Case 3-1: Southwest Airlines Corporation What is Southwest’s strategy? What is the bases on which Southwest builds its competitive advantage? Cost cutting SWAC uses a low-cost strategy. They had the lowest operating-cost structure in the domestic airline industry. Employee satisfaction Together with this strategy‚ they want to achieve customer satisfaction by employee satisfaction. They are famous for their customer and employee relationship. SWAC has been recognized by multiple organizations
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Southwest Airline of the Future Mike Reeder Indiana Wesleyan University June 24‚ 2013 SOUTHWEST AIRLINE OF THE FUTURE Southwest has a strong excellent reputation shown in the Diamond Award that it won this past year in the Air Cargo World’s Air Cargo Excellence (Southwest Among Repeat Winners‚ 2013). Another strength of Southwest is that it has been in business for the last 42 years and made it 36 years in a row with a positive profit
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KLIA S3‚ Southern Support Zone Kuala Lumpur International Airport 64000 Sepang‚ Selangor Darul Ehsan Phone number: +603 2171 9333 (Booking) +603 2171 9222 (Inquiry) Website: http://www.airasia.com Company activity: Airline Company TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION 01 PRESENTATION OF THE FIRM 02 NAME AND LEGAL STATUS 02 HISTORY AND GROWTH OF THE COMPANY 02 FIGURES 03 Financial High lights 03 Significant Figures
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Southwest Airlines SWOT & PEST Analyses Xavier Quarterman 10/9/2012 Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is an air travel company that was started in 1971 by two men‚ Rollin King and Herb Kelleher (Russell 2005). Their goal was to combine airline travel with low cost and a sense of fun‚ today that goal has grown into one of the world’s richest and most profitable airlines today. But as with any business it is necessary to formulate strategies that can help the company stay on track of achieving
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airport layout. They also claimed that the number of gates needed for their operations in the future are insufficient. Autonomy - AirAsia purports it would not have any say in the new facilities in KLIA and that Malaysia Airports Berhad‚ the operators of KLIA‚ intends to build. The airline fears that landing and other charges could rise. It thus announced a plan to build its own airport which it claims will be built on time and to keep expenses low. There has been frustration by AirAsia in the poor
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3) Ryanair was introduced as a low-cost airline in 1991‚ CEO Michael O’Leary used the low-cost American‚ SouthWest airline model to plan their tactical direction. Ryanair has set values‚ which they want to succeed in such as: product leader‚ operationally excellent and being intimate with their customers. ( Dbuccellato2011‚ 2012) As for Southwest airlines‚ it is a people-oriented company and uses that orientation to leverage its advantages. It cuts costs by having employees who work for a company
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Analysis of Southwest Airlines Module: Business Management Vanessa Eelma Alyssa Julianna Farkas Thomas Schillinger Peter Lukacs Attila Radvanszki Adam Radvanszki 29th November‚ 2010 Word Count : XXXX Contents 1. Introduction 3 2. Literature Review 4 2.1 General Introduction of Theories Used 4 2.2 SWOT Analysis 4 2.3 External Factors 4 2.4 Organizational Structures 4 2.5 Hofstede’s Theory 5 2.6 Cultural Elements 5 2.7 Motivation 5 3 Analysis of Southwest
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Thesis statement: Air Asia flew 33.8 people in 2012. Body: I. More than 1 million of passengers have used the service by Air Asia. A. The passengers increased to 13 per cent for Air Asia Airplanes in year 2011. B. The percentages for load factor remain the same since last year. II. 22 new aircraft was added with Air Asia affiliates. A. Air Asia’s affiliates include Malaysia AirAsia‚ Thai AirAsia and Indonesia AirAsia. B. The increasing of passenger is to add
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Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………………15 AirAsia Background Information AirAsia is Malaysian low-cost airline that provides both domestic and international flights. AirAsia started operating on 18 November 1996‚ it pioneered low cost travelling in Asia. In 2001‚ the airline which was heavily indebted was purchased by Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd. Under his charge‚ AirAsia has become one of the biggest low cost airlines operating in Asia today. Its main hub is based in the Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala
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As everyone knows‚ European and Asian countries are relatively different. Differences are visible in appearance‚ figures‚ or in the way things work on both continents. We may ask you not to take this article too seriously because it is written from one person’s perspective‚ but instead‚ please laugh at the stereotypes about both cultures! Here are your check-up points when you are about to visit Europe or Asia! Opinion European: European speakers usually present their opinions in a straight
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