The U.S. Airline Industry The U.S. airline industry provides a unique service to its customers. It transports people and goods with efficiency and convenience which is not achieved by any other service. The purpose of this article is to collect data on the U.S. airline industry and analyze the state of the industry today. Data came from sources such as the Federal Aviation Administration‚ scholarly articles‚ and websites such as dallas.culturemap.com and airwise.com. Tools used to analyze the data
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Commercial Airline Industry Industry Analysis Porter’s Five Force Threat of New Entrants: - Low • Existing loyalty to major brands • Incentives for using a particular buyer (such as frequent shopper programs) • High fixed costs in R & D • Scarcity of resources (technical ) • High costs of switching companies (maintenance cost) • Government restrictions or legislation Power of Suppliers: - Moderate to high • There are very few suppliers
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Airline deregulation is the process of removing restrictions on airlines affecting‚ in particular‚ which carriers are permitted to serve particular routes. As with other forms of deregulation‚ the terminology is sometimes criticised‚ since new forms of regulation are commonly developed to deal with problems such as the allocation of the limited number of slots available at airports. Airline services were historically heavily regulated‚ in part because of concerns about monopoly and oligopoly arising
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Airline Industry Overview History The airline business has been in existence for over 75 years. There have been many upward and downward swings in the overall airline business economy. History has recorded that while 140 airlines have declared Chapter 11; only two have emerged. Today‚ the U.S. airline industry is facing an unprecedented financial crisis and the outlook is bleak. Only one major carrier that has shown a profit over the past four years and‚ in the same timeframe‚ the other major
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(Simpson and Selph LTD) Introduction Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Case Study 2 (Fly – by – Night Airlines) Introduction Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 4 Question 5 Question 6 4 4 6 7 8 10 10 11 12 13 15 15 15 4.0 Conclusion and Recommendation 15 5.0 Bibliography 16 6.0 Declaration by Student 17 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This assignment consists of two case studies‚ the Simpson and Selph Ltd and the Fly – by – Nights Airlines. Case Study 1: The Simpson
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INTRODUCTIONS EasyJet was founded by Haji-Loannou in 1994. EasyJet‚ the company‚ is a low cost airline‚ looking to undercut traditional carriers that were already known and established in the industry. Originally‚ the company ran its operations absolutely on direct phone sales. In April 1998‚ EasyJet went online. It was a shaky start but one that would grow into a stable foundation. Since its launch‚ the site had taken more than 800‚000 bookings by March 2000. By September 2000‚ 85% of total
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SINGAPORE AIRLINES: WHAT IT TAKES TO SUSTAIN SERVICE EXCELLENCE – A SENIOR MANAGEMENT PERSPECTIVE Jochen Wirtz and Robert Johnston1 Published in: NUS Business School Research Paper Series‚ December 2001 1 Jochen Wirtz is Associate Professor of Marketing with the NUS Business School‚ Faculty of Business Administration‚ National University of Singapore‚ 17 Law Link‚ Singapore 117591‚ Tel: +65-8743656‚ Fax: +65-7795941‚ E- mail: fbawirtz@nus.edu.sg‚ Http://www.nus.edu.sg; Robert Johnston
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Contents 1.Introduction 1 2.Company background 1 3.Business Strategy 1 4.Stakeholder Analysis 3 5.Environmental and Organization Audit 5 6. Strategic positioning for SIA 8 7. An ability to think strategically for SIA 10 BCG’s growth / share matrix 11 8.Strategic plan for SIA 12 9.Conclusion 14 10.References 14 1.Introduction This report will outline Singapore Airlines (SIA) business’ environment to aid in its future strategy formulation and planning. Firstly‚ this report
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MALAYSIA AIRLINE SYSTEM (MAS) Corporate Information Historical evolution Malaysia Airlines had its humble beginning in the golden age of travel. A joint initiative of the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool‚ the Straits Steamship of Singapore and Imperial Airways led to a proposal to the government of the Colonial Straits Settlement to run an air service between Penang and Singapore. The result was the incorporation of Malayan Airways Limited (MAL) on 12 October 1937. On 2 April 1947‚ MAL
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Case Analysis – Tale of Two Airlines in the Network Age By –AKK This case analyses Prof. McPherson’s service experience with respect to two Airline carriers‚ which was not expected in this age of Network and Information Technology and also the service level expectations from the customers. First we analyze the setting/situation‚ issues Prof. McPherson experienced and his assumptions; and then try to address them. The bottom line: addressing such situations would improve efficiency‚ customer loyalty
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