COMPANY PROFILE Ryanair Holdings (Ryanair or ‘the company’) operates low fare scheduled passenger airline serving short haul‚ point to point routes between Ireland‚ the UK‚ and Continental Europe‚ as well as Morocco. It is headquartered in Dublin‚ Ireland and employs about 8‚560 people. The company recorded revenues of E3‚629.5 million ($4‚796.7 million) during the financial year ended March 2011 (FY2011)‚ an increase of 21.5% over FY2010.The operating profit of the company was E488.2 million ($645
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Ryanair’s average flight represents just 442 miles which is the equivalent of average length of passenger haul. This is a relatively small number that can be explained by the fact that Ryanair does not offer transatlantic flights‚ but focuses exclusively on routes between Ireland‚ the UK and Continental Europe. If one divides the number of employees at period end by the employees per aircraft served at period end one receives the number of airplanes‚ in this case 41‚38 airplanes. Furthermore one
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Europe. The market share leader is Ryanair. Important competitors are EasyJet‚ Air Berlin and the two smaller airlines: Norwegian Airlines and Wizz air. Also Aer Lingus can be seen as a competitor‚ despite the share of Ryanair in the carrier. Due to the economic recession opportunities for budget carriers increased. By mid-2009‚ budget airlines accounted for over 35% of scheduled intra-European traffic. Different players on the low-cost airline market Ryanair is an low-cost carrier‚ positioned
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Case 5 - A Dogfight over Europe: Ryanair Key Issue: The key issue in this case is that Ryanair’s competitive advantage is based on offering customers an easy-to-imitate low price. While it may be operationally effective‚ they have no strategic positioning. Supporting Arguments: Ryanair’s low prices were not a strategy to gain market share. They were simply out of necessity to stay afloat as their sales plummeted. However‚ as their prices dropped to increase sales‚ they did manage to generate
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low-fares service. Ryanair aims to offer low fares that generate increased passenger traffic while maintaining a continuous focus on cost-containment and operating efficiencies. The key elements of Ryanair’s strategy are: Low Fares. Ryanair’s low fares are designed to stimulate demand‚ particularly from fare-conscious leisure and business travelers who might otherwise have used alternative forms of transportation or would not have traveled at all. Ryanair sells seats on a one-way
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focused on a S.W.A.T. analysis on Ryanair‚ was fully based on internet web sites. For full information‚ refer to the bibliography at the end of he report. 3. Findings 3.1 Strengths a. Leadership in the low-cost sector • “Ryanair was Europe’s original low fares airline and is still Europe’s largest low fares carrier. Currently the company carries over 35m. passengers on 325 low fare routes across 21 European countries”( Ryanair). As a matter of fact Ryanair is currently the largest low-cost company
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Nova School of Business and Economics 2012/2013 DOGFIGHT OVER EUROPE: RYANAIR Case Study This set of questions refers to Version (A): 1. Which kind of customers was Ryanair trying to attract when‚ in 1999‚ Michael O’Leary took charge of the firm? Those with a low price elasticity of demand or those with a high price elasticity of demand? Explain. Considering that we are talking about the same product‚ in an industry with many firms‚ where producers and consumers know all quoted prices
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Individual report (20%): What are the strategic choices for Ryanair? a) The choice of business positioning relative to competitors. b) The choice of strategic directions to pursue. c) Evaluate the reactions of key stakeholders regarding the strategy of Ryanair bid for Aer Lingus. -The business report should be précised. - Length is 2‚000 words (1‚800 to 2‚200) plus 10% deviation. Too brief or too long will be penalized. You need to indicate the words count at the front page of your report.
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Ryanair Marketing Mix Product or Service. - Low cost‚ no frills air travel to European destinations. - No free food or drink onboard. You buy them onboard‚ or you don’t. You can take your own food and drink. - The company has deals with Hertz car rental‚ and a number of hotel businesses‚ phone cards and bus tickets. Ryanair takes a commission on ’up selling’. About 16% of profit is made this way. Price - Ryanair has low fares. -70% of seats are sold at the lowest two fares. 30% of seats
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Assignment Ryanair Case 1-What is your assessment of Ryanair’s launch strategy? - Will it be successful? Or is it fatally flawed? Why? - Does Ryanair’s strategy give it a competitive advantage over the rivals? 2- How do you expect Aer Lingus and British Airways to respond? Why? - Focus on competitor analyses of Aer Lingus and British Airways. What does Aer Lingus want to achieve? What does British Airways want to achieve? - What are the reasons to expect vigorous retaliation from Aer Lingus
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