Master’s thesis M.Sc. in EU Business & Law An analysis of the European low fare airline industry - with focus on Ryanair Student: Thomas C. Sørensen Student number: 256487 Academic advisor: Philipp Schröder Aarhus School of Business September 13‚ 2005 1 Table of contents 1. Introduction 1.1. Preface 1.2. Research problem 1.3. Problem formulation 1.4. Delimitation 6 6 7 7 2. Science and methodology approach 2.1. Approaches to science 2.1.1. Ontology 2.1.1.1. Objectivism 2.1.1.2. Constructivism
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Ryanair Ryanair is the World’s favorite airline with 41 bases and 1100+ low fare routes across 26 countries‚ connecting 153 destinations. Ryanair operates a fleet of 232 new Boeing 737-800 aircraft with firm orders for a further 82 new aircraft (before taking account of planned disposals)‚ which will be delivered over the next 2.5 years. Ryanair currently has a team of more than 7‚000 people and expects to carry approximately 73 million passengers in fiscal year 2010/11. (http://www.ryanair.com/en/about)
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Words count : 3244 Contents Executive Summary 1. Introduction 2. Literature Review on CSR 2.1 CSR Theories and Strategies 2.2 CSR Challenges and Issues 2.3 Summary of Key CSR Elements 3. Ryanair CSR Audit 3.1 Company Background 3.2 CSR Audit of the company 4. Analysis and discussion of the company CSR performance 5. Strategies CSR recommendations for the company 6. Conclusion 7. References Executive Summary Aim
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Motivation at Ryanair Ricardo Lopes UC - MBA 2010-2013 Organisational Behaviour Introduction Nowadays flying for a few pounds is a reality in Europe‚ due to low cost airliners‚ like Ryanair. Management at Ryanair has only one view‚ to reduce costs in all ways possible to give their customers the lowest price in the market (Boru‚ 2006). This was the type of management that changed civil aviation in the last 20 years. For this reason‚ human resources in Ryanair are considered one more resource in the
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analysis of Ryanair Submitted to: Vladan Hadzic Student ID: 20000910 Module: International Business Management and Strategy Date: 05 August 2011 CONTENTS Title Page No Part one: PESTEL Analysis Porters Five Forces Conclusion Part two: Internal Analysis of Ryanair: Strengths & Weaknesses Value Chain Analysis Of Ryanair Financial Analysis Of Ryanair Conclusion Appendices A) Value chain analysis B) Financial ratios of Ryanair and Easyjet C) Ryanair acquisition
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Ryanair’s Corporate Strategy Executive Summary Ryanair was founded in 1985 as a family business that originally provided full service conventional scheduled airline services between Ireland and the UK. The airline started to compete within the confines of the existing industry by trying to steal customers from their rivals‚ especially the state monopoly carrier Air Lingus‚ outlined by Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne (2004) as “Bloody or Red Ocean Strategy”. Ryanair seemed to follow a “me-too strategy”; according
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Although Ryanair inspired its strategy from the low cost model Southwest has created‚ we can easily notice that there is now major differences between Ryanair and Southwest Airlines. 1. They are not targeting the same market. In 2009 Ryanair had over 850 routes across 26 countries in Europe‚ while Southwest is only focused on the domestic market (except from Mexico and the Caribbean‚ after its acquisition of AirTran Airways). Even if Ryanair considered the opportunity to go overseas‚ they dropped
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Ryanair Case Analysis 1. What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? Was it a good strategy? In your answer consider potential market demand‚ pricing and Ryanair’s likely cost structure. After having grown up in the airline industry‚ the Ryan brothers proved they were able to operate a scheduled airline successfully with their 14 seat flights between southeast Ireland and a secondary London airport. Their strategy was to expand to the Dublin-London route‚ a known lucrative route for
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Task A- Introduction Ryanair Europe ’s Leading Low Fares Airline is an Irish airline with headquarters in Dublin and its biggest operational base at London Stansted Airport in the UK. It is Europe ’s largest low-cost carrier. As of 31 July 2007‚ Ryanair operates 516 routes across 26 countries from 26 bases. Ryanair has been characterised by rapid expansion‚ a result of the deregulation of the air industry in Europe in 1997. Ryanair is the third largest airline in Europe in terms of passenger numbers
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The managers of the Ryanair chose discovering the opportunities in the market. Evaluating all the facts‚ Ryanair chose low cost strategy which was quite successful decision. By using cost advantage strategy‚ the firm tries to maintaining lower cost (C) at the same time achieving willingness to purchase for customers (B) that is comparable to their competitors. The Ryanair had low costs compared to the competitors due to some reasons. To begin with‚ they were late movers which mean that they benefited
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