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 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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1/6/14 Sindhu’s World: Five Forces Analysis On Cola Wars & Soft drink Industry. Share 0 More Next Blog» Create Blog Sign In Sindhu’s World My Travel Blog/ A note to pen down my thoughts:) Friday‚ July 16‚ 2010 Hello! Five Forces Analysis On Cola Wars & Soft drink Industry. Welcome to my world of travel experiences‚ interesting assignments & thoughts‚ ranging from insight to weirdness! Soft drink industry: The Soft Drink Industry is primarily engaged in manufacturing
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this executive summary is to give recommendations on Ryanair‚ along with supporting logic for the recommendations. In the following paragraph‚ I will focus on Ryanairs’ strategic analysis‚ game theory application for the strategic analysis‚ and finally give recommendations based on reasonable analysis. Strategic Analysis The main strategy for Ryanair is its low cost structure. Ryanair undercut its Dublin-London service at I£98. The reason Ryanair was able to offer low fares was because they only
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Ryanair Case Analysis 1. What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? Was it a good strategy? In your answer consider potential market demand‚ pricing and Ryanair’s likely cost structure. After having grown up in the airline industry‚ the Ryan brothers proved they were able to operate a scheduled airline successfully with their 14 seat flights between southeast Ireland and a secondary London airport. Their strategy was to expand to the Dublin-London route‚ a known lucrative route for
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Although Ryanair inspired its strategy from the low cost model Southwest has created‚ we can easily notice that there is now major differences between Ryanair and Southwest Airlines. 1. They are not targeting the same market. In 2009 Ryanair had over 850 routes across 26 countries in Europe‚ while Southwest is only focused on the domestic market (except from Mexico and the Caribbean‚ after its acquisition of AirTran Airways). Even if Ryanair considered the opportunity to go overseas‚ they dropped
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Case 5 - A Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair Key Issue: The key issue in this case is that Ryanair’s competitive advantage is based on offering customers an easy-to-imitate low price. While it may be operationally effective‚ they have no strategic positioning. Supporting Arguments: Ryanair’s low prices were not a strategy to gain market share. They were simply out of necessity to stay afloat as their sales plummeted. However‚ as their prices dropped to increase sales‚ they did manage to generate
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DogFight over Europe: Ryanair Global Business Strategy What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? Is it sensible? Will it succeed? We believe that Ryanair’s launch strategy was successful and we will justify this statement with information that was provided in the Ryanair’s case. To begin with‚ Ryanair airline was not that hard to establish for Cathal and Declan Ryan because of the capital that Ryanair’s founders managed to get from their father‚ Tony Ryan‚ who was a co-founder of
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1. What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy. After establishing its ability to transport passengers from Ireland to secondary London airports (i.e. Luton and Gatwick)‚ Ryanair entered competition with British Airways and Aer Lingus to provide air travel from Dublin to London. They were able to complete with these well-established carriers by: A. focusing intently upon first-rate customer service and amenities comparable to BA and AL B. offering a simple ticket w/ no restrictions
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