Case: Porter Airlines Group: Issues: The issues facing Porter Airlines are whether or not the existing business model will remain valid during ongoing operations. The company needs to plan their expansion strategy and decide on how aggressively it can enter competitive markets. Analysis: Porter Airlines competitive position lies in its dominant position at YTZ as it is close to downtown Toronto‚ and is very attractive and attracts a higher yields ($/RPM – revenue per passenger mile).
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1 CAPACITY UTILIZATION IN INDIAN AIRLINES Danish A. Hashim* Sir Ratan Tata Fellow Institute of Economic Growth Delhi. 110 007. INDIA. E-mail: danish_hashim@yahoo.com April 2003 Abstract The financial performance of the state -owned Indian Airlines has deteriorated since 1989- 90. The main reasons cited for the poor financial performance of Indian Airlines include: rising fuel prices‚ excess staff‚ serving uneconomic routes and increasing expenses on insurance. However‚ low capacity utilization
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NOTE 1. Source: Jupiter Communications‚ 2000. WESTjET AIRLINES (A): THE CULTURE THAT BREEDS A PASSION To SuccEED Prepared by Ken Mark under the supervision of Professor Gerard Seijts Copyright© 2001‚ lvey Management Services INTRODUCTION It was April 17‚ 2001‚ and WestJet ’s market capitalization had just surpassed that of Air Canada ’s‚ the country ’s leading airline. "We ’re in the hospitality business and our culture is everything to us‚" stated Don Bell‚ co-founder and senior vice-president
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HUTCH & VODAFONE MERGER A brief study on Voodafone’s purchase of stake in Hutchison Telecom International GLOBSYN BUSINESS SCHOOL HUTCH "Hutch" is the GSM mobile network of Hutchison Teleco Limited‚ which is a fully owned subsidiary of Hutchison Telecommunications International Limited (HTIL)‚ a listed company in the New York and Hong Kong stock markets. HTIL is a leading provider of telecommunications services‚ operating or rolling out mobile telecommunications services in 9 countries‚ offering
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Task Three: Budget Airlines CONTENTS • Who and what are budget airlines • Marketing environment - Micro environment - Macro environment • Sources of information • Segmentation • Targeting • Positioning • Marketing mix – price • Questions Budget Airline Definition Budget airlines don’t have free meals and entertainment • Budget airlines don’t issue tickets • Budget airlines have only one class – budget class
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1978‚ President Carter signed into law the Airline Deregulation Act. The purpose of the law was to effectively get the federal government out of the airline business. By allowing the airlines to compete for their customers’ travel dollars‚ was the thinking‚ that fares would drop and an increased number of routes would spring up. Expected Results The results of airline deregulation speak for themselves. Since the government got out of the airline business‚ not only has there been a drop in
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Introduction History of the Microsoft Company History of the Yahoo Company Merger Conclusion Reference Introduction Voluntary amalgamation of two firms on approximately equal terms into one new legal entity called merger. Mergers are effected by exchange of the pre-merger stock (shares) for the stock of the new firm. Owners of each pre-merger firm continue as owners‚ and the resources of the merging entities are pooled
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Mergers and acquisitions (abbreviated M&A) is an aspect of corporate strategy‚ corporate finance and management dealing with the buying‚ selling‚ dividing and combining of different companies and similar entities that can help an enterprise grow rapidly in its sector or location of origin‚ or a new field or new location‚ without creating a subsidiary‚ other child entity or using a joint venture. The distinction between a "merger" and an "acquisition" has become increasingly blurred in various
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Acquisition of ABM AMNRO by RBS Introduction Mergers & Acquisition have become very popular throughout the world in the recent times. This has become popular due to globalization‚ liberalization‚ technological developments & intensely competitive business environment. Mergers and acquisition are a big part of corporate finance world. This process is extensively used for restructuring the business organization. In India‚ the concept of mergers and acquisition was initiated by the government bodies
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1. Newell’s corporate-level strategy is to grow and become “big enough to get attention” from its big buyers‚ such as the Walmart‚ Sears‚ Kmart (back then)‚ etc. The company’s CEO John McDonough saw the acquisition of other smaller companies as a way of achieving the $10 billion market value threshold‚ which would give Newell leverage and bargaining power over their big clients and fulfil the corporate-level strategy. Once a smaller company is acquired by Newell almost immediately it goes through
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