with the vision to make “Everyone can fly” by focusing on the low cost aviation business sector through Air Asia’s own innovative solutions‚ efficient processes and a passionate approach to business as initially proposed and still facilitated now by the company’s original founder and the current CEO of the group‚ Tony Fernandes‚ it has successfully paved a viable way for its continual development in the aviation business. And now base in its headquarter‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ Air Asia has expanded its route
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Air Asia AirAsia Berhad‚ is a Malaysian low-cost airline. It operates scheduled domestic and international flights and is Asia’s largest low fare‚ no frills airline. AirAsia was a pioneer of low cost flights in Asia. It is also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticketless travel and unassigned seats. However‚ as of 5 February 2009‚ AirAsia has implemented allocated seatings across all AirAsia flights‚ including in their sister airlines‚ Indonesia AirAsia and Thai AirAsia. Its main
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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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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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AirAsia company analysis AirAsia is the leading low-cost airline company in Asia. The company provides transportation for passengers and cargo services across domestic and international markets from 97 destinations in 21 countries. It consists of over 8‚000 staff and makes up a market capital approximately RM7.06 billion (AirAsia‚ 2012). AirAsia’s competitors are Malaysia Airlines and other national airlines. AirAsia has five Air operation’s certificates (AOCs) – Malaysia‚ Thailand‚ Indonesia Philippines
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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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- Who is Tony Fernandes? Malaysian entrepreneur and the founder of Tune Air Sdn.Bhd. Introduced the first budget no frills airline‚ AirAsia‚ to Malaysians with the tagline “Now everyone can fly” Why we chose him? Flying to over 65 destinations in more than 20 different countries. Their revenues have tripled since 2007 taking in 3‚948 million Malaysian Ringgit in 2010. Built a work force and corporate structure that would reflect his own personality Leadership
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Company Background AirAsia Berhad as know as AirAsia is a Malaysian low-cost airline. It operates scheduled domestic and international uflights and is Asia’s largest low fare‚ no frills airline. AirAsia pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. The airline was established in 1993 and started operations on 18 November 1996. A government-owned conglomerate DRB-Hicom originally founded it. On 2 December 2001‚ the heavily-indebted airline was purchased by former Time Warner executive Tony Fernandes’s company
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GROUP ASSIGNMENT & EXERCISE QUESTIONS PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING & INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING SEPTEMBER 2012SEMESTER Week 1 - overview | 1. Discussion on Course Plan 2. Forming a group: Principles of Marketing (3-4 in a group) Introduction to Marketing (4-5 in a group) Week 2 - Topic 1: Foundations of Marketing | Instructions: Read Harley Davidson case Discussion questions Few brands engender such intense loyalty as that found in the hearts of Harley-Davidson
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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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