Southwest Airlines Case Study Manohar Gadiraju Overview Southwest Airlines has been a cost leader in the airline industry with continuous growth and profits for the past 35 years. It has been the fourth largest domestic carrier with low priced routes and a no frills policy - free of in-flight meals and baggage transfers. The low cost fares‚ almost comparable to automobile transportation costs‚ have created both an unprecedented growth and new markets for this airline. Southwest was
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Case 1: Southwest Airlines 1. What is SWA’s strategy? What does it take to execute the strategy? Southwest’s strategy is to maintain low cost‚ low fares and frequent flights. SWA execute this strategy through emphasizes point to point routes‚ which means customers fly directly to their final destination. According to annual report of 1993‚ 80 percent of its customers fly non-stop to their final destination. Furthermore‚ SWA also pays off in shorter turnaround times and higher equipment. Therefore
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uth-West AirlineA07-05-0006 Southwest Airlines 2005 You are now free to move about the country.™ In 2005‚ Southwest Airlines (Southwest)‚ the once-scrappy underdog in the U.S. airline industry‚ carried more domestic passengers than any other U.S. airline. The company‚ unlike all of its major competitors‚ had been consistently profitable for decades and had weathered recessions‚ energy crises‚ and the September 11 terrorist attacks. In recent years‚ Southwest had become more aggressive with its
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While the major airlines in the United Stated were making a lost of approximately $8 billion‚ Southwest was the only airline company that was profitable as well as facing a rapid grow-with a 25 percent sales increase in 1992. In 2005‚ Southwest was the sixth largest airline in United Stated. The success of Southwest is mainly linked to its pricing strategy‚ it positioned itself as a low-price‚ short hauls and bare bones operation. There are numerous distinctive characteristics that had lead to
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SOUTHWEST AIRLINE ANALYSIS Contents SOUTHWEST AIRLINE CASE STUDY 4 INTRODUCTION 4 PART 1: EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 5 OVERVIEW 5 MACRO-ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS 6 PESTEL Analysis 6 Industry Analysis 9 Five Forces Model Pictorial Representation 9 Five Forces Analysis 10 PART 2: INTERNAL ANALYSIS 13 OVERVIEW 13 SWOT ANALYSIS 14 Strengths 14 Weaknesses 15 Opportunities 15 Threats 16 The VRIO Framework 16 FINANCIAL
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KINGFISHER AIRLINES HISTORY Kingfisher airlines was established in 2003. It is owned by the Bengaluru based United Breweries group. The airline started commercial operations in 9 May 2005 with a fleet of four new Airbus A320-200s operating a flight from Mumbai to Delhi. It started its international operations on 3 september 2008 by connecting Bengaluru with London. HISTORY (CONTD) Kingfisher’s head office is located in The Qube in Andheri (East)‚ Mumbai and its registered office is located
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Derek Brown Professor Janet Smith Employment Law BA370 1 August 2011 BACHELDER V. AMERICAN WEST AIRLINES The legal issue in this case is Penny Bachelder claims her employer‚ America West Airlines‚ violated the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 ("FMLA" or "the Act") when it terminated her in 1996 for poor attendance. Bachelder countered that according to the regulations implementing the FMLA‚ she was entitled to have her leave eligibility calculated by the method most favorable to her. Under
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Southwest Airlines: Staying ahead in the pricing Game Q1 what has been Southwest’s traditional pricing strategy? Why has this pricing strategy been so successful thought out the airline’s first three decades? Answer 1 : Southwest pricing strategy was the complete opposite of the industry’s conventional wisdom. They gave more flexibility to move planes around based on demand. Pricing strategy was successful thought out the first 3 decades because they cost were very lower relative to other airlines. Southwest
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University of huddersfield | How A Company/Organisation Attempts To Achieve Sustainable Competitive Advantage | The Application of Relevant Theory to the Eddie Stobart Group | | Author: Andrew Yelland Student Number: U0970411Course: Transport & Logistics ManagementModule: Strategic ManagementModule Tutor: Dr. Andrew JenkinsModule Code: SHT 4002Date: December 2011 | | Executive Summary | This report consults literature from a range of academic resources
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A CASE ANALYSIS ON NORTH-SOUTH AIRLINE I. CASE BACKGROUND Northern Airlines merged with Southeast Airlines to create the fourth largest U.S. carrier in which it inherited both an aging fleet of Boeing 727-300 aircraft and Stephen Ruth. As the new president of the airline‚ Stephen’s first concern is to create a financially solid company since it is a common presumption for airline industries that maintenance costs rise with the age of aircrafts. He noticed that there have been significant differences
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