financial crisis and other factors‚ especially the oil price‚ that is the most major factor of the airline cost‚ and still increasing‚ made the airline industry’s production decline shaply. The main source of profit for the airline industry are passenger and cargo revenue primarily‚ in addition‚ the fuel surcharges and exchange gains constitute the major part of its profits. According to these factors‚ airline companies will make a expection development whether they can benefit or loss‚ and they will
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Measuring Customer Expectations of Service Quality: case Airline Industry Logistics Master ’s thesis Ekaterina Tolpa 2012 Department of Information and Service Economy Aalto University School of Economics Measuring Customer Expectations of Service Quality: case Airline Industry Master’s Thesis Ekaterina Tolpa 06.06.2012 Information and Service Management Approved in the Department of Information and Service Economy _____________ and awarded the grade _______________ _________________________________________
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Dynamic Pricing in the Airline Industry R. Preston McAfee and Vera te Velde California Institute of Technology Abstract: Dynamic price discrimination adjusts prices based on the option value of future sales‚ which varies with time and units available. This paper surveys the theoretical literature on dynamic price discrimination‚ and confronts the theories with new data from airline pricing behavior. Correspondence to: R. Preston McAfee‚ 100 Baxter Hall‚ California Institute of Technology‚
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Fuel Hedging in the Airline Industry: The Case of Southwest Airlines By Dave Carter a‚ Dan Rogers b‚ and Betty Simkins c a College of Business Administration‚ Oklahoma State University‚ Stillwater‚ OK 74078-4011‚ Phone: (405) 744-5104‚ Email: dcarter@okstate.edu b School of Business Administration‚ Portland State University‚ Portland‚ OR 97207-0751‚ Phone: (503) 725-3790‚ Email: danr@sba.pdx.edu c CONTACT AUTHOR: College of Business Administration‚ Oklahoma State University‚ Stillwater
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Buyer Power: In the metal can industry there are many producers of metal cans‚ however‚ they suffer from low product differentiation. There are few product options available to the multiple buyers‚ which increases buyer power. In addition‚ the producers provide cans to only a few large-sized buyers‚ which have a total market power of $12.2 billion. The 10 largest buyers represent approximately 30% of the market‚ making the large scale buyers highly coveted by the producers. Further‚ buyers can
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.............................................. 1 2 What are the characteristics of the airline industry? ................................. 2 3 Which were the most important trends and developments in the airline industries’ past shaping the current future? .............................................. 4 4 Which trends and developments can be identified in the current airline industry that will shape its future? ........................................................... 10
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Southwest Airlines is a major airline company operating in the United States. The company was founded in 1967 in Houston‚ Texas by Herb Kelleher and Rollin King. The company’s vision was a low-cost‚ no-frills airline that was safe‚ affordable‚ and fun. Out of that vision‚ and following and arduous inception‚ the company has become one of the largest U.S‚ airlines‚ getting more travelers to their destinations than any other U.S. airline‚ and making a profit while doing it. Southwest Airlines was
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The U.S. airline industry has been in a chaotic state for a number of years. In 1993‚ a U.S. government report indicated that the industry had “Lost huge amounts of money in the past three years‚ and it has never made a sustained‚ substantial return on investment…” According to the Air Transport Association‚ the airline industry trade association‚ the loss from 1990 through 1994 was about $13 billion‚ while from 1995 through 2000‚ the airlines earned about $23 billion and then lost about $35 billion
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External Factors: Oportunities * Acquisitions * Asset leverage * Financial markets (raise money through debt‚ etc) * Emerging markets and expansion abroad * Innovation * Online * Product and services expansion * Membership of any airline alliance will help to increase reach via code share agreements * Leverage on association with coffee company like Starbucks to provide onboard coffee by creating awareness in all coffee outlets * International flights and global expansion * Potential
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Current Situation of Airline Industry Since the airline industry was deregulated in the late 1970s‚ they shall hold the line on the number of planes they fly. The result is that the people by plane shall be more and more‚ and the fares shall become expensive. Because air transport is faster than other transportation methods‚ the people increasingly prefer to fly. The air transportation shall be an important transportation method in the future‚ and the people engaged in air transportation shall have
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