budget no-frills airline. However‚ his application for a license from the Malaysian government was rejected. [edit] Launching AirAsia It was through Datuk Pahamin A. Rejab‚ the former secretary-general of the Malaysian Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry that Fernandes got to meet up with the then Prime Minister‚ Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in October 2001. AirAsia‚ the heavily-indebted subsidiary of the Malaysian government-owned conglomerate‚ DRB-Hicom‚ was losing money speedily. Instead
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its hub in Kuala Lumpur International Airport at breakneck speed‚ undercutting former monopoly operator Malaysia Airlines with promotional fares as low as RM1 (US $0.27). In 2003‚ AirAsia opened a second hub at Senai Airport in Johor Bahru near Singapore and launched its first international flight to Bangkok. AirAsia has since started a Thai subsidiary‚ added Singapore itself to the destination list‚ and commenced flights to Indonesia. Flights to Macau started in June 2004‚ while flights to Mainland
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Blue Ocean of Airasia: introduction Blue oceans might provide profitable high-growth for companies with new competitive advantages. Many companies over the worldhi have created blue oceans but these blue oceans only remain in a short periods and quickly become red oceans. Kim and Maugne claimed in their book that in order to have sustainable competition advantages‚ blue oceans should be different attached by low cost. However‚ the fact shows that innovations are expensive so it is difficult to
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STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES Article taken from WSJ dated Wednesday May 02‚ 2012 “AirAsia Flies Better Without Flag Carrier” • largest budget carrier (Economy of scale) • Very strong management team • Very good in strategy formulation and execution (Economy of scale) • Strong brand equity - AirAsia’s brand name is well established in Asia Pacific (Learning Curve) • Cost advantage (Economy of scale) • Market share leadership- AirAsia is the low cost leader in Asia (Economy of scale) • International alliances
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perception of low-cost travel‚ giving rise to a diverse cross-section of passengers. The AirAsia chief executive says: "We show that low-cost does not mean low class. In the Jakarta-Kuala Lumpur flight‚ you’ll find women with diamonds sitting beside maids. You could not see that before. That shows we’re reaching everyone." 1) Geographic characteristics The geographic characteristics of the target market of AirAsia are within the Australasian region. Attract people from Australia who wish to visit the
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Chapter I: Introduction 1.1 Company Background AirAsia Berhad‚ which is also known as AirAsia‚ is an airline company that provides air transportation service. The airline was established in 1993 and started operation 18 November 1996. A government-owned conglomerate DRB-Hicom originally founded it. They were having heavily indebted on December 2‚2001. An executive from company Tune Air Sdn‚ Tonny Fernandes‚ purchased it. The company’s headquarters is in Sepang‚ Selangor‚ Malaysia. After Tonny
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Talent Solutions Case Study AirAsia Business Challenge Company Profile AirAsia‚ the leading and largest low-cost carrier in Asia‚ services an extensive network of 85 destinations. Within 10 years of operations‚ it has carried over 152 million guests and grown its fleet from just two aircraft to 106. The airline today is proud to be a truly ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) airline with established operations based in Malaysia‚ Indonesia‚ Thailand‚ Philippines and
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MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) has admitted that it is tough fighting a low-cost carrier (LCC). It has decided to use its wholly owned unit‚ Firefly‚ to take on AirAsia. Firefly will turn into a true blue LCC and use jets in the attack. On Monday‚ Firefly said it would fly commercial jets for domestic routes and begin with crossover routes‚ e.g. Kota Kinabalu and Kuching‚ on Jan 15. Asean will be its next stop. Its B737-800s will take off from KL International Airport (KLIA). Firefly wants to have
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Answers – Business Proposal The company selected for this business proposal is AirAsia Berhad (hereafter referred as AirAsia) and both the business and financial performance of AirAsia would be analysed from 1st January 2009 to 31st December 2011. “The company was incorporated in 2001‚ as a private limited liability company both incorporated and domiciled in Malaysia. AirAsia was converted into a public limited liability company on 8th June 2004 and became listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia
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This points to a huge opportunity for AirAsia and the aviation industry in general. However‚ this large market is recognized by all and is the reason why new players are waiting to enter the Industry to exploit this potential. It is pertinent to note that the number of air travelers in Indonesia has grown during the last there of 2005-08 as compared to the same period last year‚ as per estimates of Amadeus Worldwide. Product differentiation – At present‚ AirAsia differentiates its no frills product
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