achieving competitive advantage at Ryanair? Ryanair competitive advantage is based on cost leadership strategy‚ maintaining the lowest prices among low-cost airlines (Haberberg and Rieple‚ 2008). In 2011‚ Ryanair became the most profitable low cost carrier in the world (www.ryanair.com). How operations support competitive advantage of Ryanair is measured by five performance objectives: speed‚ flexibility‚ quality‚ dependability and low cost (Greasly‚ 2009). Speed: Ryanair is focused on secondary and
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In its’ penetration of the aviation industry in 1985‚ Ryanair adopted a two prong strategy of focusing intently on providing first rate customer service and charging a simple‚ single fare for a ticket with no restrictions. This generic strategy was in contrast with British Airways and Aer Lingus which focused on providing a wide variety in its’ choice of ticket offerings to cater to the different market segments and in diversifying its business to derive more sources of revenue. Ryanair’s
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airline’s development up until 2010‚ meant to serve‚ for years to come‚ as a reference work. This year‚ Air Scoop is publishing an updated report on Ryanair’s Business Model‚ with a new task in mind. Starting from what was built last year‚ the 2011 Ryanair report has been conceived with a double objective in mind: to provide readers with a brief‚ compelling‚ synthesis of Ryanair’s business model and highlight new elements and evolutions in Ryanair’s skies. In no way is that report intended as a replacement
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CAVENDISH COLLEGE Strategic Marketing Management EasyJet Assessment – Task Two Lecturer: John Heather Danilo Gomes de Matos – Group C – DMS/MBA Date: 03/06/2008 List of Contents Company selection and background 4 Customer base 4 Product/Service 4 Target market 5 Financial information 5 1. External Analysis – Macro Environment 6 1.1 PESTEL Analysis 6 2. External Analysis – Micro Environment 12 2.1 Porters Five Force 12
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Pergamon PII: European Management Journal Vol. 17‚ No. 1‚ pp. 20–38‚ 1999 © 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain S0263-2373(98)00059-0 0263-2373/99 $19.00 0.00 Case Study easyJet’s $500 Million Gamble DON SULL‚ London Business School‚ and Commentators‚ Constantinos Markides‚ Walter Kuemmerle‚ Luis Cabral. This Case Study details the rapid growth of easyJet which started operations in November 1995 from London’s Luton airport. In two years‚ it was widely
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STRATEGIES Low cost per average seat kilometer AirAsia focused on ensuring a competitive cost structure as its main business strategy. It has been able to achieve a cost per average seat kilometer (ASK) of 2.5 cents‚ half that of Malaysia Airlines and Ryanair and a third that of EasyJet. AirAsia can lease the B737-300s aircraft at a very competitive market rates due to the harsh global market conditions for the second-hand aircrafts because of the September 11th event in 2001. Low distribution cost AirAsia
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Questions. 1. Leadership a. Michael O’Leary is credited with the fabulous expansion of ryanair. Compare his managerial style with Richard Brandson of Virgin and Stelios Haj-Ioannou of Easy Jet. Do you see similarities‚ differences? O’Leary is said to have a pugnacious and aggressive management style‚ using a flat management hierarchy whose ethos is to provide a low cost‚ reliable and competitive service. Ryanair decided to hire O’Leary and sent him to the States for studying the Southwest low cost
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pagename=Estadisticas/Home [Accessed 16th February 2009]. Anna aero‚ 2008a. Aer lingus facing increasing direct competition from Ryanair in Dublin. Horley: Available from: http://www.anna.aero/2008/10/03/aer-lingus-facing-increasing-direct-competition-from-ryanair-in-dublin/ [Accessed 7th January 2009]. Anna aero‚ 2008b. Ryanair’s Bournemouth base. Horley: Available from: http://www.anna.aero/2008/01/18/ryanairs-bournemouth-base-flybe/ Aviation Week‚ 2009. More capacity cuts ahead at British Airways. Washington DC: Available
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MN6005 Managing Corporate Reputation Case Study: Ryanair www.ryanair.com ______________________________________________________________________________ Introduction: Despite being a hugely successful company‚ with revenues in 2013 of Euro:4‚884 million‚ and profits of Euro:569 million‚ the ‘no-frills’ airline Ryanair has a number of problems. It regularly comes bottom‚ or near the bottom‚ of every major customer satisfaction survey‚ customers regularly use social media to complain about
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CORP 2463 MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY Report of Ryanair Management issue – Poor Customer Service P12006777 TUTOR: George Kokkindis DATE:06/12/2013 Executive Summary This report mainly evaluates the organizational culture and leadership style of Ryanair with the management issue – poor customer service and in relation to management theories. As one of the best low cost airlines‚ Ryanair consistently focus on cost-cutting but at the same time reveal many problems on its Human Resources
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