The case of Dogfight Over Europe: Ryanair describes the journey of two brothers and their emerging airline business. For almost a year their small airline had just one prop plane that held 14 passengers and operated within the small‚ secondary airports between Ireland and London. They experienced some initial success‚ but wanted to expand and grow the business more. The airline industry in Europe and more particularly Ireland and London was ripe for a new emerging business. There were many opportunities
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In its’ penetration of the aviation industry in 1985‚ Ryanair adopted a two prong strategy of focusing intently on providing first rate customer service and charging a simple‚ single fare for a ticket with no restrictions. This generic strategy was in contrast with British Airways and Aer Lingus which focused on providing a wide variety in its’ choice of ticket offerings to cater to the different market segments and in diversifying its business to derive more sources of revenue. Ryanair’s
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Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? Ryanair’s strategy to launch airline with single fare no restriction ticket at price less than half of other players would certainly get it the market share quickly. However‚ the success of this strategy would require Ryanair to manage the expenses and keep costs low. Ryanair has decided to offer full service (meals and amenities) while offering lower price. This would definitely put strain on the costs
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Boston and New York. British Airways had made tremendous strides during pre-1986 to improve its profitability‚ and was preparing to go private in 1987. By 1986‚ BA had operating margins of 6.9% for its entire roster of routes and only 4.4% for Europe. The company had reduced its staff by 30% to 38‚000‚ exited non-core business programs and ceased service on many smaller unprofitable routes surrendering them to competitors. Aer Lingus‚ on the other hand was government sponsored and by 1986
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Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (A) 1) What is your assesment of Ryanair´s launch strategy? The Ryanair’s launch strategy was not the best for that moment. They began flying between Ireland and London‚ in a very saturated market‚ which competed with two strong companies owned by the government and with great experience: Aer Lingus and British Airways (who also had come together to improve their perform). And also entered the market independent carriers Such as British Midland. Another important
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started operating between Dublin and the British capital. Two majors Airlines operated on this latter route at that time: British Airways and Aer Lingus‚ the Irish flag-carrier company. Moreover‚ some strong US airlines reached out for new routes into Europe after the deregulation of the domestic US airline industry‚ which made the pressure of competitors even more intense in the airline industry. Last but not least‚ charter flights‚ which thrived during the 1960’s to bypass the European regulations and
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Case: Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (C) A. What is Ryanair’s strategy and why has it been successful so far? In 1911‚ Ryanair faced cash flow problem‚ and was going to be bankrupted. However‚ it found the way to overcome this crisis by transform themselves from ordinary high-price airlines into the lowest price airline in the EU. They focused on 5 things to rebirth their company. 1. Focused on cut down the costs: Ryanair aggressively cut most of its costs in many ways. Found the routes and airports
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Lingus. Both airlines established routes in the lucrative Dublin - London markets and tap on profits from this route to finance their other less profitable operations. The demand for air travel between the Dublin and London has probably stabilized over the 10 years from the stagnant market share of half million air travelers. Ryanair’s strategy is focused on breaking this duopoly with the introduction of Ryanair’s low costs and efficient service on the same route. The strategy entails to achieve
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Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair Group D Competitive Strategy Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair (A) This case addresses the airline industry’s context after World War II until late 1980. The case is mainly focused on Ryanair’s entrance to the airline market and its road to expansion. Brief description of airline industry context: Initially‚ the main players was Europe’s national governments‚ as a result of merging small private-owned airlines into national “flag carriers” (service
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Dogfight over Europe RyanAir B / C (individual graded) 1. What went wrong? Why did Ryanair move from a successful launch to near bankruptcy? One of the biggest reasons for Ryanair’s downfall was that it tried to position itself as a low fare airline along with having first-rate services. It kept an unrestricted fare while still focusing on the best customer service and relationship. Although the low price was able to get Ryanair the customer base it needed‚ the increase in sales was not enough
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