Grant‚ Robert M. Case Studies Section : case 9‚ Air Asia : The world’s lowest cost airline Grant‚ Robert M.‚ (2010) "Case Studies Section : case 9‚ Air Asia : The world’s lowest cost airline" from Grant‚ Robert M.‚ Contemporary strategy analysis : text and cases pp.625-635‚ Hoboken: Wiley © Staff and students of Edinburgh Napier University are reminded that copyright subsists in this extract and the work from which it was taken. This Digital Copy has been made under the terms of a CLA licence
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OUMM2103 1.0 INTRODUCTION TO AIR ASIA AirAsia 1 : The AirAsia Logo AirAsia was established in 1993 by DRB-Hicom‚ a Government-owned conglomerate. It started operations in 1996. Tune Air Sdn Bhd‚ Tony Fernandes’s company purchased this heavily indebted airline business from DRB-Hicom in 2001. AirAsia managed to become profitable and world renowned low-cost airline through visionary leadership and innovative business approach. Low Cost Carrier Terminal (LCCT) at Kuala Lumpur International is AirAsia’s
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AirAsia- A Case Study Contents Introduction This case study aims at evaluating the rationale of AirAsia’s strategic plan and how have these strategies been associated with its structure and system. It further aims at assessing the sustainability of the business model and its competitive advantage. AirAsia’s performance and business process management will also be discussed in details. The case study will also discuss the culture and management style of AirAsia and
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HKU833 STEPHEN KO AIRASIA: FLYING LOW-COST WITH HIGH HOPES AirAsia started out as a Malaysian government-controlled‚ full-service regional airline that offered slightly lower fares than its number-one competitor‚ Malaysia Airlines (“MAS”). In December 2001‚ private entrepreneur Tony Fernandes took over the debt-ridden airline for the symbolic sum of US$0.26. Despite the air-travel downturn following the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks‚ Fernandes believed that the timing for entering
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Case Study: AIRASIA AirAsia was launched in 2002 by Tony Fernandes‚ at the time a pioneer of low-cost flights in Asia. At first‚ the company operated three Boeing 737s. In 2004‚ after a very successful public offering‚ AirAsia was listed on the Malaysian Stock Exchange and from there grew rapidly. As of 2011‚ the AirAsia Group has 93 aircraft spread across 12 hubs (see appendix 1) and is flying to more than 60 destinations in 16 countries with 130 domestic and international routes. AirAsia operates
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possible for everyone. Since 2001‚ AirAsia has swiftly broken travel norms around the globe and has risen to become the world’s best. With a route network that spans through to over 20 countries‚ AirAsia continues to pave the way for low-cost aviation through our innovative solutions‚ efficient processes and a passionate approach to business. Together with our associate companies‚ AirAsia X‚ Thai AirAsia‚ Indonesia AirAsia‚ Philippines’ AirAsia Inc and AirAsia Japan ‚ AirAsia is set to take low-cost flying
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Introduction AirAsia originally was founded by government and on 2 December 2001 was bought byTonyFernandes. AirAsia was established in year 1993. AirAsia has travel around the earthandascend to become the world’s best in year 2001. AirAsia continues to spread out the way for low-cost aviation through the innovation‚ efficient and passionate approach to businesswith a route a network that extent through over 20 countries. There are some companieswhich link withAirAsia such as AirAsia X‚ Thai AirAsia‚ Philippines’
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On its website AirAsia has listed down several justification on its need to build a new airport for its own purpose.[8] Among them are:- Passenger capacity - Although the current LCC Terminal in KLIA is currently undergoing construction to enable the terminal to handle 15 million passenger a year‚ AirAsia expects that the terminal will only hold the passenger growth for only one year. The company anticipates to handle 25 million passenger through the terminal on 2013 which a short fall of over
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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 continent. Thus‚ what are the possible core competencies to ensure that there is quantum
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Pricing Analysis Report AIRASIA BUDGET AIRLINE I. Executive summary Budget airline industry Singaporean airlines industry grew by 10.3% in 2007 to reach a value of S$6.5 billion‚ growing by more than 10% up to now. Noticeably‚ low-cost carriers have been the industry’s success story over the past decade. It has won huge number of passengers‚ stealing full-service market share and forcing full-service airline such as SIA to run its own low-cost options such as Scoot
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