Association. The American airline industry lost $1.5 billion in the first three months of the year 2008. For those low-cost carriers‚ they introduce stealth increases to airfares by adding ancillary charges for services such as checking baggage or airport check-in. On the other hand‚ legacy carriers with full-service promised choose to add “fuel surcharges” to tickets instead. However‚ both tactics have a natural limit and airlines will have to consider other strategies to deal with rising costs
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business benefits associated with cultural diversity thus the authors gained information from the in-depth interviews showed evidence that integrating cultural diversity into an organisation is not an easy process‚ but must be part of a long-term strategy to be effective. Cynthia‚ M. P. & Alan‚ W. L. (1983). Academy of Management Journal. Managerial Work: the influence of hierarchical level and functional specialty‚ 26(1)‚ 170-177. In this journal article Cynthia et al. analyze the importance
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DIVERSIFICATION The Virgin Group covers a wide range of industries But keeping the brand name in all of them is not a good strategy. This is because the brand Virgin originally stood for a particular set of products/services with its own brand image. But when it affixed it to every possible product/service that wasn’t necessarily related to the original product/service‚ it lost its value. The brand lost its brand image that it cannot deliver one particular message to its consumers as the products/services
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Chapter 2 Characteristics of the Airline Industry The real difficulty in changing any enterprise lies not in developing new ideas‚ but in escaping from the old ones. John Maynard Keynes 2.1 Introduction In recent years‚ the European airline industry has exhibited impressively dynamics. The sector has gone through a drastic change on both the supply and the demand side. Unlikely in other industries‚ the driving forces governing the recent changes do not depend mainly on technological factors
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Airline Alliances an Analysis Introduction: Liberalisation of the Airline Market now allows carriers to engage in alliances to form more powerful synergy’s and capture a larger share of the market. Since the introduction of The Airline Deregulation Act in 1978 in North America and similar acts worldwide the aviation industry has become one of the fastest growing industries. The main objective of this was to allow the market place to influence the development of airlines. The main development from
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assigned to create a report on Virgin Atlantic that should evaluate current practice of Virgin Atlantic and make recommendations that could help the company grow. This report will also include a Marketing Plan for Virgin Atlantic. In this report there will be an evaluation of their marketing practices including the marketing mix‚ with reference to theories and the current practices of Virgin Atlantic. 1.1 Company overview ‘Since it was founded almost twenty years ago‚ Virgin Atlantic Airways has become
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GROWTH (BG 007) ANALYSIS REPORT ON STUDY OF EMERGENCE OF EMIRATES AS A GLOBAL AIRLINE
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JenkinsModule Code: SHT 4002Date: December 2011 | | Executive Summary | This report consults literature from a range of academic resources in order to provide an understanding of strategy‚ strategic management and how firms achieve and sustain a competitive advantage. The paper will focus on Generic strategies implemented by firms in industry‚ low cost and differentiation. Moreover‚ emphasis is also placed on the importance for a company to understand and develop its core competencies‚ as
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FOR VIRGIN ATLANTIC � DONE BY: FATIMA ASLAM GHULAM HUSSAIN ID: 200600347 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW: � The idea for the airline stemmed from the creator of the Virgin brand‚ Richard Branson. In 1977‚ seventeen- year-old Branson started an advisory service that flourished into Virgin mail order record company within three years. After establishing Virgin Records as one of the world’s top six record companies by the early 1980s‚ Branson launched his new creation‚ Virgin Atlantic Airlines‚ by 1984
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Virgin Atlantic’s Marketing Approach Introduction Britain’s the second largest carrier service. Its huge popularity has ensured its success worldwide. This success is also due to a strategic plan implemented buy Virgin Atlantic. This presentation will attempt to point out some of these key strategies Isolating Its Target Market The airline decided early on that its target market would be business men and leisure travelers. By catering solely to this target‚ virgin created a niche market for
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