Introduction The Virgin Group is one of the UK’s largest private companies. Virgin’s highest-profile business was Virgin Atlantic‚ which had developed to be a major force in the international airline business. Virgin Atlantic Airways has become Britain’s second largest airline serving the world’s major cities. On 20 December 1999 Richard Branson signed an agreement to sell a 49% stake of Virgin Atlantic to Singapore Airlines to form a unique global partnership. The cost of the transaction to Singapore
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Problem statement The main challenge facing Virgin Atlantic Airlines is identifying and executing a strategy that will help it become a more profitable and established airline in the industry going forward. Virgin had an income loss of 14.5 M pounds in 1991-92‚ and a small profit of 0.4 M pounds in 1992-93(Exhibit 2). In contrast‚ British Airways had $297.7 M profit which is 3.19% of its total sales in 1992 (Exhibit 10). VAA has been pursuing a marketing strategy to serve all classes of passengers with
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FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND LAW School of Management MSc Programmes Module Leader: Dr. Laura A. Costanzo Academic Year: 2010-2011 |Industry |European Airline Industry | |Company |Virgin Atlantic Airways | STRATEGY MODULE COURSEWORK |Student URN |MSc Programme |Surname & First Name | |6098320
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external business environment influence marketing strategies and outcomes The airline business is an industry that is competitive and unique‚ focussing on consumer choice and the responsiveness of airlines to changes in the external business environment. For any airline‚ this environment can be very complex as it is ‘hard for them to fully understand and impossible for them to fully control’ (The Times‚ n.d. p1). Virgin Atlantic is an international airline that is based in the UK. It was started
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1. Compare and contrast Virgin Atlantic Airway ’s strategic development with any other (non-virgin) airline. According to (1980)‚ firms are under great pressure to have modern plans to be competitive and should have adequate capability to achieve their target market share. Virgin Atlantic Airways is among the most successful business ventures of the Virgin empire owned by Richard Branson. Its strategic development is rooted on the need to surpass competitors while balancing financial resources
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8 3.0 The Marketing Mix 9 3.1 Product 10 3.2 Price 10 3.3 Place 10 3.4 Promotion 10 3.5 People 10 3.6 Process 11 3.7 Physical Evidence 11 4.0 Conclusion 14 5.0 Defining the Segment & Marketing Objective 14 5.1 SMART Objectives 15 5.2 Pestle Analysis 16/17 5.3 Swot analysis 17/18 6.0 Recommendations to changes to the Marketing Mix
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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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sharing agreement between Air India and Virgin Atlantic Airlines for the DEL- LON sector. During the last nine months there has been fare wars‚ value added services‚ alliances etc. Suddenly there seems some action in the Aviation Industry‚ where Virgin has acted as a lubricator. There are many other airlines‚ in bid of competition increasing their capacities or increase their flights for the same route. Introduction In the early 80s‚ when Virgin Atlantic was created‚ by Richard Branson was a
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Introduction The company I’m going to investigate is Virgin Atlantic. Virgin Atlantic is a British airline‚ which was founded almost 25 years ago; it is a leading player of Sir Richard Branson ’s Virgin Group‚ who own 51% of it and Singapore Airlines owns 49%. Its headquarters are located in Crawley‚ West Sussex‚ England‚ near London Gatwick Airport‚ they also have Technical Engineering Centers and other buildings and offices for cargo and Logistics in Manchester and Norfolk. It operates between
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Introduction Virgin Atlantic Airways (VAA) was set up in 1984 to provide a competitive alternative for business and leisure passengers on long-haul routes between the UK and major destinations. It was founded by Virgin group management and in few decades time it became prominent figure in UK airline business. It has grown steadily over past 25 years and now serves 30 destinations in US‚ Africa‚ Asia from Heathrow‚ Gatwick‚ Manchester and Glasgow (Palmer‚ 2012). Currently Virgin Atlantic is managed
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