Strategic Management “American Airlines ” Case Study Strategic Management Prepared By Fathi Salem Mohammed Abdulla 2009 37 Introduction American Airlines‚ Inc. (AA) is a major airline of the United States. It is the world ’s largest airline in passenger miles transported and passenger fleet size; second largest‚ behind FedEx Express‚ in aircraft operated; and second behind Air France-KLM in operating revenues. A subsidiary of the AMR Corporation‚ the airline is headquartered in Fort Worth
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South Africa’s airline industry’s companies have been fighting to stay in the black over the past year‚ with SAA getting a R6bn recapitalization (which they claim is not a bail-out)‚ new entrants like Velvet Sky not lasting a full 12 months in the industry and established low cost carrier company Kulula.com’s parent company Comair slipping into the red for the year ended December 2011 (Comair declares six-month loss amid rising costs‚ (n.d)). I will be discussing the macro-environmental forces that
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a common mode of transportation to get fastest way to reach your destination. In the Philippines‚ a third world country‚ have a numerous airlines providing air travel service. Ensure the passenger safety which include in the ticket we had paid off. Aviations safety tackles all preventive measure in danger or risk inboard or even inside the airport. The airline must ensure it to the passengers‚ in order to gain profit and loyalty from them. In early years of aviation industry in the Philippines‚ many
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CASE PREPARATION : SINGAPORE AIRLINES 1. WHAT IS THE ‘SERVICE CONCEPT’ OF SINGAPORE AIRLINES?Singapore Airlines handles a strategy of Service Excellence which means they have to deliver an outstanding service to their customers all the time and on every aspect of the flying-experience. Furthermore they want to provide this high quality service in a safe‚ reliable and economical way‚ so this excellence also has to be cost-effective. Singapore Airlines understands that to give their customers the
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IndiGo Airlines – A Case study in International Business Strategy The right thing to do is also the smart thing to do The success of Indigo is a mix of a clear brand promise of "on time" and supported with slick branding and signage‚ smart technology support and a passionate and young work force who multi-task. About Indigo IndiGo is India’s largest airline with a market share of 29.5 per cent as of June‚2013 as well as the country’s largest low fare carrier. IndiGo is the fastest growing
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crew‚ this U.S. airline provides outstanding customer service. Delta Air Lines is one of the largest and most well-known airlines in the world. Delta Air Lines began as a small crop dusting company (Huff Daland Masters) in the early 1920’s and transformed into a major transportation American airline (Welcome). The company has been growing year by year to get where they are today. They continue to not only increase in size‚ but also quality‚ hence their slogan‚ ““Building a better airline‚ not just a
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20 Lockheed Martin Corporation 21 Northrop Grumman Corporation 23 Raytheon Co. 24 Other Manufacturers 25 Airbus 25 United Technologies 26 KEY SUCCESS FACTORS 26 Reducing Costs 26 Maintaining Access to Foreign Markets 27 INDUSTRY PROSPECTS AND OVERALL ATTRACTIVENESS 29 Factors Making the Industry Attractive 29 Factors Making the Industry Unattractive 31 Special Industry Problems and Issues 32 Profit Outlook 33 “Micro Jet” Airplanes 33 CONCLUSION 35 Works Cited 37 Appendix
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Situational Analysis: Internal factors: Strengths: Joint Venture with Japanese Airline Partnership with JetBlue Member of oneworld alliance International - Flies to North America‚ the Caribbean‚ South America‚ Europe and Asia Number of routes AAdvantage frequent flyer program Weaknesses: Older airplanes Unstable chairs on their airplanes Current financial situation External factors: Opportunities: Merge with another airline Reorganization of their company Successful retrenchment
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Diego Rodriguez‚ Deema Alomar‚ Seungyeon lee 10/05/09 Case Analysis Southwest Airline final draft Jennifer Uhler BPE reading‚ writing research Background Summary Southwest Airlines based in Dallas was founded in 1967 by Rollin King and Herb Kelleher. It is one of the major domestic airliners which provides carrier and transportation service. This company has 35‚499 employees and it runs over 500 Boeing 737 aircraft in 67 cities in the US. Southwest’s principal values are: Providing low-fare and
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I. INTRODUCTION A. Introduction U.S. Flightways (USF) is a large-sized airline which is publicly traded and has 80.000 employees. It serves more than 50 countries and 250 destinations. Latest airline related measurements show that the Available Seat Mile for USF is 169.9 and the Revenue Passenger Mile is 138.4. The Passenger Load Factor shows 81.5 and The Cost per Available Seat Mile is 11.3 cents per mile‚ whereas the Revenue per Available Seat Mile shows 10.7 cents per mile. USF has a total
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