Company overview: Air Asia After acquiring Air Asia from the Malaysian government in 2002‚ Tony Fernandes completely altered the business model of its previous owners and re-established the company with just 3 air planes. Owing debts of about 11 million U.S‚ this move was very risky; however by offering low cost prices‚ the company was able to attract sufficient travellers. After acquisition‚ 5 years later Air Asia became renowned globally as the least expensive airline in terms of cost per seat
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Version 1.0 Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats Analysis for AirAsia 1.0 Strengths Ø Air Asia has a very strong management team with strong links with governments and airline industry leaders. This is partly contributed by the diverse background of the executive management teams which consists of industry experts and ex-top government officials. For example‚ Shin Corp (formerly owned by the family of former Thai Prime Minister - Thaksin Shinawatra) holds a 50% stake in Thai AirAsia
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Air Asia is a carrier which was built up in 1993 and began its operations on November eighteenth‚ 1996. On 2nd December 2001‚ the vigorously obligated carrier was obtained by Tony Fernandes‚ proprietor of Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token whole of RM1 (Jusmpstart Malaysia‚ 2011). As a feature of the buy‚ Tony likewise took up the RM40million obligation. In any case‚ under the initiative of Tony Fernandes‚ today‚ Air Asia is a world renowned ease carrier that works broad systems both locally and globally
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this report‚ in terms of political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological‚ and natural forces‚ by turning risks into opportunities that benefit the company as a whole. 2.0 Political Environment 2.1 Government Assistance One of the major factors that assist in the growth of AirAsia would be the continuous support and assistance of the Malaysian government. Over the years‚ AA has noticeably boosted tourism in Malaysia and has helped transform KLIA into a major air travel hub (The Star Online‚ Saturday
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Case Study: Air Asia Identify the competitive advantages of Air Asia as a low cost carrier. Air Asia has a number of competitive advantages as a low cost carrier that fall into the following general categories; low cost operations‚ efficiency of operations‚ proven business model and management expertise and finally a distinctive corporate culture. Low cost operations: Air Asia has gone to great lengths to ensure all of their operational costs are kept to an absolute minimum‚ and have passed
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revenue‚ and profit of this company. All types of figure in balance sheet and income statement will be calculated and showed by graph to prove the difference figures in the particular years. The company we selected is AirAsia Berhad. As we know Air Asia is one of the famous airline companies in Malaysia. AirAsia is a name synonymous with low fares‚ quality service and dependability. With over 110 routes across 13 countries‚ AirAsia is truly Asia’s leading airline with the widest route connectivity
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1. INTRODUCTION TO AIR ASIA 1. COMPANY BACKGROUND AirAsia Berhad was established in 1993 and began operations on 18 November 1996. It was originally founded by government owned conglomerate‚ DRB Hicom. On 2 December 2001‚ the heavily in debted airline was bought by former Time Warner executive Tony Fernandes’s company Tune Air Sdn Bhd for the token sum of one ringgit (about USD 0.26 at the time) with USD 11 million (MYR 40 million) worth of debts. Fernandes turned the company around
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History of AirAsia 3-4 2.2 Vision Statement 5 2.3 Mission Statement 5 2.4 Objectives 5 3.0 Environmental Analysis 6 3.1 PESTEL Analysis 6 3.1.1 Political Factors 7-8 3.1.2 Economic Factors 8-9 3.1.3 Social Factors 9-11 3.1.4 Technological Factors 11 3.1.5 Environmental Factors 11-12 3.2 PORTER’s 5 Forces Model Analysis 12 3.2.1 Threats of New Entrants 12-13 3.2.2 Threats of Substitute 13-14 3.2.3 Bargaining Power of
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____________________________________________________________ ____ Completed By Woo Gim Chuan Marcus (J0704245) Name of Tutor (T01) XXX BUS 488 Strategy - T01 Question 1 AirAsia‚ which is one of the earliest low cost carriers (LCC) in Asia‚ has become a LCC since 2001. So far‚ it has expanded its network from Malaysia to Thailand to Singapore‚ Macau and even the Mainland China in 2006. In short‚ AirAsia “jumped out” from an intra-Malaysia and Thailand market to a “real AirAsia” in the
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Retrieved from http://www.travelweeklyweb.com/book-airasia-by-sms/2469 CII KPMG Indian Aviation Report (2012). KPMG Aviation Report. http://www.kpmg.com/IN/en/Press%20Release/Press-Release-Indian-Aviation-Report.pdf Air Asia India (2014). Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirAsia_India Air Asia announces two new routes (September 11‚ 2014). Business Standard. http://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/airasia-india-announces-two-new-routes-plans-to-add-5-more-aircrafts-before-november-114072401124_1
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