Research in Transportation Economics‚ Volume 24‚ Issue 1‚ The Economics of Low Cost Airlines‚ 2008‚ Pages 61-67 Can long-haul low-cost airlines be successful? Dr Peter Morrell Cranfield University‚ Beds MK43 0AL‚ UK Phone: +44 1234 754242; Fax: +44 1234 752207 p.s.morrell@cranfield.ac.uk Abstract A key question is whether the very successful‚ largely short-haul LCC business model can work over long-haul sectors? This paper compares the cost and other advantages of LCCs and evaluates
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MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) has admitted that it is tough fighting a low-cost carrier (LCC). It has decided to use its wholly owned unit‚ Firefly‚ to take on AirAsia. Firefly will turn into a true blue LCC and use jets in the attack. On Monday‚ Firefly said it would fly commercial jets for domestic routes and begin with crossover routes‚ e.g. Kota Kinabalu and Kuching‚ on Jan 15. Asean will be its next stop. Its B737-800s will take off from KL International Airport (KLIA). Firefly wants to have
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Strength and weakness of AirAsia |strength |weakness | |Low cost operations. |Service resource is limited by lower costs. | |Fewer management levels‚ effective‚ focused and aggressive |Government interference and regulation on airport deals and | |management.
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presence in few countries such as Indonesia (Indonesia AirAsia) and Thailand (Thai AirAsia) has successfully “elevated” the brand to become a regional brand beyond just Malaysia. The links with Manchester United (one of the world’s most famous football teams) and AT&T Williams Formula One team have further boosted their image to a greater extend beyond just the this region 1. Operation effectiveness and outstanding efficiency One of the Air Asia strategies to solve the current issues/problem in the
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BUSINESS Air Asia leading airline was established with the dream of making flying possible for everyone. Since 2001‚ Air Asia has swiftly broken travel norms around the globe and has risen to become the world’s best. With a route network that spans through to over 20 countries‚ Air Asia continues to pave the way for low-cost aviation through our innovative solutions‚ efficient processes and a passionate approach to business. Together with our associate companies‚ Air Asia X‚ Thai Air Asia‚ Indonesia
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Business-Level Strategy of Air Asia Introduction: Aviation‚ an industry where it is full of fluctuations‚ has always been affected by various factors. It is not uncommon to see aviation-related companies keep changing their own strategies to make ends meet. Overall the air industry in Asia has continuously growth recently and maintains a high level of ranking. Among the explosive growth in budget airlines market‚ Air Asia is obviously the typical example for further study with the most fleet sizes
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marketing activities in order to compete and to survive in the competitive business. After a few days of discussion‚ four of us decided to choose company in airline service sector. The reason we are choosing this sector is because we found out its interesting and attractive part. As a result‚ we had finally choose the AirAsia Sdn Bhd airline. The reason why we choose this company is due to its luxury and satisfied service that we had experienced and this had inspire us want to know more about this
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Question 1 Discuss the growing demand for logistics. (10m) The reason for the rapid growth of the logistics industry can be attributed to the fact that a majority of the companies dealing in logistics operations target clients of medium size instead of targeting the stalwarts of the logistics industry. Nowadays‚ the advance IT technologies had make the internet retail or online shopping is growing rapidly and this will be an increasing source of demand for both large and smaller logistics units
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AIR ASIA BERHAD INTRODUCTION * AirAsia Berhad is part of the AirAsia Group‚ a world-famous low cost airline that operates extensive networks both domestically and internationally. * Since pioneering the low-cost carrier (“LCC”) model in ASEAN in 2001‚ it has grown from a domestic airline to the leading airline in Malaysia serving more than 55 destinations from its five hubs in Malaysia. Along with its affiliates (Thai AirAsia‚ Indonesia AirAsia‚ Philippines’ AirAsia and AirAsia Japan)
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Introduction AirAsia Berhad is the leading airline in Asia which offers the largest low fare for domestic and international flights. It was established as a low cost airline as a dream by making flying is possible for everyone. It is just like their company slogan ‘Now Everyone Can Fly’. It scheduled to travel up to 78 destinations across to 25 countries domestically and internationally. AirAsia was a company originally owned by Malaysian government which was later bought by Anthony Francis
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