Southwest Airlines in 2008 - 2009: Analysis and Recommendations Analysis Performed By: American Consulting Group‚ LLC CEO: Michael A. Evans Table of Contents Letter of Appreciation to Gary Kelly‚ CEO ……………………………...3 Executive Summary ……………………………………………..........4 Appendix 1 ……………………………………………………………….10 Appendix 2 ……………………………………………………………….11 Appendix 3 ……………………………………………………………….12 Appendix 4 ……………………………………………………………….13 Appendix 5 ……………………………………………………………….15 Appendix
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Ease of Entry/Exit 8 6. Technology/Innovation 9 7. Product Characteristics 10 i. Government 10 ii. Commercial Aircraft 11 8. Scale Economies 11 A. Internal 11 B. External 12 9. Experience Curve Effects 12 10. Capacity Utilization 13 11. Industry Profitability 14 SIX FORCES OF COMPETITION 14 1. Threat of New Entrants 15 2. Bargaining Power of Suppliers 16 3. Bargaining Power of Buyers 16 4. Threat of Substitute Products/Services 17 5. Intensity of Rivalry among Competitors 18 6.
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along the four dimensions? a) Geographic scope Southwest airline provides point-to-point service between midsize cities and secondary airports in large cities. This can help avoiding congestion in large airports and hence save an average 20% of average flight time. b) Choice of business (corporate portfolio) SWA focuses on only airlines services‚ especially the short-haul flights. c) Vertical Integration decision Southwest airline does all of its own ticketing‚ not making its seats available
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The Emirates Group is composed of airport services provider DNATA (the Dubai National Air Transport Association) and Emirates Airlines. Owned by the government of Dubai and based at the busiest airport in the Middle East‚ Emirates has flourished under the sheikdom’s ’wide open skies’ policy‚ in spite of the restrictions placed on it by other countries. The airline‚ renowned for its luxurious in-flight service‚ was unique among long-haul airlines in that it had not joined a global alliance such as
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Haryana‚ India. The airline started operations in August 2006 and currently holds the largest market share with 24.9 per cent in India. Ranking 11th among the 25 biggest low-cost airlines in the survey done by the CAPA (Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation) Indigo emerged as one of the largest low-cost airlines. Its capacity increased 34.6 per cent ; IndiGo and Indonesia’s Lion Air’s capacity growth is the second highest among all low-cost carriers ‚ only second to Spane’sVueling Airlines ‚ which added 40
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Identify L’Occitane’s core competence. With reference to resource based view‚ explain how the competence was created. 1. Respect for the Environment L’Occitane invested heavily in developing products that contain rich natural ingredients with traceable origins. The company follows the principles of phytotherapy and aromatherapy‚ without using animal products. All product tests are under medical supervision rather than tests on animals. L’Occitane also limits the use of silicones‚ chemical
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Situation Following the Deregulation in 1978‚ a competitive price war ensued among the airline industry as a direct result of the new freedom for airlines to set their own fares as well as route entry and exits. This gave rise to the operating structure of the airlines as it exists today‚ consisting of the point-to-point system and the hub and spoke system. With this came the change of focus for major airlines to non-stop‚ cross-country routes in densely populated cities‚ which‚ in a regulated environment
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINES Southwest Airlines Co. is a major U.S. airline and the world’s largest low-cost carrier‚ headquartered in Dallas‚ Texas. It was established in 1967 that operates Southwest Airlines and AirTran Airways to fly among three major Texas cities – Dallas‚ Houston and San Antonio. It is the biggest operator of the Boeing 737 in the world. Flight distances ranged from 190 to 250 miles and flight time were about 45 minutes. Today Southwest operates nearly 400 Boeing 737 aircraft to 59 U
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Airline Industry Analysis Page 1 of 15 Memorandum Date: Subject: To: From: July 13‚ 2009 Airline Industry Analysis Dr. Matt Ford Adam Brown‚ Radmila Gogzheyan‚ Greg Huwel‚ Marie Meininger‚ Josh Riedel‚ Christina Ryan Introduction The following is an analysis of the airline industry. Using collected information and Porter’s “Five Forces” model‚ we will provide information about the attractiveness of the airline industry and provide a recommendation based on that information. Industry Background
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relationship between Knowledge Management and Leadership; along with creating a successful organizational goal within Southwest Airlines. The mission statement of Southwest Airlines declares that” the company is dedicated to the highest quality of Customer Service delivered with a sense of warmth‚ friendliness‚ individual pride‚ and Company Spirit”(Southwest Airlines). Southwest Airlines pledges a commitment to provide its employees a stable work environment with equal opportunity to learn and for personal
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