AirTran poses many obstacles for SWA’s sales strategy. The acquisition will threaten the pricing structure of SWA. It will give them the opportunity to raise its fair‚ as there is less competition in the Northeast (where AirTran serves) and major airlines have paired off leaving only five major players (Huffington post‚ 2010). Further promoting a fare increase is SWA’s refusal to charge for baggage. Although‚ this is a great sales tactic‚ it provides no source of revenue‚ resulting in a fare increase
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Malaysia Airline should reduce the price of ticket to attract more passengers. Although the profit will be reduce‚ but the increase of the number of passengers will cover it back. In long term‚ it will bring more benefit to the company. Malaysia Airline also needs to have more promotion to attract the low income of passengers. For example‚ promote special ticket for a group of students or for family to travel during the school holiday. This is because during holiday‚ many of the students and family
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SABENA BELGIAN WORLD AIRLINES The company Sabena was the Belgian air carrier and one of the oldest in the world. It played it most crucial role in the development of Belgium’s colonial ties to Africa >> The airline was an important component of Belgium’s national sovereignty. The dependence on African routes resulted in long run problems after the colonies achieved independence >> Even losing money‚ the Belgium government continued to support it due to historical and employment importance.
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company Vietnam Airlines is the national carrier of Vietnam‚ which was established in 1956 under the name Vietnam Civil Aviation. Vietnam Airlines offers excellent service‚ high quality products‚ relaxing atmosphere at competitive price to their customers. They also generate a hospitable‚ effective and dynamic working environment for all their employees to perform the best abilities and skills to the company. Vietnam Airlines mission: Their mission is to be one of the best airlines in the world
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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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Airline Catering What is airline catering? Airline catering is a business that provides food service at a remote site‚ specifically airline companies. It involves providing meals for passengers on board an aircraft as well as for restaurants situated at airport terminals. Modern airports have a variety of food and beverage outlets to cater to the increasing number of air passengers. Catering to passengers en route is normally contracted out to a flight catering unit of a reputed hotel or to a
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3110 L1 Case Report: Southwest Airlines What is SWA’s competitive strategy? What does it take to execute the competitive strategy? The SWA has adopted ‘Cost Leadership’ as its competitive advantage. And it has achieved low cost through numerous ways. To commence with‚ the Southwest workforce routinely turn around an aircraft in only 15 minutes and its gates are manned by a single agent and have a ground crew of six or fewer‚ which are much lower than other airlines. In other words‚ the SWA needs
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Case Study > Data Warehousing Continental Airlines I. Executive Summary Table of Contents I II III IV V Executive Summary The Decision to Invest Implementation New Business Strategies ROI 2 4 6 9 19 20 Technical Appendix A Continental’s comeback from “Worst to First” is an airline industry legend. Now the company is engaged in a new initiative to move from “First to Favorite.” To support this ambitious initiative‚ Continental tapped into its Enterprise Data Warehouse and expanded it
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Deregulation of the airlines in 1978 forced the industry to rethink their business strategy in order to be successful during a period of widespread operating losses due to an economic recession‚ striking air traffic controllers and brutal price wars. The poster child for innovation during this period was Astro Airlines founded in 1980 by its charismatic leader‚ Arthur Burton. Enthusiasm‚ excitement and optimism were watch words used to describe the atmosphere at Astro Airlines in the initial years
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and most profitable airlines in the world. Yet the secret of its success is largely unknown outside the Arab world. Donald N. Sull‚ Sumantra Ghoshal and Felipe Monteiro unveil some of the mystery that shrouds a national carrier that enjoys no state handouts – and treats its employees as a giant family. The ess than two decades after its foundation‚ Emirates placed the biggest order in civil aviation history‚ for $19 billion worth of aircraft. This at a time when the industry was facing a global
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