern itself with covering liabilities. United stands
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