low-cost airline that provides both domestic and international flights. AirAsia started operating on 18 November 1996‚ it pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. In 2001‚ the airline which was heavily indebted was purchased by Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd. Under his charge‚ AirAsia has become one of the biggest low cost airlines operating in Asia today. Its main hub is based in the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA). As such‚ AirAsia consumers tend
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Tune Air Sdn Bhd bought this airline from DRB-Hicom with estimation of RM 40 million debts. There are many continuous transformations that Air Asia makes in order to become outstanding‚ to accomplish its strategic mission and vision and maintain sustainability in the industry. Using the catchy and effective slogan of "Now everyone can fly"‚ AirAsia became the first successful low cost and ticket-less airline in the Southeast Asian region. People can experience the flight with affordable price and
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fares are often the deciding factors for budget-conscious travelers in Southeast Asia. This region represents a huge population‚ which offers low-fare airlines a vast market with promising profits. China’s huge population alone offers a great market for low-fare airlines. Demand may differ for low-fare services between the South East Asian region and in North America and Europe. In Europr and America customers the Asia Pacific region low airfare is the main driving force for choosing an airline carrier
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providing services at a price that is simply lower than competitors price. Operation effectiveness and outstanding efficiency are the two main characteristics of low cost business including in AirAsia. (catatanraufmendunia‚ 2009) Moreover‚ AirAsia believes in the no-frills‚ hassle-free‚ low fare business concept and feels that keeping costs low requires high efficiency in every part of the business. Efficiency creates savings that are then passed on to guests so that affordable air travel can become
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BIS 541 MANAGING INFORMATION SYSTEM TMA 1 Executive Summary The use of Information technology is important to build the strategic and operation management of airlines‚ and help to build the future airlines successfully. The emergence of the Internet in the mid1990s as well as the development of Intranets and Extranets forced airlines to refocus their strategy on technological innovations in order to enhance their competitiveness. (Buhalis 2004). AirAsia believes in the low fare business
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CRM Air Asia is using Customer Relationship Management (CRM) as their performance measurement system. This performance measurement system is putting customer at the heart of the business. It satisfies the customer needs and wants. It is strategy and process of acquiring‚ retaining‚ and partnering with selective customer to create superior value for company and the customer. This will then increase the shareholders wealth and company value in the long term. According to the Chairman of Air Asia
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Thesis statement: Air Asia flew 33.8 people in 2012. Body: I. More than 1 million of passengers have used the service by Air Asia. A. The passengers increased to 13 per cent for Air Asia Airplanes in year 2011. B. The percentages for load factor remain the same since last year. II. 22 new aircraft was added with Air Asia affiliates. A. Air Asia’s affiliates include Malaysia AirAsia‚ Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia. B. The increasing of passenger is to add
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to passenger traffic. Further strengthening its ASEAN network‚ the Group in December 2010 signed an agreement to establish a Philippine-based low-cost affiliate‚ which is expected to be operational by end 2011. The quest to democratise air travel began when Tune Air Sdn. Bhd. – founded in 2001 by Dato’ Sri Dr. Tony Fernandes‚ Dato’ Pahamin Ab. Rajab‚ Dato’ Kamarudin Meranun and Dato’ Aziz Bakar - bought over the loss-making‚ debt-riddled AirAsia from HI COM Holdings Berhad (now DRB-HICOM Berhad) for
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Links: below). Air Asia is currently the largest and the most successful budget airline in the whole of Southeast Asia‚ pioneered by Malaysian entrepreneur Tony Fernandes. He privately bought Air Asia‚ then an ailing government-linked airline and turned it around as a no-frills budget airline until it was profitable and publicly listed. Possibly the only
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Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit. Fernandes proceeded to engineer a remarkable turnaround‚ turning a profit in 2002 and launching new routes from its hub in Kuala Lumpur International Airport at breakneck speed‚ undercutting former monopoly operator Malaysia Airlines with promotional fares as low as RM1 (US $0.27). AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since 2001‚ to become an award winning and the largest low cost carrier in Asia. Organization A new budget
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