2011.26.1.181 A Case Study on Cost Estimation and Profitability Analysis at Continental Airlines Francisco J. Román ABSTRACT: This case exposes students to the application of regression analyses to be used as a tool pursuant to understanding cost behavior and forecasting future costs using publicly available data from Continental Airlines. Specifically‚ the case focuses on the harsh financial situation faced by Continental as a result of the recent financial crisis and the challenges it faces
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A Case Study on Cost Estimation and Profitability Analysis at Continental Airlines Francisco J. Román Introduction In 2008‚ the senior management team at Continental Airlines‚ commanded by Lawrence Kellner‚ the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer‚ convened a special meeting to discuss the firm’s latest quarterly financial results. A bleak situation lay before them. Continental had incurred an operating loss of $71 million dollars—its second consecutive quarterly earnings decline that year
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Continental Airlines: Outsourcing IT to Support Business Transformation Prepared by Neils Christensen and Keri Pearlson As the Texas sun began to set‚ Janet Wejman‚ the Chief Information Officer for Continental Airlines looked out the window of her Houston-based office and considered what her next move should be. It was now November 1996 and while she had only been with the company for a few months‚ she faced a dilemma relating to the airline’s information technology outsourcing agreement with
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Introduction Emirates Airlines (also known as Fly Emirates) is a major airline in the Middle East‚ and a subsidiary of The Emirates Group. It is the national airline of Dubai‚ United Arab Emirates and operates over 1‚990 passenger flights per week‚ from its hub at Dubai International Airport‚ to 157 destinations in 55countries across 6 continents. The company also operates four of the world’s longest non-stop commercial flights from Dubai to Los Angeles‚ São Paulo‚ Houston‚ and San Francisco‚ all
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The Differences of Strategic Positioning Between Southwest Airlines Corporation and Continental Airlines Nowadays‚ Porter’s 5 Rules of Strategic Positioning as a most common business theory plays a significant role in operating companies and planning business activities. Southwest Airlines Corporation (Southwest) proves that clearly by its success. And the year-end results of Southwest marked 29 consecutive years of making profit (Govindarajan and Lang‚ 2002). I will elaborate how the Porter’s 5
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Michael Womack Bus260 8/25/13 American Airlines SWOT Analysis After watching the CNBC special about American Airlines and a week inside their business I noticed several interesting things. Though it was dated few years ago many of the issues are still the same. They had several Revenue drivers; Cargo income‚ excess baggage fees‚ last minute departure fees‚ Postal cartage‚ and miscellaneous charges for meals‚ drinks‚ and accessories. These are not needed but sometimes are needed on certain longer
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Singapore airline SWOT analyse Introduction Singapore international airline has started its journey as Malayan airline in 1947. It was joint venture airline between the two governments of Malaysia and Singapore. It served primarily in the south East Asian region. Singapore Airline was born in 1972 after the independent. Singapore airline faced many difficulties to get the competitive advantages. There were no domestic routes to serve‚ it was forced to straight away start competing with international
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United and Continental merge to create world’s biggest airline United and Continental Said to Agree to Merge United is buying Continental‚ and the combined company will keep the United name and be based in Chicago. Jeffery A. Smisek‚ Continental’s chief executive‚ would run the company. If the deal wins antitrust approval‚ the merged airline would replace Delta Air Lines as the top carrier. WORLD’S BIGGEST AIRLINES * 1 - American Airlines * 2 - United Airlines * 3 - Delta Air Lines
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Continental Airlines Takes Off with Real-time Business Intelligence Introduction: Continental Airlines was once successfully revolution by using Business Intelligence and save it from bankrupt. Below are some items discuss how Continental Airlines implement strategies related with Business Intelligence. 1. In what ways does real-time data warehousing fit with the Continental strategy and plans? Go Forward Plan was the earliest plan that start in Continental revolution‚ and real-time data warehousing
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SWOT analysis From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search A SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture or in any other situation of an organization or individual requiring a decision in pursuit of an objective. It involves monitoring the marketing environment internal and external to the organization or individual. The technique is credited to Albert Humphrey
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