PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING DMK0013 ASSIGNMENT 1 Topic: COMPANY CASE STUDY (AirAsia: The Sky’s the Limit) INSTRUCTION: 1. Answer the questions as per attached. 2. Mode: Individual 3. The format of the assignment shall be in accordance with the following description: Font : Arial Size : 11 Spacing : 1.5 Text : Justified 4. Assignment shall be at least 10 pages. 5. The cover page shall be in RED colour and the template is as per attached. 6. Ideas or texts
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PEST and SWOT analysis of AirAsias international business operations 1.1Background AirAsia was set up by Dato’ Tony Fernandes in 2001. In December 2001‚ Fernandes and his partners set up Tune Air Sdn Bhd (Tune Air)‚ an airline holding company then bought over AirAsia. Now‚ AirAsia has become one of the most successful airlines in the Southeast Asian region and the pioneer of low cost and no frills travel in Malaysia. The leading low fare airline in the Asia - AirAsia has been expanding rapidly since
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Air Asia AirAsia Berhad‚ is a Malaysian low-cost airline. It operates scheduled domestic and international flights and is Asia’s largest low fare‚ no frills airline. AirAsia was a pioneer of low cost flights in Asia. It is also the first airline in the region to implement fully ticketless travel and unassigned seats. However‚ as of 5 February 2009‚ AirAsia has implemented allocated seatings across all AirAsia flights‚ including in their sister airlines‚ Indonesia AirAsia and Thai AirAsia. Its main
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MALAYSIA Airlines (MAS) has admitted that it is tough fighting a low-cost carrier (LCC). It has decided to use its wholly owned unit‚ Firefly‚ to take on AirAsia. Firefly will turn into a true blue LCC and use jets in the attack. On Monday‚ Firefly said it would fly commercial jets for domestic routes and begin with crossover routes‚ e.g. Kota Kinabalu and Kuching‚ on Jan 15. Asean will be its next stop. Its B737-800s will take off from KL International Airport (KLIA). Firefly wants to have
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Strength and weakness of AirAsia |strength |weakness | |Low cost operations. |Service resource is limited by lower costs. | |Fewer management levels‚ effective‚ focused and aggressive |Government interference and regulation on airport deals and | |management.
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STRENGTHS WEAKNESSES Article taken from WSJ dated Wednesday May 02‚ 2012 “AirAsia Flies Better Without Flag Carrier” • largest budget carrier (Economy of scale) • Very strong management team • Very good in strategy formulation and execution (Economy of scale) • Strong brand equity - AirAsia’s brand name is well established in Asia Pacific (Learning Curve) • Cost advantage (Economy of scale) • Market share leadership- AirAsia is the low cost leader in Asia (Economy of scale) • International alliances
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Why Collabration Take Place Between Mas and Airasia MALAYSIA AIRLINES SYSTEM AND AIRASIA AIRLINES COLLABORATION TAKES PLACE. TABLE OF CONTENTS QUESTIONS 1:- Analyze the current situation facing MAS and AIRASIA using the internal and external strategic environmental analysis model. Discuss what aspects and why did their collaboration take place? INTRODUCTION Various industries‚ specifically in airline business are attempting to improve their services to draw new passengers and travellers
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Airasia Organizational Culture In Edgar Schein Theory‚ Organizational Culture can be identified through three distinct levels that is: 1. Artifacts that include any tangible‚ overt or verbally identifiable elements in an organization. In Airasia‚ their primary color is red which commonly associated with bravery and passion. Their new uniform resembles Pit Stop Girls for a racing team while the other one‚ a simple standard flight uniform in red‚ giving a relaxed sensation for weekend leisure
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Hedging Strategies using Futures Introduction to Hedging Hedging refers to reducing risk. Let us take a simple example to understand hedging. A farmer expects to produce ‘X’ quantity of a commodity by the end of the cropping season say‚ October. He has to invest a certain amount of money today from his savings or maybe take a loan in expectation of returns he will get in October. But‚ he cannot accurately predict the prices he will get for his produce. A dip in prices could result in a loss. To deal
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Summary32.Company Overview43.The Marketing Mix using 4 P ’s64.SWOT Analysis115.Porter ’s 5-Force Analysis146.Distribution Strategy167.Present Scenario188.Big Bazaar and the Retail Life Cycle219.Moving Ahead into the Future2310.Recommendations2411.Future Strategies2612.Bibliography281.Executive SummaryIndian retail sector is witnessing one of the most hectic marketing activities of all times. The companies are fighting for share of mind and heart which can finally be converted to market share. There
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