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 by the entrepreneur Richard Branson in 1982 and now flies to 30 destinations around the world (Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd‚ 2011). By looking at the PEST forces of Virgin’s external environment‚ the aim is to see how these influence the airline and how Virgin can use this information to their advantage. Two main political factors in Virgin’s
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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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Ryanair and Virgin Atlantic Both of them are recent creations in airline transport business‚ they started life in competition with major national flag carrier airlines and grew to be major challengers to these established companies. Virgin Atlantic’s air transport business originated in the long-haul‚ mainly transatlantic market which might be highly profitable but is also extremely competitive. It attracts passengers by offering a superior experience and is firmly positioned at the quality
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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 |Management Information
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Table of contents Introduction: 3 Competitive strategy of Virgin Atlantics: 3 Advantages: 6 Limitations: 8 Recommendations: 10 Constant analysis: 10 Hybrid strategy: 10 Competitive prices: 11 Value added services: 11 Conclusion: 12 Introduction: Today‚ competition in international markets has become severe and in order to sustain relevant position‚ organizations need to assume competitive strategies so that they can gain competitive advantages. (Rao‚ pp.185‚ 2011) The dynamic condition
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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
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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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Topic Page 1 Introduction 3 2 Introduction – Some more facts 4 3 Introduction – Triple bottom-line 6 4 Triple bottom-line - Virgin Atlantic – Social perspective 9 5 Triple bottom-line - Virgin Atlantic – Environmental perspective 10 6 Triple bottom-line - Virgin Atlantic – Economical perspective 12 7 Sir Richard Branson – Founder of Virgin Atlantic – Introduction and Initiatives 13 “Safety‚ security and consistent delivery of the basics are the foundations of everything
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Question 1 Virgin group limited is world largest british multinational company founded by Richard branson.it has various core business like travel‚entertainment and life style and it includes 400 companies world wide. Virgin Group’s date of incorporation is listed as 1989 by Companies House‚ who class it as a holding company; however Virgin’s business and trading activities date to the 1970s. The net worth of Virgin Group as of September 2008 was £5.01 billion. Virgin Group operates from
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Executive Summary Virgin Atlantic is one of the leading luxury airline and part of the Virgin Group of companies‚ a highly valued name in United Kingdom and United states. Virgin is one of the leaders in most of the industries it operates in. A major reason for the success of Virgin Air is the CEO of the Virgin group Richard Branson‚ whose vision and dynamic personality has led to one of the most talked about creation and growth of a business group. Richard has been able to use his personality
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