The Low-cost Orange Flying Machine: The Case of easyJet Introduction The colour orange is increasingly becoming synonymous with the firm easyJet as it has become one of the world’s most profitable low-cost airlines (Alamdari and Fagan‚ 2005). This paper examines the basis of their success and argues firstly‚ that easyJet from its inception essentially adopted and stayed with the original low-cost model that was pioneered by Southwest airlines in the USA. Moreover‚ this is a model that has served
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February 2003 English and French only THE IMPACT OF LOW COST CARRIERS IN EUROPE (Presented by Albania‚ Armenia‚ Austria‚ Azerbaijan‚ Belgium‚ Bosnia and Herzegovina‚ Bulgaria‚ Croatia‚ Cyprus‚ Czech Republic‚ Denmark‚ Estonia‚ Finland‚ France‚ Germany‚ Greece‚ Hungary‚ Iceland‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ Latvia‚ Lithuania‚ Luxembourg‚ Malta‚ Moldova‚ Monaco‚ Netherlands‚ Norway‚ Poland‚ Portugal‚ Romania‚ Serbia and Montenegro‚ Slovakia‚ Slovenia‚ Spain‚ Sweden‚ Switzerland‚ The former Yugoslav Republic
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LCCs (Low Cost Carriers) first emerged in 1950‚ by the Pacific South Airlines started offering nothing but low prices on air travel. Followed by the great success of Southwest Airlines from 1967 onwards‚ as well as facilitated by the liberalisation in air transport market‚ it has been in centre stage of the global civil aviation industry ever since. In spite of facing many challenges such as high oil prices‚ softening demand‚ surplus capacity‚ new participants as well as subsidiaries from FCCs (Full
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Nucor Corporation Case Analysis Section 1: Recommendations Recommendation 1: To expand more internationally by building plants in lower property taxed areas with low tariffs to ship products out. Recommendation 2: To put in place job descriptions for employees. By doing this it will save Nucor litigation fees and troubles if something arises in the workplace between the employee and Nucor about job duties‚ injuries‚ etc. Recommendation 3: Other than expanding internationally‚ Nucor should
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Introduction Budget airlines‚ as you would guess from the name‚ offer inexpensive tickets -- sometimes as low as $50 for a one-way ticket. They manage this by cutting their own operating costs. How do they cut costs? There are many ways an airline can trim operating expenses‚ but budget airlines are most well-known for cutting back on passenger luxuries‚ or making passengers pay for luxuries à la carte. What’s behind the success (and sometimes failure) of budget airlines? Do they cut corners on
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Import Process against LC IMPORT SECTION: Import section of any bank deals with L/C opening and post import financing i.e. LIM & LTR. Now the procedure from opening L/C to disbursement against L/C is given below. APPLICATION FOR OPENING L/C: At first‚ an importer will request banker to open L/C along with the following documents. 1. An application 2. Indent or Performa Invoice 3. Import Registration Certificate (IRC) 4. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) 5. Insurance cover note with
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The term import is derived from the conceptual meaning as the goods and services into the port of a country. The buyer of such goods and services is referred to an "importer" who is based in the country of import where the overseas based seller is referred to as an "exporter". [1] Thus an import is any good (e.g. a commodity) or service brought in from one country to another country in a legitimate fashion‚ typically for use in trade. It is a good that is brought in from another country for sale
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“CHALLENGES FACING LOW COST AIRLINES IN INDIA” BY RANJIT SHERGILL MODULE CODE - AE3260 BSc(Honours) AIR TRANSPORT OPERATIONS PART 3 I declare that all work presented in this dissertation is my own work‚ and where applicable I have credited the work of others by stating the source of certain information in quotes. This project has been overseen by Mr S.K.Ramchandran who is the Regional Director for the Indian Airports Authority in Southern India‚ who has endorsed the views and the conclusions
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three strategic concepts i.e. a) Differentiation b) Cost Leadership c) Response. Differentiation: Steel is such a product that not much product innovation can be done. Cost Leadership: Chaparral Steel is already a cost leader in the market with its limited range of products. But if it needs to expand itself in terms of capacity‚ it needs to come up with a new product line and that too at a low cost. Chaparral needs to continue its strategy of low cost leadership with addition of new product lines to
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Nucor Case Study on Approach to Employee Motivation Starting back as early as the 1950’s and early 1960’s Nuclear Corporation of America was involved in the nuclear instrument and electronic business. After consecutive years of struggling financial performance‚ Nucor evaluated their management structure and decided it was time for a change in leadership. As a result F. Kenneth Iverson was appointed as president and CEO of the company. Part of Iverson innovation for the company was drastically changing
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