INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY AirAsia is a very successful low cost carrier. In a very short time‚ it became a market leader in the Asia region. The company successfully adopted cost leadership through operational efficiency and effectiveness. Using the slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly‚” AirAsia positioned itself successfully in the niche LCC market. AirAsia was the creation of former music publisher Tony Fernandes. After watching a television show in a pub about easyJet successfully competing against British
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in the company management‚ a company needs to consider the company ability and how to integrating it with the as well as main factor in the internal and external factor. The main factor in the internal and external factor can be identified with SWOT analysis. The internal factor can take a look into strength and weakness in a company‚ and for the external factor‚ a company can look at opportunities and threats in the external environment. Furthermore‚ according to Daniel Chan (2000)‚ the airline
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full service carrier until the low cost carrier‚ no one can avoided the competition‚ it’s about competing or die. Low Cost Carrier in airline industry begin more famous start since 36 year ago by southwest airline‚ which now is the third largest airline in the world. AirAsia from Malaysia that start their operation in 1996 and transform their carrier into Low Cost carrier in 2001 after bought by Tony Fernandes. Not just AirAsia also Tiger Air from Singapore come with their Low Cost Carrier‚ and also
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CONTENTS AIRASIA’S BACKGROUND......................................................................3 SWOT ANALYSIS FOR AIRASIA.............................................................3 * Strength * Weakness * Opportunities * Threats LIST OF REFERENCES...........................................................................6 AirAsia’s Background AirAsia was previously owned by DRB-Hicom‚ a government-linked company. Its airline had not been able to take off
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AIR ASIA AIRLINES COMPANY COMPANY BACKGROUND AirAsia was established by a Malaysian conglomerate in 1993 and commenced operations in 1996. In 2001‚ due to the airline heavily in debt‚ AirAsia was bought by Tony Fernandes of Tune Air Sdn. Bhd from DRB-Hicom. Tony took up the RM40million debt as part of the purchase. In 2002‚ AirAsia generates a profit and launching new routes from its hub in Kuala Lumpur. In 2003‚ the airline opened a second hub at Senai International Airport‚ Johor Bahru and launched
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SWOT Analysis Strengths The achievement that AirAsia received in 2012 is the world’s best low cost airline (AirAsia Berhad‚ 2013). The strength of AirAsia is that‚ they are leading low cost airline in today’s world and have good company strategic management with a successful story in the airplane industry. Their operational strategy that they have formulated at the beginning is consistent with their company’s objectives and was well conducted. Due to this‚ AirAsia able to create strong brand equity
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WEAKNESSES Article taken from WSJ dated Wednesday May 02‚ 2012 “AirAsia Flies Better Without Flag Carrier” • largest budget carrier (Economy of scale) • Very strong management team • Very good in strategy formulation and execution (Economy of scale) • Strong brand equity - AirAsia’s brand name is well established in Asia Pacific (Learning Curve) • Cost advantage (Economy of scale) • Market share leadership- AirAsia is the low cost leader in Asia (Economy of scale) • International alliances (Linkages)
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2.0 Planning and Strategic Management 2.1 SWOT Analysis Strengths Low cost operations AirAsia Berhad is the first airline company that offered a low cost flight in Asian market. By operating the low cost principle‚ AirAsia Berhad aim to maximize their sales and minimize their operating cost. Based on their slogan “Now Everyone Can Fly” have fulfilled the wants for those passengers who choose to fly with low cost airlines especially students‚ those family with lower income and low income
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The Report of Low-Cost Carriers Table Of Content 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 5.1. 6. 7. 8. Abstract ..................................................................................................................................................... 2 Background information ........................................................................................................................... 2 The Low-cost carriers Business Model ...........................................................................
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1. Abstract This report consists of an internal and external analysis of AirAsia using various methods including a PEST‚ Organization analysis‚ SWOT analysis and Porter’s 5 forces model. The main outcomes of the report are: 1.1 Conclusions reached: 1.2 Recommendations reached: 2. Introduction The company chosen for this report was AirAsia. The assignment required that: • A management report of 3‚500 to 4‚000 words is written on an organization. The report should describe‚ analyze and assess
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